Chapter 291: You're Really Awesome!

When that stone finally shattered, Lin Xueyan's half‑life was almost gone.

She shakily stood up, feeling as if her whole body had fallen apart.

Her body was filthy, and her face was even dirtier, looking utterly disheveled.

She tried it and found that Mysterious Force had returned. This made her wonder if what she just felt was an illusion.

Could it be that I was too nervous just now, so I couldn't use Mysterious Force?

Lin Xueyan could never have imagined in her dreams that she had been poisoned by Mo Xiaohu.

Countless gazes fell on her, Lin Xueyan's scalp tingled; as she confirmed that the veil on her face was intact, she secretly

As long as the veil remains, these people can't recognize her!

However…

"Wow, Lin Xueyan, you're really awesome!"

"Exactly! Aunt Lin Xueyan, you can even perform Chest Stone Crushing! I really admire you!"

The two kids clapped while shouting loudly. Especially when they called the name 'Lin Xueyan', they emphasized it.

Lin Xueyan was still fixing her clothes; hearing them shout her name filled her with terror, and it was already too late to stop them.

Lin Xueyan?

Everyone keenly caught that name.

Intense gazes fell on Lin Xueyan, full of curiosity.

"You say she's Lin Xueyan, but which Lin Xueyan of the Lin Family?"

Mo Xiaohu nodded, "Or what? She just came back from Xi Ji and said she missed her hometown's Chest Stone Crushing, insisting on performing it, and no one could stop her."

The crowd was dumbfounded.

People have missed hometown mountains, rivers, or people, but no one has ever heard of anyone missing their hometown's Chest Stone Crushing!

Lin Xueyan also has this quirk?

"Don't talk nonsense! I'm not!"

Lin Xueyan's nose was about to be twisted from anger.

"Don't listen to their nonsense, I'm not Lin Xueyan!" She refused to admit she was Lin Xueyan, feeling utterly mortified.

Mo Xiaohu and Fu Qianchen ignored her, and while she wasn't looking, shouted loudly, "Lin Xueyan!"

Lin Xueyan almost reflexively replied, "What for?"

Mo Xiaohu gave a mischievous grin, pointing at her, "Well, you already agreed when I called you, yet you still won't admit you're Lin Xueyan?"

When everyone heard Mo Xiaohu say that, how could they still not know that the person before them truly is Lin Xueyan?

Fu Qianchen shot Mo Xiaohu a look that said "You're so clever", then solemnly nodded, "What, is Lin Xueyan's identity embarrassing you? Or is the Peak of the Deer Hunt embarrassing you?"

Lin Xueyan trembled with fear.

"Young master, you must not speak nonsense!"

How could the Peak of the Deer Hunt possibly embarrass her?

The Peak of the Deer Hunt is the great benefactor of her prosperous life!

Tsk tsk, so it really is Lin Xueyan!

Lin Xueyan also has this strange habit?

She doesn't even look that noble!

…

Listening to the murmuring chatter, Lin Xueyan's scalp tingled.

"Young master, let's go play elsewhere!"

"Sure! Lin Xueyan!"

The two said it in unison, then vanished like a puff of smoke, making Lin Xueyan so angry she felt she might explode.

She didn't dare to hesitate, suppressing a thousand inner refusals to follow them.

The two kids darted through streets and alleys, leaving Lin Xueyan behind, panting and out of breath.

Lin Xueyan watched the two rabbit‑like figures ahead, swearing she would never kill those two, she doesn't even trust Lin!

She is the lady master after the Peak of the Deer Hunt, how could she be so disheveled?

The two stopped in front of an alley.

The alley opened up to a bright scene of red lights, green wine, clouds of beauties; even in daylight it remained bustling.

"What place is this?"

Fu Qianchen pointed inside, looking like a curious baby.

Mo Xiaohu stroked his chin, adopting a detective's expression, "This seems to be a brothel street."

Fu Qianchen showed admiration, "Xiao Hu, you're amazing! You even know about brothels? But, what exactly is a brothel?"

Mo Xiaohu displayed a proud look, "Just ordinary!" Then his face darkened, and in a serious tone he said, "Xiao Chen, let me tell you, brothels aren't good places. Going there will get you beaten."

"Huh? Why?" Fu Qianchen was shocked. It was his first time hearing that going to a place could get you beaten.

"Before, during the Mo Yuan days, the neighboring Uncle Donkey went to a brothel, and when he returned, Aunt Donkey discovered him, broke one of his donkey legs, and said that no man who goes to a brothel is good."

"Is it that terrifying? Then my Father Lord hasn't been to a brothel; does that mean he's a good person?"

Mo Xiaohu shook his head, speaking earnestly, "Your Father Lord is not a thing. Don't speak of him that way."

"Huh?" Fu Qianchen scratched his head, feeling something was off.

"Xiao Hu, we must never go to brothels in the future, otherwise Mother will definitely beat us."

Mo Xiaohu nodded in strong agreement.

"But we can at least look at the entrance without entering, right? Look, it's so lively up ahead, it must be fun!"

Lin Xueyan had just caught up with them and discovered that they were actually heading into Flower Street!

Her face instantly turned green.

Not because a child entering Flower Street is inappropriate, but because, with Lin Xueyan's such noble status, how could she go into a filthy, squalid place like Flower Street?

She is supposed to become a concubine to the Emperor Sovereign, who sits atop the Peak of the Hunt!

Although she has not been without men, she remains pure and flawless, far cleaner than those debauched, unrestrained brothel women.

"Young Master, you cannot go in!"

No one paid her any heed.

Lin Xueyan could only stamp her feet in place, forced to endure the discomfort, put on her veil, and grit her teeth to walk inside.

Sure enough, it was Yan Hua Zhi Di; the air was filled with cheap perfume, incomparable to her high‑end fragrances! Her perfume was produced in Western Extremity, far superior to that of these brothel women.

Lin Xueyan wore a disgusted expression, covering her nose, fearing the foul perfume would tarnish her noble scent.

Mo Xiaohu and Fu Qianchen wore faces full of curiosity.

At the entrance of Hundred Flowers Pavilion, a large stage had been set up. Yi Hong Courtyard, Cui Xiang Pavilion, and Hundred Flowers Pavilion—the three brothels—were jointly holding a Courtesan Queen competition.

"What is a Courtesan Queen?"

Fu Qianchen stood at the back of the crowd and asked softly.

The middle‑aged man in front of him turned his head, leering, and replied, "She's the most beautiful woman in the brothel!"

The most beautiful woman in the brothel?

"What happens if one becomes a Courtesan Queen?"

The man didn't even think before answering, "You can sell for a lot of money!" A Courtesan Queen can bring huge profits to a brothel!

The two conspired, "How about we have Lin Xueyan enter the Courtesan Queen contest, and once she becomes the Courtesan Queen, we'll sell her?"

"That way we can make a fortune!"

So Lin Xueyan's first ever Courtesan Queen competition was arranged just like that.

"What? You want me to join the Courtesan Queen competition? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Lin Xueyan rejected outright without a second thought. She is a pristine, respectable young lady; how could she possibly compete for Courtesan Queen with those brothel women from the dusty lands?

"If you don't agree, I'll tell Father Lord that you led us to the brothel!"

Lin Xueyan felt like slapping Fu Qianchen to death!

She realized that those two bratty boys weren't trying to have her accompany them at all; they were deliberately messing with her!

Lin Xueyan, unable to bear it any longer, "Young Master, stop talking nonsense; it was you who came here!" At worst, she'll devote more attention to the Emperor Sovereign later; as for the Young Master's side, she won't serve him any longer!

Mo Xiaohu's eyes rolled, and he shouted to the crowd, "What? You say those brothel women are all unsightly, unable to step onto the stage? Not even one ten‑thousandth of you?"

Fu Qianchen echoed in sync, "What? You even claim that if you enter the Courtesan Queen contest, you'll definitely take first place? Blind their dog eyes?"

The two kids sang in unison, leaving Lin Xueyan completely bewildered.

What are they talking about?

The words of Fu Qianchen and Mo Xiaohu filled Lin Xueyan with a surge of hatred.