Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

Qiao Rui wanted to reward Miss Yu Lu with a fourth-grade crabapple, but was stopped by the wine king Zhuo Yifei. After some explanation, Qiao Rui felt that it seemed a bit shabby, so he smiled and said, "Then how about a third-grade magnolia?"

Zhuo Yifei's eyes widened, still looking angry at his lack of competition, "Among all of us outsiders, you are the most famous one. You started from scratch and built four inns, making a fortune every day. If it were me, I would definitely give you ten first-class peonies. When the old scholar sings about it, you will be famous all over the world!"

Qiao Rui's mouth twitched slightly, and he sneered, "This money didn't come from the wind. In the beginning, I earned it by risking my entire fortune and life."

"Then at least give me a second-grade orchid!" Zhuo Yifei leaned forward slightly and said mysteriously, "The first- and second-grade return gifts of gold hairpins are engraved with the name of the top girl. It is said that with this gold hairpin, you can get a private meeting with the girl..."

Although Zhuo Yifei lowered his voice, Cai Ling'er beside him heard it clearly. She quickly turned over the gold hairpin in her hand and saw that the words "Jade Butterfly" were indeed engraved on the main stem.

"I knew this guy had ulterior motives!" Cai Ling'er was slightly angry.

Zhuo Yifei had just finished speaking when he suddenly remembered that the hairpin was not in his hand, and turned around.

Cai Linger looked up and saw Zhuo Yifei staring at the hairpin in her hand. She shrank her hand and hid the hairpin in her arms, "Mine!"

After saying this, he patted his full chest and said, "If you want to go out and do evil, there's no way!"

Seeing that his cousin was guarding the hairpin so closely, Zhuo Yifei shrugged helplessly, but his eyes were darting around as if he was trying to find a way to steal the hairpin.

Qiao Rui found it funny. This guy clearly had no intention of hiding the truth from Cai Ling'er, but he just liked to put on a playboy and scoundrel face and make his cousin angry. He acted like a joke. Was it fun?

Qiao Rui shook his head and ignored them. He took out fifty taels of silver and asked the waiter to buy a third-grade white jade flower for Miss Yu Lu as a token of his affection. To win the heart of the most beautiful girl, he couldn't just spend money on it alone, he had to think of other ways.

The flower ranking competition starts at the beginning of the Shen hour and ends at the end of the You hour. At that time, except for Miss Yudie who returns to Hanchun Tower, the other top girls will return to their inns.

For a time, the largest and most luxurious inns in Luoyang City were immediately hard to book a room, and room rates kept rising until they reached astronomical prices.

At the hour of Xu, when the lights come on, the most famous inn in Luoyang and even in the world - Yuelai Inn.

The lobby of the inn was crowded with people, and all the tables were occupied. There were still many people standing in the empty spaces with glasses of wine, drinking by themselves.

Although there were many guests in the lobby, it was surprisingly quiet. Everyone lowered their heads to drink, and from time to time they looked at the stairs leading upstairs with anticipation, as if they were waiting for something.

As soon as Qiao Rui arrived at the door of Yuelai Inn, a waiter came out to stop him, smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, please see, our inn is really unable to accommodate you. Please come early tomorrow!"

Qiao Rui glanced at the lobby and said with a smile, "Are there any private rooms upstairs?" He ran an inn and knew that there would be many private rooms upstairs. Although he didn't hold out much hope, he still asked.

"No more, they're all full!" the guy explained with a smile.

"The people in the lobby on the first floor are all those who have sent second-grade orchids to Miss Yu Lu, while the private rooms are reserved by the gentlemen who have sent first-grade peonies. Everyone is waiting for Miss Yu Lu to summon them, and no one is willing to give way. I'm really sorry!"

Qiao Rui nodded, did not make things difficult for the guy, and turned to leave.

I just took a casual glance and saw no less than a hundred people in the lobby of the inn. Each person was given 500 taels of second-grade orchids, plus the private rooms were given 5,000 taels of first-grade peonies... Wow, this money-making ability is really terrifying, no less than that of the famous actors in the previous life.

After wandering around for a few times, Qiao Rui found a place to fill his stomach. When the night grew darker, he flashed and as nimble as a civet cat, climbed over the wall in a dark alley, and after a few leaps and bounds, he reached the roof of Yuelai Inn.

Yuelai Inn has a total of six floors. The first to fourth floors are open for business as usual, and the fifth and sixth floors are reserved to accommodate Miss Yu Lu and her group.

The fifth floor is occupied by the accompanying maids, servants, and guards, while the sixth floor is occupied by Miss Yu Lu alone. There are guards guarding the staircases on the fifth and sixth floors to prevent anyone from barging in and disturbing the beauty.

There was only one room on the sixth floor with light on, so Qiao Rui could easily determine that this was Yu Lu's room. So he groped his way there, used a golden hook to pry open a little window, and secretly looked inside.

This is a two-entry room, elegantly decorated and filled with a refreshing fragrance. The outer room is empty, but there seems to be a faint sound of water splashing in the inner room.

Qiao Rui did not delay any longer. He turned over and walked inside. He tiptoed a few steps, gently lifted the door curtain, and entered the inner room.

In front of me is an exquisitely carved bed, surrounded by light green gauze curtains. On one side of the bed is a dressing table with some untied jewelry on it, and on the other side is a huge screen. Behind the screen there is a slender, blurry shadow.

Combined with the sound of water, it was obvious that a woman was bathing. Although Qiao Rui was not a rigid moralist, he would not take advantage of the girl. He turned around, without looking at the screen, and slowly walked towards the dressing table.

However, the person behind the screen was quite alert. With Qiao Rui's skills, he heard a cry from behind the screen after only taking two steps, "Who?"

There was a note of caution in her voice, but it was still charming and sweet.

Qiao Rui froze for a moment. Before he could think of a response, the woman inside suddenly shouted, "Someone come..."

Without giving it any time to think, Qiao Rui rushed behind the screen.

Behind the screen was a large wooden barrel filled with clear water. Some flower petals were floating on the water. Faintly, a woman was soaking in the barrel with only her head exposed above the water.

The woman was quite calm, and her beautiful face did not show any sign of panic. She just frowned with a bit of anger. She was the girl Yu Lu who appeared on the flower stage today.

The two looked at each other, Yu Lu's slightly frowned brows relaxed, and a look of surprise flashed across her face.

"Jo..."

Seeing that she was about to speak again, Qiao Rui didn't care about being gentle with her. He reached out and pinched Yu Lu's cherry lips, preventing her from speaking.

Qiao Rui whispered, "I have no ill intentions, Miss Yu Lu, please don't make it public!"

Yu Lu nodded obediently, with no displeasure in her eyes, but a hint of curiosity.

At this time, there was the sound of a door being pushed open and messy footsteps coming from outside, and a sweet voice coming closer and closer.

"Miss, miss, what's wrong with you?"

However, the personal maid and guard who were guarding outside the door heard the woman's scream and pushed the door open and rushed in.

Seeing this, Qiao Rui became anxious and was about to jump out of the window to escape.

He has to leave. He said he came to discuss how to help Yu Lu win the championship. Who would believe him?

While everyone else was waiting for a meeting downstairs, he pried open the window and broke in directly, while the girl was bathing. This was a complete act of a pervert and there was no way he could defend himself!

At this moment, Yu Lu grabbed Qiao Rui and whispered, "Hide in the bathtub!"

Qiao Rui's hand was grabbed, and he instinctively tried to struggle free, but he saw Yu Lu's pretty face was slightly red, and there was a bit of sincerity and eagerness on her charming face, which did not seem fake.

He didn't have time to think at this point, so he gritted his teeth, turned over, got into the bathtub, quietly submerged himself in the water, and hid behind Yu Lu.

The atmosphere was somewhat ambiguous, but Qiao Rui had no intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery in the water. He made a palm with his right hand, ready to strike, and with his left hand, he made a sword finger and gently pressed it against a certain acupoint on Yu Lu's lower back. If he felt something wrong, he would subdue this woman and then break out.

"Miss, are you okay?" The little maid asked the guard to wait outside the screen, and she came behind the screen, looking at her young lady anxiously and asked.