Embers

As night falls, the lights come on.The Wanhua Building was brightly lit, the girl and the guests were crowded together, the smell of makeup and powder wafted from her nostrils, and the sound of teasing and laughing could be heard everywhere.

Xiao Taohua looked at her cute and pretty face in the mirror, bit her lip, her face was as pale as tinfoil, her hands were trembling slightly.

"Xiao Taohua, have you changed it yet?" The girl in charge opened the door and came in, and frowned immediately when she saw her like this, "What's wrong with you, your face is so pale!"

He hurriedly put some rouge on her, making her cheeks glow with a faint pink, as if shy and timid.

"Who are you going to show me? Why don't you cheer up quickly, or do you mean you haven't been beaten enough?"

The girl glared at her.

"Understood..." She lowered her head slightly, raised the corners of her mouth, and showed the same smile as usual, cute and pure.

Following the girls slowly downstairs, standing behind the translucent curtain, she looked behind the curtain as quietly as possible.Through the chaotic light, she couldn't see anything clearly.

With black heads, she couldn't tell which one was the big brother.

"My lords, take a good look. Today is our little Peach Blossom's first day. Those who liked Xiao Peach Blossom's qin art before, why don't you start quickly?..."

The curtain was slowly opened, and the dazzling lights made her a little confused, but she was still searching hard, trying to find a white figure with an expressionless face among the crowd.

From here to there, no.She didn't give up, and found this end from the other end, but still nothing.

There are several people in white clothes, but none of them is the big brother who promised her to buy her first night.

The bustard mother just finished the introduction, glanced at it accidentally, and immediately gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "Why are you crying? Be careful if you cry again, I will let you eat and walk around!"

Xiao Taohua bit her lip, big tears rolled down her cheeks.

The bustard could only smile apologetically: "Look, this little pear blossom with rain..."

Some guests could not hold it any longer, before just listening to Xiao Taohua playing the piano, they already felt itchy and unbearable, and now it was finally the day when she would pick up the guests, and they couldn't wait, not to mention her crying, which was even more provocative.

So they started arguing and started throwing banknotes on the table.

The bustard was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear, while she kept hinting that she should hurry up and give her a smile.

But Xiao Taohua seemed to be out of shape, staring blankly at the gate, only hoping for a miracle to happen.Although she has been in the brothel for several years, she is only a 12-year-old girl after all. The burning desire in the eyes of these people and the silver bills flying in the sky all make her feel scared.

She took a step back involuntarily, and her whole body began to tremble.

Bustard made some statistics and said with a smile: "Young Master Huang still gives you the most money, so tonight, Xiao Taohua will..."

Before she could finish speaking, the silver bills flying towards her directly stuck to her face.

Everyone was taken aback, turned their heads, and a young man in white strode in, and a fierce aura instantly filled the entire lobby.

"Redemption."

The young man spat out two words coldly.

Xiao Taohua stared blankly at him, feeling dazed for a while.She thought that the big brother would not come, she thought...

Ember strode up to the stage and stood in front of her, looked at her little face full of tears, handed her a pure white handkerchief, and whispered: "I'm late."

Bustard was the first to react, and quickly smiled and said: "Young master, little peach blossoms cannot be redeemed..."

Ember frowned: "Can't?"

The bustard didn't dare to explain, so she could only keep winking at him: "If you really like her, why don't you just buy her first night?"

Ember reacted suddenly, looked at Xiao Taohua who was still in a daze, and didn't pay attention to what the bustard mother was asking him for a while.

The guests below also came back to their senses, and began to yell loudly in dissatisfaction: "What are you doing, I gave you the money first!"

"That's right, you have to pay attention to first come, first served!"

"How much money he pays, I will double it!"

……

The bustard had no choice but to go to appease the guests first, and announced the money that Ember had just given, everyone below was stunned and babbled, but no one dared to increase the price.

After all, the money that Ember prepared for Xiao Taohua's ransom is of course different from those who only want a spring breeze.

The scene became noisy again, and Ember came back to his senses, recalling the question from the bustard just now, and said lightly: "Okay."

No matter what kind of fryer was underneath, Ember and Xiao Taohua were still arranged in a high-class private room.

The sound insulation here is very good, once the door is closed, you can no longer hear the sound from outside.Inside the room was a large bed with gorgeous red curtains.

Xiao Taohua tremblingly followed behind and closed the door. Seeing Ember sitting down on the stool, she hesitated for a long time before daring to move.

Someone had taught her how to serve guests before, but for some reason, when she faced her big brother, she subconsciously didn't want to use those tricks.She remembered that big brother didn't like that.

Ember pondered for a moment, saw Xiao Taohua still timidly standing at the door, so she slowed down and said, "Sit down."

Xiao Taohua walked gently to the stool opposite him and sat down, bowing her head and twisting the corner of her clothes with her fingers.

She hadn't recovered from the joy just now, and she began to feel a little nervous again.

Ember poured tea for her.

"Why did the bustard say you can't redeem yourself?"

Xiao Taohua was stunned, and said in a low voice: "Because my mother said that my father committed a serious crime, and then the government ransacked his house, so I was sent here."

Ember couldn't help but froze.

"My mother said that I can't leave here for the rest of my life. Once I leave, it will be a death penalty."

As she said that, she parted her hair slightly, and behind her ear, the tattoo of the government was clearly visible.

Seeing Ember's complicated expression, she let down her hair, and suddenly laughed, two big dimples appeared on the side of her cheeks, her smiling eyes were curved, and she was extremely cute.

"I didn't expect that big brother would come to redeem me, I'm so happy!"

He was obviously smiling, but there were tears in his eyes.

Ember looked at her, as if she saw another little self, stuck in the mire, facing the overwhelming despair, desperately needing someone else to redeem her.

"Go to sleep."

Finally, he said.

Xiao Taohua was taken aback for a moment, then nodded obediently, got up and walked towards the bed.

Ember sat there without moving, until Xiao Taohua hesitated to lie down, and then said again: "The light is off."

Xiao Taohua saw what he was thinking, tried hard to suppress the urge to cry, choked up and said, "Big brother, why don't you come up to sleep too?"

Ember didn't say anything, just got up and turned off the lights, and walked to the window.

Xiao Taohua opened her eyes in the dark, her tears wet the entire pillow cover.

Ember stood by the window for a whole night, and only when it was dawn did she take a step forward and slowly walked towards the bed.

Xiao Taohua opened her eyes and looked at him.

She couldn't fall asleep at all, even she knew what would be waiting for her once her big brother left.

Ember looked down at her: "Do they beat you often?"

Xiao Taohua was taken aback for a moment, then shrank subconsciously: "Just, almost once a day..."

Ember clenched her fists and asked again: "Then will they not give you food?"

"sometimes will……"

Ember was silent for a long time before asking: "Would you like to come with me?"

Xiao Taohua was stunned.

Ember didn't explain a word.

It took him three days to decide to redeem Xiao Taohua's body, and one night to take her away.

Even though he himself is still in danger, even though he is still living in a muddle, even though taking Xiao Taohua away will cause him endless troubles, seeing Xiao Taohua's clear and clean eyes, he does not want her to be polluted.

After a long time, Xiao Taohua whispered, "Are we going to die?"

Ember touched Jieyou's hilt lightly, and said calmly: "Maybe, maybe not. Are you afraid?"

This time, Xiao Taohua's voice was very firm: "I'm not afraid, big brother, I'll go with you!"

In the past few years of staying here, she has seen the final fate of those brothel women.I thought it would be like this in my life, and I had already given up resistance, but I never thought that one day I would have the opportunity to change my destiny.

She would rather die than stay here and be played with wantonly by others, and end up in a tragic end.

Ember nodded slightly, and waited for her to get up from the bed, then pushed open the door soundlessly, the corridor was quiet, and there was no one there.

It is definitely not possible to go through the main entrance, Ember asked Xiao Taohua, and decided to jump from the window to the backyard, and then walk from the backyard.

Just when Ember was about to jump out of the window with the little peach blossom, a girl happened to get up at night and walked to the backyard sleepily.

At this time, Xiao Taohua accidentally stepped on the window frame.

"Squeak-"

The girl looked up suspiciously, but seeing no one, she muttered, "Who is it, it's so early in the morning."

Upstairs, the panicked Xiao Taohua was pressed into her arms by Ember covering her mouth.

After waiting for the girl to leave, Yu Jin took the little girl to jump into the courtyard, took advantage of no one, jumped onto the eaves, and quickly went to the inn.

Xiao Taohua hadn't really experienced the so-called lightness kung fu. She was carried by Ember on the way and flew over the eaves and walls. Looking at the scenery that passed by quickly, she was both thrilling and faintly excited, but she was very obedient and didn't make a sound.

All the way to the inn, Ember led someone to climb in through the window, heaved a sigh of relief, and touched the hilt of Jieyou's sword again.

In this way, you can no longer stay here.

But Master, you will agree with me to do so.

Nie Budu walked around the room for a few times, feeling restless in his heart.

Just now Mo Yuan came to report, but still did not find Li Mei.

It's been several days, how far can he go?

Thinking about it, he finally stopped in his tracks, and smiled wryly towards the south: "Ember, Ember, you have arranged a good job for me."

Li Mei was wearing a dusty dress, riding fast all the way, with only one thought in mind.

Ember, I'm about to see you.

The author has something to say:

I just saw the Overlord ticket you sent, that, I received it with my heart, but don’t give it away, okay, this article is not v, it’s a waste of money to send it QAQ