Chapter 433 Exchange Conditions (1)

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"Oh, it's just this..."

Pudan seemed a bit disappointed, but her rationality told her that there was no reason for such disappointment. Was she so lowly as to hope someone would want her to stay

“Mm-hmm, that’s exactly it!” Free-and-Easy nodded. What he wanted Pudan to do was simply this.

He had thought about how to get the information Qi Dongqiang possessed; besides forcing him, the simplest and best method would be using a beauty strategy. Since Qi Dongqiang himself was a playboy, he should tell these pieces of information to Pudan, his old flame.

Furthermore, Free-and-Easy had thought about not asking directly but just showing her the woman's portrait. The simplest thing would be using that book he wrote and pretending it was something he just happened upon, then acting accordingly afterward.

Free-and-Easy believed Pudan could do this; most people in this industry were experienced at this kind of thing. That’s why many forces used brothels as information collection points.

Free-and-Easy wasn’t afraid that Pudan would blab about it, either. From her personality and nature, she wouldn't betray him but only take money to do things. Brothel women were all just playing along for fun; if offered benefits, they'd help out.

Of course, Free-and-Easy had a relationship with her, which made it different from before. If it was back then, Pudan definitely wouldn’t agree, and might even tell Qi Dongqiang. Free-and-Easy understood this, so he didn't think about it further.

But under the current circumstances, since Free-and-Easy had taught her things and given her some favors, she should be willing to help.

The outcome was just that; Pudan naturally agreed with Free-and-Easy without needing payment but came up with a condition. And she looked very serious about it too.

“What are the conditions” Free-and-Easy asked, wondering what kind of conditions they were. If they were within reason, there wouldn’t be any problems; he just hoped they wouldn't come up with some刁難的問題 (difficult demands).

"Teach me to play the zither," Pudan looked at Free-and-Easy and said four words.

Free-and-Easy breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I thought you were going to ask for some conditions. What's with that serious look It’s just playing the zither; it’s simple enough. But I can’t teach you forever; there needs to be limits."

"A year!" Pudan raised one finger and weakly looked at Free-and-Easy. She felt this might not be approved of, but as a woman, she didn't care.

“...I don’t have that much time, ten days max!” Free-and-Easy frowned; you really dare say it, if that’s the case, I’d rather just grab Qi Dongqiang directly.

"Then half a year" Pudan continued to look at Free-and-Easy weakly with an adorable expression.

“I think seven days is enough,” replied Free-and-Easy.

“...No, then one month!” Pudan didn't expect Free-and-Easy to shorten the time and skipped straight to a month without saying three months.

"Five days. Otherwise I’m getting shortchanged!" Free-and-Easy shook his head; he felt like he was taking a wrong path. Originally, he wanted to do things in an easier way, but found it turned into something troublesome. Then he chose the easy route again and discovered that it still became troublesome.

Continuously, he realized if he had chosen the more difficult task from the beginning, it would have been even easier, yet doing so now seemed too much of a loss. Thus, he could only choose to do things in an easier way.

Sometimes, things are like this; you only realize at the end that another choice should have been made initially, but there's no chance for a redo. You can only continue forward.

And while doing so, one couldn't regret past choices because endless reconsidering would only make matters more complicated!

"Ah, ten days then!" Pudan could only say this, "No takebacks! That’s what you said earlier!"

"Alright, it's ten days! I'll wait till you’re done!" Free-and-Easy helplessly shook his head; since he had spoken those words before, there was no other way. He should have just said seven days.

“Then shall we sleep now or chat” Pudan looked at Free-and-Easy with a red face and an enticing expression.

"Sleep No thanks, I need to leave," Free-and-Easy replied.

"Ah, where are you going" Pudan immediately asked.

"Of course, leaving this place. I haven't decided on a destination yet; maybe I'll go back to the inn and sleep there." Free-and-Easy casually answered.

"Sleeping here is still sleeping, going back to the inn is also sleeping. Why not stay Here you have me with you, soft flesh and sweet scent, how wonderful," Pudan looked at Free-and-Easy seductively.

“I don’t have that kind of extra money,” Free-and-Easy waved his hand and said, “besides, I’ve already paid the inn, so it wouldn't be right to leave.”

"..." Peony didn't expect Free-and-Easy to reject her with such a reason. Does that mean I would actually take your money Really

Hmm, something's not right here. If I don’t want the money, wouldn’t that make me really lowly

"Sir, you are so funny! Staying here for free with attendants waiting on you," Peony said. Whether she was lowly or not didn't matter; the most important thing was to keep him here.

"Free of charge That's good too. I was originally thinking that if I were to teach you, it would be very troublesome going back and forth. Since I intended to stay here anyway but feared there wouldn’t be enough money."

Free-and-Easy said quite naturally without feeling different because this place was a brothel. The only thing he felt different about was the high room rate here; now that it was free, of course, everything was fine.

"Teaching me to play the zither makes you our noble guest... not like those other guests... in any case, I won't let you spend money staying here."

“That’s alright. Take a look and see if that Mr Qi is still around—if he's waiting for you, just do as I say and I'll go first.” Free-and-Easy said this and then prepared to leave.

"Where are you going, sir Don't you want to stay here"

“Stay of course! This place is free; how could I not stay”

“Why do you still need to leave then”

“I’m going back to the inn to cancel my room and get my money back!”

"..." Peony was speechless. She didn’t know how to describe Free-and-Easy. Although he was an extraordinary talent, his zither skills were outstanding; there should have been plenty of people inviting him to perform for them so that he could make lots of money easily. However, now it seemed like he was very frugal or economical.

Peony didn’t know that Free-and-Easy thought of himself as a lowly butler and his upbringing taught him the virtue of being frugal. If something wasn’t wasted, then why waste it It was only through collecting these wasted resources that he could train Lone Star to its current strength.

"What are you all doing at the door"

When Free-and-Easy opened the door, he found a group of girls standing there. They were those talented courtesans from before who should have left already.

"Look! He’s come out; I win!" A girl called out. Most of the women looked somewhat unhappy and glared at Free-and-Easy with resentment.

What was going on Free-and-Easy didn’t understand this situation at all.

"Earlier someone was betting when you would come out; everyone thought you wouldn't come out, but Qingyian bet that you would," Dujan said. Since everyone else had waited here, so had she.

“Qingyian” Free-and-Easy looked at the girl. She seemed rather plain and innocent, almost like a little sister from next door. Her looks were also very pretty.

While it was somewhat strange to see such a plain-looking girl in this place, one had to remember that this was a high-class brothel; here they needed more than just seductive courtesans to satisfy their clients’ various demands, even someone as pure and ethereal as an angel.

“Why do you think I would come out” Free-and-Easy asked curiously. If Qingyian knew him, then it could be said that she understood his character; but in this case, he didn’t know her at all—how could she have had the confidence to bet on him coming out

Was it just a stroke of luck or did she want to oppose everyone else’s opinion

"This... I can hear from your zither music that you are someone who is like... how do I put this You should be said to be as free and easy as the clouds in the sky; we can see them, but not touch them! Someone like you would never have anything to do with us courtesans..." Qingyian smiled bitterly when she finished speaking and felt a sense of inferiority standing before Free-and-Easy.

Not just Qingyian, almost everyone here had this same feeling of being inferior. They knew they were completely unworthy of such an extraordinary talent as him.

"What you said is partly right and partly wrong: I am someone who can be reached; a very ordinary person who isn’t high up at all! Also, my name’s Free-and-Easy, Happy-and-Free. For the next ten days or so, I’ll still be here—if anything happens, just come find me and it won't be hard to contact me," Free-and-Easy smiled as he said this.

For Free-and-Easy, this was the first time he had been treated like an unattainable god; they were saying that one could only admire him from afar but not get too close. Hmm, wrong—this was a description of women. The point being, it’s similar to that.

Perhaps Free-and-Easy himself didn’t know this: if he hadn’t been a servant and instead a young master, he might have been someone who was high up and unattainable by ordinary people (not because he was arrogant but rather because ordinary folks couldn’t follow him).

And as for himself, Free-and-Easy didn't really care about anything. He wouldn’t worry about how many people would be around him, whether they were friends or lovers—even if there weren’t any family members, it wouldn’t matter to him.

This wasn’t because he was aloof; it was that he neither cared if something existed nor if it didn't—if someone became his friend, then he treated them like a true friend and would never be worse than any other friends.

When there’s something to cherish, you cherish it; when there isn’t, it doesn’t matter—that's Free-and-Easy’s character!

This was why although Free-and-Easy had been searching for his identity all along, he wasn't overly concerned about it. Not that he didn’t care about family ties, but at the time he was abandoned, those family bonds had already broken (To be continued).several octaves.“Nothing much; I was just talking to myself. About the manual.” Xiaoyao denied it乾脆地不承認……Fang Ling fell silent, this was too obvious, he was dodging me again! Humph!Fang Ling fumed for...