Li Qiyu and Ming Yuexuan walked into the venue. The event hadn't started yet, but the huge posters on the walls didn't look very proper.
Li Qiyu instinctively wanted to turn around and leave, but after the previous experience, Ming Yuexuan had grabbed her hand tightly and even tied it with a silk scarf. Li Qiyu simply couldn't get away.
The two pushed through the crowd and finally reached their reserved seats. Since it was a last - minute decision, Ming Yuexuan had paid three times the price to get tickets for the best viewing spots. The good thing was that there were quite a few famous stars and big names on the scene. The flashlights were always focused on the more talk - worthy stars. As for Li Qiyu, who had only emerged for a day and wasn't even a small internet celebrity, not many people paid attention to her.
Seeing this situation, Li Qiyu and Ming Yuexuan grew bolder. After they were seated, Ming Yuexuan helped Li Qiyu take off the silk scarf wrapped around her head. This finally gave Li Qiyu, who had been covered tightly, a chance to breathe.
Although the venue was rather dim, it was much more normal than the previous bar. There was no ear - piercing music. Although the laser lights overhead still looked a bit scary, they were much better than the colorful lights in the bar. And the people there all seemed normal. It felt a bit like watching an opera in a theater before she entered the palace.
The only abnormal thing was those huge posters.
The women on them were dressed very revealingly. Li Qiyu only glanced at them and then quickly averted her eyes.
She secretly tugged at Ming Yuexuan and asked,
"Where is this place? It doesn't seem very proper."
Ming Yuexuan was both amused and exasperated.
"There are so many people here. And look, everyone is dressed very normally. Don't worry."
At this time, it seemed that the event was about to start. In the middle of the stage, which had been completely dark before, suddenly lights came on. The light strips were wrapped around a tree, so it looked as if the tree was glowing.
Li Qiyu exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! The tree can glow!"
Li Qiyu stretched out her finger and pointed at the tree on the stage for Ming Yuexuan to see.
Ming Yuexuan quickly pulled down her hand. She wished she could find a hole to hide in.
It was so embarrassing.
"Yes, yes, yes. Don't shout," Ming Yuexuan was too lazy to explain why the tree was glowing.
There is usually a band at a Victoria's Secret show, and the band would take the stage first. So when Li Qiyu saw the musicians coming on stage with bass guitars and keyboards, she was very puzzled. "Why do this zheng and pipa look so strange?"
Ming Yuexuan: "..."
At this time, the lead singer came on stage with a microphone. As soon as he opened his mouth, Li Qiyu was so scared that she covered her ears.
Ming Yuexuan was very puzzled. She took her hands away and asked, "This is a very well - known foreign band. Why are you covering your ears?"
Li Qiyu looked panicked. "He's so far away from me, but his voice is so loud. This must be the legendary Lion's Roar Skill. You can't listen to it. Your ears will go deaf if you do."
Ming Yuexuan rolled her eyes, thought for a while, and asked, "Do you think the sound from the TV at home will make your ears go deaf?"
Li Qiyu shook her head.
Ming Yuexuan took the opportunity to say, "Just think of it as if you're watching TV."
Li Qiyu still didn't dare to uncover her ears. It wasn't until she saw that the people around her seemed fine that she reluctantly uncovered them.
At this time, the models came on stage in their pajamas.
Looking at those white thighs, the hands that Li Qiyu had just taken away from her ears quickly moved to cover her eyes.
Ming Yuexuan couldn't stand it anymore. She had brought Li Qiyu here to broaden her horizons. Otherwise, she would make a fuss even about wearing a swimsuit. Since they were here to see the world, how could she cover her face?
"Come on, come on. They're all models. They're just showing off the clothes."
Li Qiyu shook her head like a rattle - drum. She said, "No, no. This must be a brothel. Those on the stage must be brothel women!"
Li Qiyu peeked through her fingers and then quickly turned her head away.
Ming Yuexuan was both amused and exasperated. She could only follow Li Qiyu's train of thought and say, "Even if it is a brothel, we can't do anything, right? We've already come. Just take a look."
Li Qiyu thought about it and realized that it made sense.
In the past, whenever she passed by a brothel, she would want to go in and see what was so charming about this place where men spent their money.
However, due to her status as the eldest daughter of the Li family, the education she had received since childhood told her that she could only be a well - behaved and virtuous young lady. Brothels were dirty places. Stepping into one would make her impure.
However, she was already married, so she couldn't really be considered a young lady from a noble family anymore. Besides, as Ming Yuexuan said, they had already come. Anyway, they were customers here to consume, and it would be good to broaden their horizons.
Mainly, she also noticed that the people around her were looking at her with disdain, as if she were a country bumpkin. This made her very unhappy.
She, Li Qiyu, had been to the battlefield. She could enter a brothel. What was there to be afraid of?
Moreover, Ming Yuexuan's words really had a magical effect.
Since they were already inside and couldn't leave, it was better to just watch the whole thing.
So, she put down her hands. As soon as her eyes fell on the stage, she sighed, "This is really a place of debauchery."
Those countless white thighs.
Li Qiyu quietly asked, "Do the women here also sign indentures? Can I redeem them?"
Looking at them on the stage, barely covered by clothes and forcing smiles, Li Qiyu, as a woman, felt a bit sad.
Li Qiyu urged, "Who is the madam here? It's so distressing to see these poor girls."
Ming Yuexuan: "..."
At this time, a soft chuckle came from beside them.
It was a man's laugh. Li Qiyu knew he was laughing at her. She looked over unhappily, but when she saw the man's face, she was stunned.
"Duke Donglin?"
The man was wearing casual clothes and holding a fashion magazine in his hand. Hearing Li Qiyu call him Duke Donglin, he also turned his head and replied in a low, polite voice, "My lovely lady, I think you've mistaken me for someone else."
Li Qiyu frowned and looked at the man.
She couldn't be wrong.
The man in front of her was clearly the son of the prime minister of the Mu Dynasty and her childhood playmate, Zhou Donglin.
Hearing the commotion, Ming Yuexuan craned her neck to look. The man was really handsome, and from his clothes and speech, he seemed like an elite.
He probably wasn't from this city.
If there was such a handsome guy in the wealthy circle of this city, she, Ming Yuexuan, would have known about him long ago.
She quickly tugged at her friend and said, "Xiaoyu, be more reserved. You can't use such a cheesy way to strike up a conversation just because he's good - looking."
Li Qiyu retorted dissatisfiedly, "I'm not trying to strike up a conversation. I really know him. His name is Zhou Donglin. He's my childhood playmate..."
At this point, Li Qiyu suddenly realized something.
She had traveled through time.