On the stage, a bright-eyed and white-toothed actress was performing. She was proficient in singing, chanting, and patterning, and everyone in the audience was seen clapping their hands incessantly.
In the private room on the stage, Wan Su picked up a snack and tasted it. The greasy texture made her frown.
Seeing her like this, Mrs. Wang felt really impatient.
"Wan Su, why did you ask your aunt to come to a place like this today?"
Wan Su casually threw the snack back onto the plate, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, then picked up the tea on the side and rinsed his mouth.
"It's nothing serious. I just thought that my aunt has been working hard these days as a housekeeper, so I wanted to take you out to watch a show and relax."
Wang glanced around with disgust. How could such a dilapidated and chaotic environment be a place for ladies and gentlemen like them?
"Wan Su, if you want to watch a play, just invite a theater troupe to go home and watch it. Why bother coming to such a shabby place where good and bad people are mixed up? There is no gain or loss of status." Wang said with a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.
Wan Su casually picked up some melon seeds and started cracking them. He seemed to be very adapted to the environment here.
"What's the point of going home and watching it? It's just a few old dramas, very boring! The drama I want to invite my second aunt to watch is much more exciting than those! Look, here it is!"
After hearing this, Wang turned his attention to the stage.
I saw that what was being performed on the stage at the moment was a piece that had just emerged in Beijing called "Splendid Marriage"
The content of the story is very cliché. It tells the story of a young lady from a wealthy family who was rescued by a poor scholar. The two fell in love at first sight and became engaged for life.
However, Miss He's father disliked the poor scholar's low background and forcefully separated them. In order to marry the Miss, the scholar decided to go to Beijing to take the exam.
The young lady's father took the opportunity to marry his daughter to a young master from another family. The young lady preferred to die and hanged herself the day before the wedding.
The scholar came first in high school and came back to marry his beloved. Unexpectedly, he saw a mourning hall hung with silk curtains. The scholar couldn't bear the young lady to go alone, so he also wanted to die in love and follow his beloved.
His infatuation moved a Taoist priest, so the Taoist priest helped his soul to leave his body and let his soul come to the underworld to find his beloved.
Fortunately, less than 7749 days had passed since the lady's death and she had not entered reincarnation again, so the scholar rescued the lady from the Naihe Bridge.
The two returned to the earth together, and the lady was resurrected. The lovers finally got married.
At this moment, the scene happened to be playing on the stage, where a poor scholar became the number one scholar in high school and returned to his hometown to seek the one he loves.
Ever since the scholar appeared on the stage, Wang's eyes had never moved away from him. No matter how exciting the performance on the stage was, she had no intention of watching the show at this moment.
"Second Aunt, do you know this person?" Wan Su asked.
Wang almost said something through her teeth: "More than just acquaintance, we are so familiar."
"It's good that we know each other. Then, second aunt, please go to the back room for a while. My niece will treat you to a good show."
After Wan Su finished speaking, she waved to Mo Chuan beside her, and then whispered a few words in her ear.
Mo Chuan quickly went downstairs, and after about a quarter of an hour, Mo Chuan came up with a young boy still wearing makeup on his face.
The person's late-Su clothes showed that she was an extraordinary person, so she quickly bowed and saluted as soon as she entered the private room.
"Shang Yuanying, a young student, has met the young lady. I wonder what the young lady's instructions were when she asked the young man to come up!"
Shang Yuanying's life was beautiful, and dignitaries often called him to talk to him alone. This was a common occurrence for him and he didn't find it any surprise.
"Boss Shang, I have admired you for a long time. I have often heard that you are a famous opera master in the Tianqiao area. When I saw your performance today, it was indeed well-deserved." Wan Su said flatteringly.
"Where is it? I'm sorry, Miss." Shang Yuanying said modestly, but his face was full of pride.
Wan Su winked at Mo Chuan. Mo Chuan understood and took out a wad of silver notes from his arms and handed it to Shang Yuanying.
"This is our lady's suggestion. Please accept it, Boss Shang."
Shang Yuanying's eyes immediately lit up when he saw the banknote, "It's so embarrassing to not get rewarded for no merit!"
He tried to push it away, but his eyes were glued to the banknote and he could no longer move it.
Wan Su smiled and said, "Why are you embarrassed? This money was not given to Boss Shang in vain. I have something to ask you for advice!"
When Shang Yuanying heard this, he looked away and asked cautiously: "Miss, what do you want to ask?"
Wan Su took out a famous card from his sleeve and handed it to Shang Yuanying.
"Boss Shang, look, do you know this guy?"
Shang Yuanying opened it in confusion and saw the three characters "Liu Wensheng" written clearly on it.
Shang Yuanying instantly felt a gust of cold wind blowing into his heart, and couldn't help but shudder.
"It seems that I am going to disappoint the young lady. I don't know this person."
"How could it be? I had the honor to meet this man. I think he is quite similar to Boss Shang!" Wan Su said.
Shang Yuanying subconsciously wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeves.
"There are so many people in the world, and if there are only one or two of them, it's not surprising that they look similar!"
Wan Su sneered, "Oh? Is it just similar? What do you mean, you don't recognize Liang Hanyue, the fourth young lady of the Liang family?"
Shang Yuanying originally took a chance, but he didn't expect that Wan Su would actually know about Liang Hanyue. He knew that he could no longer hide it.
He hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Miss, please spare my life, Miss, please spare your life! It was a villain who did such a thing because of his obsession with money. I hope Miss, please spare my life!"
Wan Su said: "Hey, Boss Shang, why are you panicking? I didn't say what I was going to do to you! As long as you tell me what happened, I will not only forgive you for what you have done before, but also all the money will be lost."
Be yours."
Wan Su said and took the banknote from Mo Chuan's hand and handed it to Shang Yuanying.
Shang Yuanying was moved by the sight of the white banknotes, so she immediately told what happened.
It turned out that a month ago, a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties suddenly came to him and asked him to perform in a play. After the performance was completed, she promised to give him five hundred taels of silver.
The fashionable Yuan Ying had just owed a lot of debt to a gambling house and was tortured by debt collectors, so he agreed without thinking much about it.
What the woman asked her to do was to pretend to be a down-and-out scholar with great talent but no talent, meet Liang Hanyu by chance, and attract her attention.
Liang Hanyu was pampered by the Wang family since she was a child and grew up. She never cared about the right concierge when it came to marriage, and she only wanted to find a husband who was knowledgeable, talented, and compatible with her.
As a result, Shang Yuanying, who has outstanding appearance and smooth speaking skills, quickly won Liang Hanyue's heart.
So Liang Hanyu and Shang Yuanying wrote some acidic and scholarly letters all day long to express their feelings to each other.
As time passed, Shang Yuanying even seduced Liang Hanyue into writing some explicit letters.
Then Shang Yuanying handed those letters to the woman.
After the matter was completed, the woman actually gave him five hundred taels of silver and asked Shang Yuanying to leave the capital.
Shang Yuanying was addicted to gambling, and a mere five hundred taels was not enough for him to squander, so although he promised, he actually found a new place where good and bad people were mixed, and started singing.
Only then did Wan Su find him.
Shang Yuanying had just finished telling the whole story. Wang, who had been hiding in the back room, finally couldn't bear it anymore.
I saw her pushing open the door and rushing out.
"You damn bastard, you really hurt my daughter. I have to beat you to death today."
Wang said, raised his fist and hit Shang Yuanying, which made Shang Yuanying run away with his head in his arms.