Chapter 069: Bind Your Feet, Don't Bind Your Brain
The backstage dressing room and outside of the Yuemen Ballroom were immediately crowded with people who were watching the show and were not afraid of the height of the stage.
Gu Qingdai stopped Lu Mingze, who was about to plead for her explanation, and pointed to several newspaper reporters who had not yet left the Yuemen Ballroom.
Lu Mingze immediately understood Gu Qingdai's reminder and left the dressing room alone to silence the media.
Otherwise, the Miss Luancheng beauty pageant has just reached the preliminary round, and such a scandal breaks out, which is not a good thing for either party.
At this time, Song Yueting had left. After hearing the news, the security manager of the ballroom came with a team and stopped the farce in front of him in time.
The women were intimidated by the tough security guards, but they still did not forget their mission, so they grabbed the girl and dragged her out.
"This is our family's own business. It is only natural to take our young lady back!" Several women babbled as they walked out.
The security manager is not willing to get involved in other people's affairs, as long as he doesn't cause trouble in the Yuemen Dance Hall.
The tied girl refused to let go. She struggled to grab one of the security guard's arms, as if she was grasping the last life-saving straw.
"Brother, please help me. I'm coming to the Yuemen Ballroom to participate in the beauty pageant. You should protect my personal safety here!" the girl shouted loudly.
The security manager impatiently brushed her hand away and said, "Hurry up and leave with your family."
"What's the point of holding a beauty pageant? Didn't you say in your promotion that you want to get rid of the feudal dregs and liberate women's nature? It turns out it's all fake and deceiving?"
The girl's voice became softer and quieter, and she was carried to the entrance of the Yuemen Dance Hall by several women.
But she didn't give up resistance yet, holding on to the edge of the door with both hands, "Help, help!"
After the newspaper reporter's side was taken care of, Lu Mingze came back. Lu Minglan couldn't wait to plead with him: "Brother, please help her."
"Shut up and stop meddling." Lu Mingze rarely lost his temper with his sister.
Lu Minglan threw up his arms angrily, and the surrounding people heard comments complaining about the girl.
"Master Lu, actually what the young lady said is true. She was kidnapped so openly in the Yuemen Ballroom. Who knows if those women are members of her family?" Gu Qingdai endured it again and again.
In the end, he couldn't control his mouth.
"Do you have sympathy as women?" Lu Mingze asked the two of them helplessly.
"Brother, it's almost too late!"
"Master Lu, you can do it with just a little effort."
Lu Mingze said "Oh" and immediately exchanged a few words with the security officer.
The security manager immediately shouted, and several security guards at the gate quickly rescued the girl.
The girl's name is Chuhe, and she is a wealthy lady from a wealthy village below Luancheng.
Going back several generations in the family, there have been several successful candidates, and one person even went all the way to the position of tribute scholar.
In the late period of the previous dynasty, Chu He's grandfather seemed to have been an official in the same dynasty as Xu Xuannian.
But how many years of old almanac are those?
The wheel of the times has already moved forward, but their Chu family is still lying in the glory of the previous dynasty, unwilling to wake up?
A woman can only stay in the boudoir without leaving the door or taking a second step?
Going out to participate in a beauty pageant is humiliating our ancestors?
Gu Qingdai glanced at Chu He's feet subconsciously. It seemed that there were traces of binding on her feet, but luckily she didn't bind her cerebellum as well, so she knew how to resist for herself!
Several women were kicked out of the Yuemen Dance Hall, and Chuhe got a chance to breathe for a while.
The security guard dispersed the crowd that gathered around her and said, "You will be fine if you stay in the Yuemen Ballroom, but we can't protect you if you walk out of this door."
Chu He sobbed and nodded, repeating the word "thank you".
Lu Mingze glanced at his sister who wanted to step forward to comfort her, "Put away your sympathy."
He pulled Lu Minglan out of the Yuemen Ballroom, followed closely by Gu Qingdai.
But after taking a few steps, she ran back and whispered in Chu He's ear, "You are weak and weak. If you want to fight the old stubborns to the end, you have to outsmart them."
Chu He suddenly raised his head and looked at Gu Qingdai, "Qingdai..."
Chu He called out Gu Qingdai's name and startled her. Could it be that the original owner knew Chu He?
"First think carefully about whether you want to continue competing. If you want to get out of the house smoothly next time, you have to go back and deal with the old stubborns."
Lu Mingze had called her several times from the front, and Gu Qingdai patted Chu He on the shoulder and walked away with a smile.
"Shopkeeper Gu is overflowing with sympathy again? Isn't it enough to have a girl named Qu as a precedent?" Lu Mingze sat in the car and woke up Gu Qingdai.
Gu Qingdai is not a white lotus flower who sacrifices herself for others, but she always believes that there are certain three concepts of right and wrong that should exist and be abided by.
"I didn't lose much from Qu Biqian, and I believe Mr. Lu will not stand by and watch someone who can help him."
"Shopkeeper Gu, you have to remember that our first identity is businessmen. This is the foundation for your foothold in this world."
"Qingdai, remember this." Gu Qingdai has always been able to listen to such warnings.
Lu Mingze nodded with satisfaction as if he had come from the past. Gu Qingdai was really a good youngster who could be taught.
"That end of Gong's Department Store..."
"I can do it myself."
Why is Lu Mingze still worried about this matter?
Gu Qingdai hurriedly interrupted and asked him to take the opportunity to go to Qin Liuer's residence.
She hasn't visited Qu Biqian for a while.
Lu Mingze said "come on, come on" several times, but he couldn't defeat Gu Qingdai.
But the more she did this, the more he truly admired her.
After telling Lu Minglan not to be greedy during these days and to practice speaking in the mirror when he had time, Gu Qingdai finally got out of the car and walked into Qin Liuer's home.
Qin Liuer has gone to the teahouse, and there is only an old woman left at home.
She recognized Gu Qingdai, opened the door for him, and whispered about Qu Biqian's current situation.
"You are always tired these days." Gu Qingdai took out a few silver coins and gave them to the old lady.
The old lady accepted it happily and quickly brought Gu Qingdai to Qu Biqian's room.
"Qing Dai, you are here."
Qu Biqian's complexion has recovered a lot, and she seems to have gained weight.
In her arms she held an old pipa, which Qin Liuer must have discarded.
"Are you ok?"
Gu Qingdai sat opposite her, looking at the cleanliness of the house, thinking that she still had expectations for her future life.
This is what Gu Qingdai wants to see, after all, there is still such a long way to go.
"I'm good at everything. Even the old doctor that Second Master found for me is really good at medicine. I have a lot of bones in my body."
"Then what are your plans next?"
Hearing the sound, the smile on Qu Biqian's face gradually stiffened.
"Don't worry, I will move out as soon as I recover from my injuries, and I will never cause any more trouble to you and Liu'er."
"Of course it's not good for you to trouble Liu'er all the time, but what I mean is that you want to do something to make a living? You are free now."
"I..." Qu Biqian stroked the pipa back and forth in her hand.
Gu Qingdai somewhat understood her intention, "Xiao Qian, with your achievements, you can't stand on the stage of the Awakening Lion Tea House."
"I know I'm not worthy." Qu Biqian shed two lines of tears.
"Are you willing to put down your dignity and come to the teahouse to do some menial work?"
"Is it true that I can't go on stage, Qingdai, just give me a chance!"
Gu Qingdai recalled what Lu Mingze said to her in the car, and categorically refused: "No."