Chapter 429 (1/2)

“Brother Kuai. Me and my housekeeper came out for food. Other than those women there, we have not touched Yan Ran.” Liu Mang said to Kuai Ran. Kuai Ran’s luck was good. When Yan Ran appeared, she went to Liu Mang instead of Jia Xu. Had she gone to Jia Xu, she would have already lost her virginity.

Kuai Ran only gave Liu Mang a reply after he confirmed that fact from Yan Ran herself.

“Manager Liu. Tell us how much is the price of these four women and also the cost of the food.”

The two remaining women turned pale after hearing Liu Mang’s words. The old woman saw their expressions and decided to help them. She was the one that took care of them outside business hours and have naturally formed a relations.h.i.+p

“Sir. You have already bought these four women. Why not take these two as well?”

“Anan? Have you forgotten your ident.i.ty?” The manager frowned and chastised the old woman. A brothel placed importance in a customer’s demands. An old woman that raised the women have no place influencing a customer’s request.

“I don’t dare!” The old woman quickly replied and knelt down.

“Mama!” The two women quickly knelt together with the old woman. “This is our fault. We should not have been so greedy!” The two women wanted to be bought by Liu Mang. They wanted to be offered shelter like the other four instead of being toyed with by other customers until they meet miserable ends. The old woman understood their plight as she had experienced something like this before which was why she ended up speaking too much

Liu Mang was neither a good person nor a bad person so he did not agree or reject immediately. When he turned to look at these two women, he could see their depression. He could also see Yan Ran wanting to speak out for them but couldn’t because of the manager. In the end, he turned towards Kuai Ran and asked for the man’s opinion, “Lord Kuai Ran. What do you think?”

“Huh?” Kuai Ran was confused. He could not understand Liu Mang’s intentions.

“There is no harm in it if you can get Lord Kuai Ran to agree.” Liu Mang said to the others.

“Brother w.a.n.g. What are you talking about?” Kuai Ran asked.

“I, w.a.n.g Shu, may not have learned much from Lumeng Academy but I still managed to learn about feelings. Since Brother Kuai and Yan Ran are in love with each other, I will definitely support you. So, I will gift Yan Ran to Brother Kuai. If Brother Kuai wants the other two women as well, I am also willing to buy and gift them to you.”

While Kuai Ran and Yan Ran did not know how to respond to the sudden favor, the two women quickly begged Kuai Ran to take them in. Yan Ran also soon joined them, requesting for Kuai Ran to accept these two women as well.

Kuai Ran did not immediately agree to this. He calmed himself down and asked Liu Mang calmly. “What do you really want?” Naturally, Kuai Ran understood that there is no such thing as free lunches. He knew that Liu Mang definitely had a request if he was willing to buy women from a brothel just to give them away as presents.

“Haha. Brother Kuai, there is no need to think so much. I am actually quite close with your uncle, Kuai Liang Zirou. Even if I do not have any purpose right now, I would still gift Yan Ran to you.” Liu Mang could not reply in a direct manner or it would become purely business instead of forming good relations.h.i.+p.

“My uncle Kuai Liang?” Kuai Ran spoke skeptically. He could not believe it because Kuai Liang was a very honest person. He was not like Kuai Yue who was so sly that Kuai Ran himself has a lot of enemies. There were very few people that could be considered a ‘friend’ to the family. Yet, Kuai Ran could not recognize Liu Mang at all.

“Brother Kuai. There is no need to be too suspicious. We were intending to pay Zirou a visit anyway. You can accompany us later if you cannot believe us!” Liu Mang replied with a smile. Kuai Liang was one of the only people in Jingzhou who had favorable opinion of him. He would definitely not make Liu Mang wait.

“In that case, please buy me those women as well.” Kuai Ran looked at Liu Mang’s smile and believed that Liu Mang was not lying. He was going to visit Kuai Liang later anyway. It must also be said that Kuai Ran was too fond of Yan Ran to notice the discrepancy in Liu Mang’s words.

“Manager. You heard him. Tell me how much it costs, I won’t bargain!”

The six women and the food costs Liu Mang over a thousand gold in total. Even Lu Su was worth about a thousand gold when he got captured.

“Alright. I will waive off the price for the meal! Altogether, it would be seven hundred gold!” The manager laughed and gave a discount. This amount was already more than what he earned during the first half of that month.

“Hm. Give us some more food. Brother Kuai hasn’t eaten yet!” Liu Mang waved as Jia Xu went and settle the payment.

“That’s right. We are going to have a sweet feast1 later. Would you like to partic.i.p.ate as well?” The manager of the brothel asked enthusiastically. His att.i.tude towards Liu Mang improved as Liu Mang was rich and generous.