Chapter 909 - 870: That’s Me

Yu Lan took a step forward, blocked Zhao Rong, pointed at Qiu Moyan, and said:

"Qiu Moyan, Zhou Huai’an is your man. Stop making eyes at Brother Zhao Rong...

Because Brother Zhao Rong belongs to us three sisters..."

Xuelian was even more blunt; she pointed at Jinlian and Qiu Moyan and said:

"You two women are totally unworthy of liking Brother Zhao Rong.

Because you two women, one is a lady boss running a black inn, and one is a wandering swordswoman with no knowledge and no education at all..."

With that, Xuelian glanced at Lili and Yu Lan standing beside her, then said with great confidence:

"Qiu Moyan, Jinlian, how could you two women possibly compare with us three?"

Then Xuelian pointed at Lili and said to Jinlian and Qiu Moyan in front of her:

"Miss Lili is a top student from Yale University..."

Next, Xuelian pointed at Yu Lan and said to Jinlian and Qiu Moyan:

"Yu Lan is a top student from Harvard University..."

Finally, Xuelian pointed at herself and said to Qiu Moyan and Jinlian:

"And I, Xuelian, am also a top student from Stanford University...

So you two women should stop competing with us three for Brother Zhao Rong,

because you are absolutely no match for us three women..."

Having said that, Xuelian thought to herself:

Now that I’ve laid it all out for Jinlian and Qiu Moyan,

those two women should obediently bow out, right?

After all, in the Tianshun era of the Ming dynasty, their level of education is only primary school at best.

But what Xuelian didn’t expect was that

Jinlian stepped forward and refuted her, saying:

"Beauty, don’t talk nonsense and spew crap all over the place, okay?

We firmly believe that a woman’s lack of talent is her virtue..."

Qiu Moyan also shot back at Xuelian and said:

"Even though you three beauties are very talented...

you three beauties don’t have our three-inch golden lotuses...

So Brother Zhao Rong definitely won’t like you three beauties..."

Hearing this, Xuelian was startled and immediately cast her eyes down to Jinlian and Qiu Moyan’s feet.

She saw, to her surprise, that Jinlian and Qiu Moyan did indeed both have three-inch golden lotuses.

At this moment, Jinlian lifted her three-inch golden lotuses right in front of Zhao Rong for him to see and said:

"Brother Zhao Rong, do you like my feet?"

Hearing that, Zhao Rong gagged once, then shook his head violently and said:

"Foot-binding is the most cruel custom against women in all of Chinese history...

We not only don’t like it, we utterly loathe it..."

Saying that, Zhao Rong turned his head and dry-heaved a few times.

Just then, Zhou Huai’an came down the stairs.

He looked at Qiu Moyan and said:

"Qiu Moyan, didn’t you say before that you wanted to follow me, roam the jianghu and fly far away together?

How come now you’ve actually changed your affections and fallen for this young hero?"

Qiu Moyan glared at Zhou Huai’an, then gazed at Zhao Rong with lovestruck eyes and said:

"Because Brother Zhao Rong is more manly, more handsome, more domineering..."

Hearing that, Zhou Huai’an said in frustration:

"Qiu Moyan, have you forgotten the vows we made to each other back then?"

When Zhao Rong saw Zhou Huai’an speaking so earnestly,

he immediately tried to persuade Qiu Moyan, saying:

"Qiu Moyan, you’d better go with Zhou Huai’an.

Because we’re about to leave the Dragon Gate Inn and continue across the great grasslands in search of the Gold Diamond..."

Hearing this, Lili, standing nearby, shot a glare at Jinlian, then said to Zhao Rong:

"Brother Zhao Rong, a lady boss of a black inn who slaughters people like grass must be caught and sent to the authorities for punishment.

Otherwise, all those passing travelers will have died in vain..."

Yu Lan also spoke indignantly:

"A killer must pay with her life. Since this black inn uses travelers’ human flesh to make char siu buns,

then they should receive the punishment they deserve..."

Xuelian turned to her assistant standing beside her and ordered:

"Assistant, go report this to the authorities right now...

We’re going to hand this vicious and merciless Jinlian over to the magistrate to punish her crimes..."

Listening to the three beauties, Zhao Rong also turned his gaze on Jinlian.

He asked in deep puzzlement:

"Jinlian, since you’re the inn’s proprietress, why would you kill people and run a black inn?"

Faced with Zhao Rong’s questioning, Jinlian said very awkwardly:

"On the surface I’m the proprietress of this Dragon Gate Inn,

but I’m just a hired worker.

Behind the scenes there’s a much bigger boss..."

Hearing this, Zhao Rong was stunned and asked Jinlian:

"Jinlian, so what you mean is, you were also forced into doing all these things?"

Jinlian glanced at a big fat man beside her in a chef’s outfit.

She spoke with great fear:

"Brother Zhao Rong, I can only say this much...

Otherwise my life will be in danger..."

Zhao Rong stepped forward to shield Jinlian and said:

"Jinlian, with me here protecting you, let’s see who dares lay a finger on you..."

The assistant also stepped up, pressed Jinlian, and said:

"Jinlian, just tell us—which one of the people here is the mastermind who drove you to commit all these evil deeds?"

Jinlian didn’t dare speak and said:

"I can’t say any more, big brother..."

When Zhao Rong saw Jinlian looking toward the fat man beside her,

he immediately strode forward and kicked the fat man to the floor, then said to Jinlian:

"Jinlian, is this fat man the mastermind behind the Dragon Gate Inn?"

At that moment, the fat man suddenly did a carp-flip, sprang up from the floor, and stood in front of Zhao Rong.

He said arrogantly:

"You passing riffraff—even if you’ve discovered that I’m the boss behind the scenes and Jinlian is just a pawn in my hand, there’s nothing you can do.

Because I’ve already set up layer upon layer of traps to send you all off to Western Heaven..."

With that, the fat chef ripped off the Human Skin Mask on his face.

And when Zhou Huai’an, standing behind Zhao Rong, saw that the chef who’d just torn off his mask was actually Cao Shaoqin,

he exclaimed in shock:

"Cao Shaoqing, didn’t Brother Zhao Rong already kill you?

How come you’ve come back to life?"

Qiu Moyan was also terrified and said:

"Has Cao Shaoqin resurrected again?

Does he have two lives?"

Jinlian also hadn’t expected this and said:

"So the cook working in my Dragon Gate Inn was actually the Ming dynasty East Factory head eunuch Cao Shaoqin hiding in the deepest shadows..."

And when Lili, Yu Lan, and Xuelian—the three beauties—saw Cao Shaoqing, they couldn’t help but be stunned by his looks.

Lili stared at Cao Shaoqin, utterly starstruck, and said:

"Oh my god, are you kidding me?

You’re the East Factory head eunuch, Eunuch Cao Shaoqin?"

Cao Shaoqin nodded and said:

"Exactly, it’s me..."

Yu Lan couldn’t wrap her head around it and asked:

"Oh my god, are you kidding me—there were already Human Skin Masks in the Ming dynasty..."

The assistant ground his teeth and said:

"Since this cook is Cao Shaoqing,

then the East Factory head eunuch Cao Shaoqing we killed last night—who was that?"