"What? Laney, I am sorry but I didn't agree. If you don't show up, then my Geisha House is really going to be smashed by the ones who have been waiting for so long just to watch you perform," Yasmin, boss of the Geisha House, said as she softly turned down what Laney had just proposed to her. Laney had a more pressing matter to deal with as of the moment. As the top performer of the Geisha House, she now had a number of fans who had paid to watch her performance.
"But I have already given my word to Mr. Bai that I'll perform for him solely. And with that, I have to keep my word. Please!" Laney pleaded tenderly once more.
"Oh, my Goddess! Now, how about this... I will treat Mr. Bai for you during your performance, and after that, you can entertain him! After all, the performance wouldn't consume much of your time. If you don't show up at all, then I really don't have the slightest idea on how to calm down so many of your fans who come to have a gaze at your lovely art!" Yasmin proposed meticulously, as she placed her hand on Laney's.
"Miss Laney, you don't have to make a special treatment for me. Please just follow Yasmin's proposal," Rocky said instantly. He was certainly aware that Laney was the leading performer of the Geisha House. Many of the guests went there, just wanting to set their eyes on nothing but Laney. If she didn't turn up tonight, then he guessed that the raging guests would eventually shatter the Geisha House. If that happened, he just couldn't afford the expense of such a significant loss.
"Thank you so much for your kind understanding." Yasmin winked at Rocky, her face still looking gorgeous as a middle-aged woman. In fact, she was one of those who had such a timeless face that never aged. Then, she turned to Laney and said, "Well, I am going to treat Mr. Bai for you. You should put on some makeup first. Be ready for the performance that will begin soon!"
"Well, all right then," Laney said while she unwillingly nodded as soon as she realized that Rocky didn't mind her performing for the guests first. Half pushed by Yasmin, she took her maid and moved backstage to prepare.
"Mr. Bai, Laney has been in our Geisha House for so long, and this is the first time that she didn't want to perform for her guests because of some man. It seems that you have great personal charisma!" Yasmin winked at Rocky as she envied his charm. And then she sized him up with a cheesed off look and said, "Mr. Bai, you look really handsome, but your dressing style is just so..." At that time, Rocky was wearing a worn military gown that had evidently turned white due to frequent wash. Beyond question, he looked like an abject tramp.
"Yasmin, I am sorry for my inappropriate dressing!" Rocky looked at his dressing, realizing that he looked like a farmer. Being in the periphery forest of the Myriad Beasts Ground for a while, he had not changed his clothes, not even once. Every single time he took a bath, he didn't take his clothes off. Hence, his military gown was almost completely washed white.
"Well, you are the distinguished guest that Laney will entertain tonight. But I must admit that your dressing style is literally not easy on the eye. If other guests set their eyes on your clothes, they will surely have a lot of tittle-tattle. Mr. Bai, in order not to mess up Laney's good motive to entertain you, I strongly suggest that you really need to change your clothes. So please, come along with me. Right this way!" Yasmin said instantly with a smile after she successfully convinced Rocky to come and keep up with her.
As a response, Rocky raised his eyebrows. Without any further thought, he trailed behind Yasmin and entered the front courtyard of the Geisha House from the side door.
As soon as he set his foot inside the front yard, he recognized that the entire yard was like a kingdom of females—young women giving half-suppressed laughs and teases as they entered and came out of rooms.
However, when the young women had a glimpse of Rocky and Yasmin, they had their reservations. The Geisha House didn't welcome any guest at that very moment. Thus, they couldn't help but be inquisitive about why, of all times, Yasmin would take a man to the front yard.
But when they saw Yasmin and Rocky heading towards the backyard, they could not help but wonder because they knew that the rooms there were only for Yasmin and Laney.
"This man must not be the Adonis that Yasmin has been keeping as a boy toy."
"I never really thought of Yasmin as a cradle snatcher..."
"Although he dressed like a wretched man and is clearly not from a rich family, I must say that this man is really handsome!"
"In that case, Yasmin's desire for men is not small and subtle at all!"
For a time, the girls in the entire front yard kept on talking to each other rather wildly and from time to time would burst out rolls of resounding chuckling.
And just like that, Rocky already had a nickname from the young girls of the Geisha House—Adonis.
Meanwhile, in the backyard, Yasmin took Rocky to a room that was saturated by misty fogs.
"Here. This is the bathroom. You can take a bath in it. I will let my maid bring you a new batch of clothes later..." Yasmin said as she pushed him inside, closed the door, and left for other business that she needed to attend to.
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