Looking at the lyrics "Han Wei" had written especially for her on the table, Proprietress Yu was so excited that her hands could not help but tremble slightly!
Especially that line—"What cannot stay in this mortal world are rosy cheeks leaving the mirror, flowers leaving the trees"—it truly spoke to the heart of a woman of the pleasure quarters like her!
The instant Qing Mo set down his brush, Proprietress Yu held the lyrics in her trembling hands. Her beautiful eyes were filled with infatuation, as though this thin sheet of paper were the most precious treasure in the world!
She recited that line again and again—"What cannot stay in this mortal world are rosy cheeks leaving the mirror, flowers leaving the trees"—and her heart was flooded with a tumult of mixed emotions!
Though her cultivation had reached the late stage of the Divine King Realm, granting her an exceptionally long lifespan, and though she had cultivated for over a hundred thousand years, she still retained the ravishing appearance of a woman barely past thirty!
Yet Proprietress Yu, who had spent so many years amid the pleasure quarters and seen countless romantic figures, had never met anyone who could strike so precisely at the sorrow buried deep within her heart!
Just as Proprietress Yu was still lost in the lyrics, a burst of noisy commotion suddenly erupted outside the door, forcibly dragging her from her intoxicated reverie!
Several seemingly drunk patrons were trying to forcibly drag a few girls from Drunken Dream House into accompanying them, their words carrying more than a hint of threat!
"Quiet, all of you!" Proprietress Yu turned and let out a sharp cry, instantly silencing those troublesome patrons!
"You may come here to seek pleasure and make merry, but you must still abide by Drunken