"You jest, young master! I am merely common rouge and powder, a frail willow of little beauty. How could I possibly...?!"
"If you truly were common rouge and powder, a frail willow of little beauty, Miss Zi Nu, I would never have set foot inside the Purple Orchid Pavilion tonight!"
Before Zi Nu could finish, Qing Mo cut her off!
Beautiful, clever, and capable, with a graceful, voluptuous figure, seductive charm, and, most importantly, a pair of G-cup breasts and long legs!
With qualities like those, neither "common rouge and powder" nor "a frail willow of little beauty" came anywhere close to describing Zi Nu!
Qing Mo reached into his wide sleeve again, "took out" a small wooden box, and placed it directly before Zi Nu!
"I understand you, Miss Zi Nu. I know what you are trying to do, and I am willing to support you!"
"When I said I would provide for you, those were not empty words!"
"Although I do covet both your body and your heart, please open this box first, Miss Zi Nu!"
Her beautiful eyes gradually deepening, Zi Nu gave Qing Mo a long look before slowly raising her small, fair, jade-like hands and opening the box he had produced!
Inside lay more than a dozen southern pearls, each as large as a pigeon's egg. Every one was perfectly round, lustrous, and flawless-clearly worth a fortune, and exceedingly rare!
"Young master! These...?!"
No woman could resist jewels and pearls. Even an extraordinary woman like Zi Nu was deeply captivated by the dozen or so plump, round southern pearls inside the box!
"These are southern pearls!"
"Large oysters in the deep southern seas nurture them over many years. They are the finest of pearls, renowned as 'the greatest pearls under heaven'!"
"A single one is