Prostitutes Have Dreams Too

It turned out this place had not originally been called Spring Queen City. It had only gained that name because of Evelyn's teacher. Twenty years ago, when Evelyn was just ten years old, her impoverished father sold her here to work as a maid.

Evelyn had originally thought the rest of her life would be bleak, because maids were not only servants to the nobility—they were also playthings for their masters whenever they were wanted.

Fortunately, she escaped one night and met a woman who would change her life forever—Malena.

Malena was the madam of a teahouse. She did not make the young Evelyn receive customers, and she protected her very well. Later, Evelyn learned that the women in the teahouse had experiences much like hers. They were all women who could not survive on their own or had been abandoned by others. Of course, Malena was among them.

Malena had a dream: to give every woman in the world who had suffered misfortune a safe and stable home. This had also been the wish of Malena's teacher.

What she wanted was actually very simple—to have a home and live a peaceful life. Only those who had truly experienced pain could understand the value of an ordinary life.

Evelyn also stayed by Malena's side and studied under her. Through their constant efforts, the tea garden grew more successful, and they were able to help more and more people.

However, the tea garden's popularity and ability to rake in money also attracted the greed of many people. One day, a group of government officials came and declared that they would take a cut of its earnings. How could Malena, who had watched the tea garden grow better and better, agree to that?

When the officials saw that a mere tea woman