Chapter 13: Kiss Again?

"Then I'll call you Little Liangliang~," she said with a playful laugh.

Dark clouds gathered between the man's brows.

The woman in front of him had a showy and bright laugh. She considered seriously, "Calling you 'Your Highness' is quite strange~ I'd better call you Xiaoxi~"

"..." No one had ever dared to make fun of his name. She must be tired of living.

Yet, Long Xiliang didn't feel the urge to kill her. This woman, he wanted to throw her into the Secret Garden to see if she could cause a massive uproar!

Lu Xiaoyou took a step forward, drawing close to him, her dark pupils shining, "The reward you gave me just now doesn't count."

"..." She didn't even care for a kiss.

"Give me another reward."

"Kiss you again?" the man's voice was husky and pleasant to the ear.

Lu Xiaoyou glanced at him disdainfully, stating her demand, "I want to leave the Secret Garden."

The color in Long Xiliang's eyes deepened; her request was overstepping the boundaries.

A low-ranking courtesan, dreaming of relying on him to leave the Secret Garden? The thought was laughable.

Lu Xiaoyou seemed to be able to see right through the thoughts at the bottom of his eyes, "I don't want to leave this place forever. I work here, so I should have some time off, right? Give me one day off per week to go home, okay~"

"You were sold by your parents. Do you have a home to go back to?" Long Xiliang countered.

Lu Xiaoyou inwardly scorned, it seemed this man had already thoroughly investigated her background.

"I was sold by my stepmother, maybe my father doesn't know about it?" Lu Xiaoyou corrected him, boldly acting coquettish:

"Agree~ Let me leave the Secret Garden one day each week~"

"Our relationship hasn't reached the point where I need to help you," Long Xiliang refused her.

Lu Xiaoyou's eyes narrowed, like a lazy cat, "I took your virginity, our relationship should be different from ordinary people, right~"

Long Xiliang's brow twitched again, his voice very low, "How could you tell it was my first time?"

"Because I heard that men's first times are very quick~"

"..."

Lu Xiaoyou looked at him with an expression that seemed to say "Why humiliate yourself in front of me?"

Besides his face turning a few shades darker, there appeared to be no other change in Long Xiliang's expression.

"I can help you, but the rule in the Secret Garden is that only courtesans of the second rank and above can go out freely. Those of the second rank and below must be kept inside the Secret Garden. Reach the second rank, and you can go home one day each week."

Lu Xiaoyou's brows furrowed. The courtesans at the Secret Garden were divided into four ranks, and she was currently third-ranked.

"How do I advance? Take ten clients every day?" She would die of exhaustion! And she wasn't a woman who would take just anyone; only someone with Long Xiliang's level of attractiveness would interest her.

"Tonight, in the Secret Garden's Platinum event, I'll take you in. If you can earn over a million in drink sales, I'll have Shi Yan promote you."

Lu Xiaoyou figured that the Shi Yan Long Xiliang mentioned must be the boss of the Secret Garden. This man was truly a top executive within the Secret Garden; if not that, he must be one of Shi Yan's close friends. Otherwise, why would Shi Yan listen to him?

"Good, then it's a deal~" Lu Xiaoyou's eyes were alight, seeming full of confidence.

Long Xiliang's expression became slightly heavier. He was giving her an opportunity, which was truly unbelievable to him.

Why was he indulging this woman? Just because they had sex, did she become special?

Cold ice seemed to cover the dark depths of the man's eyes once again.