What Was Her Connection?

Gu Xijiu frowned. She had been away for more than an hour now. She had to go back and prove her innocence, so she could not stay any longer. When she saw that the staff had already collected more than half of the pearls on stage, she moved swiftly to him and said, "Thank you, that will do for me. You can have the rest of the pearls as a gift." The amount was enough for her.

She took the pearls from him and kept them in her storage bag.

"Miss, it is alright for you not to sing but will you give me the honor of being your friend?" Lan Fei still refused to give in.

Gu Xijiu looked up at him, and before she could speak, they could hear the sound of a lute from afar. "Clang! Clang!" The sound of the lute was similar to the ripping of silk, rocking the audience to their core. A magnetic voice could be heard, following the sound of the lute. 

"No way!"