How can someone travel through time and space and become a beggar?

Chapter 120

Eight days later, they went again and happened to be singing the ending of Mengnu's play.

"Although I never thought that the two of them would divorce, I feel a little uncomfortable with such a casual forgiveness." Bai Wuxia frowned and said dissatisfiedly.

Xia Chu couldn't help but grumble, "It's just the fantasy of today's scholars. His wife, who had been with him for so long, funded his path to the imperial examinations, and his new wife's family helped him rise through the ranks. In the end, they were living happily together, surrounded by beauties, and he was a winner in life."

After the first act, Yang Liu, still in her makeup, served snacks and tea. "Thank you so much for your presence last time. We heard you wanted to hear more, so we added this act today. Are you satisfied?"

Bai Wuxia nodded with no expression on her face.

"This play was originally adapted from a very popular script in the capital." Yang Liu didn't feel anything about it. They followed the troupe leader's instructions on what to sing and perform, and she didn't think much about the content after she finished singing. "A lot of people like it. Isn't the ending good?"

Besides, what's wrong with being harmonious and happy? What else can Rong Niang do but accept it? Her brother from her natal family helped her come to the capital. Even if he was sincere in helping her, she would be grateful. Most of it was just to take advantage of him.

Rong Niang had three children at home, so she had nowhere to go and was powerless to resist.

How could these young ladies, who had never experienced the world, understand such unspeakable suffering? Yang Liu looked at their gorgeous clothes with envy. A pearl hairpin on their head was probably worth several years of her salary.

I just blame myself for not being able to reincarnate.

Although Bai Wuxia saved Yang Liu, she didn't think it was necessary to say anything more to an actor.

The room was quiet, and Yang Liu tactfully retreated.

After the people left, Lin Langcai said, "I've always been curious. How much powder did you put on to be so white? It's like wearing a mask. It looks okay from a distance, but it's a bit exaggerated up close."

"Isn't it just to watch from a distance?" Mo Qingmei said with a smile.

Perhaps it was because the first act made me feel uncomfortable that the rest of the play became boring.

However, they still sat until the end before leaving. It was still early today, and Lin Lang said he wanted to see some acrobatics, so he dragged them along to watch monkey shows, fire swallowing, iron hoop jumping, and plate balancing...

Bai Wuxia was also very interested in these things. When she walked out of the theater, it was almost curfew.

Unexpectedly, after a few steps, a familiar face walked out of the brightly lit brothel.

Xia Chu thought she had seen it wrong, her eyes widened. It was actually Zhao Huazhang! He was actually visiting a brothel! Behind him, wasn't that Big Brother?

"Xia Tian!?" Xia Chu couldn't help but scream.

Xia Tian came here today feeling guilty. When he heard the voice, the hairs on his back stood up. "Xiao Chu? You, why are you here?"

What if he gets sick at this time! They are all incurable diseases! I usually see my eldest brother as an honest person, but I didn’t expect him to be this kind of person! Xia Chu pointed at him angrily, "You visited a brothel! I'm going back and telling Dad!"

It's not just summer, Zhao Huazhang touched his nose, not knowing where to start explaining.

"No! I'm not here to look for a girl!" Xia Tian, a tall man of about 1.8 meters, took two steps forward and lowered his head to try to explain, but the place was crowded. "I'll tell you when I get back."

"Who is this?" Lin Lang whispered to Bai Wuxia.

"Never seen it." Bai Wuxia shook his head.

"She's called Xia Tian, and Xia Chu said she'd tell Dad when she got home, so it must be her brother." Li Yun guessed, "That Mr. Zhao Huazhang, Xia Chu's elder brother, isn't he in the military camp?"

"I'll listen to your excuses when we get back." Xia Chu glared at him, then looked at Zhao Huazhang with dissatisfaction. She had misjudged this man. He actually brought his elder brother to visit a brothel!

"It's not what you think." Zhao Huazhang never expected that he would run into Xia Chu as soon as he came out.

"It's time to go, curfew is about to begin." Li Yun reminded.

Zhao Huazhang glanced at the sky and said, "Xia Tian, I'll give you a night off today. Go back and explain everything clearly, and come back tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

Xia Chu climbed onto the flawless white carriage without even looking at Xia Tian.

The bus was full of women, who were not allowed to get on in the summer and could only run behind it.

Lin Lang lifted the car curtain to take a look, and chuckled, "How pitiful."

Li Yun felt that this was inappropriate, "Will your elder brother be angry?"

Xia Chu said firmly: "He dare not."

"That's great that you all have brothers." Li Yun showed a hint of envy. Lin Lang and Mo Qingmei both had a brother, Bai Wuxia had two, and Xia Chu had three.

"It's not very good either. My second brother used to be so annoying." Bai Wuxia talked about how her brother wanted to go out to play when he was little, but was afraid of being punished, so he tricked her out. They had a group of people plan to go to some deserted house to see ghosts, telling all sorts of ghost stories along the way. Bai Wuxia was so scared that she burst into tears and refused to go in.

Bai Wuyu saw that everyone else had gone in, so anxious that he carried her up to catch up. She cried and screamed, and her tears completely wiped out the fear of the others. The ghost naturally didn't see it, and some people said that her crying was so loud that it scared the ghost away.

Bai Wuxia got a fever after returning home. Bai Wuyu was thrown into the ancestral hall by his father and knelt for three days. When he came out, he was punished with ten kinds of family punishments.

Bai Wuxia smiled and said, "My mother told me that I had a fever for three days and three nights. They said I was frightened. Later, I was taken to Baiyun Temple and listened to sutras for a whole morning. Only then did the fever gradually subside. My second brother was in a terrible situation. After my father beat my mother, my mother beat my eldest brother, and then my eldest brother beat him again."

"I didn't expect that Second Brother Bai was so naughty when he was young." Li Yun didn't know what words to use. How could he take his sister to a haunted house to play? He deserved the beating.

"My brother and I weren't very close, so there weren't any interesting stories like this," Mo Qingmei explained. Her brother had been obsessed with studying since childhood, passing the imperial examination at the age of fifteen. He then claimed he was going on a study tour, and despite his family's objections, he left with his servant. He hasn't returned since, and only occasional letters have come back to let people know he's safe.

Lin Lang pouted, "I'm not that interesting either. Big brother is like a father. Whenever he sees me, he just wants to teach me a lesson."

There were so many interesting things about Xia Chu, but telling them now would sound like bragging, so he decided not to. He just said, "Big Brother dotes on me more and has never been angry with me."

"Your second brother dotes on you too." Lin Lang said with some envy.

Xia Chu hesitated for a moment. "Actually, it's because of my childhood experience," she paused, not knowing where to begin. She didn't think there was anything wrong with being a beggar as a child and then being adopted. But what if her brothers didn't want others to know? "We had a very good relationship when we were young."

Li Yun sensed she was hiding something. The fact that her family had different surnames was odd in itself. Then she looked at her two brothers, and their faces bore no resemblance. They didn't look like a family. She didn't ask, believing she would reveal what she had in mind.

Xia Chu arrived first and said goodbye to his friends. Xia Chu knocked on the door and Da An called out and opened it.

"Xiaochu, don't tell Dad." Xia Tian followed eagerly, "We're going there today to avenge you."

"Revenge for me?" Xia Chu turned around, confused.