The Quagmire of Desire: From Gambling Addict and Village Flower to Movie Queen

The next afternoon, Erhu's men indeed came again.

He led two henchmen straight into the mahjong parlor, found Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling tidying up the table in a private room, and without saying a word, put the briefcase he was carrying on the mahjong table and unzipped it.

Four stacks of cash were neatly arranged on the table.

Sun Xiaoyan stared at the bright red bills, her eyes wide, and she subconsciously swallowed.

"Forty thousand." The second-in-command lit a cigarette, exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, and said with a smile, "Brother Erhu said, a monthly salary of forty thousand, food and lodging included, come with me tonight."

Liu Meiling was stunned for a moment, then sneered and pushed the four stacks of money away.

"We're doing just fine here, we don't care."

The second-in-command's smile froze for a second, then he narrowed his eyes at Liu Meiling: "Girl, forty thousand a month, do you know what that means? How much can you earn playing cards here for a month?"

"Take whatever amount you want, it's none of your business." Liu Meiling took Sun Xiaoyan's hand. "We still have work to do, we won't see you out."

The second-in-command's face darkened. He stubbed out his cigarette, put away the four stacks of money, stood up, and left with the words, "You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences. You'll see."

After saying that, he turned and left with his two men, slamming the door shut with a loud bang.

Sun Xiaoyan patted her chest and said in a low voice, "If we don't go even if it's 40,000 a month, won't Erhu hold a grudge against us?"

"So what if he holds a grudge?" Liu Meiling said dismissively, "If he really dares to do anything to us, Sister Li Yan isn't one to be trifled with either."

Sun Xiaoyan was still a little worried, but she didn't say anything more.

Around 6 p.m., just as the chess and card shop was about to pick up customers, a bread truck pulled up in front of the shop.

Four men got out of the car. They were all in their thirties, wearing plaid shirts, with messy hair, and didn't look like regular card players.

The four people entered the store and went straight to the counter. The one in the lead said, "Boss, we want a private room. We heard you have escorts here, the two tallest and prettiest ones."

Li Yan happened to be at the counter. She looked up at them, frowned slightly, but didn't think much of it. She called out, "Meiling, Xiaoyan, serve the customers."

When Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling came out and saw these four people, they felt something was wrong.

But since they were guests, it wasn't appropriate to say anything; all we could do was lead them into the private room.

As soon as they entered the private room and the door closed, the man in the lead reached out and touched the inside of Sun Xiaoyan's thigh.

Sun Xiaoyan was startled and quickly dodged, saying, "Big brother, what are you doing?"

"What for?" The man chuckled. "What do you think we're doing? Isn't 'playing with someone' just sleeping with them? How much per night? Name your price."

"We're a legitimate card-playing companion, not that kind of thing." Sun Xiaoyan took a step back, her back hitting the wall.

Another man grabbed Liu Meiling's waist and pulled her into his arms.

Liu Meiling slapped his hand away and said coldly, "Are you crazy for touching me?"

The man's face changed after she slapped him: "Damn it, what are you pretending to be innocent for! I paid to come here, what's wrong with touching me!"

As he spoke, he pounced on her again and went straight for Liu Meiling's cheongsam collar.

Liu Meiling kicked him in the stomach, sending him staggering back two steps.

When the leader saw his accomplice being taken advantage of, he reached out and grabbed Sun Xiaoyan by the neck, pinning her to the mahjong table.

Sun Xiaoyan's neck was being choked, making it hard for her to breathe. She flailed wildly with both hands, tearing open the collar of her cheongsam and revealing half of her bra.

"Let her go!" Liu Meiling grabbed the ashtray on the table and was about to smash it.

The other two men quickly came up to stop her, and the four of them wrestled in the private room.

The leading man suddenly released Sun Xiaoyan and shouted, "What a lousy place! They claim to offer escort services, but they turn their backs on us after taking the money! Everyone come and see, the women in this place are just prostitutes, charging high prices and providing terrible service!"

The sound was loud, and the partition between the private rooms was thin. The shout was heard by all the other guests in the hall, who all craned their necks to look in this direction.

Sun Xiaoyan's face turned bright red from being pinched. She stood up, leaning on the mahjong table, and quickly pulled up her collar.

Liu Meiling shoved the man in front of her aside and glared at the four people.

A number of guests had already gathered outside the private room, pointing and laughing.

Li Yan and several female workers rushed over, and when they saw the mess in the private room, their faces immediately darkened.

When the leader saw Li Yan arrive, he shouted even louder, "Boss, look at your employees! We paid money, and they won't even let us touch them!"

"Exactly!" another man chimed in. "Isn't this blatantly a scam?"

Li Yan, her face cold, walked to the middle of the private room and glanced at the four men: "Who sent you?"

The four men exchanged glances, and the leader said, "What? Who sent us? We're guests here to play cards!"

"Playing cards?" Li Yan sneered. "What are you yelling about if you're playing cards? Did Erhu send you?"

Upon hearing this, the four men's expressions changed, but they remained defiant: "You're slandering us! We are legitimate guests!"

Liu Meiling spat out from the side, "Does a respectable customer start touching people as soon as they walk in?"

The man in the lead glared at her: "Don't talk nonsense!"

The two sides were arguing when a voice suddenly came from the doorway of the private room.

"Hey, Sister Yan, I heard you're in trouble? Let me help you."

Everyone turned to look, and there stood Erhu at the door with a cigarette in his mouth, followed by seven or eight burly men who completely blocked the entrance.

Erhu walked into the private room with a grin, glanced at the four men, then his gaze lingered on Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling before he looked at Li Yan: "Sister Yan, I heard you have some guests causing trouble? Should I help you handle it?"

Li Yan's face turned ashen, and she gritted her teeth without saying a word.

As soon as Erhu entered, the four men exchanged glances, and the leader said, "That's it, we're done! We're never coming back to this lousy place!"

The four men pushed through the crowd and slunk away.

Erhu watched the four people run away, chuckled twice, and turned back to Li Yan: "Sister Yan, you see, didn't I get you out of that predicament?"

Li Yan looked at him coldly: "Erhu, don't think I don't know it was you who did this."

"What am I doing?" Erhu spread his hands. "I was just trying to help you, and you're blaming me."

Sun Xiaoyan stood in the corner, looking at Erhu's face, and understood everything.

Liu Meiling bit her lip, her eyes blazing with anger.

Erhu looked at the two girls again and said with a smile, "Ladies, have you been wronged here? Why don't you come work for me? The pay will be doubled, and I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

Sun Xiaoyan didn't speak, and neither did Liu Meiling.

Li Yan stood in front of them, looking at Erhu and saying, "That's enough, Erhu, stop acting. Do you think I can't see through your little tricks? I'll let today's matter go, but if you dare to try anything again, don't blame me for being impolite."

Erhu's smile gradually faded, and his eyes turned cold: "Li Yan, watch your words. I came to help you out of kindness, and you turn around and blame me. Fine, then I'm leaving."

He turned and left, but as he reached the door, he glanced back at Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling and said with a smile, "However, if you two ladies change your minds, you can come find me anytime."

After saying that, he led the seven or eight burly men away in a swagger.

The private room fell silent.

Li Yan leaned against the mahjong table, a cigarette dangling from her lips, her face grim.

Sun Xiaoyan tugged at her torn collar, then lowered her head and remained silent.

Liu Meiling picked up the ashtray on the table, slammed it down on the mahjong table, and cursed, "That damn Erhu!"

Xiao Hui waited for a long time at the entrance of the chess and card shop before he saw Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling come out.

Both of them had messy hair, their cheongsam collars were askew, and Sun Xiaoyan had a red mark on her neck.

"Xiaoyan, Meiling, what's wrong?" Xiaohui quickly went to greet them.

"It's nothing," Liu Meiling waved her hand. "I just ran into a few clueless people."

Xiao Hui glanced at the red marks on Sun Xiaoyan's neck, and his expression changed immediately: "Did someone bully you?"

Sun Xiaoyan shook her head: "It's nothing serious, let's go, we'll talk about it when we get back."

Xiao Hui gritted his teeth, didn't ask any more questions, and followed the two home.

The three of them barely spoke the rest of the way.

After walking for a while, Liu Meiling suddenly spoke up: "Xiaoyan, remember what I told you."

Sun Xiaoyan was taken aback for a moment, and seeing her expression, she understood what was going on and chuckled.

Xiao Hui continued walking with his head down, not understanding what his two older sisters meant.

That night, around 11 p.m., Sun Xiaoyan got up first, muttered something about going to the toilet, and then slipped into Xiaohui's room.

Xiao Hui was leaning against the headboard playing on his phone when he looked up and saw Sun Xiaoyan walking in wearing a bathrobe. He paused for a moment, then said, "Sister Xiaoyan?"

Sun Xiaoyan smiled and, without any ceremony, sat down on the edge of the bed, casually untied the belt of her bathrobe, revealing half of her shoulder: "I'll keep you company and have a chat."

Xiao Hui swallowed hard and stammered, "Sister Xiaoyan, Sister Meiling, she..."

"Meiling will be here later too." Sun Xiaoyan smiled and reached out to touch Xiaohui's face. "You're in for a treat tonight, kid."

Xiao Hui's face flushed red instantly.

Sure enough, less than twenty minutes later, Liu Meiling, wearing only a thin nightgown, pushed open the door and immediately burst in, laughing and cursing, "Damn it, I thought you two were getting all lovey-dovey. Were you waiting for me?"

Sun Xiaoyan smiled and patted the seat next to her: "Come on, sit down with me."

Xiao Hui was stunned when he saw his two older sisters sitting on his bed.

Liu Meiling, on the other hand, was quite uninhibited. She lay down next to Xiaohui and teased him, "What's wrong? What are you looking at? Your sisters have all come to keep you company."

Sun Xiaoyan laughed from the side, "Alright, alright, I'll go first tonight, you wait and see."

Then she slowly took off her bathrobe, deliberately slowing down her movements, as if she were teasing Xiaohui.

Xiao Hui stared wide-eyed, and made a gulping sound in his throat.

Sun Xiaoyan was amused by his reaction and giggled. Then she shifted her body and whispered in Xiaohui's ear, "Do you think my breasts and butt are more shapely than your sister Meiling's? Your sister Meiling's are too big, I'm worried you can't hold them. Come on, try mine."

After saying that, she leaned closer.

Xiao Hui couldn't hold back any longer and pounced on him.

Sun Xiaoyan smiled again, reached out and hugged him, and the two of them became entangled in the night.

Liu Meiling, lying beside her, watched and couldn't help but laugh and curse, "Damn, she's even more slutty than me, and she always pretends, haha."

Afterwards, Sun Xiaoyan lay down next to Xiaohui and deliberately struck various poses, sticking out her buttocks, rubbing her breasts, biting her lips, and winking at Xiaohui.

Xiao Hui was taken aback, then turned over, picked up the camera from the bedside table, and slowly posed for photos of Sun Xiaoyan.

Sun Xiaoyan was amused by his earnestness. After taking the photos, she hugged Xiaohui and fell asleep peacefully.

Liu Meiling rolled over on the bed next to her and muttered, "I'm so lucky, I can still cuddle with you while I sleep."

Night fell, and only the even sound of breathing remained in the room.