The Story of a Spoiled Daughter Raising a Husband

"You want an explanation?" Tong Qian sneered, then slammed her teacup on the table and said, "What right do you have to demand an explanation!"

"What do you mean by that, young lady?" The troupe leader frowned, pretending not to understand her meaning, but he was inwardly startled.

Tong Qian snorted coldly, picked up another cup of tea, and continued to sit calmly. "What I mean is clear to the headmaster, isn't it?"

"Master, what's the point of talking to a woman? Let's just go straight for it, smash up this teahouse, and see what she'll do for a show in a few days." The burly man was most dissatisfied with all this beating around the bush, finding their cryptic banter rather boring, and spoke directly.

"If that's what you want, then go ahead. Yun'er, let's report to the authorities and see how much he can damage. We'll make him compensate us for everything." Tong Qian said without any concern.

After their conversation, the troupe leader naturally realized that the man before him was not someone to be trifled with, so he shouted, "Zhang San, step back."

Zhang San glared angrily at the troupe leader, as if asking why, but the troupe leader didn't explain a word, but simply sat down and drank the cup of tea on the table.

Seeing this, Tong Qian smiled and said, "That's more like it. This tea was specially prepared for you. You should drink it now."

Seeing that their troupe leader had already sat down and was drinking tea, the rest of them didn't know what to say and could only sit down as well.

But they were roughnecks who had practiced martial arts and opera since childhood, so they had no idea what good tea was, and naturally they couldn't tell the difference between good and bad tea.

Seeing the tea master and the girl talking about the tea, even though I was burning with anger, I had to sit there properly and didn't dare to move an inch.

"Miss, you've had your tea. Now, could you please give me an explanation regarding the recent events?" The troupe leader finally asked.

Seeing his expression, Tong Qian didn't want to make things difficult for him anymore. She just chuckled softly and then had Yun'er bring someone out.

"Does this person look familiar to the troupe leader?" Tong Qian asked.

The others were baffled. Suddenly someone was pulled out and asked if their troupe leader knew them. How could they possibly know him?

However, the troupe leader was extremely surprised, his eyes wide open as he stared at Tong Qian in disbelief, "Miss..."

Upon seeing his expression, Tong Qian's face instantly turned cold, and she sent the man away with a stern look in her eyes.

“Since the troupe leader already knows, do I still need to explain to you?” Tong Qian stood up and said with her back to the troupe leader.

"Girl." The headmaster opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't know what to say.

Tong Qian coldly said, "Let me give you a piece of advice: since it was stolen, don't be afraid of it being taken away. I've always done business honestly and fairly. Since you've taken the play, I don't want it anymore. However, if you still want to cause trouble, we won't allow it!"

For a moment, the troupe leader was truly speechless.

These past few days he had assumed the new opera troupe was just going to perform some unimportant new play, but he never expected that they would turn out to be the same opera troupe he had seen before.

Knowing he was in the wrong, he dared not say another word and led the Liuyun Class away in a dejected manner.

Seeing that the people had left, Yun'er quickly stepped forward and asked, "Qian'er, did they just leave like that?"

"Otherwise what?" Tong Qian raised an eyebrow and glanced in the direction the Liuyun Class had left.

In fact, she knew that the Liuyun Troupe was not exactly a rogue; at most, they had just plagiarized her work. Perhaps they thought that the troupe would definitely not come to the capital, so they continued to perform their plays with impunity.

She could have guessed that I would cause trouble today. If I just explained the situation clearly, everything would be fine.

"Go and urge the opera troupe to practice their crosstalk properly. I'll check on them later and tell them that this first success means things will be easier for us from now on." Tong Qian finished the tea on the table in one gulp.

If this first crosstalk performance is good, then Yulingyuan will be very successful in the future.

She had been planning this over the past few days, but a teahouse could not satisfy her ambition. There were plenty of teahouses in the capital. Once the initial enthusiasm faded, the teahouse would become deserted and business would suffer.

She wasn't going to place all her hopes on a teahouse.

As night fell, Tong Qian silently stood up.

Ji Quan and Ji Ling's crosstalk is actually getting better and better, but it still lacks a bit of finesse, and the slaps aren't loud enough. She should think of a way to improve it.

When she arrived at the backyard, she saw Yun'er running towards her in a panic, "Qian'er, something bad has happened."

As she spoke, she looked like she was about to cry.

"What happened? Why are you so flustered?" Tong Qian frowned, secretly guessing that something serious must have happened, otherwise, with Yun'er's calm personality, she wouldn't be like this.

"Qian'er, Ji Quan, Ji Quan's voice is broken!" Yun'er choked up for a long time before finally saying these words.

Tong Qian's mind went blank for a moment, her eyes widened as she looked at Yun'er, "What did you say!"

"Ji Quan's voice is broken. He drank some tea just now, and he was fine at first, but then for some reason, he couldn't say a word. His voice is so hoarse. You should go and take a look at him." Qian'er said as she pulled her towards the backyard.

Now that such a big thing has happened, Tong Qian didn't dare to linger any longer and hurriedly went to the backyard.

When they arrived at the rehearsal location, they saw Ji Quan pounding the table with one hand, looking utterly hopeless.

"What exactly happened!" Tong Qian roared, throwing a huge tantrum.

She rarely gets angry, so her outburst today really startled many people.

Ji Ling stood up, her eyes bloodshot. "Miss Qian'er, he was fine with me during rehearsal today, but then he suddenly became like this and couldn't say a word."

These two were trained by Tong Qian and were the best pair in the troupe. If either of them had an accident, the performance would not be able to proceed as planned.

"Alright, you all go back and rest first. I'll figure out a way to handle this. Yun'er, go and fetch a doctor to give Ji Quan a proper check-up." Tong Qian calmed herself down and finally thought of the most important thing at hand.

Yun'er has now come to her senses and hurriedly ran outside, but before she reached the door, Tong Qian stopped her, saying, "Wait a moment, let Ji Ling go."

Even now, she noticed that they were in the capital city, and it was already late at night. It was not safe for a girl to go out alone, so it would be better to let Ji Ling go.

Upon hearing this, Ji Ling immediately got up and rushed outside.