The Story of a Spoiled Daughter Raising a Husband

"My purpose in coming here today is simply to find a suitable direction for your teahouse's development, or rather, to provide you with a new form of entertainment for your customers."

Mr. Li was a little puzzled by her serious demeanor. He knew better than her how to make his teahouse stand out, so why would he need her to tell him what to do? Thinking this, he just watched quietly, waiting for her to tell him what she was going to say next.

Tong Qian looked at his amused expression and knew that he wasn't admiring her, but rather laughing at her and assuming she couldn't say anything. Even so, she just shook her head.

"Mr. Li, this situation is actually easy to resolve. Your customers are all regulars here. Even if they go there to see a play, it's just out of curiosity, not because they're really attracted. So, if you just stick to your original business model and treat every customer with the same sincerity, they'll naturally come back once the novelty wears off."

Mr. Li had expected her to say something, but after waiting for so long, all he heard was her words. He gave a soft snort and said, "Miss Tong, are you here to laugh at me for not knowing how to treat those customers? If you have such thoughts, you might as well go back and think about how to write more scripts so that you can get so many customers every day."

Hearing her sarcasm, Tong Qian shook her head helplessly. If he had been more polite to her at this moment, she probably wouldn't have taken the courtesan away so easily. But now that he had said that, if she didn't take her away, wouldn't that prove that she still wanted to leave him some room to maneuver? Thinking this, she heard the sound of a zither coming from outside.

Listening to this, I momentarily disregarded Mr. Li's sarcastic remarks and simply listened quietly to the piano music coming from outside. The melodious yet weighty sound seemed to seep into my heart, yet also allowed me to leap away lightly. Listening to it, I couldn't help but sigh:

This courtesan truly lived up to Boss Li's expectations, and her high praise was well-deserved. Even she herself couldn't achieve such skill in a short time; even if she were to teach Yun'er, it would naturally take a long time to reach the same effect. Then, she slowly said to the boss:

"Mr. Li, if I'm not mistaken, your biggest asset is the courtesan playing the zither outside right now. Without her, what capital do you think your teahouse would have left to keep so many customers coming and going? Are you sure you still want to worry about me?"

"Leaving aside the skill of this young lady in playing the zither, her soft and gentle voice alone is enough to captivate the hearts of many customers. Under such circumstances, if he leaves you, just imagine the turmoil your teahouse would face."

Mr. Li was taken aback by her sudden remark, wondering what she was up to. Seeing that she wasn't joking, he asked somewhat hesitantly, "Miss Tong, what exactly do you want to do with this?"

When Tong Qian saw him ask this, she just smiled, shook her head, and said casually, "It's nothing. I just brought up this idea so that you can really take this matter seriously. Otherwise, before you can recruit other people, your own people will have already left."

The two of them went back and forth like this, wary of each other yet probing each other's intentions.

Looking at Tong Qian, who remained completely at ease, Boss Li wondered what her purpose was in coming here. However, if she wanted to take Kui'er away, that was absolutely impossible.

Not to mention that Kui'er was someone they found themselves, she has been with them for so many years, she certainly wouldn't leave so easily. Besides, their teahouse already has so many people who can support it, so why bother bringing Kui'er here? There's no need for Kui'er to do anything that adds to the existing success.

Thinking this, he didn't want to say anything more to Tong Qian. He simply made an excuse that he had something to take care of and left without paying attention to what Tong Qian wanted to say.

Seeing Boss Li leave so easily, Yun asked with some concern, "Miss Tong, are you sure it's alright to just let this boss leave like that? Besides, didn't you want to take their courtesan..." She suddenly stopped talking, looked around, and then continued, "He's already gone, how can you do what you want to do?"

Seeing her somewhat anxious expression, Tong Qian suddenly asked, "Yun girl, aren't you afraid that after that courtesan goes to our teahouse, she will steal your thunder, causing you to have fewer and fewer customers and earn less and less money. When that happens, the boss won't let you stay there anymore."

Yun Ya was taken aback by Tong Qian's hypothesis. After thinking for a while, she paused and then said nonchalantly, "Miss Tong, actually, this opportunity was given to me by you. No matter what choice the teahouse owner makes in the end, it's not a big deal. If it weren't for what you did back then, I probably wouldn't know where I would be now."

“Since you think that girl is someone you can bring along and someone you think you should win over, then naturally I won’t offer any other suggestions. Even if in the end, I really don’t have a place to stay in the teahouse, with what you’ve taught me, no matter where I go, I’ll have the leverage to talk to those owners.”

As she spoke, she casually refilled the empty teacup in front of Tong Qian's face, as if these matters were someone else's business and had nothing to do with her.

Seeing her like this, Tong Qian nodded and stopped dwelling on the matter. She simply said, "Go out and say a word to that courtesan for me. I believe she will come in with you." As she said this, she whispered those words in Yu Yun's ear.