Ch 206 (Extra 17): The Farmer Ger in the Apocalypse

Qu Weiwei Side Story: Finale

Across the street was a restaurant, also hung with orange-red lanterns. It usually delivered wine and food to the hidden brothel alley, and there were also prostitutes inside who could accompany guests. Or guests could bring their own companions.

But when Li Nan, a respectable ge’er, arrived together with a ge’er from the hidden brothel alley, the waiter froze for a moment, unsure how to receive them.

The ge’er was familiar with the staff and laughed.

“We’re just going to talk and eat something. Find us a quiet place where no one will disturb us. Put up a screen, brew a pot of good tea, bring a roast chicken, and slice half a braised pork knuckle.”

There were bound to be drunk, frivolous men in this restaurant. To them, women and ge’er from pleasure houses were nothing new, but they might specifically pester someone from a decent family.

Since he had accepted Li Nan’s money, he treated this as business and naturally had to protect him a little. With a screen blocking them, everyone could have peace.

The waiter recognized this ge’er. After glancing at Li Nan a few more times, he agreed. He led them to a corner by the window and brought over a screen, turning the corner into its own little space.

The roast chicken and pork knuckle were already cooked, so they were quickly served. The ge’er did not bother inviting Li Nan to eat first. He tore off a chicken leg for himself.

“Just call me Chun-ge’er. Stop calling me gege this and gege that. You’ll make me sound old. What do you want to ask? Hurry up.”

He gnawed on the chicken leg while watching Li Nan from the corner of his eye, wondering if perhaps the boy’s bedroom life was unsatisfactory and he wanted to learn some techniques for pleasing a man.

Li Nan hesitated for a long while before pulling out the fire-avoidance booklet from his clothes and saying softly,

“I’m not married yet, and the drawings in this booklet aren’t very detailed. I want to know, why do ge’er and men… look the same, but there’s still a difference between men and ge’er? Where exactly is the difference? And how exactly is that matter done?”

Chun-ge’er even paused in the middle of biting his chicken leg.

This little ge’er had spent all this money just to ask this?

“What’s the difference? Men can’t bear children, but ge’er can. Do I need to explain that? As for that sort of thing, once you get married, you don’t need to learn it. Your man will know how himself. You just close your eyes and lie there while he does what he wants.”

But since he had accepted Li Nan’s silver, and since Li Nan wanted to hear it, Chun-ge’er still set down the chicken leg. Pointing at the illustrations, he leaned close to Li Nan’s ear and quietly explained the matter in detail.

He had been doing business since he was thirteen or fourteen and had done it countless times, but this was the first time he had ever broken it down so thoroughly for someone. He felt a little embarrassed too.

Li Nan’s face turned completely red, but he still listened seriously and memorized everything.

At the end, pretending to be curious, he pointed at a certain part of the picture and asked,

“This thing… ge’er have it too, right? Then can ge’er and ge’er, or ge’er and women, do it?”

Hearing this, Chun-ge’er laughed so hard he could barely straighten his waist.

“Silly little brother, for us ge’er, that thing is just for show, for peeing. Don’t be fooled because it looks the same. It’s useless, all shine and no substance… no, maybe it doesn’t even count as a spearhead. Men are different. A man’s…”

He leaned close to Li Nan’s ear and whispered again, making Li Nan blush furiously.

“A ge’er can’t get hard on his own, which is why there are no such things as ge’er with ge’er or ge’er with women. If it’s only for companionship, then that’s one thing. But if ge’er could actually do it, how would wealthy families dare let ge’er serve their inner-house women closely? Wouldn’t everything be thrown into chaos? Wouldn’t they be putting green hats on their own heads?”

Li Nan was deeply disappointed after hearing this.

So that was why there had never been a precedent of ge’er being with women. Then he could not “serve” Tai-tai either…

But then he heard Chun-ge’er chuckle lightly, as if remembering something from the past.

Back when he was young, he had also spent two years as one of the most popular ge’er in the alley. At that time, he could pick and choose customers he liked. Original translation at HololoNovels dot com. Those customers flattered him and coaxed him in bed, making things rather interesting. Naturally, he had more “knowledge” than a sheltered boy like Li Nan.

But that was already a long, long time ago. Still, Chun-ge’er was not someone who mistreated himself now either.

A strange smile appeared on his face. He leaned close to Li Nan and whispered,

“But if a ge’er is served comfortably enough, it isn’t impossible… If you want to try, go to the shop at the end of the alley and buy a jiao-xiansheng. I’ll also recommend a couple of useful things to you… When the time comes, not only can it stand, it can also… hehe…”

Before an hour had passed, Li Nan and Chun-ge’er left the restaurant. They first went to the bookstore, then truly made a trip to the shop at the end of the alley.

In the end, Li Nan left the city with several items hidden in his clothes, his heart pounding like a drum.

He did not know what had come over him. He really must have lost his mind! He even dared to learn methods from a brothel and buy such shameless things!

But what if… what if…

Li Nan pressed his lips together, and his steps quickened.

Because of this delay, by the time he left the city, the sky was almost completely dark. The city was still all right, with lanterns lit everywhere. But once he left the city, the country road had no light except the moon.

Li Nan was not originally from the villages below the mountain, and he was not very familiar with the road. He stumbled along, one step deep and one step shallow, growing more and more afraid.

After walking a while longer, he estimated that he was almost at Shiqu Village. He thought that if he truly could not manage, he would go to Shiqu Village and beg someone to escort him.

Just then, a carriage approached from far down the road. Upon seeing Li Nan, the driver lifted a lantern to shine on his face, then let out a breath of relief.

“Found him.”

The carriage curtain lifted, and it was unexpectedly Qu Weiwei inside. Her face carried a trace of anger.

“What time is it? If you were delayed, why not stay at home for the night? Why insist on rushing back at this hour? Hurry up and get in!”

Li Nan had not seen Qu Weiwei for a long time. He felt as if he were dreaming. He answered blankly and quickly climbed into the carriage.

He still had many unspeakable items hidden in his clothes and felt terribly guilty. He shrank into the corner, not daring to look at Qu Weiwei, yet desperately wanting to.

He had not seen Tai-tai for two months.

He missed her very much.

Qu Weiwei’s eyes were practically shooting fire, as if she wanted to burn a hole through him.

She was angry that he had walked at night. In this darkness, forget meeting criminals or wild beasts. Even twisting an ankle or falling would be enough trouble.

Even more, she was angry at herself. Hadn’t she said she was only admiring a pretty man for visual pleasure? Today, she had come to deliver something to Shen Qing and casually asked about Li Nan. When she found out he happened not to be home, she started worrying about him.

In the end, she dawdled around, spending the whole afternoon playing water-column-versus-vine battles with Shen Qing’s daughter, yet Li Nan still did not return. The sky was nearly dark. Could he have met danger on the road?

Finally, under Shen Qing and Song Kaiji’s teasing smiles, she went out to look for him. If Li Nan had stayed at home overnight, she would have returned. She had not expected to actually find him!

Qu Weiwei felt like the emperor in Zhen Huan Zhuan going to Ganlu Temple. His mouth said he did not want to see the person, but the moment he heard she was ill, he immediately climbed Lingyun Peak, even carrying a rose hairpin with him!

Qu Weiwei, what exactly are your intentions?!

Qu Weiwei sternly interrogated herself internally.

After a long while, it was Li Nan who clutched his sleeve and carefully spoke first.

“Tai-tai hasn’t come for many days… It’s my fault I returned late and made Tai-tai come out looking for me, delaying you from going back for your reunion.”

Qu Weiwei looked sideways at him, her expression half-smiling.

“What reunion?”

Li Nan gripped his sleeve even tighter.

During these two months in the estate, he had heard some rumors. Tai-tai had originally been Master Song’s elder sister. There had been no visible wedding ceremony, nor had anyone ever seen Master Song’s older brother, yet she suddenly became his sister-in-law.

Li Nan guessed that it was probably only an excuse used to deal with outsiders, but he was not sure. Even if it was not an excuse… he was still willing.

In this era, it was very common for maids and attendants to become their master’s concubines or bed-servants. If they could become bed-servants to male masters, why could he not become one for Tai-tai?

He was willing!

“Tai-tai is newly married, so I thought you hadn’t come here for many days because you were reuniting with your husband?”

Qu Weiwei chuckled lightly but did not answer him. Her anger did ease somewhat.

Li Nan had gathered his courage to ask, but Qu Weiwei ignored him. His heart felt both uneasy and wronged.

They returned to the Shen household.

Qu Weiwei gave one instruction:

“I’m not leaving tonight. I’ll stay here for the night.”

Naturally, a maid hurried to prepare her room.

Li Nan stood there in a daze for a long time before silently returning to his own room.

When the moon had risen high in the sky, he changed into the rosy-red outfit. He had altered it himself, making the waist even narrower and the neckline a little wider. Holding the things he had bought that day, he quietly made his way to Qu Weiwei’s room.

Qu Weiwei’s room was in the same courtyard area as Shen Qing and Song Kaiji’s rooms, though it was some distance away.

As Li Nan passed beneath the corridor, he heard sticky, intimate voices coming from one room.

“It’s all your fault. You dirtied the bed curtains, such a long streak… How am I supposed to let the maids see this tomorrow…”

“It’s fine. Once it dries tomorrow, they won’t notice… so fragrant… hehe…”

Li Nan’s ears burned, but his steps became even faster.

His heart pounded wildly.

The old Li family had always been full of honest people, yet somehow it had produced a “bad seed” like him, someone who climbed into another’s bed.

But he wanted to try.

He liked Tai-tai.

In this world, there were no ge’er who liked women. But no one had ever looked at him with those eyes, thought he was beautiful, admired him, and treated him well.

Tai-tai liked him, and he liked Tai-tai too.

If the world did not allow it, then they could just do it secretly…

Only one candle was lit in Qu Weiwei’s room. Her shadow fell across the window paper, as if she were sitting there thinking about something.

Li Nan stopped beneath the window and softly called,

“Tai-tai.”

He had not yet decided what to say.

I came to serve Tai-tai?

Please accept me, Tai-tai?

While his thoughts were still scattered, the door had already opened, and Qu Weiwei pulled him inside.

“Have you thought it through? You came to me yourself.”

The candlelight was dim on his face, but his eyes were bright. He chose to speak from the heart.

“I like Tai-tai.”

Qu Weiwei smiled again.

“What did you bring… oh. Tsk, tsk… huh?”

A fluffy ring was looped around her pale, slender finger. She spun it around a few times, looking shocked.

“Do you know what this is? You weren’t planning to use this on me, were you?”

Ahhh?

She thought she had picked up a pretty little white rabbit, but it turned out to be a polar bear trying to devour her?

“No, no!”

Li Nan waved his hands repeatedly. Holding back his embarrassment, he explained the physical traits of ge’er to her.

“These are all for me to use… Only after using this can I properly serve Tai-tai, so I bought some… Tai-tai? Are you all right? You’re bleeding?”

Qu Weiwei wiped her nose. She set everything else aside, leaving only the ring on her fingertip.

“What would you use that for? I have something better…”

“Don’t be afraid.”

Qu Weiwei gently kissed Li Nan on the lips and used a hair ribbon to cover his eyes.

The little white rabbit’s tail was round and fluffy, a tiny little tuft. If poked, it would tremble, extremely cute.

In the latter half of the night, a light rain began to fall. Raindrops landed on the leaves, creating soft rustling sounds that covered the faint sounds inside the room.

The light rain nourished the plants. The vines at Qu Weiwei’s fingertips grew, blooming into a tender and beautiful little flower.

“Can Tai-tai take me into your room? I don’t want things to remain unclear like this…”

Half of Li Nan’s face was buried in the quilt as he looked at her softly.

“People will gossip… Our family has been respectable for generations. I only climbed into your bed because I truly like Tai-tai, wu wu…”

Qu Weiwei was so bewitched she could barely think straight.

“What do you mean take you into my room? You’ll be my rightful husband!”

Qu Weiwei Side Story: End

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