The woman opposite was married and, naturally, strongly opposed to such behavior.
Liu Kai Xuan also sensed her anger at this moment and hurriedly explained, "Comrade, please don't get agitated!"
"I truly have no ill intentions towards you!"
"My home is also in this alley, and when I returned last week, there were no lanterns here!"
"After not being back for only a week, I find the alley covered in lanterns. It's truly perplexing!"
"Oh, is that so!"
Liu Kai Xuan's explanation finally calmed her anger.
"You're right, these red lanterns were just hung up yesterday afternoon!"
"Someone came to sell lanterns for business, saying they were giving them away for free!"
"Free lanterns? Is there such a good thing?"
Isn't this like a real-life windfall, a pie falling from the sky?
The woman opposite explained, "Yes, these lanterns have advertisements on them!"
"Oh, so they're lanterns with advertisements. That explains it!"
Liu Kai Xuan looked closely and indeed found advertisements on the lanterns.
"Oh, so that's the case. Then I guess I can't get these lanterns. Sorry to have bothered you!"
"It's alright!" After exchanging nods, Liu Kai Xuan left the scene.
After leaving that house, Liu Kai Xuan walked around the alley again, inspecting all the lanterns hanging outside the houses.
Hard work pays off!
After patient observation, Liu Kai Xuan indeed found something unusual.
The lanterns hanging at one doorway were different!
The lantern on the left door frame had an advertisement, while the red lantern hanging on the right had no advertisement.
Out of the hundreds of lanterns hanging in the entire alley, all had advertisements except for this one, which stood out.
"Bang bang bang, bang bang..."
Upon discovering this, Liu Kai Xuan immediately knocked on the door.
However, the inside remained silent, and no one came to open the door.
Liu Kai Xuan knocked several more times, but there was still no response from inside.
Just as Liu Kai Xuan was about to leave, the door suddenly opened, and a woman in a white qipao walked out.
This woman was quite attractive in both appearance and figure.
However, judging by her attire, she was clearly not someone to be trifled with.
As the woman looked at Liu Kai Xuan, he also gave her a complicated glance.
"Comrade, do you need something from me?"
The qipao-clad woman spoke first, "I don't think I know you, do I?"
At this moment, Liu Kai Xuan took out 50 yuan from his pocket and offered it to the woman.
He then continued, "Comrade, I'm terribly thirsty right now. Can I come into your home for a cup of tea?"
"Yes, yes!"
Seeing the money, the qipao woman's eyes lit up, and she immediately invited Liu Kai Xuan in.
After entering together, the qipao woman very solicitously poured Liu Kai Xuan a drink.
Liu Kai Xuan took the teacup from her and asked, "May I know the name of the beautiful lady?"
The qipao woman immediately replied, "My name is Yang Mei. This elder brother is so generous... your status must be extraordinary, right?"
"Hahaha..." Liu Kai Xuan chuckled and replied, "Just doing a little business, you flatter me!"
Although Yang Mei was strikingly beautiful, she exuded an air of worldliness.
Coupled with her greed for money and her sudden shift to fawning politeness upon realizing Liu Kai Xuan was wealthy, it solidified Liu Kai Xuan's earlier suspicion.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Liu Kai Xuan asked, "I heard you're Cat Brother's woman?"
"Uh..."
Yang Mei frowned and asked, "What is it, are you looking for Cat Brother?"
"No!" Liu Kai Xuan shook his head repeatedly and replied, "I'm looking for you!"
"Ah, looking for me?" Yang Mei was utterly bewildered.
"Comrade, I don't know you at all. Why are you looking for me?"
Liu Kai Xuan said solemnly, "I heard you are a rare beauty, so I wanted to get to know you!"
"Seeing you today, you truly live up to your reputation!"
Yang Mei retorted, "Then what do you want?"
"Heh heh..."
Liu Kai Xuan chuckled and replied, "I'm richer than Cat Brother. How about you follow me from now on?"
"What, you..." Yang Mei said sternly, "Aren't you afraid Cat Brother will kill you?"
"I don't like violence!"
Liu Kai Xuan shook his head and asked, "So, Yang Mei, what do you think of my proposal?"
A woman like Yang Mei, though appearing pure on the outside, was actually an experienced player.
Yang Mei had personally witnessed Cat Brother kill Bang Geng.
Yang Mei knew that Cat Brother was a desperate man!
Following someone like Cat Brother would surely lead to a bad end.
Although Cat Brother treated her well, let's not forget that even the most money is useless if one is dead.
Cat Brother had a murder on his hands, and he would surely be sent to his death if caught.
If Yang Mei could distance herself from him as soon as possible, she might avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
"How much money can you give me?"
Yang Mei finally decided to measure Liu Kai Xuan's strength by money. If Liu Kai Xuan was strong enough, following him would be the best choice.
Liu Kai Xuan had given her 50 yuan upon meeting, which was an enormous sum.
After all, in this era, an ordinary person's monthly salary was only a little over 100 yuan.
This 50 yuan was equivalent to half a month's salary for an ordinary person.
Liu Kai Xuan smiled and replied, "How much do you want?"
"I... What do you mean?"
Yang Mei said sternly, "Are you playing me?"
"No, no, no..."
Liu Kai Xuan chuckled and said, "I find you to my liking, so I'm willing to spend money on you!"
"However... you should also give me a fair price accordingly!"
"After all, I care about you quite a bit, you can't treat me like a fool, can you?"
"Alright!"
Yang Mei said seriously, "Cat Brother gives me 1000 yuan a month!"
"If you want me to leave Cat Brother and follow you, you'll have to give me 1500 yuan!"
"If you're willing to pay, I'm willing to follow you!"
"And I'll handle my relationship with Cat Brother properly so he won't harm you!"
Liu Kai Xuan asked, "Do you think I'm afraid of that little punk, Little Cat?"
"I..."
Yang Mei couldn't help but frown deeply. "What exactly do you want?"
Liu Kai Xuan said solemnly, "Alright, alright, you can rest assured!"
"I always keep my word. The 1500 yuan you want is just a small amount to me!"