He knew that he and Yan Jin were just ordinary friends and he couldn’t control her too much, or else it would be annoying.

But after finding out that Yan Jin had really gone to the brothels, Yu Shu actually felt a bit down.

Yu Shu thought, he was probably too dependent on Yan Jin as a friend, to the point of not wanting to see other male friends appear by Yan Jin’s side. That’s why he didn’t want Yan Jin to start dating so quickly and leave him alone.

“You like singing and dancing. Next time I’ll find an opportunity to take you over there for a visit.”

Yan Jin remembered her other purpose for visiting the brothels and said to Yu Shu, “I can’t tell how good his singing skills are, but I felt it sounded pretty nice. You can exchange some pointers with him. If his skills aren’t as good as yours, I’ll persuade the brothel madam to send people over for you to train. Brothels aren’t short on money, you can ask for a high price then.”

“But if you go meet the brothel madam, it’s best to cover your face.” Yan Jin sized up Yu Shu’s face and said seriously, “Otherwise I’m afraid she’ll be overcome with lust and do you harm to get what she wants.”

Although Yu Shu had said before that he had ways to make money, Yan Jin hadn’t seen him leave the house these past few days, always staying in his room doing who knows what.

If they hadn’t transmigrated, even if Yu Shu wanted to be a shut-in his whole life, Yan Jin wouldn’t care, after all Yu Shu had savings.

But now that they had transmigrated, and to a female-dominant world to boot, Yan Jin was afraid that after Yu Shu spent all his money, if she refused to lend him money, he would cling to her.

She and Yu Shu had no relationship, Yan Jin didn’t want to support a man.

“Yan Jin…” Yu Shu sighed. “I’m really touched that you went to the brothels but were still thinking of finding a job for me. But Anguo is very different from where we’re from. If I went to train singing and dancing for the male courtesans, outsiders would gossip terribly.”

“The mouths are on their bodies, let them gossip if they want, it’s not like a piece of flesh will fall off.” Seeing Yu Shu silent, Yan Jin thought he couldn’t swallow his pride and persuaded, “Don’t worry, we’re not short on money. In a few days I’ll present the method for making white sugar, and we’ll have more income then.”

“But people can’t not work, not working will make them useless, gotta find a job.”

Even when coaxing boyfriends before, Yan Jin had never spoken in such a roundabout way. But Yu Shu, who had struggled and crawled in the entertainment industry, after hearing Yan Jin’s topsy-turvy, foggy speech, finally understood Yan Jin’s underlying meaning.

It turned out Yan Jin saw that he spent money intensely and was afraid that without a stable income, he would eat through all his savings. That’s why she made such a big circle to persuade him to find a job.

Yu Shu, having figured this out, didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Sis, just say things directly in the future, being subtle really doesn’t suit you.”

“Is that okay?” Yan Jin glanced at Yu Shu. “I was afraid that saying it directly would hurt your self-esteem.”

“Don’t worry sis, I have a very strong heart, it’s not that easily discouraged.” Yu Shu said, “I know what you’re worried about. I’ve already found a job, I just didn’t get a chance to tell you yet.”

The total word count of this book is: 1,155,280

“Oh?” Yan Jin said in surprise, “When did you find a job?”

Yu Shu’s eyes were a bit evasive. “It was while you went out to eat dinner at night.”

Actually, Yu Shu didn’t go find an above-board job, because the money he made from private side jobs was enough to support his spending.

But seeing Yan Jin so worried, Yu Shu couldn’t bear to let her be troubled further, so he casually told a lie.

Lies always have a time to be exposed, so Yu Shu planned to find an above-board job later.

It doesn’t matter how much or little money, as long as it can conceal his side job.

“You’re so amazing.” Yu Shu once again refreshed the upper limit of social ability in Yan Jin’s mind. “This is Anguo, and in just a few hours, you were actually able to find a job.”

After getting over her surprise, Yan Jin asked Yu Shu, “Where do you work? Do you start work tomorrow? Do I need to send you to work?”

“No need, no need.” Yu Shu hurriedly waved his hands. “My workplace is very close to here, no need to send me. I can walk there by myself in five minutes.”

He hadn’t even thought of where he worked himself, how could he let Yan Jin send him to work.

“Five minutes walk?” Yan Jin pondered. “Anping Lane is quite big. I remember it took six minutes to walk through the entire Anping Lane. Could it be that your workplace is in Anping Lane? But there don’t seem to be many shops in Anping Lane…”

Yu Shu didn’t expect that Yan Jin would seriously analyze his casual remark. Just as he was considering that paper can’t contain fire and whether he should admit it first, Yan Jin clenched her right hand and hit her left palm in sudden realization. “I got it, you’re a door-to-door makeup artist.”

“Men in Anguo regard their wives as their heaven. After marriage, they have to dress up to please their wives. Unmarried men also inevitably want to make themselves look better.”

The more Yan Jin analyzed, the more she felt her guess was right. “You’re a celebrity, you must know many makeup tips that ordinary people don’t know. Being a makeup artist is a perfect fit for your skills, and you won’t be gossiped about for being in the public eye.”

“Besides, Yu Shu, you’re so good-looking. When you do other people’s makeup, you don’t even need to say a word. Just let them look at your face and they’ll obediently take out money.” Yan Jin carefully examined Yu Shu’s face and said seriously, “Your face is the most powerful persuasion.”

[Did I remember wrong? I feel like after Yu Shu hit Yan Jin and left, he stayed in the room the whole time and never went out. Did he go out to find a job?] [You didn’t remember wrong. Yu Shu really didn’t go out to find a job.]

Before he could get a word in, Yu Shu, who had been thoroughly arranged for, felt that the profession Yan Jin mentioned was indeed suitable for concealing his side job.

After some thought, he decided to start with Xu Junde tomorrow to see if he could recruit some new customers.

Yu Shu had planned well, but the next day right after finishing breakfast, Yan Jin came to ask him, “What characters are we learning today?”

Yu Shu was quite surprised. “You really plan to learn from me?”

Although Yan Jin had said before that she wanted to learn calligraphy from him, Yu Shu thought Yan Jin was just casually saying it that day.

Yan Jin was even more surprised than him. “Your calligraphy is so good-looking, why wouldn’t I learn from you, a readily available teacher?”

Although sometimes Yan Jin’s bluntness could infuriate people, sometimes her straightforwardness was also very likable.

Right now, Yu Shu was made to feel a bit uncomfortable by Yan Jin. “But I’m just an amateur.”

“An amateur?” Yan Jin slightly raised an eyebrow and deliberately teased him. “Then you’re a bit lame.”

Yu Shu lightly coughed. “Although I’m an amateur, I’m not inferior to those scholars.”

“According to convention, I should pat your head now and praise you as a promising student.” Yan Jin thought for a moment. “But I’m afraid if I pat your head, you’ll misunderstand that I have ulterior motives.”

The imagined Yan Jin, bashfully blushing: I actually went to a brothel, I’ve fallen, I need to reflect.

The actual Yan Jin, unabashedly puffing out her chest: I visited the brothels. You want to go? Next time I’ll take you with me.

① [Body Transport] Douban’s Social Death group, transporting other people’s socially dead events, belongs to the body transport category.

Because I have to put on a brace the day after tomorrow, there won’t be an update tomorrow. The update will be at 9pm the day after.

After that, we can make 30 coin transactions for seven days in a row.