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"No problem, of course no problem..."
Zuber still remembers that amount; it was about 10 gold coins per month. That is to say, during the contract period, Ningguang had to guarantee at least 10 gold coins in income every month, no matter how many shows the troupe performed. That was the bottom line.
Based on yesterday's performance having a capacity of 3000 people, and an average ticket price of around 10 gold coins, 20 performances a month would amount to 60 gold coins, of which he could pocket 30 gold coins. This revenue far exceeded the initial investment. Therefore, Zuber didn't consider this amount of money a big deal when he signed the contract.
But now that Nilu is injured and can't perform for half a month, even if the earnings are cut in half, it will still be 15 gold coins, which is more than the initial investment, so it's not a big problem. Besides, Baixiao said that he can make exceptions depending on the situation.
"It's good that Mr. Zuber still remembers the contract. Oh, and this is a gift for Miss Nilu..."
Bai Xiao smiled upon hearing Zuber's straightforward answer, and then had his servants bring out a variety of tonics, including some of the finest ginseng. Upon seeing this, Zuber quickly declined.
"This is too good of you, Miss Baixiao."
"Not at all, Miss Nilu is the most important factor in whether our project can be completed, so of course she needs to be well nourished. This is also for our business..."
Bai Xiaozhen was the secretary of Ningguang, the most successful businessman in the entire Haixi Continent. She thought about everything with a purely business-oriented mindset. Since she had said so, Zubaier naturally did not refuse anymore.
The surgeon quickly finished his consultation, prescribed some surgical medication specifically for sprains and bruises, and told Zubair:
"Miss Nilu's injury is not very serious. She will need to rest for about 15-20 days. During this time, she should pay attention to changing the dressing on her ankle, avoid soaking it in water, and just rest. There shouldn't be any major problems."
"Huh? It takes 20 days?"
"If you want a good recovery, it's best to rest for a longer period of time. Otherwise, if you sprain your ankle again, the rest time will be much longer and it will be much harder to recover. If it becomes a habitual ankle sprain, it can lead to ligament tears, which will greatly affect your athletic ability."
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Hearing the doctor's words, Zuber nodded in agreement. It seemed that Nilu's recovery period would be a little longer than he had expected, but it wasn't a big problem. At least even if she only had 10 days, she should be able to pay the initial deposit...
Chapter 578 The Sadness of Nel
Chapter 578.
The siege of Altaïr has been going on for over a month. It is now early April of the year 1050 in the Continental Calendar. Spring has arrived, the snow has melted, and the surrounding land is muddy. This is also the time of thaw and renewal for all things. Even the air is filled with the fragrance of earth. Niu Zida's goblin army camp is also covered in mud, making the inner tents filthy every day. Niu Zida can only have his servants constantly clean it. Later, he simply removed the carpets and other items, otherwise the cleaning work would be too much.
There was still no sign of surrender within the city of Altaïr, and the surrounding lords seemed to have no intention of rescuing the royal city. Niu Zida continued to organize raiding parties led by Joel to eliminate those minor lords who had surrendered to Altaïr. They could take down a castle almost every two or three days, causing panic among the nobles in the southern region of Altaïr, which had not yet been affected by the war. The situation was even more chaotic than in the besieged city of Altaïr.
Niu Zida persisted with the strategy of encirclement without attack, but at the same time, in addition to the harassment team, he also had Su Liya lead her human troops as the Viscount's Army of Lake Carsten to expand their influence around Altaïr. Under Su Liya's leadership, several small territories around the area submitted to Niu Zida. Naturally, Niu Zida handed these people over to Su Liya's leadership and did not personally command them. He was still busy with the goblin creation project that he personally oversaw.
Niu Zida's inner tent.
"Master...you're amazing..."
Charlotte cradled her belly with her delicate hands, wearing white stockings and high heels, and bent over, raising her beautiful buttocks so that Niu Zida could step on the stirrups hanging from her slender waist and thrust into her snowy buttocks from behind. Each time, his huge member would plunge deep into her uterus, and after doing this hundreds of times, Charlotte began to shed tears, her beautiful eyes rolled back, and she begged for mercy with sobs.
But Niu Zida wasn't about to let this beautiful girl go. The more Charlotte begged for mercy, the more fiercely he thrust into her. He also raised his leather whip and lashed Charlotte's buttocks as he went, leaving them covered in welts. At the same time, due to the intense violation, Charlotte's white silk stockings went limp. She was only holding on because she wanted to satisfy Niu Zida's lust.
The loyal maid, Fujikura Yu, was crawling below, licking Niu Zida's anus with her little tongue to add to the fun. Today, Daiyan, wearing a white short-sleeved cheongsam and black stockings, was in charge of pushing Niu Zida's buttocks. Her large breasts diligently pushed Niu Zida, helping him to thrust into Charlotte more vigorously.
With such frenzied thrusting, Niu Zida quickly reached the final stage, finally arching his back and ejaculating a large amount of hot semen into Charlotte's uterus, sending the pink-haired beauty to paradise...
After the battle ended, Daiyan held Niu Zida in her arms to rest. Because Aponia and Misaki Shokuhou were having a baby today, Niu Zida asked Daiyan to come and hold him.
"Thank you for your hard work, Master."
Daiyan gently wiped Niu Zida's sweat, held him in her arms, and then opened her cheongsam to reveal her large breasts so that Niu Zida could bite them while resting. Although she was reluctant at first, after following Niu Zida for a long time, Daiyan became more and more adept at these service tasks.
Fujikura Yu quickly helped Charlotte up, whose lower body looked like a bitten cream puff, and helped her to bed to rest. Suddenly, a maid came in to report the situation, so she went to inquire about it before returning to report to Ushiko Tadashi:
"Master, Miss Ningguang requests an audience."
Niu Zida was still resting when he heard Fujikura Yu's report. He was initially reluctant to meet her, but after seeing the tall, beautiful woman in a cheongsam with her fair face, large breasts, and long, smooth legs, Niu Zida thought it over and decided to meet her.
"Meet the Master."
"Ningguang, you've arrived."
Niu Zida had just experienced a great battle and was in a brief period of calm. He lay in Daiyan's arms with his eyes closed, resting. Although he answered Ningguang, he didn't lift his eyelids. He just squeezed Daiyan's breast. Daiyan understood what Niu Zida meant and positioned him in the position of a baby being held to urinate. Fujikura Yu quickly knelt down, knowing that Niu Zida needed to urinate.
However, Ningguang gently stopped her as she knelt down. Then, Ningguang took over Fujikura Yu's position, raised her head, and opened her tender red mouth to take Niu Zida's huge thing into her mouth.
Feeling his massive member enter a warm, moist hole, Niu Zida groaned and subconsciously relaxed his bladder sphincter, slowly expelling urine into Mei's small mouth. Ningguang then slowly swallowed it, her throat muscles undulating.
Only after Niu Zida had comfortably shivered in Ningguang's mouth did Ningguang gently release his enormous member, then kiss the tip and say in a seductive voice:
"The lewd and lustful Ningguang thanks Master for bestowing urine..."
"Huh? Ningguang, you can let the female dog and the urinal do the job of drinking urine, you don't need to do it yourselves..."
Although Niu Zida would sometimes have his maids or high-ranking concubines like Xing Nu drink his urine when he was in high spirits, most of the time, especially in daily life, he would only use female dogs and urinals to drink his urine, and he rarely even had a mare drink it directly.
"Serving my master is my job; I'll do whatever makes him happy..."
"Ningguang, you're such a lovable little thing."
"Master, I have the latest news about Nel here."
Lying in Daiyan's arms, Niu Zida reached out and played with Ningguang's large breast. Hearing Ningguang's words, he became interested:
"Oh? Tell me about it."
“Nilu has signed a contract and has started performing in Yunlaigang.”
"What's so good about that? If the performance in Yunlai Port is a success, then she'll never be able to come back to me, right?"
Upon hearing Ningguang's report, Niu Zida's tone carried a hint of resentment. It was Ningguang who had advised him to let Nel go, and then she had a way to help Niu Zida take Nel in. Now, however, he heard this news.
"Please rest assured, Master, I will not allow her to succeed in her performance."
"Huh? Are you trying to sabotage this?"
"I can't reveal my method yet, but I believe that in another month or two, Nel will probably come to Master for help."
Ningguang smiled and kept everyone in suspense. Niu Zida pinched Ningguang's big snowflake hard and laughed and scolded:
"You little brat, you're still keeping your master in suspense. Go lie down and spread your legs. I'm going to take you."
Upon hearing Niu Zida's order, Ningguang willingly climbed onto the bed, smiling as she opened her long, snow-white legs, ready to receive Niu Zida's impending onslaught...
When Nilu heard the doctor's diagnosis that her injury would take 15-20 days to recover, she couldn't help but feel a little depressed. Not being able to perform these days was secondary; the key issue was that she couldn't train. This delay meant more than just half a month's work. Even if she recovered in the most optimistic 15 days, she wouldn't be able to go on stage immediately because she wouldn't be able to train during that time, and the performance wouldn't meet the required standards.
But there was no use in being anxious now that things had come to this. The injury was caused by herself during the performance. The kind-hearted Nel didn't blame the music group in the troupe for her injury, but took it all upon herself.
"Ugh……"
"What's wrong, Miss Nel?"
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Just as Nilu was sighing, a girl carrying a basket of fruit came over and asked with concern. Nilu looked up and saw that it was Anaye. Anaye was now a helper in charge of props in the troupe. She had joined the troupe because of a conflict with her father and had been unable to find her direction in life. A few months ago, with Nilu's help, she had a good talk with her father and they finally reconciled. Recently, Anaye also planned to learn to dance from Nilu and wanted to participate in performances in the future. Zuber had agreed to this, but the war had delayed her learning progress. So Anaye could practically be considered Nilu's apprentice.
"Anaye, thank you for coming to see me."
Seeing Anaye place the fruit by her bedside, Nilu forced herself to thank her. However, even though she managed a smile, she couldn't hide the worry between her brows. Anaye knew that Nilu was in low spirits because of her injury, so she had been visiting her whenever she had free time, hoping to talk to her and cheer her up.
"It's nothing, I just happen to have some free time lately."
"So it's because I can't perform that I've delayed everyone's performance, isn't it?"
"Oh? No, actually we've been quite busy lately. Everyone has to practice and rehearse other plays that can be performed. Mr. Zuber said that the troupe can't rely on Nilu alone; we should also take responsibility."
Anaye realized she had misspoke and quickly tried to smooth things over, implying that she was praising Nel for her significant contributions to the troupe.
Nilu was kind, gentle, and not stupid. She understood what Anaye meant. Although she was grateful that Anaye spoke up for her, such words could not heal her injuries or change her situation, so her expression remained unrelaxed.
"Everyone must be very busy lately..."
"Yes, everyone in the troupe is still very motivated... Everyone is waiting for you to come back, so you must take good care of yourself and don't rush."
"Thank you, Anaye..."
It was clear that Nilu wasn't in a good mood, so Anaye chatted with Nilu for a while before leaving. She had originally wanted to give Nilu a piece of her mind by scolding the music group, but then she thought that Nilu was never one to blame others. If she did, it wouldn't make Nilu happy; it might only make her dislike her. So Anaye gave up on that idea.
To make it easier for Nel to move around, Zuber specially arranged for a female handyman from the troupe to take care of Nel's daily needs. However, due to Nel's strong objections, Zuber had no choice but to recall the handyman, leaving Nel with only a cane so that she could move around freely.
After seeing off Anaye, who had come to visit her, Nilu got up on her own, leaning on her cane. Although Nilu looked sweet, gentle, and charming, she was actually a very strong-willed girl. She didn't like being taken care of too much and becoming a burden to others. Now that the entire troupe's performance had been disrupted because of her, Nilu didn't want to trouble others even more.
Nilu struggled to the toilet with her crutches. Her left ankle—the injured one—would ache terribly if it touched the ground. This injury made Nilu increasingly anxious. She had finally made it to Yunlai Port after going through so many hardships, but her problem had delayed the performance. She didn't want to be a burden to the troupe.
Finally reaching the restroom and opening the door, Nilu stepped inside, but not noticing the threshold, her cane hit it, causing her to lose her balance and fall flat on her face inside the restroom with a thud…
It was an hour or two before Nilu was rescued; she was found on the bathroom floor. Fortunately, she had only bumped her head and it wasn't serious. However, from that moment on, Zuber forced Nilu to accept someone else's care. Soon, Bai Xiao also learned about this and came to visit her the next day, arranging for a maid to take care of Nilu. When Nilu tried to refuse, Bai Xiao said sternly...
"Miss Nilu, we are doing this to ensure that you recover your health as soon as possible so that you can fulfill the contract. Please do not refuse so arbitrarily."
After Bai Xiao's words, Nilu suddenly had no grounds to object. She just lowered her head, looking slightly aggrieved and disappointed, and remained silent. Zuber, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore and continued to defend Nilu:
“Miss Baixiao, you can’t say that Nilu is willful. It’s just that Nilu doesn’t like to trouble others.”
“But Miss Nilu’s actions have already caused trouble, haven’t they? She was injured before and fell again. If her injuries worsen and she is unable to perform, isn’t Mr. Zuber worried about the end of the month? Even if I can postpone it, I still have to pay interest, which will accumulate into a huge amount.”
Upon hearing Bai Xiao's words, Nilu looked up at Zuber in surprise. Zuber had never told her about this before, only that she shouldn't worry and that the troupe would make a lot of money from this performance, so there was no risk at all.
“Mr. Zubair, that’s not what you told me before…”
"There's no point in telling you this. Just focus on getting better and don't worry about the money..."
When Zuber saw Nilu looking at him, he awkwardly explained a few things, then quickly pulled Bai Xiao away from Nilu's room, leaving Nilu alone in her room, her beautiful eyes already brimming with tears of grievance and self-reproach...
Chapter 579 Rumors about Nel
Chapter 579.
A week passed quickly, and under the care of the maid, Nel's injuries gradually healed. Because she had fallen in the toilet, Zuber and Bai Xiao, and even the others in the troupe, had been taking good care of Nel to make sure she didn't push herself too hard. Nel knew that her previous act of pushing herself had caused trouble for everyone, so now she could only obediently listen to them.
Gradually, Nilu no longer needed crutches and could move around on her own if she walked slowly. However, even so, Zuber still did not allow Nilu to move around alone. Nilu was a little unhappy but there was nothing she could do. Zuber also had his own reasons. If he let Nilu move around on her own, she would definitely start training now that she was a little better. If she trained too hard before her injury was fully healed, it would aggravate her injury. At least that was the reason Zuber told her when Nilu asked him this.
"Miss Nilu, you seem to be feeling much better lately. You can basically walk on your own now."
Anaye visited Nilu again that day. At Nilu's insistence, she stopped bringing fruit. Nilu said that she was less active now, and if she ate too much fruit, she would gain weight because she couldn't burn off the energy, which would be bad for her recovery training.
"Well, it's alright, it's just a pity that I still can't practice."
"Don't push yourself too hard during practice. Mr. Zubair said that if you get injured again, it might take longer, which would delay your later performances."
"I got it……"
Recalling the last time she insisted on going alone and refused to be taken care of, resulting in her accidentally falling while going to the toilet alone, Nilu could only blush and softly agree, after all, she had made the whole troupe worry again last time.
"That's true, but Miss Nel always sticks to her own principles, even though she's so cute on the outside..."
Seeing the shy blush on Nilu's pure and lovely face, Anaye couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
The two chatted like this for a long time, and before they knew it, an afternoon had passed. They decided to go out and get something to eat. Actually, the hospitality in the mansion was quite lavish, but Nilu wanted to go out for a walk. For some reason, she always felt like she was being imprisoned in this mansion.
"Going out is no problem, but your injury..."
"My injury is fine enough to walk."
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It's just that training is temporarily unavailable.
Seeing that Anaye still didn't quite believe her, Nilu quickly twisted her ankle a few times. Although it still hurt a bit, she endured it to prove she could walk. Anaye could tell that Nilu was being a bit stubborn again, but she still went along with her. It was clear that this energetic and lively girl was quite depressed being confined to the mansion lately. With so many unfortunate things happening recently, it was better for her to go out and clear her head; otherwise, she might really get bored.
“Then I’ll talk to Mr. Zubair, and if he agrees, then there’s no problem.”
"But if I tell him..."
“Miss Nilu, don’t worry about that. Mr. Zuber isn’t unreasonable. Besides, if I go out behind Mr. Zuber’s back and something really goes wrong, I can’t take the responsibility… Miss Nilu, you’re not trying to get me scolded, are you?”
Since Anaye had already said so much, Nilu had no choice but to agree, but she insisted that the two of them go together, so that if Zuber refused Anaye, she could persuade him instead.
The two arrived at Zuber's office door together, and before they could even knock, they heard an argument coming from inside:
"No, I can't agree to Nilu performing."
"But if that's the case... we're afraid we won't be able to meet our minimum payment target for this month."
"You don't need to worry about that at all. We'll figure out the money later..."
Nilu heard the noise outside the door, and her initially high spirits immediately turned to disappointment.
“Nilu, this is not your fault…”
"It doesn't matter……"
Seeing that Anaye was still trying to comfort her, Nilu shook her head, forced a smile, and left without looking back. It seemed she really wasn't in the mood to go out and have fun anymore...
Over the next day or two, Nilu gradually recovered and her mood improved slightly. She started asking to train, but Zuber still wouldn't allow it, hoping that Nilu could recover more before asking. After all, the doctor said the recovery period was 15-20 days, and it had only been 12 or 13 days, not even the minimum recovery period had been reached yet.
Since Nilu couldn't do formal training, she could only practice other moves casually to avoid gaining weight due to lack of exercise. The mansion naturally provided Nilu with some help, giving her some simple exercise equipment and a special room for training, such as sit-ups, which can strengthen the waist and abdomen and is very helpful for dancers.
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