Hong Kong variety show: From being bitten by a cockroach to becoming a legend

Yau Ma Tei, Dynasty Nightclub, Yau Ma Tei is a notorious den of iniquity.

Northern girls, Vietnamese girls, foreign women, and local men—all of them have big kisses.

Especially Mama Robbie, she was so moist she was practically dripping wet.

The dressing room was filled with smoke, a mixture of perfume, foundation, and sweat.

A voluptuous woman in a dark red velvet cheongsam, with exquisite makeup, was applying lipstick in front of a mirror. She was about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, with some fine lines around her eyes, but her features possessed a charm that, though weathered by life, had not lost its gentle grace. She was none other than Robbie, the madam of the Dynasty Nightclub.

"Sister Robbie, the Crown Prince specifically requested this girl to be deflowered today. You should train her a bit, so she won't be embarrassing later."

Several thugs pushed open the dressing room door for the dancers and shoved Xiao Kailun, who looked anxious and panicked, inside.

In front of rows of makeup mirrors sat a dozen or so dancers, their clothes revealing, their expressions ranging from numb to alluring. Many cast either sympathetic or indifferent glances at Xiao Kailun as she was wheeled in.

"Ugh, the same old routine again." Sister Robbie frowned, put down her lipstick, and got up to walk over. She waved her hand, signaling the gangsters to leave.

"Sister Robbie, Brother Prince has given orders..." The leader of the gangsters wanted to say something more.

"Alright, alright, I know," Robbie interrupted impatiently. "Go wait by the door, I'll call you when I'm done."

"What, aren't you leaving yet? Trying to feast your eyes while you're at it? Be careful, or the Crown Prince will find out and beat you up."

The gangsters left dejectedly and closed the door.

"What's with the attitude? She's just a prostitute."

"People who associate with Brother Jixiang naturally have the right to be arrogant."

"Wei Jixiang? Him? He's just a dog under the Crown Prince's command. Can he even lift a machete?"

Robbie naturally wouldn't stoop to the level of these thugs. He walked up to Xiao Kailun and looked her up and down.

At most around seventeen years old.

Although she was dressed simply, her face was beautiful enough, and she had a youthful and innocent charm that she once possessed but no longer had.

No wonder Prince Tai, who always liked driving big cars, suddenly changed his taste and took a liking to this plain-looking schoolgirl. Robbie cursed "pervert" in her heart, but her face remained expressionless.

"What's your name?" she asked, her voice neither gentle nor fierce.

"Xiao... Xiao Kailun." The girl's voice was barely audible, her hands gripping the hem of her skirt tightly, her knuckles turning white.

"Student girl?"

Xiao Kailun nodded, tears welling up in her eyes, which she forced back down.

Robbie sighed inwardly. She had seen many girls like this; most of them were brought here because their families were in debt or they had been tricked. They all looked like this when they first came in, crying and threatening to kill themselves, but it didn't take long before they either resigned themselves to their fate or were driven insane.

"Is your brother named Xiao Zhuoxiao?" Sister Robbie asked again, as those gangsters had mentioned this name earlier.

Xiao Kailun looked up abruptly, as if grasping at a straw: "You know my brother? Please, let me go! My brother will pay me back, he really will!"

"Pay back the money?" Robbie smirked. "Silly girl, do you think the young master really cares about money? He's after you for who you are."

"I know the Crown Prince all too well. He'll stop at nothing to get what he sets his sights on. Even if you don't comply today, he'll find another reason to force you to give in tomorrow."

Xiao Kailun was struck dumb, her face turning as white as paper: "Then...what should I do? Sister Robbie, please help me, I don't want to...I don't want to..."

She couldn't continue speaking, she just shook her head desperately.

In the dressing room, some of the other dancers pretended not to hear and continued touching up their makeup, while others cast sympathetic glances, but no one dared to speak up. Here, meddling in other people's business often had dire consequences.

Looking at her tear-streaked yet still pure and beautiful face, Sister Robbie felt a slight pang in her heart. She remembered many years ago, when she was about the same age, tricked from the countryside into coming to Hong Kong and being pushed into this industry.

If it were any other girl, Sister Robbie would have preferred to avoid trouble and would never have interfered and spoiled the Crown Prince's fun; but it's a different story if it's Xiao Zhuoxiao's sister.

After all, Xiao Zhuoxiao had helped Wei Jixiang, the man she had a crush on, a few years ago, and she had to repay that favor.

"Listen." Robbie suddenly grabbed Xiao Kailun's wrist, her voice lower and faster: "When Prince calls you in later, try to stall for time. Pretend to be sick, pretend to faint, pretend to vomit... anything is fine. If he tries to force himself on you, fight back desperately, grab him, bite him, the louder the better. This is a business place after all, if you make too much of a scene, he'll have to be considerate."

She quickly glanced around to make sure no one was paying attention, then took out a small, metal-cased object from a hidden pocket on the side of her cheongsam and slipped it into Xiao Kailun's hand.

"This is a stun gun, press here." She held Xiao Kailun's fingers and pressed them on a protrusion: "If all else fails, aim it at his neck or side, press and hold. It'll numb him for a while. Then run towards the door, don't look back."

Xiao Kailun gripped the cold metal object tightly, as if it were her last straw, and her tears flowed even more fiercely: "Thank you, Sister Robbie..."

"Don't thank me, I can't help you much." Sister Robbie turned her face away, her tone returning to its usual indifference. "Whether you can escape or not depends on your own fate..." After saying that, without waiting for Xiao Kailun's reaction, she turned around and walked back to the makeup mirror, picked up a powder puff, and touched up her makeup in front of the mirror, as if nothing had just happened.

A few minutes later, the door to the dressing room was violently pushed open, and it was the same group of thugs from before.

"Robbie, is it done yet? Prince has been urging us several times, he's going to explode if we don't go soon."

"Hurry up, hurry up, are you trying to kill me? Girls need to put on makeup and dress up. Do you think men like you can just wash their faces and go out to meet people? Alright, take her there."

She winked at Xiao Kailun, silently saying two words: "Be smart."

Xiao Kailun was shoved and dragged out of the dressing room by the gangsters. The corridor was dimly lit and the music was deafening. The men who passed by whistled at Xiao Kailun: "Damn, Dynasty's standards are pretty high. Such a young girl, how much? I'll take her."

"Damn! You guys dare to make a move on the girl the prince has his eye on? Are you out of your minds?"

Xiao Kailun was nervously pushed to the entrance of the first private room.

The door opened, and deafening rock music and a cacophony of voices filled the room.

The private room was very large and decorated in a lavish style, like a small palace. Seven or eight people were sitting on a huge circular sofa, with Prince Tai in the center, wearing a flashy Hawaiian shirt, which was open to reveal a menacing dragon tattoo across his shoulder.

He had a woman on each side, each wearing a nearly transparent halter dress, and his hands were roaming over their bodies.

Several fierce-looking thugs sat nearby, each holding a woman in their arms.

The coffee table was piled high with various foreign liquors, fruit platters, and snacks, and the ashtray was overflowing with cigarette butts.