I love this a lot!! I already read the web novel part of this arc so i know what'll happen ( just a bit though because the manga adapts the LN, which i really wanna read but it's in japanese )
@wankerLin - or, if the courtesan wants to be sold to a particular (poorer) person, have sex with a willing accomplice and make it seem like you were raped.
This is why Maomao doesn't think too highly of Jinshi. The poor guy is always being misunderstood(though it's never anyone else's fault. Whenever something like this happens, it's always Jinshi shooting himself in the foot because he doesn't understand Maomao's autistic mind)
I feel sorry for him, Maomao isn't interested at all and is generally a bitch to him despite him being great towards her all the time, the fact that she's so highly accepted at so many places and isn't a low class prostitute is highly because of him, she could at least be grateful. I do like her a lot, everything except for attitude towards Jinshi.
Oooh so the "how to lower the price of a courtesan" is asked here. I like it. This chapter and date also gives more hints, other than being a fanservice for more romance (laughs).