At some point in time, Sisi winds up working in the same Yunping brothel as Meng Shi, who is raising her son Jin Guangyao. Like her friend Meng Shi, Sisi becomes a famous prostitute in her own right. Sisi is blunt and matter-of-fact, showing little shame for her situation in life. Moreover, she is protective of those she cares about, to the point that she willingly fights another woman for mocking her friend Meng Shi. Sisi is quite protective of her friend Meng Shi and Jin Guangyao. When a customer drags a naked Meng Shi into the streets, Sisi steps outside to defend her friend despite being scantily-clad herself. She even challenges the onlookers to pay her for gawking at her body until they leave. Later that day, when fellow prostitute Anxin mocks Meng Shi for her literacy skills and dwindling fame, Sisi engages the woman in a fight until their fellow prostitutes separate them. After the wife of one of her customers hires thugs to ruin Sisi's face, she is turned out of the brothel. Sisi then takes up with a group of old and disfigured prostitutes. Eleven years prior to the novel's present day, every single woman in their group was hired and paid lavishly. Though suspicious, Sisi accompanies her fellow "sisters" to a mansion where their wealthy patron is supposedly waiting. Xue Yang leads the women inside to unveil a weak Jin Guangshan tied to a bed. The women are ordered to have sex with him, and not to stop even if he dies. Sisi crawls atop him first, only to realize that Jin Guangyao is watching from behind a curtain. He laughs and mocks his father for having to endure the ministrations of old women. Jin Guangshan survives through eleven or twelve women before a woman screams that he has died. Sisi checks and confirms his death, but Jin Guangyao commands them to continue anyway. Afterwards, Xue Yang kills all of the women except Sisi. When Jin Guangyao recognizes her from his childhood days, he spares her life due to her past kindness, though he holds her captive so that she cannot tell anyone. Eventually, Nie Huaisang rescues Sisi and tells her that he will not allow Jin Guangyao to continue to deceive the world. He asks her to accompany Bicao to Lotus Pier to reveal what she knew. When asked why she came forward with her story, Sisi replies that she wishes for justice for her murdered "sisters." Although she freely admits having no proof to her claims, she is willing to swear that her corpse rot without a coffin if she has lied.