Though this was also Rouge Lane, it belonged to the rear street of Rouge Lane, lacking brothels, where the courtesans would rest and sleep. Now, as the girls were all in brothels on other streets, this place seemed much quieter, even a bit eerie.
Hu Feifei eyed a little girl running toward the courtyard, puzzled.
Chen Shi said, "Black Pot, were you chasing a human or a ghost just now?"
Black Pot's fur bristled.
Chen Shi said, "That candied haw, did you eat it? What exactly did you eat?"
He walked into the deep courtyard mansion. Hu Feifei followed closely and looked around to find the courtyard empty, save for the little girl they had seen earlier playing alone by a stone stool, mumbling to herself as if talking to someone.
In Chen Shi's eyes, however, the courtyard was crowded with people.
Countless women.
