Chapter 157 (1/2)

Chapter 157: The Rice Shop Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

Shangguan Yushi+ strongly objected to Tenth Young Master heading to South City The death of Marquis Gao was a good exaon Society to achieve revenge by killing Shangguan Yushi+ Also, she blaation

However, she knew the te objection would not do her well Hence she asked to go together, along with Wildhorse and Liuhua

Gu Shenas not happy about this Although the two Masters saw theirls in people’s eyes Thinking about it, it was a bit odd for two girls to go investigate in a brothel with three young killers

Shangguan Ru refused Yushi+ and asked her to disguise into a boy by putting on so, Slave Huan and the Tenth Young Master set out, while Shangguan Yushi+ looked so on the narrow frosty streets in South City, Shangguan Ru took a deep inhale and said, “Alas, We’ve finally arrived Why are there so few people here? I heard that South City is the busiest city in the realilantly They chose to coht only to avoid the noisy crowd

Two uanru her weapon and the other saber and left

“Oh,” Shangguan Ru tied the saber on her waist, and pointed at the cabin diagonally across and said, “Is that the brothel?”

“Yup, but not the one we’re going to”

On the way to Pleasure Alley, Shangguan Ru was in high spirits and kept asking questions about al, especially which forces were behind different businesses Slave Huan answered as he could because he did not know everything

Approaching Pleasure Alley, Shangguan Ru frowned and said, “It turns out that my Kun Society runs little business here”

The businesses Kun Society had occupied used to be roughly about 40 to 50 percent of elder Young Master’s businesses, and dozens of men were killed in the takeover 40 to 50 percent was a rather good outcome for them, but was still poor compared to the other powers in South City

“It’s always the first step that is troublesome” Gu Shenwei tried to comfort her, and he also hoped Kun Society would expand, the quicker the better

The buildings in Pleasure Alley were uan Ru was interested in this place, especially for hearing the fact that ion were here She started to ask about the various brothels and their owners, but Gu Shenwei claiuanru did not buy it Judging by her expression, she ht think that he was just too ashamed to admit it

Every inch of land was expensive in Pleasure Alley Marquis Gao died in a brothel on the east side of the street Two youth detectives were too late, as they found out a new prostitute moved in as soon as the corpse was cleared The brothel runner even turned the ho point—pay 100 ht

The brothel also had replaced the maids and procuress The procuress opened the door while yawning When she heard that the two visitors were not here to pay for sex, she slammed the door shut

It was pointless for them to enter anyway since the people involved in the homicide were not there Failed was the first atte Master’s life to enter a brothel She almost told her real identity when Slave Huan drew her away

In the , Pleasure Alley was the quietest place in South City, and they were the only two on the street Shangguan Ru was disappointed and said, “Which is our place?”

“Only one” Gu Shenwei saved the cruel truth for himself, that he was the owner of her only brothel here He did not correct Shangguan Ru that Kun Society did not “own” these businesses, they just collectMaster Shangguan Chui ular businesses, and the few small whorehouses he oere outside Pleasure Alley The Meng family owned more than half of the businesses in Pleasure Alley, and also had relationshi+ps with the rest However, Horned Dragon Society did not take advantage of the Meng family, that hy they shared equal influence with Kun Society in Pleasure Alley

To satisfy the curiosity of the Tenth Young Master, Gu Shenwei had to take her to the “only one” brothel

Xu’s siblings were still sleeping A newly hired maid opened the door with heavy eyes When she saw her master at the door she smiled ireeting Brother Huan, he sized up the short youngMaster with all respect

Shangguan Ru felt both happy and disappointed She asked how he saw through her Master Yu disguised her into a sallow-faced sick youth by putting nize herself in the mirror

“Uuess Even if Tenth Young Master played as a beggar, there’s a…how do I say…douan Ru was flattered by the sweet talk She beaood about Xu Xiaoyi

Gu Shenwei though ell aware that the kid was bullshtting He nized her by the attitude of “Brother Huan”, not due to so aura”

Since her excellency the Tenth Young Master had arrived, Xu Xiaoyi hurried upstairs and knocked on his sister’s door

Gu Shenas quite worried about the moody Xu Yanwei, and he was not sure about which uan Ru today However, in a uan Ru had just taken a seat, Xu Yanwei had gotten well-dressed and went downstairs She was beaht

It was hard to tell which girl had more curiosity At first, they sounded each other out carefully Soon they were like close friends that had grown up together, talked about everything, and cared little about trifles

The four had lunch together When they spoke of the death of Marquis Gao, the siblings alood iood care ofto spend s were not appropriate for the Tenth Young Master, and shut her mouth

There were s had not heard about the grain of rice on the bed, so when Shangguan Ru spoke of it, they got excited and asked for more details The lunch finally turned into a heated discussion

“A grain of rice, itlike ‘raw rice can turn into cooked rice’? What does it mean?” Xu Xiaoyi said and started to meditate as nobody answered

“Maybe they were playing some tricks on the bed When Marquis Gao ith ain She had the sauan Ru aiting for her words when Gu Shenwei hurried to change the topic