Half a Brick
Chapter 82 Going to the Red Chamber
However, Ding Kan wasn't 100% sure, so he had Jasmine go there wearing a disguise.
As for why he didn't just let me go directly, but instead risked letting Jasmine make the trip, it was naturally because I couldn't show my face at that time. If I had shown up in advance, it wouldn't have been so easy to lure Rakshasi out.
Jasmine, disguised as a human, had to really take the hits. That trip was only for defense, not for counterattack.
We had to lure Rakshasi out to fight; we couldn't fight her in the old city.
Firstly, Rakshasi had been hiding in the old city for several years, which was her base of operations, her home turf. We wouldn't have the advantage fighting there. Secondly, as Rakshasi's sister said, the old city was a very complicated place, and fighting there could get us into unforeseen trouble.
"Wait, wait." I interrupted Ding Kan. "Could you tell me when you met Rakshasi's sister?"
"Recently. She knows about Rakshasi's rebirth. If I had known her earlier, wouldn't I have known about Rakshasi's rebirth earlier?"
"You guys have become so affectionate after only knowing each other for a few days. Isn't your relationship developing too fast? Don't you think you should get to know each other better before talking about love?" I asked in surprise.
Rakshasi's sister immediately said, "It's not entirely as you say. Ding Kan only just met me, but I've known him for a long time. Rakshasa ghosts are also formed after people die. Before I became a Rakshasa ghost, I was a villager in Stone Prison Village. I knew Ding Kan back then, but Ding Kan was too young to remember me."
"What about you? Did you already like this older sister when you were a few years old?" I asked Ding Kan again.
Ding Kan gave me an annoyed look. "Wan Qian, are you stupid or hard of hearing? Didn't she just say that I was too young back then and didn't know her at all?"
"So, you suddenly liked her after knowing her for a few days?"
"Yes."
"Why? Because she's especially beautiful?"
Ding Kan thought about it seriously and said, "That should only be one reason. There are many other reasons why I like her."
"Like what?"
"Like she's very good to me, very considerate, and takes care of me in every possible way."
"That's true. Anything else?"
"Yes, because we have a common enemy."
"Anything else?"
"Yes, there's a lot more, but I don't want to tell you. Wan Qian, are you sick? What's wrong with us liking each other? Is it hurting your eyes, asking so many questions?"
Okay, this is your own business. You can date whoever you want. It's none of my business if you get married after knowing each other for a day. I won't ask anymore. I'll ask something useful.
"Since you two have known each other for a long time and decided to have me help you deal with Rakshasi, why all the fancy stuff? Can't you just say what you want directly? If you just told me that the one cultivating evil arts in the old city is Rakshasi, wouldn't I help you kill her? We're brothers who have been through life and death together, aren't we?"
"No, no, no," Ding Kan quickly waved his hand. "Don't talk about the relationship like that. Cooperation is forced. Once I leave this door, you might not even recognize me.
Besides, although I know you a little, Rakshasi's sister doesn't know you! She also has the ability to think independently, okay? After all, using the human skin she made will expose her identity. If I found a pig teammate, it's okay if you die yourself, but it would be bad if you implicated the two of us. How could she be willing to cooperate with you without testing your intelligence and courage?"
I stared at Ding Kan gloomily and shouted after a long time, "Get out! Get back to your room as quickly as possible, heal your injuries, and then get out of my shop. I get a headache just looking at you now."
Ding Kan tossed his hair and happily pulled Rakshasi's sister upstairs, singing as he went. It was infuriating.
The song he was singing was also very strange. I didn't know which ethnic group's folk song it was. The pronunciation and melody were super strange, but it had a very peculiar infectiousness. I strongly suspected that he had changed some kind of mysterious incantation into lyrics.
I've had eight lifetimes of bad luck to know such a guy and bring him to my house, not only preventing my house of evil spirits from opening for more than a month, but also making me angry every day.
Forget it, I'll ignore these guys. Seeing that it was already dark outside, I put on my disguise, took a taxi, and went straight to the old city.
"Yo, young master, it's been a while since you've been here. After comparing three companies, our girls are still the best, right? I'll find you a few handsome ones for you to choose from, I guarantee you'll be satisfied." The madam of the red light district grabbed my hand familiarly.
The human skin I was wearing was specially processed by Rakshasi's sister. My current appearance isn't anyone who actually exists, so how could the madam see me as a regular customer? She was just trying to get close.
Since she was treating me like a regular customer, then I didn't need to be polite. I said directly, "I want to see the Peach Blossom girl."
The madam immediately smiled. "Young master really has good eyes, knowing that our Peach Blossom girl is beautiful and plays the music well. She's a rare good girl. But what the young master doesn't know is that our other girls are also beautiful, and each one is multi-talented.
Secretly telling you, the Peach Blossom girl has a big reputation, a little aloof, and a bit pretentious. Many services are not available. Even I, the madam, can't do anything about it.
It's this day and age, and there are so many patrons pampering her. I can't really force her, can I? I have no choice but to let her be.
Young master must have heard of her name, but never really had her accompany you. Listen to me, madam will find you another one, guaranteed to be more beautiful than Peach Blossom, and can do anything, all kinds of tricks. That's what you call multi-talented."
"Thank you for your kindness, madam, but I still think the Peach Blossom girl is more suitable. I'm not that trendy, I just want to play some traditional things. Madam, you're not going to tell me that the Peach Blossom girl only sells her art, not her body, right? It's this day and age, there are no girls who only sell their art, right?"
"Uh? This?" The madam smiled awkwardly and said, "Young master is right, it's this day and age, not to mention places like ours, even the ones you see on TV, there aren't many who only sell their art, but this Peach Blossom girl..."