By evening, the sun had begun to set.
A string of red lanterns had been hung along Ten Mile Spring Brothel Street.
Young Master Gu strolled through the street entrance, constantly greeting passersby around him.
The crowd snickered. This time, Young Master Gu had indulged himself in the room of Ning Xiang, Yan Hua Lou's top courtesan, for a full three hours.
What incredible stamina!
Yet Gu Xiao merely cast a sidelong glance into the distance.
A figure in white stood atop a pavilion several hundred meters away, watching Gu Xiao's every move.
Gu Xiao chuckled inwardly.
Liu Di, just wait to be humiliated!
Then—
Gu Xiao looked around furtively. According to the script, the killer should have appeared by now!
Sure enough.
Just as Gu Xiao took a single step out of Spring Tower Street—
An explosive roar came from ahead. "Gu Xiao! You utterly shameless bastard! You wouldn't even spare my seventy-year-old mother! Not only did you violate her, you even stole her fleece-lined pants!"
In the distance, a burly countryman charged toward him fiercely, a broadsword in hand!
Gu Xiao's face twitched.
I knew about this scene, but nobody rehearsed these lines with me!
Violate a seventy-year-old woman, then steal her fleece-lined pants!
You're abusing your authority for personal revenge and smearing my name!
Gu Xiao shot a vicious glare at Liu Di in the distance!
But the countryman shouted again, "Gu Xiao, you beast! It would have been bad enough if you'd only violated my mother, but you didn't even spare my eighty-year-old father! You humiliated him too!"
The passersby began pointing at Gu Xiao. "Young Master Gu has always been a carefree womanizer, but this is going too far!"
Gu Xiao felt his chest tighten, nearly coughing up blood.
Then the man shouted again, "Even