The madam quickly said, "High God Zhu, we'll arrange for our finest girls to sing for you. You'll be absolutely satisfied!"
"Didn't you hear me, woman? I hate anyone named Xia more than anything! Never mind bringing your finest girls—even if you offered to sleep with me yourself, heh, I wouldn't want you!" the man inside shouted angrily.
Xiang An'an looked distressed and was about to say something apologetically to me when a man wearing the robes of a third-rank official from the Personnel Administration Department came out. He glanced at Xiang An'an, then followed her gaze toward me. "Let me see for myself... uh... Xia... Xia Yi... Heavenly Official Xia?!"
I looked at Zhu Sihe and sneered. "Zhu Sihe, what's the matter? Itching for another beating today?"
"I... Heavenly Official Xia, why would I be itching for a beating? I just didn't know who it was. So it's you, Heavenly Official Xia! Haha..." Zhu Sihe's face twitched. He had previously come to my fifth-rank realm to avenge my seizure of his nephew Zhu Dongyang's realm, only for me to destroy his Dao body and send him fleeing. I hadn't heard of him daring to seek revenge since then. He was probably terrified of me.
"Heh, my surname happens to be Xia. Didn't you say you hated anyone named Xia more than anything? What are you planning to do to me?" I asked with a smile. Zhu Sihe's face alternated between pale and red. At a loss, he said, "Heavenly... Official Xia... I just had too much to drink and was running my mouth. It was only a joke. Please forgive me! Since you want An'an to attend to you, how could I deprive you of that pleasure? I'll take my leave now. Yes, I'll leave right away..."
I snorted,