The two women answered in unison, "Mm-hmm!"
Xia Yao and Kachi lay on either side of the man, their beautiful eyes wide open as they stared at him without blinking.
The Chu He before them was a world apart from the man who, just yesterday, had been utterly despairing over a mere twenty million and so down in the dumps he could practically grow mold.
Overnight, he seemed to have been reborn.
After hearing a trial so terrifying it could have driven even the gods mad, he hadn't been scared witless. Instead, he'd chatted and joked as if it were nothing, then turned around and brazenly declared that he'd "trample the Divine Temple and overturn the rules." His appeal to them was irresistible.
That damnable, impossible-to-contain charm!
Perhaps they were all simply exhausted. The three of them embraced, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, just as the three were preparing to leave, they found the landlady, Fei Ling, waiting in the hotel lobby on the first floor.
She was bundled up tightly in a thick, high-collared trench coat, not even showing her neck.
But no fabric could conceal her outrageously full figure. If anything, the snug fit outlined her curves even more dramatically.
"D-dear guests, this is a small token of our appreciation."
Fei Ling held out a pure black card with a lifelike fox picked out in dark gold patterns, offering it respectfully with both hands.
"Our establishment would be honored to provide Lord Chu with free accommodations for life, as well as any intelligence services our Star Spirit Fox Clan can offer. We only ask... only ask that we form a good relationship with you. I-I swear, we have no ulterior motives!"
Chu He calmly took the black-and-gold card, which looked quite valuable,