When the story was over, there was a brief silence. Then Xiao Tao bent over. "Oh, my stomach..." She laughed so hard her whole body shook.
Director Yu still wore a white veil over her face and stood motionless, but the thin veil fluttered faintly. She was holding it in, panting heavily.
Xiao Tao laughed for a good while before taking Director Yu's pale hand. "Director, this man, this man is just too, too..."
"Vulgar!"
Director Yu finally managed to catch her breath and scolded him.
Xiao Tao sent Xu Yi a thought: She's all bark and no bite. I think she's about to burst from holding it in. Got any more? Hurry up.
Xiao Tao had heard plenty of jokes, but never anything so risqué. In this era, what woman would dare say something like that? And the bandits had fled in a panic. The contrast was so enormous it was almost choking.
After striking out twice in a row, Xu Yi had gotten riled up too. "A few days ago, when I was a clerk inspecting Wusun City, I came across a curious incident. Wu, the female cook in Wusun City's valiant camp, had summoned her courage and driven off a notorious lecher. The lecher had been molesting a young woman when Auntie Wu roared and charged him. The lecher fled in fright."
"At the time, I couldn't understand how a cook like Auntie Wu could drive off a lecher of such extraordinary courage and skill. Curiosity got the better of me, so I went to Wusun City. As it happened, the city lord was holding a commendation ceremony for Auntie Wu over the incident. Someone onstage asked her what she'd been thinking at the time. Auntie Wu, who was built like half an iron tower, wiped her