In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
It was time to leave work at dusk.
"Senior Brother Shen, I just moved into a new place yesterday. How about coming over to sit at my house tonight?"
After cleaning the clinic, Feng Hao invited him warmly.
His arrow wound had healed. The Green Garment Gang had paid him a hundred taels for treating them, and he'd finally fulfilled his wish of buying a small courtyard in a prosperous part of the city.
"Tell me, you haven't started seeing someone, have you?" Shen Han asked with a smile.
Feng Hao blushed. "Well... the matchmaker is bringing her to my house to meet me tonight."
"Then I'd better not get in your way."
"But..."
"No buts, Brother Feng Hao. Make the most of your chance. Just let me know when you're getting married. And be careful—don't let her find out that two women from Miaoyu Pavilion have already kept you company."
Shen Han teased him deliberately.
"Speaking of Miaoyu Pavilion, Senior Brother Shen, have you heard?"
"Heard what?"
"Their top courtesan, Guan Shu, has disappeared!"
"Oh?"
Shen Han froze for a moment.
At the estate in Stone Ox Town, Guan Shu had acted on Cao Lin's orders and tried to lure him into drinking poisoned wine. Luckily, he'd been on his guard and hadn't fallen for it. He hadn't seen Guan Shu again in the past half month.
Feng Hao spoke quickly. "I only just heard, too. Guan Shu hasn't shown up at Miaoyu Pavilion in days. It's as if she vanished into thin air."
"What about the other two women from that night?"
Shen Han asked.
"Their fate was even stranger. Two days ago, they threw themselves into a well in Miaoyu Pavilion's back garden."
"They killed themselves?"