After mooching a lavish meal off Lin Zhaojun, whose mood had suddenly improved, Jiang Han leisurely caught a ride to Witch House and found Qin Shunying playing the shamisen at the busy counter.
Store Manager Qin had somehow gotten her hands on another pair of Japanese witch sisters—twins, with looks scoring over ninety, only a tiny bit below the stunningly beautiful Jing.
The sisters both had magic power exceeding ten thousand and were only sixteen years old. More importantly!
They could perform xiangsheng in Chinese with Northern accents!
That was incredible. That one skill alone sent their value soaring!
Trained by the store manager, the sisters wore qipaos and bragged their heads off onstage, usually following a script but occasionally improvising. The older sister would get halfway through a line, and the younger one would chime in with "Ah ho hey," tossing in the occasional "bakayaro" and "asiba." The effect was extraordinarily good...
Especially when the older sister recited a line in Japanese, and the younger sister would look utterly baffled. "Sis, what're you saying?"
"Aren't we natives of Kyoto, Japan?"
"But I can't understand your authentic Northern-accented Japanese!"
Heh, that really was pretty good... Wearing a sweet smile, Jiang Han headed toward Qin Shunying. After taking two steps, the more she thought about that bit of xiangsheng, the funnier it became! The more she thought about it, the more delighted she got. By the time she reached the store manager, she let out a puff of laughter, covered her little mouth, and giggled to herself.
Qin Shunying set down her shamisen, tilted her head left, then cocked it right, looking utterly innocent. "Hey now, my shamisen isn't that funny, is it? Want some milk tea?"
"Sure, sure... Pfft, I—I just couldn't hold it in..." After sitting down, Jiang