"Miss Ningdong, are you all right?"
Seeing Ningdong looking as though she had been possessed, Fu Hua gently patted her on the back.
"Ah! Ghost... Don't... Don't come near me!!"
Fu Hua's touch immediately snapped Ningdong back to her senses. Without even turning around to look, she screamed in terror and staggered backward, losing her footing and falling to the floor.
When Fu Hua patted her just now, it had felt as though she had been seized by the evil ghost she had seen. Goosebumps rose all over her body.
"Sir, Miss Ningdong... what happened?" Ningdong's terrified scream had carried straight beyond the door. Without even waiting for Fu Hua's permission, the two maids pushed open the door and hurried in anxiously.
"..."
Seeing Ningdong fallen on the floor while Fu Hua was walking toward her, the two women instantly came up with a whole series of explanations that seemed perfectly reasonable to them.
This young master must have tried to do something to Miss Ningdong. She refused, so Fu Hua had tried to force himself on her... The two had initially felt quite favorably toward Fu Hua because of his appearance, but now they immediately became disgusted with him.
It was not as though there were no women in brothels who could be bought and treated however one pleased. But talented, beautiful women like these were different. Their relationship with the brothel was more like that of partners. So long as they remained chaste, their value stayed high, and unless they consented, they generally could not be forced.
At that thought, both women's expressions turned cold. They stepped in front of Ningdong and glared at Fu Hua.
"Young master is also a man of outstanding appearance. Why would you behave so rudely? Chess Chant Residence will not interfere if