Everyone had gone out to get busy, and the doorway immediately cleared out. "I'm going to change clothes. I'll be back in a while. Hmph, such good wine—I want a taste too." Blood Rose said this and left Huo Hai's room.
Blood Rose's room was right next to Huo Hai's, only a few steps away after leaving. Yet Huo Hai had miscalculated. After waiting for a while, he still did not see Blood Rose return. The time women spent dressing up had always been beyond men's imagination. Earlier, it had not merely been a few tears in her clothes; Blood Rose's hair had also become somewhat disheveled. That was no small matter.
The people outside gradually began returning. Some started arguing at the door. "What kind of lousy table is this? Take it away, take it away—mine is better." A voice drifted into Huo Hai's ears from afar.
"Nonsense! Mine is made entirely from top-quality Black Jade Stone, and you dare call it a lousy table?"
"What? You used the stuff meant for building city walls to make a table? Hurry up and take it away. No wonder this thing looks so black and ugly." The people outside continued squabbling, neither side willing to yield. Huo Hai was not particularly anxious, but Old Wine Insect was.
Watching those fellows clog up the entrance, bickering endlessly without a single one coming in, Old Wine Insect finally could not endure it any longer. "You damn bastards, shut up, all of you!" Old Wine Insect rushed out of Huo Hai's room and roared at the noisy crowd outside. At that roar, everyone's attention shifted to Old Wine Insect.
Once they saw who it was, everyone immediately shut their mouths. Not one dared make another sound. Old Wine Insect lowered his head and saw