Everyone looked in the direction Hu Xiaotian pointed. He was pointing at the fat girl who had appeared last. Huo Ge's jaw dropped in astonishment, Hong Yingtai's eyes widened, and Wanyan Tianyue looked utterly baffled. Did I see wrong, or did this fellow point at the wrong person?
Only Xue Shengjing laughed heartily. "Have you made your choice, brother?"
Hu Xiaotian nodded. "I have. Beauty, come over here!"
Only when the fat girl heard him call her a second time did she seem to wake from a dream. She pointed a plump finger at her own nose. "Are you talking to me?" Her voice was coarse and husky, somewhat like Xiangqin's, yet somewhat different.
Hu Xiaotian smiled. "Who else would I mean? I don't see anyone here more womanly than you."
Surprised and delighted, the fat girl stuck out both arms like a little bird about to take flight and charged out of the crowd with great strides. After two steps, she seemed to remember something and switched to tiny, shuffling steps as she approached Hu Xiaotian. Pitching her voice higher, she said, "This humble girl offers her greetings!" Even as she spoke, she kept throwing him flirtatious glances.
Hu Xiaotian seemed perfectly unperturbed, but the men around him were getting restless. Damn, this fellow's tastes are far too heavy! The fat girl's coy posturing was positively nauseating. True, they had not chosen her, and she was not there to keep them company, but they were sharing a table with Hu Xiaotian. The sudden addition of such a heavyweight truly spoiled the scenery.
Xue Shengjing chose a woman as well. He had deliberately arranged this little performance so that everyone would finally have the beauties beside them remove their veils. It carried an element of gambling, along with mystery and