Xiao Qinghe suddenly noticed five little jade bottles lined up neatly on the half-open windowsill.
Round, milky white, and utterly adorable.
They were clearly medicine bottles, but their surfaces were perfectly smooth, without any labels.
Xiao Qinghe opened one and sniffed it.
A medicinal fragrance drifted out, laced with a faintly seductive scent.
The maid perked up, her eyes fixed on the bottle.
Good heavens!
Five whole bottles!
Xiao Qinghe failed to notice anything unusual about her. He toyed with the little bottle. "How thoughtful of the city lord."
Knowing full well that Xie Jun had an injured shoulder, he had sent over five bottles of ointment overnight.
But why had he delivered them to Xiao Qinghe's room?
The maid wore an exceedingly peculiar expression. "Young Hero Xiao, how well does it work?" she asked cautiously.
"I'll have to try applying it to my junior sister."
The maid's expression turned suggestive. A man applying medicine to another naked man-just imagining it was thrilling.
Xiao Qinghe had no idea what filthy nonsense was running through her head. Suddenly, something occurred to him.
"Miss, I'd like to ask you about someone."
"Please go ahead, Young Hero Xiao."
"Have you seen a youth in the city? Slender, dressed in red, possibly wearing a veiled hat with red gauze."
"Do you mean Young Hero Xiao was talking about the Rain God?"
Xiao Qinghe's eyes lit up.
If that red-clad youth had some connection to Xiaolou, he would finally have a lead on finding Xiaolou!
"What Rain God?"
A trace of reverence entered the maid's expression. "The Rain God only appeared recently. He does indeed wear red and has the appearance of a youth, with a veiled hat and red gauze covering his face. No one has seen his true appearance yet."
"Whenever the Rain