Time moved back a little.
While the others went to make trouble for the top courtesan, Shinji had also found the actual target of this mission.
A little blonde girl with twin tails who was already flat as a runway at such a tender age...
Or was it the mature, sexy woman behind her?
Both had traces of cursed energy on them. Shinji wasn't sure, so he actually fell silent for a moment.
"Who are you? How did you get in?"
Before Shinji could speak, a punk with an outrageous hairstyle endured the pain and crawled to the doorway, shouting, "Boss, run! This guy's here for revenge! He's taken all the boys down!"
Then, howling, he charged over with a look of grim determination.
Shinji couldn't even be bothered to look at him and kicked him backward, sending him flying.
"Who's Moqian?"
"If you've come to cause trouble, please don't involve anyone else. I'll take responsibility for my own actions. But may I ask when I offended you?"
The woman suddenly straightened her back and drew the frightened, worried little girl in her arms behind her, showing no fear whatsoever.
Shinji raised his eyebrows slightly. "So you're the thirteenth courtesan who nearly got thrown out of the Red Mansion?"
"I..."
"Bullshit!"
Poking her head out, the little girl hurriedly corrected him. "Our Lady Moqian earned her promotion to twelfth courtesan fair and square. You're really annoying."
Shinji looked at the little girl, who kept avoiding his gaze, then at the woman facing him openly. Suddenly, he smiled.
Just now, perhaps his words had inadvertently hit a sore spot, causing the other party to accidentally reveal a trace of her aura in her anger.
Others might not have noticed, but for Shinji, the answer had been revealed.
He drew his sword