Kong Nanwu stared at Nan Xun for a while. When Nan Xun began to shudder all over, she then retracted her gaze. She sat down leisurely on her soft chair again and said, “Let’s go back.”

“Understood!” Nan Xun replied respectfully. Then, she pushed open the door a bit to give orders to the driver outside. The carriage slowly headed back toward Scarlet Investigation.

…

“Brother-in-law, you said that you went to Scarlet Invitation to investigate a case, so why did their courtesan queen come looking for you?” Chu Youzhao looked at the slowly departing carriage and asked with an unkind expression.

Zu An felt that dealing with this situation was a pain in the ass. Chuyan wasn’t at his side, and yet he still had to explain such things to a silly little girl. It really was too hard! He replied, “What can I say? Your brother-in-law is just too likable and has friends everywhere. Everyone likes me regardless of whether they’re men or women. You can look at the two over there if you don’t believe me; they’re men, but aren’t they always greeting me with smiles?”

Sure enough, when Chu Youzhao turned to look in the direction Zu An indicated, Pei You and Gao Ying had brilliant smiles on their faces when they saw Zu An looking over. They thought, Brother Zu must be trying to introduce his little...