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The rain slashed down like white arrows. One paper umbrella was nowhere near wide enough to shelter them both, so Bai Lingshui floated up with a dancer’s poise and parked her trim hips on his massive shoulder. Now the umbrella covered them both.
She peered ahead. “Big guy, your name’s Dian Wei, right? And you tell people to just call you Bubba?”
“Yup. How’d you know?” he asked, playing dumb.
“Good. We’re skipping the brothel. Go left; my place is this way.”
“Okay. I’m bein’ good,” he rumbled, and followed her lead.
The two bypassed the gaudy pleasure houses and stopped at an unremarkable courtyard home. There were plain walls, a roomy yard, and a spotless floor.
Li Yuan sniffed the air: nothing but the clean scent of rain and wood. No traps, no poison.
Supper was simple farmhouse fare. There were no grand...
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