Lose My Heart to the Lovely Kitten Princess - Chapter 264
Chapter 264 The Harlot’s Sob
At this time, Cheng Xiaoxiao could hear the crying. Logically speaking, the others should be able to hear it too, but it seemed that they went on to do whatever they were doing and acted as if nothing had happened.
In fact, not many people noticed her when she, who was dressed completely differently from the other women, walked through the street.
Not everyone was like this. At first, there were some men who sized Cheng Xiaoxiao up slyly, but they were just looking at her without doing anything. Soon, they turned back and flirted with the harlots in their arms.
What the hell? Does my charm not work anymore?
Cheng Xiaoxiao was originally worried that she would be too ostentatious that she had attracted their attention. She even regretted not doing some makeover like Chu Yunshen and the others before taking a stroll. Although she did not know how to change her look, she could put on dirty makeup and pretend to be a beggar.
But soon, Cheng Xiaoxiao’s worries vanished as the men and women continued to ignore her. She began to have doubts and dissatisfaction in her mind.
She was a young and lively girl! Did she not look pretty in their eyes?
Her way of thinking was a little askew, but it was obvious that she stood out from the crowd, so there was no reason for these people to be so indifferent.
They might not think that she was pretty or enchanting, but weren’t they curious about her?
Cheng Xiaoxiao was annoyed.
However, she could only hold it in. She could not drag these people to ask them in person, right?
Confused, Cheng Xiaoxiao tried her best to get rid of these distracting thoughts and focused on walking in the direction of the voice.
On second thought, she figured that it was a good idea that no one was paying attention to her. At least, no one would think that she was acting sneakily.
Cheng Xiaoxiao was getting closer and closer to the crying. Only then did she realize the uniqueness of the brothel street. She thought that it only had two rows of restaurants on the left and right sides of the street, but in fact, there was a surprise.
At this moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao was walking further and further and was almost at the end of the brothel street. The crying was clearly not coming from the end of the wall. When Cheng Xiaoxiao came to this area, she found that there was a path between the wall and the last house on the left.
She would not see this path at all if she did not deliberately search for it. She found it thanks to her careful observation. Otherwise, she would definitely assume that she had misheard things and turn back.
The houses at the end of the brothel street were all closed and had dim lights. Cheng Xiaoxiao walked to the house closest to the path and took a closer look. Only then did she discover that there was a notice posted on the tightly closed door. However, it was written in the Hu people’s language, so Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t understand it.
The note was written on a red paper. Coupled with the creepy characters of the foreign language and the dim red lantern on the door frame, Cheng Xiaoxiao felt that this scene was so creepy and scary.
Easy, take it easy!
Cheng Xiaoxiao, you are the “Cat Demon” that has seen all kinds of evil spirits. Why do you suddenly become a wuss?
I won’t allow it!
You have to hold your head high and stride forward confidently!
Cheng Xiaoxiao ordered herself. She took a deep breath of the cool and sweet air in the brothel street, turned around, and left the house in front of her. Then, she walked to the small road on the side.
After entering this path, Cheng Xiaoxiao seemed to have returned to the Pink Alley. It had the same bluestone road and a narrow alley. The only difference was that the two sides of this alley were filled with all kinds of sundries.
Through the moonlight, Cheng Xiaoxiao saw that all kinds of items were randomly piled up in a mess, such as old tables and chairs, and worn-out pots and stoves.
However, the more she walked forward, the more Cheng Xiaoxiao felt that something was wrong. There were big bamboo baskets on both sides.
The baskets seemed to be full of the harlots’ clothes. Cheng Xiaoxiao observed closely and found that there were old and new clothes in the baskets, but there were more or less some blood stains on them.
In fact, Cheng Xiaoxiao was not sure that it was blood. After all, there was no lantern light in the alley, and she could only depend on the moonlight to see things. In addition, some of these stains were black, but some were still fresh red. She could not tell for sure.
But when she approached even closer and took some of the clothes in her hand to check, she found that these clothes were mostly damaged, and almost none of them were good in shape.
Some clothes seemed to have been cut by a knife, with long strips of slits; some were densely packed holes, and some were round holes.
And the stains that Cheng Xiaoxiao was not sure of appeared next to these torn areas, while the other places were stained with blood.
She confirmed her finding when she leaned close to sniff on the clothes. She could smell the thick rustic smell of blood. It was so pungent that Cheng Xiaoxiao’s nose felt itchy.
Other than the smell of blood, there was also another smell. It was a little like the smell of cosmetics from the brothel street and also the fragrance of flowers. Anyway, the mixture of these two smells made Cheng Xiaoxiao sick, and her eyes turned teary.
Where did these come from?
Also, judging from the damage to the clothes, she was almost certain that the owners of these clothes were tortured and most likely dead…
Cheng Xiaoxiao stuffed the clothes back into the bamboo basket and continued to walk into the alley.
Something strange happened though. After she walked into the alley, the crying stopped abruptly. As she walked forward, she began to wonder if she had gotten the wrong direction.
However, other than the moonlight, the faintly glowing jade pendant on her neck reminded her that there was something unusual in this alley.
In fact, Cheng Xiaoxiao found something unusual about the jade pendant only after she walked to the end of the alley just now. She was paying attention to other things earlier.
Cheng Xiaoxiao would not have been able to see the notice on the door clearly had it not been for the light of the jade pendant that had shone on the tightly closed door. Moreover, it was also at that time that she discovered that the jade pendant had already faintly emitted a green light.
It was because of the guidance of the light of the jade pendant that Cheng Xiaoxiao suddenly realized why the others in the brothel street did not respond to the crying.
It turned out that the one crying was not a “human” but a “ghost”!
As Cheng Xiaoxiao walked deeper into the alley, the light of the jade pendant became brighter and brighter.
When she finally walked to the end of the alley and saw the ghost curling up in the corner, Cheng Xiaoxiao knew that she had found the source of the sound.
“Are you okay? Why are you crying?”
Cheng Xiaoxiao heaved a sigh of relief when she finally saw the person.
No matter if she was a ghost of a human, the revelation felt much better than the feeling of being puzzled earlier. It was the most unbearable to be unaware that something unexpected was waiting in front.
Cheng Xiaoxiao stared at the dark corner and silently muttered, “Hear my order, jade pendant, and open my eyes.” Then, she looked at the ghost again.
“Can you see me?”
The ghost had already raised her head. There were still sparkling tears hanging from her eyes as she looked at Cheng Xiaoxiao in astonishment.
Only then did Cheng Xiaoxiao see clearly that this was a Hu woman with prominent facial features. Judging from her makeover, she should have been a harlot from one of the restaurants.
“Yes, I came here because I heard your crying.”
The harlot spoke softly and weakly, causing Cheng Xiaoxiao to soften her voice too.
At first, she didn’t know the identity of this ghost, so she habitually used the official Chu language she was familiar with to talk to her. Speaking of which, Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t tell what was special about the Chu language. It was no different from her mother tongue, so she did not deliberately learn the Chu language.
When the harlot raised her head to talk to Cheng Xiaoxiao, Cheng Xiaoxiao was a little surprised.
The harlot spoke the Chu language very well with a touch of a unique foreign accent. However, the accent did not feel out of place. Instead, it added charm and charisma to her words.
The harlots were really coquettish women!
“I didn’t mean to interrupt you. I’m really sorry.”
The harlot stood up from the squatting position and flew to Cheng Xiaoxiao’s side. Then, she made a courtesy gesture to Cheng Xiaoxiao, which was a gesture the Hu people used when they apologized to others.
The politer the harlot was, the more awkward Cheng Xiaoxiao felt. She hurriedly wanted to help the harlot, but she remembered that this harlot was now a ghost, and she had no way of touching her.
She quickly waved her hand to ask the harlot to drop the manner.
“No, you didn’t interrupt me. I heard you crying when I was walking on the brothel street, so I was curious and came over to take a look.”
Not fully understanding these words, the harlot put down her hand that was placed in front of her chest, straightened up after the salute, and nodded at Cheng Xiaoxiao.
“But how can you see me? And you can actually talk to me.”
Sure enough, ghosts loved to ask this kind of question without exception. Compared with Cheng Xiaoxiao, a normal person who could see ghosts but felt nothing, she seemed like the abnormal one in such circumstances.
“Normal person”…
Cheng Xiaoxiao thought about her transformation between the cat form and the human form from time to time, and her lips twitched slightly. On second thought, she decided to withdraw her evaluation of herself as a “normal person”.
“Perhaps it is because I am Cat Demon? You are Hu people, so you probably did not know about Cat Demon.” Cheng Xiaoxiao thought about the title she had not used for a long time. But after considering the harlot’s nationality, she decided to change her words a little.
“Anyway, I’m something unique. I can not only talk to you, but also help you fulfill your wish, and finally send you to reincarnate.”
The harlot’s eyes lit up a little as she listened to every word Cheng Xiaoxiao said. A trace of light flashed across her profound eyes. She looked at Cheng Xiaoxiao with respect and responded with piety.
“You must be a god. The Lord sent you to save us, the poor people.”
Lord?
What “Lord”? No, she was not a Lord!
Cheng Xiaoxiao wanted to deny it immediately, but if she did so, she had to explain the situation again. In order to save time, she decided to agree with the harlot’s assumption.
Cheng Xiaoxiao nodded cautiously at the harlot. “Yes, I am a god.”
When the harlot saw that Cheng Xiaoxiao had nodded, she was so excited that she was about to kneel down. “I knew that a god would definitely appear. I have been praying day and night, and you have finally appeared!”
Listening to the harlot’s words, Cheng Xiaoxiao could tell that they worshipped “gods” very much in their culture.
Cheng Xiaoxiao was a little embarrassed and quickly asked the harlot to stand up. It was awkward enough to pretend to be a god, so she couldn’t let the harlot kneel before her.
In order to avoid more unnecessary topics, Cheng Xiaoxiao quickly asked, “So can you tell me what happened to you?”
Without hesitation, the harlot immediately told Cheng Xiaoxiao her story.