Chapter 746 Huo Ju Investigates a Case (Part 4)
Night falls.
The Flower Picking Tower, which had been sleeping during the day, woke up, lanterns were lit, the girls' laughter filled the air, and the door opened to welcome guests.
Huo Ju was the first customer to arrive at Zhaihualou, and there was a long queue behind him.
He felt a little unhappy when he thought that the people behind him were all here to see Miss Qingluo.
He walked in first, sat down in his seat, leaned back lazily, and observed the people who came in behind him.
If they were short men, he would take a few more glances and memorize their appearance.
"Master Huo!" A voice tinged with joy rang out. It was Huo Ju's drinking buddy. He sprinted up to Huo Ju and said with a teasing smile, "Ju, didn't you say yesterday that you had no interest in Miss Qingluo? Why are you here again today?"
Huo Ju snorted twice and said nothing.
His drinking buddies just thought he admitted it and smiled like a flower.
You know, these playboys also stick together. If one of them tries hard to do something serious, they will feel betrayed.
We agreed to be good friends together, but you secretly left the group! How disloyal!
Of course, the underlying reason is that he is used to being a playboy, and when he sees others rise up, he feels pressured. When the elders in the family lecture him, they will also use him as an example.
He had previously thought that Huo Ju was really going to leave them, but now seeing that he had become as depraved as they were and had been bewitched by the prostitutes, he was naturally happy.
He said that Huo Ju was the best among the playboys, and no matter how hard others worked, Huo Ju would never work as hard as him.
Huo Ju's eyes were always wandering in the crowd. Many of them were familiar faces. Excluding the familiar faces and the tall ones, there were only three or four short ones. Huo Ju memorized all of their faces.
People came in one after another, and soon all the seats were filled.
The further it went on, the less able Huo Ju was to concentrate, because Miss Qingluo was about to come out.
The sound of stringed instruments began to play, and Huo Ju's eyes were fixed on the stage without blinking.
I saw a slender woman holding a ribbon, descending from the sky like a fairy.
At that moment, everyone held their breath.
So beautiful.
Miss Qingluo's slender white feet landed on the ground and she began to dance gracefully.
Huo Ju's eyes fell on Miss Qingluo without blinking. Even though it was the second time he saw her, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating wildly.
When Miss Qingluo's gaze fell on him, Huo Ju suddenly came back to his senses as if he was scalded by hot water.
Why did he feel that Miss Qingluo was glaring at him just now? And why did it remind him of the way Pei Yan looked at him?
He must be crazy!
But this glance also made Huo Ju wake up and remember that the purpose of his visit was to investigate the case.
Huo Ju's gaze drifted to the guests around him, focusing on the short men, trying to discern something from their eyes.
Finally, Huo Ju's eyes fell on the man in the corner.
The man sat there, his presence made particularly low by the tall men on both sides, but he exuded a gloomy aura, and the aura he emitted made people feel very uncomfortable.
Huo Ju glanced at him twice, trying to remember his appearance...
At this moment, there was a sudden noise from the stands.
I saw a man rushing to the stands uncontrollably and hugging Miss Qingluo who had just finished dancing!
"Miss Qingluo, just follow me. I will redeem you. My father is the Minister of Personnel..."
Miss Qingluo struggled very hard, and the man immediately became angry and embarrassed: "You bitch, what are you prostitutes with? It's your blessing that I like you...ah..."
His voice suddenly stopped, turning into a cry of pain, and his body flew out.
The one who kicked him was Huo Ju.
"Miss Qingluo, are you okay?" Huo Ju asked with concern.
Miss Qingluo looked down, and Huo Ju also looked down, and saw that he was holding Miss Qingluo's hand.
After kicking the scoundrel away, Huo Ju subconsciously grabbed Miss Qingluo's hand for fear that she would fall.
As soon as he grasped her, he felt that Miss Qingluo's skin was very delicate and smooth...
wrong!
He actually grabbed Miss Qingluo's hand.
Huo Ju's face suddenly turned red.
"Yes...I'm sorry..." Huo Ju quickly let go and said embarrassedly.
The next moment, Huo Ju was pushed away!
Huo Ju was confused for a moment. Why did he feel that Miss Qingluo was a little too strong?
At this moment, the lecher who was kicked to the ground got up and tried to beat Huo Ju.
Huo Ju turned around and suddenly became ferocious, kicking him again, making him scream.
"You...you dare to hit me? Do you know who my father is?" the man howled.
"I don't care who your father is! I'll kick you to death!"
His brother-in-law is the regent! Did he say that?! If it weren't for the impact, Huo Ju really wanted to tell him and scare him to death!
"When grandpa was a playboy, causing trouble everywhere, you, a jerk of a grandson, were nowhere to be found!"
Huo Ju beat the lecher violently until the old man came up and pulled the two apart.
When Huo Ju turned around again, Miss Qingluo was gone.
He looked towards where the short man was sitting, and saw that the seat was empty and the short man had left.
The drinking buddy came up and took Huo Ju's hand: "Ju, your heroic act of saving the beauty just now was brilliant. Miss Qingluo must have fallen in love with you."
Huo Ju's face flushed: "Is there...is there?"
"However, you are Young Master Huo, and Miss Qingluo was born in a brothel, so just treat it as a fleeting romance and don't take it seriously." The drinking buddy patted Huo Ju's shoulder and said seriously.
Before, they often visited brothels, but Huo Ju was too picky and had never been attracted to any woman.
It was obvious that Huo Ju had real feelings for this girl Qing Luo.
In their playboy world, there were also some who were attracted by girls from brothels, and some were even obsessed with marrying them legally. However, they were eventually stopped by their families and became the laughing stock of the whole city, causing a huge mess.
He didn't want Huo Ju to end up like this.
"What's wrong with the brothel girl..." Huo Ju was not happy.
Even though Miss Qingluo was a prostitute, she was the most holy in his heart, and he did not look down on her in the slightest.
"Just don't take it seriously." The drinking buddy said, that was all he had to say. No matter how seriously Huo Ju took it, there was nothing he could do.
When Huo Ju left Zhaiyun Tower, he kept thinking about Miss Qingluo.
Suddenly, the annoying Pei Yan reappeared and grabbed the villain in his mind: "Focus on the investigation and don't think about anything else."
Huo Ju gritted his teeth, drove Miss Qingluo and Pei Yan out of his mind, and thought about the case.
Could that short man be a skinning demon?
If the skinning demon really sets his sights on Miss Qingluo, she will be in great danger.
Miss Qingluo will dance for several days in a row, and her fame will spread quickly. She will become the most popular courtesan in Zhaihualou, and the admission ticket to Zhaihualou is almost worth a fortune.
Huo Ju naturally had a way to get tickets, so he came every day.
He met the short and gloomy man several times. He followed him a few times, but the man was slippery and disappeared after a while.
His intuition told him that the man was most likely a skinning demon, and that Miss Qingluo had been targeted by the skinning demon...
Once she falls into the hands of the skinning monster, Miss Qingluo will be in great danger.
He had to protect Miss Qingluo closely, and then sit back and wait for the skinning monster to fall into his hands!
Of course, he was only concerned about Miss Qingluo's safety, and had absolutely no other thoughts...
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