The largest restaurant and meeting place loved by literati in the Yanjiao City.
In this world, there is a distinction between the restaurants and brothels, with the brothels being simple, directly selling themselves, mostly small in scale, and located in hidden places. Like the spider brothel that Chu Liang destroyed last time, it was in a inconspicuous place outside the city.
Restaurants, on the other hand, are more inclined to the selling of arts, with a larger scale and a stronger social gathering nature. Typically, the good girls inside are there to accompany drinking and watching performances.
Of course, if you insist on other requests, as long as the good girls agree, it's not impossible.
However, it's difficult to get close to those popular high-class women. Even if you spend a lot of money, at most you'll get some opportunities for conversation and banquets. It's not easy to have deep and meaningful interactions.
Yan Xiaohu has been pursuing the popular high-class lady from Rainbow House recently, a girl named Ruo Yi.
These are all things that the gatekeeper of Yan's residence told Chu Liang. The old man was kind-hearted, and after Chu Liang politely asked a few questions, he told him everything he knew.
As for Chu Liang discreetly giving two taels of silver, that's not worth mentioning.
It was already evening.
When Chu Liang arrived at Rainbow House, there was already light music and graceful dancing on the stage of the first floor hall. A few women in soft gauze danced to the accompaniment of musicians.
The guests below were seated at different tables, accompanied by good girls, enjoying their meals and music. The second floor was a private room, with pearl curtains covering separate compartments. The third floor was for private rooms, a place that only generous and shameless masters would visit.
There was no doubt that Yan Xiaohu was both generous and shameless.
So as soon as Chu Liang entered, he followed the stairs and went up.
Immediately, a middle-aged lady with a fan approached, her eyes shining. "Oh, this young gentleman looks like a newcomer. Want to go upstairs and call a girl?"
"Hello, I'm looking for someone," Chu Liang said. "Is Mr. Yan Xiaohu upstairs?"
"Oh, so you're a friend of young master Yan. Wait for a moment, I'll have someone take you up there," the madam was quite friendly.
After all, Chu Liang's handsome appearance and courteous demeanor made him look like a gentleman, unlikely to cause trouble.
She called over a boy and had him take Chu Liang up to the third floor, to a room.
Outside the room stood two burly men with bulging temples, obviously Yan Xiaohu's new bodyguards, with a higher level of cultivation than the previous two.
"Young master, please wait a moment, I'll go in and announce you," the boy said.
"No need, I can go in by myself," Chu Liang gently restrained him and then walked up.
The imposing manner of the two bodyguards was intimidating, as they immediately showed a stance of keeping strangers away when Chu Liang approached. But Chu Liang was not afraid at all, and politely approached them, saying, "Hello, I'm here to see Yan Xiaohu, I'm his classmate."
"Classmate?" the bodyguard on the left frowned, "The young master said he doesn't see anyone."
The bodyguard on the right was more direct, saying coldly, "Get lost."
"Is that so..." Chu Liang smiled faintly.
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"When will Miss Ruyi come?" In the private room, Yan Xiaohu's face was unhappy, and two young girls in colorful dresses sat beside him, looking nervous and flustered, afraid that this little tyrant would get angry.
"Sister Ruyi is currently in a discussion with someone and will be here shortly. Young Master Yan, please be patient," one of them said.
"I've spent several thousand taels of silver on her, can't I be put ahead in line?" Yan Xiaohu's wounds had not yet healed, and he was filled with anger. "I am in a very bad mood right now."
Yesterday, he had been badly beaten at Nanshan Academy, losing face, and felt depressed, wanting to have some fun to ease his mood. But upon arrival, he was told that Miss Ruyi was busy and he had to wait.
As he was getting worked up, suddenly, there were a few bangs outside the door, and the door was kicked open, two bodyguards stumbled in.
"Who goes there?" Yan Xiaohu got up immediately and shouted.
"Young Master, he insisted on barging in, we... we couldn't stop him," the bodyguards wailed as they got up.
"In the territory of Yanjiao City, who dares to provoke me, Yan Xiaohu?" he was ready to lose his temper.
Then, Chu Liangfeng walked in calmly.
"Oh..." Yan Xiaohu's anger dissipated instantly. First, he felt momentarily confused, then he turned into a polite smile. "Chu... Brother Chu, it's you."
He was afraid of Chu Liangfeng not just because he couldn't beat him, but also because after his father saw the token Chu Liangfeng sent, he explicitly told him that we cannot afford to provoke such people. Don't even think about revenge.
It's very frustrating when someone's background is even more formidable than their fighting ability.
"I came to visit you, but they told me to leave," Chu Liangfeng said casually.
"They are really rude!" Yan Xiaohu frowned and ordered, "You two, get out of here!"
The two bodyguards were inexplicably scolded again and had to slink out, closing the door behind them.
"Heh heh, Brother Chu, have a seat," Yan Xiaohu wore a sycophantic smile.
"Thank you." Chu Liangfeng came over and looked at the two young girls on the side.
The two young girls were quite young, and in their understanding, Yan Xiaohu was already the most ruthless little tyrant in Yanjiao City, so they couldn't believe that this handsome young man could make him so fearful.
Thus, they became even more afraid.
But Chu Liangfeng's gentle smile quickly dispelled their fear.
Would such a good-looking young man ultimately be a bad person?
"What's that behind you two ladies?" The handsome young man pointed behind them with a look of curiosity.
"What?" The two young girls turned to look.
Bang, bang.
Two muffled sounds were heard, and the two good girls fell to the ground, one after the other.
Chu Liang stood behind them, holding a shining golden brick in his hand, with a disappointed look on his face.
"Ah…" Yan Xiaohu, who witnessed the whole process, opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Feeling a bit bewildered.
The Yan family was also well-versed in vice and gambling. Yan Xiaohu had grown up following his elders and had seen all kinds of props in the brothels.
But a brick, this was the first time.
What kind of weird habit was this?
Chu Liang looked at the golden brick in his hand, put it away, and said, "Don't worry, they are fine, just happened to trigger dizziness. But you're very dangerous, do you know that?"
"I'm dangerous?" Yan Xiaohu was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Yes.
I must be very dangerous to be here.
"Chen Da also died last night. Among those who bullied Situ Yan, only you are left," Chu Liang said bluntly. "It is possible that Situ Yan has become a skin-changing demon, with the ability to transform others. Everyone close to you might be one of its transformations."
"Ah?" Yan Xiaohu was shocked.
He had heard about Situ Yan turning into a vengeful spirit before, but didn't take it too seriously. Because he was different from those people, he practiced martial arts and had skilled protection. It was impossible for an ordinary vengeful spirit to kill someone in the Black Tiger Gang.
But...
If it was the legendary skin-changing demon, then it would be very easy to kill a mere first-stage martial artist like him.
Even if Chu Liang was in danger, it would only be a beating, but if it was a demon, that would be life-threatening.
He immediately understood the urgency of the situation and realized that Chu Liang must have come for him, and asked, "Chu ge, can you help me?"
"I am here to save you," Chu Liang said. "I suspect that the skin-changing demon has targeted you, which is why I'm here to watch over you. I have a way to identify the skin-changing demon, and I need to check everyone who gets close to you tonight."
"Okay, okay," Yan Xiaohu nodded repeatedly, then pointed to the two good girls on the ground, "Chu ge, quickly check them."
"..." Chu Liang paused and replied, "I've already checked them."