Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

(6.3)

While Mu Qing was sizing up the place, the animal skin curtain was lifted, and another woman came in, holding a torch in one hand and a crude pottery bowl in the other. The light in the room suddenly brightened up. At the bottom of the bowl, there was a transparent liquid from which nothing could be seen. It looked a little stained. The woman inserted the torch into a deep hole dug in the middle of the room, before dipping her finger into the bottom of the bowl and wiping it on Mu Qing’s lips.

Mu Qing was greatly alarmed, she was about to dodge when her two arms were bent in her back by the first woman, the tall sized one. The pain was such that she did not dare to struggle, she could only let that woman wipe her fingers on her mouth. She smelled the vague fragrance of musk, along with a bit of a fishy smell, Mu Qing could only close her mouth and stop breathing. The woman then pulled open her lapel, dipped her fingers even more this time, and wiped the liquid on her chest. She seemed to be a bit dissatisfied with her wearing clothes, for she muttered a few words with her mouth. Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

Mu Qing forced herself to endure the strange feeling in her heart, thinking that it was probably over now. But what she didn’t expect was that the woman would put down the bowl in her hand and start to pull her pants down with force.

The voices of the two men were already at the door. They seemed to have stopped there.

Mu Qing couldn’t help but get close to the door once again. Looking out through the gap in the curtain, she saw that the chief was patting Li Mang on the shoulder with force. Li Mang’s expression looked very respectful.

The chief motioned for Li Mang to leave. Li Mang turned around and walked away. Mu Qing felt that, before leaving, he seemed to have taken a glance in her direction.

Mu Qing cursed him in her heart. Seeing that the chief was about to come in, she hurriedly moved and retreated, but her feet got hooked by the pile of ropes on the ground and she fell to the ground.

Mu Qing suddenly had an idea.

Translator : Laura

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