Chapter 427 Lonely_1

"Why did it come down to you?"

Qinglan hesitated for a moment, then slowly said,

"I went to Sister Yulan's place and got seen by him. He stared at me for a long time; his eyes were like a viper's—sticky and disgusting…"

"I figured he wasn't up to anything good."

"And after Sister Yulan died, the madam told me…"

"Madam?" Mo Hua was momentarily startled.

Qinglan glanced around, saw nobody else nearby, and whispered, "She's the female brothel keeper."

Mo Hua nodded.

The female brothel keeper was the matriarch of the Hundred Flower Tower, raising the girls under her as if she were their "mother."

Qinglan continued, "The madam also told me that a client specifically requested me… I asked who this client was, and she gave me a half-smile but wouldn't say outright."

"I kept asking her, and she got angry, hitting and scolding me. She said I was growing wings and daring to question her, then called me worthless and said I deserved to die…"