「Lu Town.」
The bright moon was hidden by a thick bank of clouds. Its once-silvery light, now filtered through the dark mass, cast a hazy halo that was inexplicably tinged a faint purple.
Snake watched as the reflection on the Eternal World Painting vanished. She was intensely curious about what had happened at the Yan Chun Building. A pang of regret even struck her. 'If only I'd gone to the brothel with that kid. That would have been so much fun.'
Sitting on the roof and listening to the silence all around, Snake's ears twitched minutely from time to time. The quiet began to weigh on her, making her restless. She lay back, her boneless body writhing with frustration. From a distance, she looked just like a wriggling Big White Snake.
Inside the inn, the pregnant young man would cry out from time to time, his pained shouts loud and disruptive. 'So noisy.'
