Chapter 117: Peel off a layer of skin
“Where is it?” Su Yinhe excitedly clasped Xu Jiaoqin’s arm.
Xu Jiaoqin looked puzzled.
“The red light district, where is it? Can I go?” Su Yinhe looked at her with anticipation.
“You want to go?” Xu Jiaoqin’s face looked very strange. Boss Su, a girl, actually wanted to go to the red light district?
“I’m a bit interested.”
The look on Xu Jiaoqin’s face grew even stranger, but since Su Yinhe had asked her, she still detailed what she knew about the red light district.
“Do you really want to go?”
“Mhm. Just to take a look.” Su Yinhe’s face lit up with excitement, as if she were going to have fun, although… but… going to the red light district could, reluctantly, be considered a form of entertainment.
Su Yinhe had closed up shop early that day.
She kept pestering Xu Jiaoqin, who had only been to the district once or twice before. She knew the situation somewhat but wasn’t too familiar with it.
All she could do was tell Su Yinhe everything she knew.
In the end, seeing Su Yinhe’s enthusiastic demeanor, she couldn’t help but caution her, “That… the people in the red light district… they’re not very clean. Just look, but don’t catch a disease.”
At that time, human life was cheap; in the red light district, people were not treated as humans, and those working there easily contracted diseases. After dying from those diseases, their bodies would be carelessly dumped by those inside.
“Don’t worry, I’ll just have a look.” Su Yinhe was simply curious and wouldn’t do anything illegal.
“As long as you know. Do you want me to take you?” Xu Jiaoqin looked at Su Yinhe, truly worried.
Su Yinhe seemed like such an innocent young girl, and Xu Jiaoqin feared that she might get into trouble if she went alone.
“If it’s convenient for you.”
“Okay, I happen to have time. I’ll take you.”
So, Xu Jiaoqin led Su Yinhe to the infamous red light district.
They arrived at just the right time; the red light district typically started business in the evening, and they got there just as it was beginning.
From a distance, Su Yinhe saw several people striking provocative poses, both men and women.
Since they provided special services, the people here were dressed a bit better than ordinary people outside, but not by much.
Still, there were those who would approach to proposition them.
The ones soliciting on the street outside were cheaper.
During the time Su Yinhe was there, four or five deals were struck.
Mostly, they were Superpower Users, both men and women.
A particular female superpower user was especially bold, reaching straight down to feel them up.
She noticed Su Yinhe’s gaze and even raised an eyebrow at her.
Su Yinhe was taken aback, watching her leave with the young man by her side admiringly.
“Don’t be afraid; this is just the appetizer,” Xu Jiaoqin consoled her.
Su Yinhe and Xu Jiaoqin hadn’t been there long before they drew attention. Several bare-chested men ran over to hit on them.
However, these men weren’t very good-looking; as providers of special services, their physiques were not as good as Xu Jiaoqin’s, who had defined abs, while they had barely one abdominal muscle each.
They winked at Xu Jiaoqin and Su Yinhe, flipped their hair, and a few even tried to get touchy.
Xu Jiaoqin gave them a cold look and said flatly, “Go away.”
Hearing that, the men’s faces changed, and they looked at the two women unwillingly.
They had noticed that these two women were not dressed ordinarily; their faces were also fair, clearly people who had enough to eat.
So they had come up specifically to flirt.
But the women were not interested in them.
They originally wanted to persist, but they backed down when faced with Xu Jiaoqin’s gaze.
Reluctantly, they retreated.
Su Yinhe stared in shock.
“You see, if you came here alone, they’d definitely skin you alive.”
No way, no way, nobody could skin her.
“Let’s go, the merchandise outside is not great, but it’s better looking inside.” Xu Jiaoqin, well-acquainted with the place, took Su Yinhe to a building. A lady watched the door downstairs, Xu Jiaoqin handed her a pack of instant noodles and then led Su Yinhe inside.
After entering, a scantily clad woman led them upstairs.
“A man or a woman?” the woman asked as they walked. “Or both?”
“Do you want a gigolo or a prostitute?” Xu Jiaoqin, hearing this, lowered her voice and whispered in Su Yinhe’s ear.
After coming in, Su Yinhe had been excitedly looking around, but to her disappointment, it seemed like just a regular building, and a bit rundown at that.
Suddenly faced with this question, Su Yinhe was somewhat taken aback.
“Well… both.” Su Yinhe just wanted to see, to take a look at both men and women.
Hearing this, Xu Jiaoqin gave her a surprised look, her expression seeming to say, Sister, are you really that wild?
Su Yinhe gave her an awkward smile.
The woman leading the way nodded after hearing her response.
“How many of each class? How many people?”
“People here are categorized into three classes, first, second, and third, with first being the best. ‘How many’ refers to the number,” Xu Jiaoqin continued explaining to Su Yinhe in a hushed voice.
“First-class, the number of people…let’s start with twenty, ten men and ten women,” Su Yinhe said, not short on food, wanting only the best.
Hearing Su Yinhe’s response, the woman paused mid-step, and her casual demeanor changed as she looked at Su Yinhe.
Now she eyed Su Yinhe the way one would look at a piece of fat meat.
Su Yinhe felt uncomfortable under her gaze.
“Alrighty then, I’ll take you up to the ninth floor. Rest assured, I’ll find you the best. But this food…” the woman’s laugh was exaggerated as she rubbed her fingers together towards Su Yinhe.
Her face was so full of flattery, it nearly scared Su Yinhe.
Su Yinhe would’ve preferred her to be as cold as before rather than so…enthusiastic.
But now that the woman knew she was a big spender, she certainly wouldn’t treat Su Yinhe as coldly as before.
Climbing up to the ninth floor was somewhat tiring.
The woman was panting a bit by the time she got to the top.
At the top, what they saw was a long corridor, luxuriously fitted with lamps, dimly lit.
And standing here, if one listened carefully, they could just make out the faint sound of screams.
Su Yinhe thought this place was perfect for shooting a horror movie.
The woman led them down the corridor and finally opened a room.
“Please.” The woman’s face flickered in the light, looking somewhat sinister, especially with that smile.
Su Yinhe shuddered a little but still entered the room with Xu Jiaoqin.
Once inside, Su Yinhe’s eyes widened at the sight.
The room was spacious, with only a bed and a table, and the rest was filled with a dense array of torture instruments.
“We have all the tools you need to have a good time. Our people are also very playful; you’ll definitely like them.” The woman spoke with a bit of pride; their tools were much more comprehensive than the other places.
Those other places had only a few tools, nowhere near as many as theirs.
Su Yinhe fell silent.
Xu Jiaoqin: “… You came here to see; you should at least see everything.” Otherwise, her packet of instant noodles would be wasted for nothing.