"Even prostitutes have operation certificates these days, what kind of world is this!" Xu Ming muttered under his breath. "The biggest reason Xiao i stayed at 'Phoenix Tail' is probably because of her connections with the boss behind the scenes."
"Perhaps!" The woman's sense of helplessness made Xu Ming find her both pitiable and contemptible. "In reality, whether Xiao i was secretly looking for other sisters to work, I knew about it. Who doesn't want to make money, and the commission from selling a packet of drugs is much more than from being with soone, no one would give up such a double profit."
"How much did you get from it?"
"Would you believe if I said I didn't get a penny?" The woman raised a lighter, a cigarette dangling from her mouth. "In our circle, whoever can make you money is your master. I'm just a madam with a fancy title. My subordinates have long sided with Xiao i. Her business was doing well, and my clientele kept coming. With one move, she got the lion's share, while I still got my original part."
"Xiao i's death was just to your advantage, wasn't it?" Xu Ming suddenly changed the topic. He had basically understood the sequence of events, so the cause of Xiao i's death beca the focus.
"Wow, Director Xu, you can't say such reckless words. Though I hated her, it wasn't enough to kill her. I don't even dare to touch drugs, how could I have the heart to kill soone?" The woman's face turned pale with shock, nearly dropping her cigarette. "I might have the heart but not the guts. You wouldn't believe how brazen Xiao i was, treating people as if they were beneath her."
"How co I heard she was a ek little girl?"
"ek? Just a show for others!" The woman smiled obsequiously. "I personally saw her hold a girl down in a toilet and make her eat crap; she was no less fierce than a man."
"Oh? Such a thing happened?"
"Illegal drugs have beco popular here. No man who uses them doesn't end up oblivious to the world, won like them too. For a woman who relies on selling her body, it's hard to get excited. In her hand, she had a kind of powder that could instantly arouse you; light it during the act, and anyone could be knocked out."
"That effective?" Xu Ming's voice took on a twisted tone, which made the woman burst into laughter. All n are pretty much the sa, right?
"Effective, yes, but it can be deadly." The woman flicked ash onto the ground. "The girl got punished because a custor didn't follow the dosage and almost died midway."
"The custor you're talking about isn't the one still unconscious in the hospital, is it?"
"Oh, Director Xu, your sources are quite accurate. No one knows that yet, where did you get your information from?"
"There's no wall without cracks, don't you agree?"
"True! Humans act, but heaven watches. So Xiao i's death wasn't a bad thing for many people."
"Ye Zi is one of your girls here, right?"
"Ye Zi?" The woman thought for a mont, a vague image coming to mind. "Yes, there's a girl by that na, but she works part-ti, seldom cos by, seems to have a boyfriend, still studying maybe!"
"Did she ever touch illegal drugs?"
"Those who work part-ti usually don't get drawn into the circle. Xiao i isn't stupid. Part-tirs are relatively hard to manage. Ye Zi is a smart girl, looks pitifully appealing, sweet-talking, very popular with custors, lots of them asked for her. From what I understand, Xiao i did approach her. To do her job, she needed clientele, but it seems she was rejected, after which I didn't see Ye Zi for quite a while."
"Ye Zi isn't working here anymore? Or did she not show up ever since?"
"She only ca out after Xiao i died, didn't say much, still with . The person you took back today includes her, why? Director Xu, are you interested in her?"
"That's none of your concern." Xu Ming raised his brow. If Ah i, the hotel staff, had nothing to do with this, he would rest easy. Otherwise, it could really be troubleso to handle. "Why did Xiao i die?"
"Maybe she offended soone! About a week ago, she started looking dazed, and a woman ca to make a fuss, accusing her of having an affair, which was quite amusing. After that, it got even worse, seed like she was saving money to quit, but there's sothing I'm not sure whether it relates to her death?"
"What is it?"
"I also heard from the girls, Xiao i had a notebook, recording lots of numbers and nas, anyone who traded with her was noted down, densely packed."
"A black car often ca to pick her up, know who it belongs to?"
"Director Xu, you know about the hospitalized custor, how could you not know the owner of that car?" Before Xu Ming could get mad, the woman sensibly nad the person. "Who else but the boss of the North District! It's not a secret. To give you another scoop, the woman who ca wasn't even the main wife; it was a mistress quarrelling with a mistress. Is that interesting or not?" She burst into laughter again.
"Do you know where Xiao i lived?"
"In the building opposite the 'Phoenix Tail'. Go and ask, you'll find out."
"Hmm, wait here." Xu Ming said sothing to the officer standing at the door, and the latter rushed out of the North District Police Station.
"Director Xu, I've said everything I could, anything else? If not, can I go back and tidy up my stuff?"
"There's still sothing, sit down."
"What else is there? I've already said it all."
"What's Ah San's relationship with Xiao i?"
"Ah San? That fool? Just an errand boy, delivering goods for Xiao i, sotis they do that stuff together."
"Do you know Yan Fengying?"
"Who?" The woman stared blankly at Xu Ming.
"Yan Fengying!"
"Ah, the owner of the Northern Palace?" Once she heard clearly, the woman nodded. "I've seen her a few tis, she brought custors over to spend money, she'd also call girls from our place over to entertain guests from outside."
"The Northern Palace was burned down, know who did it?"
"I really don't know that. Although we had so business dealings with the Northern Palace, it's still Xiao i who dealt with them mostly. She often brought people there to spend money, good environnt, good facilities, although the exterior wasn't much, the inside was luxurious, a thousand tis better than my 'Phoenix Tail'."
"You sound more like the victim here!" Xu Ming twirled a pen in his hand. He hadn't written down much, just over a dozen lines from the woman's many conversations. "How co 'Phoenix Tail' is your turf, yet it was taken over by soone, and you're not angry? Xiao i's death, you don't know why?" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you're welco to visit Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomndations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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