"The inner fortress, with its chirping swallows and warbling orioles, adamantly denied entry to any likable men, not trusting them with any secrets; it was the domain of the clock family's female guardians. Only women could enter that domain full of color, and only by exchanging themselves."
"There are no men who could possibly resist that place," she said.
"What if I went in and then came out without any intention of thinking about it?"
Zicheng and the others managed to hide from view completely.
With a forced smile that worsened her pallor, she changed into the garb of a mercenary woman right away as she looked at the blue stone monument before her. The person who introduced her was still that mysteriously secretive individual.
It was already night, although there was no distinction between day and black night in the fog-covered place they came from. Time was discerned by routine schedules.