When this knock on the door sounded, up to this point, I still hadn't detected any abnormality.
After all, in communal living like this, as long as one person was left in the house, it was normal for others not to have their keys.
So I didn't think much of it, assuming Han Jinlun, that show-off, had forgotten his keys when he went out earlier.
The moment I walked to the door and opened it, a completely unfamiliar voice instantly echoed in my ears.
"Husband, where have you been these past two days?"
Before the words were even finished, carried by a gust of fragrant breeze, a graceful and slender figure abruptly barged into my room.
Seeing this, I quickly retreated.
Encounters with women, in our eyes as gamblers, simply didn't exist.
As for accidentally walking into the wrong door in broad daylight and calling out the wrong name, that was even more absurd!
If you ask me why I was so certain, I would answer: the martial world runs deep, and human hearts are treacherous!
Besides that, the woman's first action after entering the room also revealed an anomaly to me!
A normal person closing a door would simply shut it.
But this woman did not.
Although she reached out to close the door the moment she entered, she…
She was pulling the door, not closing it!
In other words, the door… was not shut!
From this single scene, I concluded that I had encountered a "honey trap"!
In 2008, although "honey traps" had not yet become widespread throughout society, in the great dye vat of the martial world, they had already gained a notorious reputation.
Do you remember the Orchid Gate I mentioned earlier?
It was the people of the Orchid Gate who first started this "honey trap" business.
Why do people in the martial world say that the Orchid Gate is the most heartless?
Because most of the people from the Orchid Gate were originally prostitutes!
What is a prostitute? A bitch!
Bitches are heartless, and actors are unrighteous!
It's just that, compared to the "wild chickens" outside who could get into bed for fifty-eight, the women of the Orchid Gate… were a bit more high-class.
This slight bit of class was reflected in the fact that even if you added one or even two more eights after the fifty-eight, you still might not be able to get her to lie down in front of you.
Do you know what's going on?
Because their ancestor… was very formidable!
Anyone who genuinely mixed in the martial world knows that the Orchid Gate venerates Guan Zhong as their ancestor.
[I won't elaborate on who Guan Zhong was here. If you don't know, you can search for it on Baidu yourself, and don't accuse me of padding my word count for free.]
According to verifiable historical records, Guan Zhong was the first great man in history to establish a "Nü Lu" (女闾) in an official capacity!
The so-called Nü Lu was a place specifically for court ministers and officials to seek pleasure.
From ancient times to the present, the value of all people and things is determined by the market.
For example.
For the same fan, if a common person writes on it, it's considered an insult to refinement!
But if an official or a famous celebrity writes on it, it becomes a treasured heirloom!
Similarly, since the Nü Lu founded by Guan Zhong was for officials to enjoy themselves, could the value of those women be compared to prostitutes in brothels?
They were not just any promiscuous women, but genuine, first-class official courtesans!
Just like those courtesans in brothels who sold their art but not their bodies!
These women, who considered themselves superior, each likened themselves to pure, elegant, and unyielding orchids in the valley, calling themselves disciples of the Orchid Gate and revering Guan Zhong as their founding ancestor.
As dynasties changed and time passed, after the Nü Lu were abolished by later generations, these Orchid Gate disciples began to wander the martial world.
In essence, detached from the Nü Lu, the Orchid Gate disciples were no different from women in brothels; they primarily sold their bodies and charms. However…
Influenced by the concept of the Nü Lu, the Orchid Gate disciples felt that since they were selling themselves, why not do it in a unique and outstanding way?
However, although the Orchid Gate disciples wanted to sell themselves and earn more money, they were also too proud to accept any client.
Wanting to have it both ways, that's what the Orchid Gate disciples were like!
Therefore, they later developed a unique method.
When I say developed, it was actually borrowing from others.
But as it turned out, this method of the Orchid Gate, which gathered the strengths of various schools, was very successful!
I won't go into detail about the specific method.
In short, the women of the Orchid Gate are all endowed with beauty, intelligence, and cunning!
Just like this woman before me!
Upon entering, without a word, the woman from the Orchid Gate directly lunged into my arms.
"Husband, kiss me!"
Heh heh! Kiss you?
If I kissed you, I probably wouldn't be able to get away without paying fifty or eighty thousand!
To understand the tricks of the Orchid Gate women, this time I didn't dodge. Instead, I reached out to embrace her.
I wanted to see at what stage the current "honey trap" would reach before the people waiting outside would rush in to ensnare me.
The moment the woman from the Orchid Gate and I embraced, before I could even properly feel how full her embrace was…
As the Orchid Gate woman suddenly let out a gasp, the slightly ajar door was forcefully pushed open and then slammed shut.
Immediately following, two fierce-looking men, accomplices of the Orchid Gate woman, pointed at us and began to curse loudly: "Son of a bitch! You two dogs! Adulterous couple!"
One of the men, tall and strong as an ox, with a shaved head and a vicious face, glared fiercely at me and the Orchid Gate woman, saying, "You slut, spending my money, and yet you're out here with a gigolo!"
"Today, I finally caught you! Do you think I won't kill you today?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Orchid Gate woman instantly broke free from my embrace.
Then, feigning fright, she hastily took steps towards the door.
Seeing this, the other young man, with dyed yellow hair and dragons and tigers tattooed on his arm, immediately reached out and grabbed the Orchid Gate woman.
Only then did I get a complete look at the Orchid Gate woman's appearance.
Eight characters can summarize it.
A fleeting glance, and my heart was thrown into disarray!
Of course, I'm quoting a classic here; it doesn't mean my heart was truly disturbed by the Orchid Gate woman in front of me.
However, it was strange, when did the two buttons on her shirt collar come undone?
Why didn't I see that glimpse of exposed skin earlier?
Seeing my eyes constantly glancing at the Orchid Gate woman's snow-white peaks, the bald man instantly flew into a rage.
Putting on a show of being ready to beat me up, the bald man rolled up his sleeves and lunged at me.
Seeing this, the Orchid Gate woman immediately put on a dramatic performance, grabbing the bald man and speaking with tears streaming down her face: "No, husband! I know I was wrong!"
"We didn't do anything! He just unbuttoned my shirt; he didn't succeed yet!"