Chapter 20: He Understands the Human Heart
Gu He stared blankly at that face. It was unmistakably Wine Flower and her surgically enhanced, internet-celebrity features!
"I— He-san, I..." Wine Flower waved her hands in a panic. "It wasn't me! I wasn't there! It wasn't me!"
Still caught between horror and utter confusion, Gu He watched the metal door in the small corridor swing open. Fan Debao's short, stout figure hurried out. With a sharp snap of his fingers, the man barked, "Sleep!"
An overwhelming wave of drowsiness crashed over him on command. Exhausted to begin with, he couldn't hold out for even a second before plunging into a deep sleep.
'This is a fucking shady joint, a shady joint... Old Fan, no...'
"Wine Flower Three-Sentences, you just ruined the entire training session," Fan Debao grumbled.
"Uncle Fan, it's not that. That tongue twister is just really hard to say..." Wine Flower's face flushed red, torn between shame and grievance.
"The cowherd loves Lady Liu, Lady Liu misses the cowherd..." Fan Debao recited the entire tongue twister flawlessly in a single breath. "Is it hard? I don't think so. I'm just a chef and I can say it, but you, an Actor, cannot."
"I'm just not as fluent in Eastern tongues as you are..." Wine Flower muttered, still trying to defend herself.