It was already past midnight, but the demons were still cooped up in their club. There was no one making merry as everyone was sullen to the core. They all had slouched backs and long faces, hoping they could survive the next night.
Botangca was sitting in her office with Director Cheng accompanying her. She was only staring at her drink which had the water visibly separated from the alcohol. The empress then moved to massage her head. "Louyan... Emodao did what again?"
"He took the pill and almost died." Louyan downed a shot of Bloodvein wine. The supposed bittersweet drink tasted a lot bitterer than how he remembered it. "I bought a bottle just to show him. I didn't know the brutal murders around the city were related to these. I should have handed it to Xu Rouguang instead."
