"What was that noise?"
Just then, a scolding voice suddenly came from outside.
Guo Shuxian instantly snapped to alertness, her pretty face turning pale in an instant. If she were caught by those women, they might actually strip her naked and parade her through the streets—what difference would it be from being dead if she, a mayor, were treated that way?
Seeing Guo Shuxian like this, Hao Jian also realized he had gone too far and gave her a reassuring look.
Guo Shuxian looked at Hao Jian with some resentment. If it weren't for this troublemaker messing with her, how could she have made any noise?
"What noise? I didn't hear anything," a middle-aged woman said, puzzled.
"Impossible, I clearly heard a woman's voice. Open these stalls one by one; that woman must be in here!" one of the women exclaimed.
Following that, the women kicked open the stalls one after another. As they approached, Guo Shuxian's trembling intensified.
