Seeing that I was missing the point, the proprietress grew anxious, lowered her voice, and said, "That friend of yours—she doesn't have a shadow!"
I was taken aback. Thinking back on the journey here, I realized I hadn't paid attention to such a detail myself.
Knowing that Shen Xuanrou's identity was special, I glossed it over. "Proprietress, if you want to charge more, just say so. There's no need to beat around the bush."
Chapter 17