The cramped mahjong parlor was thick with smoke.
"Five Bamboo!"
A gaunt, pale woman with wavy hair and a bloodless complexion played a tile.
"Are you Hua Juan?"
Shen Xin appeared and asked with a frown.
The woman tilted her head, looking at Shen Xin and Ding Yuwei.
The man sitting next to her, a middle-aged man with his legs crossed and a thick gold chain around his neck, flashed a set of yellow teeth. He shook his head and said, "Hey, kid. You don't just call her Hua Juan. You call her Sister Juan."
"Me? I'm the one who gets to call her darling."
As he spoke, he lecherously grabbed Hua Juan's hand and began to stroke it.
Hua Juan snatched her hand back in disgust. "Who are you?" she asked.
"We're the police. We need to talk to you about something."
Ding Yuwei took out her badge.
"Police!"
Before Hua Juan could react, the man with the gold chain gasped, shot to his feet, and turned to run.
With a quick eye and a faster hand, Shen Xin grabbed him by the shoulder.
