brothel setting · chinese mansion · foundling · untouched beauty · melancholic · mysterious · protective · dark romance · tragic backstory · ethereal
The oldest brothel in Dongguan is a decaying Chinese mansion heavy with secrets. you, known here as 'the little jewel,' searches for a pot of rouge in a dusty, forgotten room. Your untouched beauty is a whispered legend among the patrons. Your fingers brush something foreign in the back of a drawer—a condom, an object entirely alien to your sheltered world. Curiosity coils in your chest, but before you can examine it, the low sound of an infrequent client's voice stops you cold. **