Yan Daoxin scratched his head in confusion and asked Lu Qing, "To your knowledge, is Fan Country the kind of place where strict Confucian customs dictate that women must remain unseen and confined to the inner quarters?"
Lu Qing looked at him with a slight smile, "Have you ever heard of a place with such strict customs being deeply devoted to witch doctors and witchcraft?"
"Oh, that's true..." Yan Daoxin suddenly realized, "That indeed doesn't make sense."
"Fan Country people are supposed to be inscrutable, leaving others guessing at their true thoughts. But once we entered the city, everyone we saw seemed terribly tense, unwilling to say much. It feels like they're trying to appear calm on the surface, while in reality, they're very fearful.
Moreover, you can't see any young women here, and even goods favored by women aren't openly sold... I just don't know if there's something wrong in this area, or if it's odd throughout the entire Fan Country." Zhu Yu concluded.
