Killer Nights

Chapter 33: That Poor Woman

There was a slight hint of warmth and humidity in the air; summer wasn’t far off for this city.  There hadn’t been any more murders in the last month, which meant prostitutes gradually returned to ply their trade in the alley, and the johns naturally followed.  Business was starting to boom once again in the alley.

Inside the municipal police headquarters’ conference room, Yao Tianyu was not at all happy that the sex trade had returned in force to the alley.  This was exactly the type of illicit business activity that the police were supposed to crack down on.  However, in order to guarantee the safety of local residents, he had no choice but to look the other way.

“Commissioner Yao, I recommend we pull our officers out of the alley,” suggested the Deputy Commissioner for Vice, Zheng Yueshan.  “We are currently experiencing severe manpower shortages that are preventing us from accomplishing day-to-day operations in many other...