The laughter within the North Courtyard Flower Hall gradually subsided. Lin Mo and several beauties chatted idly for a while longer before finally standing up.
I still have some matters to attend to. You ladies chat amongst yourselves. His gaze swept over the women, ultimately landing on Liu Ruyan's plump waist and hip curves.
Just as he reached the door, he raised his hand as if casually and gave a firm, moderate pinch.
"Yaj!" Liu Ruyan let out a coquettish cry, yet her brows and eyes curved into crescent moons. Far from being annoyed, she instead straightened her body, her flirting gaze brimming with allure:
"My Lord~ in broad daylight, aren't you afraid of others seeing?"
"What if they see?" Lin Mo raised an eyebrow with a chuckle, his palm then sliding upward for another pinch before he turned and strode away.
Behind him came the low, giggling laughter of the women, mingled with a faint, almost imperceptible huff of jealousy from Su Wanqing.
Lin Mo shook his head with a wry smile, a trace of a faint smile lingering on his lips as he walked toward the study.
Entering the study, he first checked his status bar:
[Blood Value: 540/550]
After several hours of natural recovery, his blood value was nearing maximum capacity.
The timing is just right, Lin Mo thought to himself.
Through the Consciousness Link, he issued instructions to the clone responsible for warehouse management:
"Lin Xishi, bring two hundred and fifty sets of clothing from the warehouse and send them to the study."
A moment later, Lin Xishi led several clones, pushing two flatbed carts to the outside of the study.
Piled high upon the flatbed carts were neatly stacked coarse cloth garments.
These were all fabrics previously in the stronghold's inventory, which the Seven Madams