The third anomalous fluctuation came from Linshan County City—the private room on the second floor of Yihong Courtyard.
The place had carved doors and windows, brocade curtains, and an air thick with the fragrance of cosmetics and alcohol.
Lin Xi was half-reclining on a couch, an alluring woman nestled in his arms.
Liu Lao Liu sat across from him, his face covered in an ingratiating smile:
"Master Xi, the girls here are the finest in the county! Try this wine—it's ten-year-old Daughter Red!"
Lin Xi—or rather, Lin Xi at this moment, with Lin Mo's consciousness descended into him—raised his cup and took a sip.
The wine was mellow and warmed his throat.
The woman in his arms giggled and fed him a grape, her fingertip brushing his lips seemingly by accident.
"Master Xi is truly a hero." Her voice was syrupy. "I admire fine men like you most..."
Lin Mo could feel Lin Xi's relaxation and pleasure at that moment.
It was an entirely different kind of enjoyment—delicate food, fine wine, and a tender beauty's embrace...
Yet the Consciousness Link was bustling with activity.
[Lin Ershi Qi: That brat Lin Xi is enjoying himself alone!]
[Lin Ershi Ba: Exactly! Why are only the three of them allowed to go to Yihong Courtyard? We want to go too!]
[Lin Xi (absentmindedly): The lord said that the twenty of us look exactly alike. We can't appear in public at the same time, or people might mistake us for monsters.]
[Lin Ershiyi: Even so, you can't just take two people! At least take turns!]
[Lin San Shi Er: Exactly! I spent the whole afternoon guarding the luggage at the inn. I was bored to death!]
[Lin San Shi San: I was checking the accounts at the Cloth Shop. My eyes nearly went blind!]