Everjoy City's streets surged with people.
There were far more people on the streets than before.
Pedestrians brushed shoulders in a packed throng, faces painted white swaying beneath the gloomy daylight.
The flowers on their chests rose and fell faintly with their steps, growing ever more glaringly red. Chen Mo walked at the front with his hands behind his back, his expression calm, as though the clamor filling the streets had nothing to do with him.
Shi Hu and the other two followed behind him.
The fat man had changed into a blue short jacket from a ready-made clothing shop. It did not fit very well, the fabric stretched tight over his belly and cinched it into a horizontal groove.
The woman and the baby-faced young man kept close to either side. All three continually swept their gazes over both sides of the street. Though their hands were not resting on their weapons, their shoulders remained taut.
"Did you run into any other teams?"
After turning a street corner, Chen Mo suddenly spoke.
Shi Hu hurried two steps closer and lowered his voice. "Senior, we encountered a group on the way here."
"What sort of people?"
"They looked like local geomancers."
Shi Hu guessed, "They saw us as well, but they did not speak to us. They went around us from afar."
"From the direction they were heading, it seemed they were avoiding the City Lord's Manor too."
"Mm."
Seeing that Chen Mo was not displeased, Shi Hu grew bolder. He hurried half a step farther forward and cautiously said, "Senior, this junior has an idea, but I do not know whether I should say it."
"Speak."
"This junior heard the local residents say that three days from now will be the City Lord's grand birthday."
"They said that the