LOT – Chapter 98 A Couple with Complementary Personalities

As soon as Lin Mo entered, she was dazzled by the extravagant, intoxicating scene inside.

Even the system was stunned. Though it claimed to know everything, it was the first time it had ever seen something like this with its own “eyes.”

The pair looked around like country bumpkins entering a big city, too shocked to even utter a word.

Once the system located their gossip target, it hurriedly whispered to Lin Mo: 【See that person in the upper-right corner, hugging beauties left and right? That’s the Grand Preceptor’s wife. And that delicate-looking young “gentleman” next to her is her daughter.】

Lin Mo widened her eyes and swallowed hard. Good heavens! The Grand Preceptor’s wife is seriously something else—one beauty in her arms, another sitting on her lap, and yet someone else feeding her wine on the side. Did she get born into the wrong gender or what?!

By contrast, the Grand Preceptor’s daughter beside her seemed stiff and restrained, clearly uncomfortable in such an environment.

While Lin Mo was still staring foolishly at the scene, a woman suddenly bumped into her shoulder.

“Well, well! What a handsome little young master. I’ve never seen one quite so pretty. How old are you? Don’t tell me you sneaked out here in secret?”

Lin Mo looked at the alluring woman beside her, her little heart practically leaping out of her chest.

The girls in a brothel truly felt nothing like the noble ladies from great families. These women carried a special aura—an enticing, captivating charm.

The system, too, was caught off guard. It had been too absorbed in watching earlier and hadn’t even noticed someone approach.

The woman studied Lin Mo’s dazed expression and smiled seductively. “If you really snuck out, you’d best hurry home. You’re too young to be here. Don’t go hurting your body.”

Judging from Lin Mo’s height, she looked just like a boy of thirteen or so.

Although in this era thirteen wasn’t particularly young, it was still rare to see someone of that age alone in a brothel.

And these brothel women were experienced—one glance at your dress and bearing and they knew your background.

Lin Mo, despite her usual playful behavior, carried a natural air of nobility—something that no ordinary household could raise.

For this reason, the women didn’t really want to entertain noble brats who sneaked out; if something happened, they’d be dragged down with them.

“Pretty sister, I just came out to broaden my horizons. I don’t mean to do anything. I just want to look around a bit.”

“Broaden your horizons?” The woman chuckled, waved her handkerchief, and said, “Alright then. Keep looking, but stay safe.”

She swayed her hips gracefully as she walked away.

The system sighed: 【These brothel girls are actually quite decent—they have their boundaries.】

Lin Mo agreed: 【Every trade has good people and bad. If they had other choices, who’d willingly make a living here?】

Most of the capital’s brothels were rather proper establishments. Many of the women were orphans, convict-slaves, or sold here by their families. But even then, proper documentation from the authorities was required—without it, the brothels wouldn’t accept them.

Otherwise, who knew where the girl came from? Without documents, it would only encourage human traffickers to abduct good families’ daughters and sell them into brothels unchecked.

Carefully avoiding the rowdy men with women in their arms, Lin Mo stealthily made her way over toward the Grand Preceptor’s wife.

The woman was already half-drunk, yet still incessantly nagging at her daughter.

“Why are you so timid? I brought you here to see the world! Weren’t you the one who always said you wanted to take a look at a brothel? Now that you’re here, you won’t even look!”

The young lady of the Grand Preceptor’s house looked distressed. “I was just saying, Mother! If Father finds out we came here, we’ll be doomed!”

If word spread that the mistress of the Grand Preceptor’s household brought her daughter to a brothel, the family’s reputation would be ruined, the laughingstock of the entire capital.

Seeing her daughter cower, the Grand Preceptor’s wife stomped with frustration.

“Look at you—spineless! You should learn from Little Lord Lin. I really admire that child—she does whatever she wants without caring about others’ opinions. Who says us women must be bound by rules? You’ve read yourself into stupidity!”

Lin Mo wanted to give her a big thumbs-up. Perfectly said!

【System, I feel like the Grand Preceptor’s wife is my soulmate. Did you hear that? She’s praising me! She even wants her daughter to learn from me!】

System: 【I heard, I heard. Who’d have thought you’d become a role model in someone else’s mouth? Not bad!】

Meanwhile, while beauties filled her lap, on the other side the Grand Commandant and Grand Preceptor were nearly dying of worry.

When the Grand Preceptor heard that his wife had taken their daughter to a brothel, he almost fainted.

“Hurry, hurry! Nothing must go wrong!”

He knew his wife had always been wild. In her youth, she had done outrageous things—like setting off firecrackers in the latrines, or dousing disliked girls with water to ruin their makeup.

But to think, even at her age, she’d go to a brothel—and drag their daughter along!

The Grand Commandant, more athletic from his martial background, easily kept up. He even had the mood to tease:

“Your wife was a legend in the capital when she was young. Seems she still is. With Little Lord Lin there too, the two of them together might just turn the whole brothel upside down.”

“At first I couldn’t understand how a rigid man like you ended up falling for your wife. But after some thought, I suppose that’s what they call complementary personalities—you’re strict, she’s carefree.”

Irritated by his constant chatter, the Grand Preceptor finally roared: “Can you shut up for once?! Nobody would mistake you for a mute if you stayed quiet!”

The Grand Commandant wiped the spit off his face and silently closed his mouth.
Really now—did he have to spit while shouting? I’ll have to wash thoroughly when I get home. Absolutely disgusting.

When they entered the brothel, they immediately saw the Grand Preceptor’s wife, carefree and flamboyant, while in the corner Lin Mo sat excitedly eating melon seeds.

System: 【Oh no! The Grand Preceptor is here—here to catch his wife red-handed!】

At once, Lin Mo hurried to sit in a corner, pulled a pouch from her waist, and took out melon seeds.

What a perfect chance to watch drama unfold!

System: …【When did you start carrying melon seeds around? Why didn’t I know?!】

With a dark face, the Grand Preceptor approached step by step. The women surrounding his wife, being quick-witted, immediately withdrew.

It was this keen awareness that allowed their brothel to thrive for so long.