Chapter 10: Sheng Yi’s smile

Chapter 10: Sheng Yi’s smile

The gazes of the crowd instantly turned towards him, and Murong Lin smiled in response.

The owner of the Apricot Flower Establishment also showed a sly smile and said, “Ru Meng’er has received the ten thousand tales of gold from his Highness, the third prince.”

The crowd was getting excited, among them were plenty of young masters that had yearned for Ru Meng’er in the past few years and they quickly started to vote in her favour.

Within the private room, Ma Jian Chou and the rest were curious, “Old Lin, why would you vote for her?”

Murong Lin fanned himself lightly as the corner of his mouth rose, thinking to himself: Of course, you idiots wouldn’t know, but these kinds of scenes were cliche for the members of the protagonist’s harem, Ru Meng’er was clearly a part of his harem!

“Nothing much, I just was interested.”

And around them, each of the private rooms was also discussing this event.

“Third brother’s taste is quite unusual.” The fifth prince leaned on his seat as he enjoyed the service of the female servants around him.

“Tch tch tch, I wonder where he got his money from.” Xue Lin Na had a disdainful expression.

“Isn’t the third prince known for his aversion to women? Why did he vote today?”

“Bullshit! What do you mean he avoids women? He’s humiliated at least a hundred women alone in the past few years.”

“Hah, it’s truly the one who stays near vermilion that gets stained red.”

Murong Lin ignored the chattering and noise around him as he turned to look at Sheng Yi.

Sheng Yi and his three followers were seated in the furthest private room, and when met with Murong Lin’s gaze, the three naturally shied away while Sheng Yi matched his gaze fearlessly with a strange smile on his face.

Murong Lin blinked his eyes in shock as he asked the system, “Anti, didn’t you say that I wasn’t in his time period? How does he know me?”

“Anti is sure that he doesn’t know who you are, and he also isn’t aware of the system’s existence.”

As Murong Lin listened, he smiled back at Sheng Yi before turning his head away, no longer looking at him.

Then, why was his expression so strange?

Clearly, he wasn’t aware of the fact that Murong Lin had reincarnated, or about the existence of the system.

He recognised him, and that meant that he had probably come into contact with him in the future!

But how? There was only a single reasonable answer.

Blood spirits!

The cult that Murong Lin had created.

He thought of the people and events he could make use of.

And at this time, the voting for Ru Meng’er had ended, she had successfully become the oiran with a total of 65,400 taels of gold.

She stood on stage, with her unchangingly cold expression. Without taking off her face veil, she simply nodded and left the stage.

Discussions rang out from underneath the stage.

Sheng Yi was naturally unconcerned, he knew Ru Meng’er personality. Her true appearance wasn’t as beautiful as everyone had thought, but her heart was definitely a lot colder than the average person’s.

Seated within the room, Murong Lin’s brows were furrowed as he watched Ru Meng’er leave the stage.

Why didn’t it seem like Ru Meng’er and Sheng Yi had any relations?

Wasn’t she a supporting female character?

This was more interesting than it otherwise would’ve been.

At this moment, a strong aura was released, enveloping the entire area.

The aura was mighty and as sturdy as earth, giving off a threatening yet passive feeling.

Murong Lin was shocked.

He had felt a similar aura before.

From his grandfather.

It was the aura of the Sky Reaching realm.

He turned towards the first private room, which windows were slowly opening to reveal a yellow-haired, middle-aged man.

Everyone’s gazes were fixated on the middle-aged man, who was smiling in response.

The first prince had an expression of apprehension, he was in the second private room, which faced the first private room. With a deep bow, he spoke, “I’ve met with the emissary of the alliance, Mr Huang.”

Everyone bowed in unison, perplexed and nervous due to the arrival of such a powerful figure.

Ma Jian Chou’s expression also greatly changed as he exclaimed, “Emissary of the alliance? Oh, right!”

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