Chapter 866: The Stand-In Messenger
“What’s with her?”
Penny, sitting on the sofa, glanced at the busy maid and asked with a pointed tone.
Lynch was still watching the TV show. This episode had reached its climax—the protagonist and her grandfather had traveled back in time to save their family dog and thwart the villain’s evil time-traveling scheme.
Upon returning, they accidentally burst into the laundry room where the protagonist’s mother was doing the washing. They ended up diving into the washing machine, soaking wet and looking thoroughly disheveled.
Whether it was part of the script or the actress’s own choice, the protagonist’s white shirt had become somewhat see-through when wet.
Of course, this kind of content wouldn’t even be considered adult in today’s Federation. Since the Great Depression, the standards for adult content had been relaxed to ease the public’s anxiety over mass unemployment.
Previously censored elements were now casually allowed, a move by the government to ease people’s minds—and it had worked brilliantly.
Lynch glanced at the maid, then casually replied, “She doesn’t want to lose this job.”
“That’s it?” Penny raised an eyebrow, surprised and amused. It was just a job—was that kind of effort really necessary?