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Chapter 116

Chapter 116: Master Minds Chapter 116: Master Minds But it seemed each passing day was determined to prove that there were always new depths to human deception.

The crowd stirred, whispers spreading like wildfire.

Some looked doubtful, others curious, and a few outright hostile.

Nnenna, standing a bit farther away, listened carefully to the entire exchange, her mind racing.

What?

She raised an eyebrow in disbelief.

‘This entire mess… was because of me?’ She had picked this spot randomly, assuming that since it was a market, it didn’t belong to any particular person but was government owned, free for vendors to set up their stalls, even if just temporarily.

She never imagined it was private property.

A strange warmth filled her chest as she realized something else.

Despite all this, the old man hadn’t mentioned her at all.

He was shielding her, protecting a girl he barely knew.

Her hands clenched slightly at her sides.

She wanted to step in, but she knew better.

Even if she spoke up, who would listen to a fifteen year old girl in a servant’s uniform, hidden behind a shawl and sunglasses?

No one.

She decided to keep watching.

The woman, still standing tall with her arms crossed, scoffed.

“An apology?

Oh, no.

That won’t cut it.

just going to accept a simple ‘sorry’ after you’ve been making profits on our land for two days.” She smirked, her voice

only one fair way to settle this.” She paused for

every single money you made on both

All of it.

When the woman demanded the old man hand over all the profits he had made in the past two

a mix of

it?” one man whispered, his

wants everything he made?” “That’s too much,” a woman in the crowd

can she ask for all of

that.” Some people exchanged uneasy

his head, voice low,

rob him blind.” But others, more sympathetic to the

see her point,” an older man said, scratching his

using my land,

right.” “But asking for all of it?”

greedy.” Another voice chimed in, “She’s

hard for their money!” The murmurs grew louder, with some members of the crowd visibly agitated

palpable, and it was clear the situation

stood rooted on the same spot

This was extortion.

that had

people frowned in

old man hadn’t made money because

it provided a space, but that wasn’t what drew customers

mouthwatering aromas

the crowd

to one of the construction workers from the

up, arms crossed, his

demand all of his profits?” he

even a

yourself?” Murmurs of agreement rippled

with his granddaughter helping

Granddaughter?

children!” the man continued

you want to take away everything they earned just because they set

just charge a reasonable rent instead of stealing their money?” More voices joined in now, nodding and muttering

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