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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.

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

way to settle this.” She

over every single money you

All of it.

way, we can call it even.” When the woman demanded the old man hand over all the profits he had made in the past two days, the crowd’s reaction

the gathering, a mix

of it?” one man whispered, his eyebrows

“That’s too much,” a woman in the

she ask for

exchanged uneasy glances,

shook his head, voice

rob him blind.” But others,

older

my land, he would

“But asking for all of it?” a woman near the

voice chimed in, “She’s got no shame, asking

money!” The murmurs grew louder, with some members of the crowd visibly agitated while others seemed

and it was clear the situation was

rooted on the same spot clenching

This was extortion.

the crowd that had gathered didn’t

fact, several people frowned in

man hadn’t made money because of the

space, but that wasn’t what drew

from his hard work, his delicious cooking, the way he used mouthwatering aromas

crowd couldn’t

voice belonged to one of the construction

up, arms crossed, his face set in

demand all of

even a percentage,

you hear yourself?” Murmurs of agreement

his granddaughter helping him—”

Granddaughter?

with his children!” the

just because they set up here?” The

rent instead of stealing their money?” More voices joined in

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