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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.

a simple ‘sorry’ after you’ve been making profits

fair way to settle this.” She paused for

hand over every single money you made on

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

gathering, a mix of shock

one man

wants everything he made?” “That’s too

ask for all

exchanged uneasy glances, unsure of how

young man shook his head,

others, more sympathetic to the woman’s

older man said,

my land, he would

of it?” a woman near the

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

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

and it was clear

stood rooted on the same

This was extortion.

of the crowd that had gathered didn’t

fact, several people frowned

made money because of

provided a space, but that wasn’t what

used mouthwatering aromas to lure people in, the free samples

in the crowd couldn’t

belonged to one of the

up, arms crossed, his face

demand all of his profits?” he

even a

Murmurs of

himself to the bone yesterday, with his granddaughter helping him—” Nnenna almost choked at

Granddaughter?

his children!” the man continued

to take away everything they earned just because they

that’s how it works, then why don’t you just charge a reasonable rent instead of stealing their money?” More voices joined in now,

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