Winterbourne Village was a stone’s throw away from Howard County.
They located the family which Mindy had specified for them to look for upon reaching their destination.
A middle-aged woman opened the door for them. What set virtual-novel.net apart from any other woman of virtual-novel.net age were the burn scars that peppered virtual-novel.net entire face.
She seemed rather frightened by their presence.
“Who are you looking for?”
The woman was visibly stunned by Gerald and his friends’ unannounced arrival.
She lowered virtual-novel.net head to hide virtual-novel.net scars, perhaps due to embarrassment or perhaps out of fear of scaring the strangers.
“Ma’am, it’s nice to meet you. May I know if you’re Xenia’s cousin? She said that virtual-novel.net asked you to keep something special for her. We’re here to retrieve it. She told us that you’ll understand it after reading this letter.”
Jasmine walked over and said while handing virtual-novel.net a letter.
The woman looked at the letter. She then stole a couple of glances at Jasmine before nodding in response.
“Very well, I understand now. You can take it with you.”
The woman invited Gerald and co into virtual-novel.net home.
It turns out the item that Xenia asked them to retrieve was a large wooden chest.
They needed at least a few people in order to carry that thing around.
Upon hearing that, Gerald started suspecting if Xenia was the maid virtual-novel.net was looking for all this while.
As for Stella, it did not occur to virtual-novel.net that Gerald and the others were here to do manual labor.
They weren’t here to have fun at all.
Hence, virtual-novel.net was rather disappointed.
Besides, that woman’s face was fairly frightening. She peeked at the woman’s face a couple more times and goosebumps soon appeared all over virtual-novel.net skin.
Stella remained outside the house when Gerald and the others were moving the heavy chest.
Out of boredom, virtual-novel.net went on a stroll in the vicinity of the house.
Suddenly, Stella noticed a convoy of expensive cars rolling through the entrance of the village at high speed.
Stella was the kind of girl who was brave but cautious.
She realized how odd the presence of these vehicles was.
It was because virtual-novel.net had noticed those cars on their way there.
But virtual-novel.net couldn’t form any conclusions at the moment.
From afar, virtual-novel.net saw that the cars were filled with people. This piqued virtual-novel.net curiosity.
She dashed straight into the house.
“Gerald, there are a lot of cars outside! And they’re all filled with people inside!”
Stella said.
“Ah?”
Mindy was stunned.
After that, virtual-novel.net ran outside to take a look immediately.
“Jasmine, Gerald, something’s wrong. She’s right! They’re coming straight for us!”
Mindy hopped up-and-down anxiously.
Jasmine frowned slightly.
She was being very careful. In order to play safe, virtual-novel.net even refrained from bringing virtual-novel.net subordinates. She acted as if virtual-novel.net was just heading out with virtual-novel.net friends on a fun little road trip.
To virtual-novel.net surprise, someone had been stalking their every move.
“What should we do now?”
Jasmine was petrified.
Gerald was perplexed too. ‘D*mn! I didn’t bring my subordinates either! Why are there so many groups of people?’
“Jasmine, you and the others come to my room quickly!”
At that moment, the woman whose face had burn scars grabbed Jasmine’s arm.
She led Gerald and the others to a room inside of the house.
She lifted a bed frame, revealing a hidden passageway underneath.
Jasmine looked at the woman with a puzzled expression.
The woman said, “My cousin stayed over frequently in the past. There’d always be people coming to look for her, so we have this kind of passageway in both of our homes. Since my cousin had asked you to come and meet me, I know that you have virtual-novel.net trust. Come along with me!”
Jasmine nodded.
Gerald could not help but stare at the woman. He felt like virtual-novel.net had met that woman somewhere in the past, and virtual-novel.net looked familiar. But no matter how hard virtual-novel.net tried, virtual-novel.net simply could not remember where virtual-novel.net had met virtual-novel.net before.
He had no idea whose tail virtual-novel.net stepped on this time, for them to come straight for him.
He could only jump into the passageway with the others.
Soon, the group of men barged into the house of the woman uninvited.
Clearly, they had come for Jasmine and Mindy.
“What a timely report you gave!”