Chapter 954: A Match Made in Heaven, Kidnapped (3)
The maid, seeing the old woman’s indifference, pursed her lips indignantly. She feared the old woman, who was the favored maid of her master, and dared not press her any further.
Knock, knock, knock—
Before long, a series of knocks sounded, and the maid jolted upright, hurrying to the door. Through the lantern-light falling from above the door, she saw clearly the middle-aged man standing before her – the very person she had been waiting for.
"How did it go, is the matter taken care of?" the maid hastily let the man in and, after closing the door, asked impatiently.
The middle-aged man had a sly look about him, a visage that screamed no good. His lecherous gaze swept over the maid’s bosom before he smugly patted his chest and boasted, "With Master Huang on the case, what could possibly go wrong?"
The maid, upon hearing this, didn’t know whether to feel relieved or afraid and hesitantly asked, "You, you didn’t let those people see your face, did you?"
The self-proclaimed Master Huang reached out with his greasy hand toward the maid’s cheek. Seeing her dodge away, his pleasure turned to annoyance and he said coldly, "I disguised myself especially for this; they won’t know who I am. But, they complained about the risk being too high and the silver too meager, refusing to hand over the item. They demanded another five hundred taels of silver for the exchange."
At this, Master Huang’s gaze shifted evasively, clearly betraying his guilt.
Fan Meijiao had hemorrhaged a large sum this time, handing over five hundred taels of silver to the maid to ensure the matter was handled properly. However, the entire sum ended up in Master Huang’s pocket, with three hundred taels going to his greed and the remaining two hundred given to the thieves that carried out the job at the Mo Family.