The Malicious Scheme (Two Chapters Combined)

"They're the ones!" The young man with dyed-gold hair looked at the group emerging from the thick grass, and his stern expression immediately relaxed.

"Right on time. These people really know how to arrive on the dot!" The middle-aged man wrapped in white gauze lowered his head to glance at the watch on his wrist. Seeing that it was exactly the agreed time for the trade, he muttered under his breath.

Then he signaled to the men around them who were on guard, telling them not to radiate hostility toward the clients who had come to trade and to act as they usually did.

"What happened to you? Who hurt you like this?" The fierce bald man came before the middle-aged man wrapped in white gauze. Seeing his injuries, he asked in surprise.

Naturally, the middle-aged man wrapped in white gauze was not going to tell the client about being ambushed some time ago. He immediately laughed it off and casually brushed him aside.

"I sparred with someone a while back. I was careless for a moment and got injured..."

"..."

The fierce bald man was no inexperienced rookie. How could he possibly believe that excuse?

Although he knew the other party was unwilling to reveal the truth and was merely fobbing him off, he did not expose him.

At that moment, the one-eyed burly man wearing an earring spoke up.

"We used to conduct our trades at that warehouse. Why did we choose this place this time?"

The young man with dyed-gold hair answered, "The warehouse where we traded before is being renovated. It'll be some time before it can be used again, so we chose this place for the trade."

"Then you should have picked a better place!

"Never mind that this place is hard to reach. Just