After returning from Mr. Lin Qi's manor to their own villa, the Green Brothers finally let out a genuine sigh of relief.
They went straight to the study and shut the door.
Noel pushed open the window and glanced outside.
This was not a villa in the Mid-Levels. They could not afford one there, and the houses in that area would not be sold to them anyway.
The villas in the Mid-Levels Villa District had been sold out ages ago. All current transactions were between residents, and having money did not guarantee that one could buy a villa there.
Lin Qi had several villas in his hands, for instance, but could anyone buy one from him with money?
Obviously not.
Besides, given the Green Brothers' identities, even if they managed to buy one, the residents of the Mid-Levels Villa District would join forces to drive them out! So this was merely a villa on Bu Peien's outer ring road. It was rather remote, but peaceful.
Even the occasional scream would go unnoticed.
At that moment, outside the villa, groups of young people sat or stood around in threes and fives, occasionally checking their surroundings.
Things had not been peaceful on the Green Brothers' side lately. Someone was after them.
They had not mentioned it to Lin Qi because they believed they could handle it themselves. The people targeting them were the Edland family, one of the original Five Great Families of Bu Peien.
They were early immigrants from the small countries surrounding the Federation. They had come to the Federation during the Gold Rush and put down roots there through violence.
After years of accumulation, these immigrants who used "Edland" as their surname had secured a certain position in Bu Peien's underworld.
They were known as one branch of Bu