Chapter 49: assassination (3)
The four n faltered for a mont when they heard Ye Qingtang’s statent.
They were all fully masked, how did the lass know their identities?
“Let’s see, if it’s at least ten thousand gold, how much more would that be? Wait, don’t tell it’s just ten thousand?” Ye Qingtang asked with a grin.
The n narrowed their eyes. Though they did not ascertain her answer, their silence affird her conjecture.
Ye Qingtang chuckled and said:” For real? I didn’t expect our Great Elder to be so stingy, giving you guys such a agre amount for this.”
Did she just ntion the Great Elder?
Those n initially assud Ye Qingtang was buying ti, however…. Not only did she disclose their identities, she actually knew the Great Elder was the one who hired them.
It was impossible for the n to remain indifferent in this situation.
“Lass, what’re you trying to imply?” The leader asked in a cold and nacing voice.
Ye Qingtang replied nonchalantly: “Nothing much, just giving my two cents. With your expertise, that amount of paynt’s an insult to your capabilities, don’t you reckon? I’ll make you a much better deal. Forty thousand gold, for you guys to get rid of that stingy Great Elder instead.”
The n were stunned by her words.
Forty thousand?
That’s four tis the amount the Great Elder’s offering!
The n exchanged glances quickly; to accept her offer now would be jumping the gun. The leader spoke: “Miss Ye, I know who you are. You’re presumptuous to take us for fools. We’re all aware of your circumstances. With how things are now for you and your father, let’s not talk about forty thousand, I’m afraid even that asly ten thousand gold’s unaffordable for you….”
Ye Ling did not lower his guard for a mont whilst he stood behind Ye Qingtang. He too, assud she was buying ti for their escape, though regrettably, he had to go along with the leader’s presumption. It was impossible to fork out forty thousand gold given their current circumstances.
However….
Ye Qingtang retained her grin and while looking them in the eye, she suddenly extracted solid gold from her dinsion ring, setting them piece by piece in front of those n.
Within monts, a stack of gold worth twenty thousand laid before them. Those pieces of glittering gold glowed like a fluorescent under the moonlight, almost too blinding for the n whose eyes had adapted to the darkness of the night.
Although their organization had received nurous job offers in the past, paynt wise was always in the range of thousands. A ten thousand gold offer by the Great Elder was already considered one of their highest bidders in these recent years.
But….
Miss Ye’s offer was over the top, to think she was truly capable of forking out this much gold!
“Here’s twenty thousand gold, as down paynt for my job offer. As long as you can get rid of the Great Elder, the remaining twenty thousand gold will be yours in no ti.” Ye Qingtang raised her eyes over the stack of gold and gazed at the four n, whom were clearly wavering by now.
In her past, she was oblivious to the Great Elder’s plans, not to ntion her negligible assets that was obviously insufficient to buy off these assassins. But… Things are different now.
She could beat the Great Elder at his own ga and give him a taste of his own dicine.
The n were hesitant to accept Ye Qingtang’s offer at first, but after being presented with that stack of gold, they exchanged glances again. With a sagacious eye, the leader was clearly putting up a solemn fa?ade as he said:
“We’re an organization which upholds our contracts. A job’s our obligation, we’ll see to its completion once accepted. If people get wind of us being this fickle on our terms, wouldn’t that be a sar on our good na?” Though the leader spoke in a cold voice as usual, it was not as nacing as before.
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