Chapter 1281 A Scam Syndicate

• Seeing how much Ling Yao cared about the lady, the man let his guard down and said, “Getting a reward is one thing, but I’m relieved to see that you’re a kind-hearted person.”
• He then turned around and closed the door before leading Ling Yao deep into the alley. After walking for about over 100 meters, he paused and pointed at an iron gate at one side as he told Ling Yao, “This is it.”
• Ling Yao turned to look at the place, the shabbiness of which could be told from its rusty iron gate. One could vaguely see what was inside the place through the slits in the iron gate—a tall and big Chinese scholar tree stood at one side of the courtyard, sheltering the entire yard as well as a simple garden in there. Above the garden was a rope mounted on two bamboo poles, and several pieces of clothing were hung on it.