They located the family which Mindy had specified for them to look for upon reaching their destination.
A middle-aged woman opened the door for them. What set her apart from any other woman of her age were the burn scars that peppered her entire face.
She seemed rather frightened by their presence.
“Who are you looking for?”
The woman was visibly stunned by Gerald and his friends’ unannounced arrival.
She lowered her head to hide her scars, perhaps due to embarrassment or perhaps out of fear of scaring the strangers.
“Ma’am, it’s nice to meet you. May I know if you’re Xenia’s cousin? She said that she asked you to keep something special for her. We’re here to retrieve it. She told us that you’ll understand it after reading this letter.”
Jasmine walked over and said while handing her a letter.
The woman looked at the letter. She then stole a couple of glances at Jasmine before nodding in response.
“Very well, I understand now. You can take it with you.”
The woman invited Gerald and co into her home.
It turns out the item that Xenia asked them to retrieve was a large wooden chest.
They needed at least a few people in order to carry that thing around.
Upon hearing that, Gerald started suspecting if Xenia was the maid he was looking for all this while.
As for Stella, it did not occur to her that Gerald and the others were here to do manual labor.
They weren’t here to have fun at all.
Hence, she was rather disappointed.
Besides, that woman’s face was fairly frightening. She peeked at the woman’s face a couple more times and goosebumps soon appeared all over her skin.
Stella remained outside the house when Gerald and the others were moving the heavy chest.
Out of boredom, she went on a stroll in the vicinity of the house.
Suddenly, Stella noticed a convoy of expensive cars rolling through the entrance of the village at high speed.
Stella was the kind of girl who was brave but cautious.
She realized how odd the presence of these vehicles was.
It was because she had noticed those cars on their way there.
But she couldn’t form any conclusions at the moment.
From afar, she saw that the cars were filled with people. This piqued her curiosity.
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