“Let’s chase him!”
Just as Juan was going to hurl stones at the footmen again, he saw John approaching.
That caught Juan by surprise. Here comes our help.
John sized the two footmen up and suddenly, a wide smile spread across his face.
“You two, come with me for a while.”
Not knowing who John was, the two men asked suspiciously, “Where to?”
“To collect your reward.”
“Reward? What reward?”
“Reward for getting the job well done. It’s of course the butler who wanted to reward you guys. You’re not interested?”
Even though the two men were surprised by the sudden fortune, they thought that it was possible that Jacob had made a mistake and was giving the reward to the wrong people. If that were the case, wouldn’t it be free money for them?
Out of greed, the two men decided to follow John.
As Juan watched the three of them leave, he looked at the lake and sighed.
John had just ruined his plan.
The boy had intended to send the two footmen into the lake for a good bath.
After walking a distance behind John, the two men suddenly sensed that something seemed amiss.
“Where are you bringing us to?”
“Exactly. This isn’t the way to Jacob.”
After pondering for a moment, John continued to fool the two footmen by telling them that as the reward was something extra, they had to be discreet. He also told them that Jacob was waiting for them at a secret place and he had something to tell them.
The two men did not see any reason to turn back as they had already walked quite a long distance. There was no loss to them to follow John all the way as the worst case scenario would be that there was no reward for them and they would have made a wasted trip.
However, what if there was indeed a huge sum of money waiting for them?
John led the two men to the room at the end of the corridor and told them that Jacob was waiting for them inside.
When the footmen entered the room, they saw that the room was empty and there wasn’t even a single soul in there.
Feeling puzzled, they turned around and saw John and Kyle standing behind them.
“Little rascal, why are you here too?”
“That’s not the way to address him!”
John swung a solid punch at that man’s face and hit him right on his nose bridge. Blood oozed out from his nostrils the next instant.
The man let out an agonizing cry and covered his nose with his hands immediately. “Someone’s hitting us, help!”
“Shut up if you don’t want to be killed!” John warned as he took out a dagger and waved it in front of the two footmen.
The other footman looked at John while trembling in fear. “W-who on Earth are you?”
“He’s your grandpa!” Kyle answered with his arms folded in front of his chest.
The two footmen exchange a glance with each other. They had never imagined that they would land themselves in such a sorry state due to greed.
The two men regretted their stupid decision.
“Why did you bring us here? What are you intending to do?”
Not wanting to waste more time on them, John decided to go straight to the point. “This is your punishment for plotting against the handsome and pretty little ones, as well as their mom. You guys better come clean and explain your reason for doing that. Otherwise, I’ll slice off your noses before digging your eyes out. Then… “
The two footmen were terrified as their eyes followed the dagger which John was swaying in front of them. Their hearts thumped rapidly as they trembled in fear.
“Speak!” Kyle roared while having a cold expression on his small face.
The two men were feeling extremely conflicted. They were afraid that they would lose their lives if they revealed the truth.
The mastermind behind the plot had reminded and cautioned them many times not to divulge the plan to anyone.
If they did that, they would lose their lives.
Sensing the men’s hesitation, John took two steps forward and placed the dagger against the throat of one of them.
“This is a very sharp blade. Are you interested to try it out?”
“I’m… not interested.”
Judging by the shiny reflection on the surface of the knife, it wasn’t difficult to figure out how sharp the blade was. The man was starting to get giddy just by staring at it.
“If so, come clean then!”
The two men had no choice but to confess.
After knowing that Daphne was the one behind it, Kyle brimmed with hostility.
“So it’s that evil woman. Damn it!”
“We’ve already told you everything we know. Can you let us off now?”
“Leave the estate now!”
“We will. Even if you didn’t ask us to leave, we wouldn’t dare to stay here anymore. Ms. Ankins is extremely ruthless. If she knew that we had betrayed her, she might even skin us alive.”
