"really?"
The middle-aged woman's voice noticeably hardened, and after a moment of silence, she said, "I will investigate this matter. You do what you are supposed to do, but remember to do it without leaving a trace, understand?"
"I understand," the young woman quickly agreed, then said ingratiatingly, "But I wonder about the money..."
"All you do is take money all day long. I wonder if you're just paying lip service. You'd better watch yourself."
The middle-aged woman slapped a bag of silver into the young woman's hand, then turned to leave with a look of disdain.
However, the young woman stopped him, saying, "Wait, my son needs a thousand taels to redeem himself from his punishment. You said you would take full responsibility if anything happened."
"Fine, fine, a thousand taels! You really dare to do that!" The middle-aged woman was so angry she laughed.
Faced with the anger, Madam Qin simply lowered her head and remained silent.
"Here you are, this is a thousand taels of silver!"
Finally, the middle-aged woman took a deep breath and gritted her teeth, saying, "If you take the money, you have to do the job. I hope to hear good news soon. Some money isn't so easy to get!"
"Yes, I certainly won't let you down!" Madam Qin quickly accepted it and happily assured her.
"Hmph!" The middle-aged woman finished speaking, snorted coldly, and left.
As soon as the middle-aged woman left, the young woman weighed the silver in her hand and immediately said disdainfully, "Ha, if I did everything for you all at once, where would I get the money to spend? I'm not stupid!"
After saying that, he turned and quickly left.
Only when all movement around her ceased did Yun Zhourong climb out of the paddy field. She had heard the entire conversation between the two of them.
She didn't recognize the middle-aged woman's voice, but she recognized another voice—it was Qin Shi!
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