Chapter 727

Aurelia’s eyes widened as she paled as if she saw a ghost. She quickly adjusted her emotions and forced a smile. After all, this was how she managed all these years. “Hi, James! You’re free today?” James kept his eyes on the metal box that she did not get to hide in time. It seemed that the girl had been making good money recently! James was one of the gang members on the street. He was not capable and was ugly, so he was often bullied by the other thugs when he first joined the gang. His psychological state gradually became twisted in such an environment. After years of hard work, when he finally became a thug with a slightly higher status, he began to bully the weak around him as revenge, often beating people up to the point of bleeding when he collected protection fees. Aurelia had seen it plenty of times. The lady next door who died from losing too much blood had died because she did not hand in the fee in time. His underling had stabbed her three times. This was why she n