America 1881: Legend of the West

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Leonard's residence?" Miranda, the middle-aged MILF among the three women, asked timidly.

Sean noticed that the middle one of the three women had half of her head wrapped in gauze, and the remaining half of her face was swollen and deformed.

Her eyes were empty, she said nothing, and she looked hopeless.

"She was disfigured. The man had a ring on his hand when he beat her, leaving a deep gash on her face." Sally on the other side said.

"Leonard is dead," Sean said, "You should know."

"I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have said that, please forgive me." Miranda said humbly, "We knew, we knew the news when it first came out."

"We also know that this house now belongs to Mr. Chen. Can we see him?" She saluted Xiao En, "If that's okay."

Sean hesitated for a moment, then opened the door and led the three people to the second floor.

The door to the largest room on the second floor was ajar, and three women followed Sean and walked in.

Facing the door of the room is a large desk with several people standing on both sides of the desk.

There was only one young man sitting, half leaning in the chair behind the huge desk, with his fingers crossed on his chest.

The lights in the room were dim, and the kerosene lamp on the table illuminated half of the young man's face, while the other half was in shadow.

There was no special expression on his face, just like water.

Behind his chair stood a stunningly beautiful woman, with her hands on the back of the chair.

At this time, everyone in the room looked at the three women at the door.

Miranda felt tremendous pressure rushing towards her face, and the hairs on her back stood up. She was afraid that she would turn around and run away in the next second.

Finally, she mustered up the courage and asked, "Excuse me, which of you is Mr. Chen?"

The young man sitting on the chair spoke, his voice was unhurried but his words were clear: "I am."

"These are the three, uh, three women I met during the day." Sean pointed at Miranda and the others.

"Dear Mr. Chen, I have heard of your reputation, your fairness, generosity and outstanding credibility." Mirada put her hands on her chest to show respect for the young man.

In every town, they are often the best informed.

Everything Chen Jianqiu did at the exchange in the past two days had already reached their ears.

Not only that, there are also rumors that this young man named Chen is also related to Fred's previous destruction, but they are just rumors.

They know that it is easier for these people to kill a person than to kill a chicken.

Chen Jianqiu said nothing.

Seeing that the young man did not interrupt her, Miranda continued: "We are just some poor people with low status, living by selling our bodies."

"But the Santa Cruz gang robbed us and your subordinates. They ruined Elise's appearance and deprived her of her hope of survival." She pointed at the unrecognizable woman beside her and said, "We hope you will find justice for us."

Chen Jianqiu still didn't speak, and his expression didn't even change at all. He just looked at the three people at the door quietly.

"We, we can pay you." Miranda hurriedly took out some money from a bag.

These are what they have saved, and now they have taken them out.

Not for anything else, just to vent his anger on his sisters.

"If it's not enough, you can add these." Sally on the side hurriedly took off a necklace from her neck.

"Yes, yes, and mine." Miranda also hurriedly took off her necklace.

Holding the money and two necklaces in both hands, she knelt down with the two women beside her, begging Chen Jianqiu.

"You and your friends came to my place at night, took some money out, and asked me to kill people for you?" Chen Jianqiu slowly stood up from the chair.

He put his hands into his pockets and stood in front of the desk, his shadow reflected on the wall, stretched out.

"Madam, do you think my friends and I will kill people for money?" Chen Jianqiu turned his head and looked at the three women with sharp eyes.

"No, no, that's not what I meant, Mr. Chen." Miranda was frightened. She lowered her head, not daring to look directly into Chen Jianqiu's eyes.

There was silence in the room, no one spoke.

"Hmm~ The Santa Cruz Gang..." Chen Jianqiu tapped his fingers rhythmically on the desk surface and paced back and forth in front of the desk.

The three women knelt at the door of the room, not daring to express their anger.

After a while, Chen Jianqiu seemed to suddenly remember that there were three women at the door.

He raised his head and waved his hands at them:

"You guys go back."

Miranda and Sally looked at each other.

"Please accept these. This is the money we borrowed before. I know you are the creditor now. Please allow us to return these loans. This is an honor." Miranda said.

She still had no intention of getting up.

Sean took the money from her hand, counted it, and then put part of the money back into the woman's hand along with the two necklaces.

"Go back." Chen Jianqiu said, "If people in this town need help, we will lend a helping hand to them."

"We are not hired to kill. Ladies, I just hope that you can remember that you owe me a favor."

The three women climbed up from the ground with gratitude and retreated from the door.

After the three women left, Chen Jianqiu leaned his butt on the table.

"Abiot, you have been spending a lot of time in Lincoln County recently. What is the origin of this Santa Cruz gang?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

Abiot snorted.

"A gang operating in the town, extortion, not much to offer."

"This has only emerged in the past few months. After Paylor's strength was greatly reduced, these 'moles' can no longer be controlled."

"What's the gang composition like?"

"They are mainly a group of homeless people, including thieves and robbers. There are white people, Mexicans, and exiled black people. I don't know who the leader is yet."

Chen Jianqiu nodded, holding his chin in his hand and thinking about something.

Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz.

He seemed to have seen this name somewhere, and not long ago.

Chen Jianqiu turned around and stopped at the pile of loan contracts placed alone.

He opened the contracts one by one and finally saw the name of the borrower on one of them.

Jose Santa Cruz.

"It seems that we really have a score to settle with this dear friend."

Chen Jianqiu took out the loan contract and placed it on the table.

"Let's all go and have a rest. Tomorrow, we will visit Mr. Santa Cruz."

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