Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

If they wanted to invest in a business, a million wouldn't last long.

Even buying a decent car would cost hundreds of thousands. And if they just put it in the bank, the interest rates were getting lower and lower. A standard savings account would barely yield $10,000 or $20,000 a year-if that.

So to them, a million per person wasn't much.

It wasn't nearly enough to satisfy their appetite.

After all, the Janzen brothers weren't asking them to do something simple they wanted them to break the law, to hurt someone. If they got caught and investigated, they'd have to pay the price. Maybe even serve a few years in prison. Losing their freedom for a million dollars? Not worth it.

Marco spoke up. "Mr. Janzen, sure, we hate Kathryn. But we live out in the countryside, far from Jensburg and far from her. As long as we don't provoke her, she won't bother with us. Our lives are still peaceful. The economy might not be great, but at least we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, and, most importantly, our freedom.

"You're the ones desperate to get rid of her. If Kathryn stays in power, your interests take the biggest hit. That's why you're willing to pay us. But think about it-if you just accepted your fate, resigned, sold your assets, and left Jensburg, you could live just as comfortably as

us.

You wouldn't have to worry about Kathryn coming after you, and you wouldn't have to pay us anything or get your hands dirty."

had to be

negotiate, but if the payout was less than

most to lose

they hated Kathryn, and she hated them too, but she wasn't out to

would just disappear, but taking

brothers were the ones feeling

Marco and his brothers could just walk away and keep making a living the hard

had a few acres of farmland. As long as

massive risk for

broke the silence. "Brother, we haven't eaten yet. Let's grab a meal

"Look, all want the same thing Let's take our time discussing

"Yeah, let's

up, and his younger

to get there. It had taken

food before they