Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 189 Uncle and Father-In-Law

“For simple farmers like us, five thousand is considered a lot of money!”

Damien picked up his teacup and took a sip. “Mister village chief, your talent for stirring up trouble is remarkable to say the least.”

“As head of the village, not only did you not treat everyone fairly, but you kept wanting to start problems.”

“I truly do not understand what the villagers like about you. And why would they choose. you to be village chief.”

The village chief’s lips turned white with anger, but he restrained himself. “What makes you say that, Mr. Lenoir?”

“I’m just trying to find a solution everyone will be happy with. How can you call that ‘starting problems”?”

Damien chuckled.

“Firstly, you believed Vivian’s claims without fully understanding the situation and asking me about my version of events. You were already convinced I was guilty. Does that sound like justice to you?”

“If I didn’t have video evidence, it would have been impossible to clear my name from these allegations.”

The chief’s eyes darkened. “That was my mistake. Vivian is from my village. I saw her disheveled state and thought…”

to report it to the police but to

said that five thousand is considered a lot of money in your village. But

You probably thought that I had a lot of

lingered around my car and searched up its price on the internet

chief’s expression was drained of all

to confirm the price of my car to find out how

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blink an eye. All of you probably agreed on this amount beforehand, right?”

Everyone was shocked.

from their

said was

son did indeed come back from town in the afternoon. The chief and Ben’s family did spend the afternoon together, and they

who was telling

from fear, attempted to defend himself. “I was momentarily confused. If I had

shaky, and no one believed him.

clear head during a time like this, maybe

“You’re not from our village. Who are you say I can’t be chief?”

have no say,