The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 189

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Simon went silent. He realized they were threatening him.

He originally planned to shut down the factories for as long as possible, at least six months. His goal was to get Oliver and the other businessmen to beg him for mercy.

Yet now, Oliver was using the people against him. Simon knew he could not shut down the factories for too long.

"I will give you an answer soon. While the investigation is going on, just wait patiently," he explained.

"Don't worry. We have the patience," Oliver said with a grin.

He and his friends had been waiting for three years, and dealing with Ethan back then had honed their patience.

Then, a few men came in through the door.

One of them announced, "We are from the water company. Is the water of Aqua City still safe? The quality has dropped below drinking standards. If you cannot provide a solution, we will leave Aqua City for another place."

Simon felt a headache coming.

The environmental destruction of Aqua City was huge, and it affected many things on different levels. Not only were the aquaculture and tourism were crippled, but even the water supply was being affected.

"Give me some time. We're dealing with it," Simon answered.

"That's what you said last time, and the water quality only got worse. Can you guys do anything about it? Just give us the word and stop wasting everyone's time!"

The man's company was in the water business, so water quality was a crucial factor in their operation. They had raised concerns as soon as the water contamination started and had even spoken to Stephen about it before, but he had brushed them off.

He had wanted to wait until more companies were affected to deal with the problem properly. However, the damage was done, and the water companies were there to deliver the ultimatum.

Stephen hung his head, ashamed to look at his father or the businessmen. He failed to get new companies into the city, and the water quality was ruined. In the end, he had lost everything from the delay.

Simon spoke again, “Just give us a little more time.'

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The man and his company saw through his words. They knew he was trying to stall.

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after. One day of closure can cost us a few million! We don't have time to

determined to move their

situation, Stephen got

up to stop them, saying, "This isn't what we wanted either. Please give us some more

new ones in. If that happened, it would be devastating to the

few of them

You are the reason the

all walked away,

his body shook. Even if he was not as

to Ethan, he had missed the golden opportunity to save Aqua City, and they had the nerve to say he was not as good as Ethan. He

go. The city needs them the most right now, but they've chosen to leave. They

results showed no issues.

and the others not planning to run away after ruining the

at Simon's face and instantly knew what the man was

we're planning to run? We can assure you that we're not running. It took us three years to get in here. Why would we run now? From the start, we

run.

and industrial development, Ethan chose environment and focused on developing local tourism,

the others set up factories in Aqua City, not because he was short-sighted but because

to set up factories the moment he arrived, destroying aquaculture

step set off a chain reaction of

face, Stephen asked nervously,

City followed their footsteps, he would not be able to

he would not be able to

of his life.

Get yourself together and think of a way. Your priority now is to stabilize the situation in

he transferred security forces from neighboring cities

keep an eye on Oliver and the others, preventing them from causing more

any further action, we have to go to Aqua City

and Stephen

order to stop such behavior. Then, the money they got from the fine was used to hire professionals to clean the trash

the murky river. "The river is heavily polluted. It might take at least a

Stephen regretted everything.

once-clear rivers and lush hills were gone, and it would take an entire year to restore the environment. During that time, both the fishing and tourism industries would suffer

moved the stadium to the water in the first place. I also shouldn't have let that many factories set up

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for the environment to heal. Restoring the fishing