The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 263

Taking advantage of the crowd, someone shouted, "Did you make up the legend of Crystal Lake?"

"Did you really take away their village and leave them homeless?"

"Aren't you the Grand Marshal's mentee? Aren't you aware of those who shed blood and sweat for Riveria?"

Stephen felt his face burning with shame.

Each question was like a sword piercing his heart, or a slap across his face.

He could not bear to look at anyone. He could only hurry back to the office with George, seeking refuge.

Stephen sat restlessly, taking out his phone to browse the web. Online, he saw that Celestial City's affairs were already trending.

Shocking: Village chief who has shed blood and tears for Celestial City, whose wife and children all sacrificed themselves, is driven to suicide by Stephen Quinn!]

[Breaking News! The legend of Crystal Lake is fake!]

[Riveria's biggest scam: The Crystal Lake legend!]

Clicking on these posts, he could see many on-site videos of villagers kneeling and revealing the truth to everyone.

cold sweat. He quickly contacted the platforms hosting the content, asking

spread. People were already dissatisfied with the high prices and terrible taste at that

they saw the news, many rushed to question

the Crystal Lake

hasn't even been around

cheat us out of

owner trembled

to ask locals if they had heard of the Crystal Lake legend. Even reporters

they had never heard

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about Azure Cloud Mountain but

the first time we've heard this

Lake is just

legend around Crystal Lake. The story of the priest

who had visited Celestial City for tourism were furious when they learned they had

for lifelong love, and now you're telling me the story

bad enough, but the variety in the food court was expensive and terrible. Now even the story is made up?

It's full of deception. The food court

who had already booked flights, planning to seek a blessing at Crystal Lake, canceled their reservations after

dare to go there now? Not only were visitors scammed, but they were even

overwhelmed. It had all been exposed

inquire, "There are rumors online that the Crystal Lake