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.

a cold sweat. He quickly contacted the platforms hosting the content, asking them to delete the

already spread. People were already dissatisfied with the high prices and

they saw the

Lake

around for 20 years, has

a lie to cheat us

restaurant owner trembled

locals if they had

they had never heard of

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know about Azure Cloud Mountain but

is the first time we've heard this

is just an

There was no legend around Crystal Lake. The story of

City for tourism were furious when they learned they had

spent thousands of dollars just to receive a blessing for lifelong love, and now you're telling me the story was made

fee of 100 dollars per person was bad enough, but the variety in the food court was

romantic. It's full of deception. The

seek a blessing at Crystal

exposed all over the internet. Who would dare to go there now? Not only were visitors scammed, but they were even treated like

George saw the news online and felt overwhelmed. It had all

company came to inquire, "There are rumors online that the Crystal Lake story was recently