The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 264

Many who had eaten at the risotto restaurant immediately went to the hospital for check-ups, fearing they might have fallen ill.

"Compensation!"

"Refund!"

"Execute them!"

The entire internet was enraged. Everyone had been deceived, moved to tears by a recently fabricated story, and even swindled out of a significant amount of money.

Tourist numbers in Celestial City dropped by 30% in just one day. The decline did not continue only because all plane and high-speed rail tickets for that day were sold out. Many people could not leave immediately.

Numerous food businesses approached Stephen, saying, "What a massive scam. You've played us all for fools."

"A Celestial City like this isn't worth staying in!"

They all wanted to pull out of Celestial City!

Companies that had reserved office space in the business district demanded refunds. However, since the mayor had transferred all the money out, where would they find the funds to issue refunds?

The food court's customer traffic also decreased dramatically, dropping by 80% in one day.

now that they knew they had been scammed, they

make any money, yet they were still restricted on pricing and excessive pollution. Even by cutting corners, it was difficult to

result, they decided that enough was enough, and they stopped

the food court to

appear on the surface

and investigations in Celestial City continued. Reporters conducted in-depth investigations into the previous situations of

square meter. Those who initially refused to sell were

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no compensation and are still hospitalized while the

his head on the wall. His wife was captured by enemies while delivering food to the Grand Marshal's troops, and she died a terrible death. His three

accused them of being a criminal organization, driving the old village chief to attempt suicide.

shocked, but Stephen and George were also stunned. They truly had no idea these villagers had sacrificed so much for Celestial City in the past, especially the village chief. His wife and children were

over!" Stephen's face turned ashen. "If this village chief dies too, we're finished even if we don't die

his family. He did not die at the hands of enemies but might die in peacetime because of

were to listen, would the public believe them? "What should we do?" Stephen hurriedly looked to George, only to see

many tourists departed, the food court economy started to fail,

of all these issues made many people, who had come here hoping to profit from real estate, realize that

blink of an eye, properties were put up for sale

of the

were too high. Properties near the suburbs cost three to five million dollars each while those close to the city center were astronomically priced-a hundred square meters could cost seven to eight million

lowered

the market, and their property values had barely increased. If they