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.

that they knew they had been scammed, they no longer

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

that enough was

proximity of the food court to Crystal Lake, the pollutants immediately

long, fish carcasses began to appear on the surface

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

was acquired at 6 grand per square meter. Those who initially refused to sell were

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are still

ago, these villagers made great sacrifices to protect Celestial City, especially the village chief who hit 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 children also perished in

criminal organization, driving the old village chief to attempt suicide. He's

news was exposed, not only was the entire internet 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

face turned ashen. "If this village chief

not die at the hands of enemies but

believe them? "What should we do?" Stephen hurriedly looked to George, only to see his face was equally pale. His eyes were

prepared to leave, many tourists departed, the food court economy started to fail, and the tourist areas became

all these issues made many people, who

blink of an eye, properties were put up

the properties managed

each while those

they lowered the

market, and their property values had