The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 269

Others were unaware, but Simon knew the entire truth.

Stephen was not the mentee of the Grand Marshal. He was just an impersonator!

Ethan was the one who brought peace to Riveria three years ago and was currently locked up in Drakthorn Ridge!

Riveria had no one who could rival or suppress the South Regent, hence his recent movements.

If the South Regent was not dealt with, he would continue to harm the entire province.

As the King Beyond the Border, he had the power to run over Riveria easily.

Simon feigned a calm look and said, "Stephen will deal with the South Regent. Meanwhile, we have to find out what the mayor has done to Celestial City."

Soon, Stephen came back with results.

As the restrictions on housing purchases were lifted, the mayor raised prices and sold them at a peak, raking in a fortune.

real construction going on and were all sold

all the money, leaving behind empty, undeveloped lands and

For

was shaking,

houses are too expensive, so people left, leaving behind

the economic bubble burst, everything would be

was stunned after listening to the update. The issue was much

told everyone in the meeting room, and they were all left speechless. They

undeveloped areas and the idle but expensive houses-both

Someone said, "First, we spit back whatever money we got, which can solve most of the problems, but it will also ruin

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be to let the

the people go after the mayor and the South Regent for

be left idle, but the people would still have to pay a mortgage every month. They could stabilize the economy with that, but the people would feel aggrieved, which would drive more

resembling those of a village, it would deter people from coming to Celestial City

local businesses. They could not make enough money and

and his colleagues could only come up with two temporary solutions, but neither of them

it was impossible since the money would be in the South

chose the second option, which was to