The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 316

Then, the village chief, Hendrick, arrived. When he entered the room and saw Nico, his brows furrowed.

Due to the incident shree years ago, the village hold a huge grudge against Nico and his family. Initially, they wanted to exile Nico and his family, but after Lars died and Nico was imprisoned, their parents fell ill before passing way soon after. Nico's wife left as well.

After Nico was released, he lived with his son, Tommy, The villagers took pity on him and allowed him and his son to continue living in Stone Village.

Hendrick then looked at the mayor, Julius, and George, and said, "Gentlemen, a word?"

Julius noticed the disgust in Hendrick's.eyes when he saw Nico, and it baffled him. Nico was welcoming and easy-going, so why would people hate him?

After leaving Nico's house, Julius asked, "Hendrick, I saw you frowning at Nico. What did he do?"

Hendrick sighed and said, "You might not know about this, but Nico's brother, Lars, is a criminal. He has killed, raided, and committed every atrocious act known to men three years ago, and Nico took his own brother's life. His parents were deeply upset and fell ill, eventually passing away. His wife also left him."

such a ruthless man. They

atrocious act.

sighed. "Well, he's a pitiful man as

The families that his brother ruined are pitiful. Nico

at Nico's house, the young man saw them off before

seems to respect them a lot." The young man was none other than Nico's son, Tommy, his only remaining family member. Nico scoffed, "The slim man is the mayor, Julius Sanders. As for the other one,

to see the mayor and the governor in person. "What are they doing there? Are they here to investigate us? We've turned over a new leaf, haven't

you see Hendrick's expression when he came in? Even if we aren't who we used

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right. I've spoken to Mr. Rivers before. He said if we can let go of the

dead because of him as well, and he made your mother leave us! He's

silence. He was no longer a child. He knew how Stone Village and Hill City had changed over

Ethan arrived, people's

got into university and even had a girlfriend, something he