The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin
Chapter 488
His hair was gray, his face lined with wrinkles, and his clothes were tattered and shabby.
Stephen was stunned. "He's the culprit?"
The assistant nodded. "Yes."
Stephen took a deep breath. "Why did you set the fire?"
The old man trembled and stuttered, "I didn't do it on purpose."
Stephen's face was cold. "Even if it wasn't on purpose, you have to explain what's going on."
Hill City's mountains were ancient and were home to many precious plants and animals. The economic and environmental damage caused by this fire was immeasurable.
The old man lowered his head. "Our orchard was destroyed. The subsidies were too little, and our children all went to find work in other cities. Now, someone wants to lease our village land, so I wanted to expand it a bit."
Stephen understood. The orchard was destroyed, leaving them without a harvest. The youngsters went to work elsewhere as they thought the subsidy was too little. At this juncture, some companies wanted to lease the empty and idle land, so the old man tried to expand it to earn more money, accidentally leading to the forest fire.
He was so mad that he almost ground his teeth to dust. "Aren't you being greedy? I gave you so many subsidies, and you still think it's not enough? You must've
hundreds of thousands
still hung low. "I only received two
stunned. Two grand? He had allocated billions,
needed the help only
big is
"Twenty acres."
twenty acres
looked at him.
the young people went to work in other cities and gave up on their orchards if they
and asked, "How much is the company paying to
old man said,
Stephen was shocked.
the end, it all traced back to his own failings. If he had not trusted Nico and doubted Julius back then, Hill City's agriculture and livestock business would not have been
that he wanted to say. Before entering the interrogation
left. Although they caught the arsonist, he felt no relief, only a heavier
only receive two thousand for
lease an acre of land for just two hundred over three
could not help but wonder how Ethan managed to achieve a
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