Chapter 527

Not long after Nolan left, Stephen came with his men to interrogate Charles.

"How long have you been embezzling and taking bribes?" Stephen asked bluntly as soon as he entered. "I had such high hopes for you."

Charles looked at him and said, "Half a month."

"Half a month?"

Stephen did some quick mental calculations. Hill City plunged into chaos again half a month ago, which matched Charles' timeline of corruption.

"You're such a fool!" Stephen said coldly, "Who bribed you? You'd better speak.”

Charles knew that even if he did not get a death sentence, he would spend the rest of his life behind bars. He had come to terms with his fate, so he named everyone who bribed him with money.

record it, Stephen asked, "Why did you do it? You've

hearing that, Charles laughed. "Let you down? If I let you down, then you've completely devastated me! You must know my parents died, right? Do you know how they

try to stir up rumors and demand Ethan's

"How did they die?"

cut off my family's subsidy, and stopped our medical insurance. They committed suicide because they were afraid of being

that the truth behind Xavier and

down, reminding himself that he had been trained

and said, "You're twisting the facts. What do I have to do with

was indeed wrong this time." Not only did he do something wrong, but he also let Ethan

wanted for anything. You can say we ended up like this because we didn't work hard enough, but I also have something to say

millions of people, and many of them rely on subsidies and medical insurance

He realized that if Charles was telling the truth, and many people relied on subsidies and medical insurance to survive, then imprisoning Ethan without implementing a

was already plunged into chaos, if many people committed suicide out of desperation,

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