The Man's Decree

Chapter 455 Women In The Village

“Something caught up, and I have to put the trip on hold. But I want you to buy more stones from Mount Hickoria!” Jared said to Dominic.

“Sure. I’ll go to Mount Hickoria myself and check out the stones!”

After Dominic left, Jared told Josephine about Ingrid’s wedding. She knew a trip to the village might not be pleasant, but as someone who understood Jared, she agreed right away.

They then started their journey and drove back to Jared’s hometown.

His hometown is a village in Horington that used to be a small settlement, but its landscape had drastically changed due to the development in the last few years.

Jared saw many houses were slapped with a demolition notice to make way for development projects. That was why Benedict insisted on getting his hands on the family residence!

Children were running around in the village. Jared did not know anyone of them since he had not returned for many years.

taking a break from work?” He rolled down the car’s window and greeted the seniors who were sitting by

in the village and stayed here until middle school. He only moved out when his

of the middle-aged women instantly recognized Jared. “Aren’t you Jared? I

from

wry smile. “I came

super rich, and he’s the boss of a big company! Maybe he can help you

up the window. He then looked at Josephine and said awkwardly, “That’s how blunt women in the village speak, but they don’t have any bad intentions. She used to boil eggs for me when I

grin but kept mum. Perhaps,

parking his car in the courtyard, he took a glance at the residence that was made up of five individual buildings. My parents must have

shouted from the

and calling his

to his parents when he returned from school. He