The Queen They Buried

Chapter 571

By now, everyone in the village knew about that whole mess with Samuel, and they thought, ‘He still had enough shame to hide himself after pulling a stunt like that, leaving his old man to face the music for him‘

All those curious, scornful, and disgusted looks zeroed in on the village chief.

Still stinging from getting shut down by David, the village chief brushed the dust off his clothes and shot the crowd a nasty look with his shifty little eyes. “Oh, so you all think you’re real gutsy now, huh? What, are you here for the drama? Who are you staring at?” he barked.

Everyone around jumped at his outburst, and they shrank back and dropped their heads like a bunch of kids caught red–handed.

Watching the scene from a distance, Aubree frowned in disapproval. Behind her, Vincent couldn’t help but remark, “Is that supposed to be a village chief? Lle acts more like some local despot.”

They’d come today to finalize the deal for David’s fruit and also to see for themselves how the village chief would react.

Right at that moment, a black sedan rolled up and stopped in front of the village head. The door opened, and out stepped a man in a crisp suit. On the surface, he looked like a refined professional, but there was something sly and dangerous about him. He looked like the kind of guy who looked respectable but was rotten to the core. If one looked closely, one could see he shared a few features with the village chief.

Who’s that?” Aubree asked.

Vincent had been here long enough to figure out the key players in the village as he responded, “That’s the village chief’s eldest son.”

son?’ Aubree wondered

the face clearly, but just from the

hear what the village head’s son was saying, but the village chief’s face went through a few changes before he finally put on a bootlicking grin and got into the

“That’s Bryan,” Aubree said.

trying to work through the villagers won’t get

the land behind the mountains. We should have the

already had some suspicions about what

the village chief wouldn’t have turned down the demolition compensation and gone so far as to stall the whole project just to

just been acting all high and mighty, was now reduced to a total lackey–bowing and scraping as he poured drinks for the three

none other than the county chief of Mistmere, Bryan,

his glass and knocked back three shots in a row before apologizing, “It’s all my fault that

Carmen came with her team, she was acting under the names of Wilson Group and the Diamonde

of difference between someone who truly held the reins of power in the Wilson

Carmen knew that, the smile on her face was

showed up, she should just let him go talk to the county chief, and she didn’t have to worry

his status known, he got the county chief

that, and let’s get down to