The Queen They Buried

Chapter 572

Just then, a glass hit the table with a loud thud as the village chief’s voice sounded, “Mr. Wilknow you’re from Rithol City and you’re a big

shot, but I bet you’re not the only important person who’s come here, right?”

The village chief’s small, cloudy eyes flashed with a flicker of cunning. He was certain that the two outsiders at Josephine’s place were definitely not just fruit merchants.

He thought, ‘I heard the demolition project was restarted, but hardly anyone had come to the village so far. I guess they just brought in the big shots directly.

‘For all I know, those two outsiders at Josephine’s place might be from Rithol City too!

“If you’re not willing to cooperate, I’m sure plenty of others would love to get involved,” the village chief taunted with a sly smile.

As the chief smirked, Santiago quickly tried to smooth things over, “Mr. Wilson, please don’t take it the wrong way. Honestly, who wouldn’t want to grab the demolition money and get out of this dump? It’s just that we’re all sitting on a gold mine, am I right?”

Bryan let out a low chuckle, “What I mean is, let me take over the gold mine. I’ll pay you a lump sum for it.”

The village chief’s expression darkened, and he questioned, “Mr. Wilson, wouldn’t that be a huge loss for me?”

on? Do you even have the guts to open up that gold mine yourself?” Bryan shot back and his words struck

in the back mountain, on land owned by David. The village chief had secretly struck a deal with David,

David agreed. That was the real reason

authorities were monitoring everything closely, and no one dared to take such a huge risk. The village chief couldn’t mine the gold on his own, and he couldn’t find any parties who had

like you can mine the gold yourself anyway. Why not just take a lump sum and keep quiet about it? I can use the redevelopment project in Ridgehaven Town as cover to mine the gold. By the time the project’s finished, the mine will

kept changing, but

a point, the village chief thought. ‘It’s not like I can do anything with the gold mine besides sitting on it. Getting a lump sum isn’t a bad deal either. But… how could I

let it go so

let’s not kid ourselves. In the end, you still need my input on this to get the redevelopment project, don’t

green light, I guarantee you that Wilson Group won’t get the

was a sly old fox, and he

a good deal, then

I’ll still walk away with the demolition

Let’s

the gold mine’s profits. The land where the mine sits actually belongs to one of our

as for the