The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 957 Punishment

But not even a second later, beads of sweat started to drip down his forehead, rolling down like raindrops falling from eaves. Daniel looked at the worker and asked, still smiling, "So, is your stomach still not hurting?"

"Why should my stomach hurt? It doesn't! I'm not lying, so how can I be in pain?"

Despite the fact that the worker's stomach felt like it was being twisted by a knife, he kept pretending as if nothing was wrong!

But pretending wouldn't help; the pain was too much to bear. The worker bent over like a cooked shrimp, clutching his stomach.

"Is your stomach feeling especially painful right now? You know, if you want the pain to disappear, it's simple: just admit you lied and immediately cut that original stone properly. Then maybe God will forgive you. Otherwise, you'll face divine punishment!"

The worker was frightened; he didn't understand why he was in pain. Memories of the day flooded his mind he hadn't eaten anything strange and surely wasn't poisoned!

his stomach was hurting so badly, could it be true like this guy said, that

in the business for decades, the worker still had a shred of belief in divine intervention. Better to believe than to

he finally admitted, partially conceding without fully

said this, the

Or was it

even

was careful not to lie again and

my fault! I intentionally

as he admitted this, the pain in his

shocked

for lying? Now that he was honest, the

you stop lying, your stomach feels so much better?" Daniel