Chapter 708

Seeing the man’s confident expression, Edmund hesitantly took out his phone and dialed his father’s number. However, his face grew increasingly grim as the call couldn’t get through.

“No way! My dad is the chief of the State Enforcement Bureau! Who could take him down so quietly?” Edmund insisted, though his trembling hands and rapid breathing betrayed his inner panic.

He kept trying to reach anyone connected to his father, but all the calls went unanswered.

“Stop struggling. Let me tell you, your father was detained just ten minutes ago!” the middle-aged man said coldly. “According to the investigation, he owns over a thousand properties in the state. He also embezzled funds exceeding billions. At best, he’s looking at a life sentence.”

Edmund collapsed to the ground upon hearing that.

“No way! How could this happen... Who are you?” he asked the middle-aged man, stammering all the way.

“Don’t you recognize me? I’m Levi.”

Edmund was thunderstruck—Levi Zephyr, chief prosecutor