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Ethan walked over and sat on a chair under a tree, then glanced at the stone stool beside him. “Have a seat.”Jeremy snapped back to his senses and quickly walked over. “I have some things to ask you, Lord Rivers.”Ethan said calmly, “Everyone who comes to find me has something they want to ask.”“I heard from the South Regent that you once brought three years of peace to Riveria, and many people abroad still hope for your return. However, why are so many netizens cursing you?”“They have different pieces of information, so they view issues from different perspectives,” said Ethan. “Of course, in most cases, it’s because people don’t think things through.”Jeremy almost laughed at the words. He had mentally prepared himself before coming, thinking that Ethan might be someone very serious. However, it seemed Ethan was much more interesting than he expected.“Since you once brought peace to Riveria, you must know the South Regent and the Spencers. Can you tell me who the good guy i
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If someone found this order, they would be doomed.The boss was sweating profusely. “There were too many documents at that time, and I accidentally placed the order in the wrong file. It won’t happen again.”Nolan asked, “Has anyone else seen it? If there is, deal with them before they have a chance to talk.”The boss quickly responded, “Gotcha. I’ll make sure there are no accidents!”Nolan scoffed. “Find it quickly and call me back.”The call ended. The boss sighed in relief, but his hands continued searching. Not long after that, he found the order and grabbed it, leaving hurriedly. The room plunged back into darkness.At that moment, the hand covering Jeremy’s mouth finally let go.Jeremy crawled out from under the desk and looked at the person hiding in there. A young man crawled out after him.“Who are you?” Jeremy looked at him warily.The man smiled. “Don’t worry. We’re not enemies.”Jeremy understood. “Do you work for the South Regent?”“Bingo.” The man started searc
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Jeremy left the office with the man and exchanged contact information before parting. He also found out that the man’s name was Fabian Grant.After returning home, he took out his phone and called Stephen. “I found someone working for the South Regent at the Spencer Group. They’re also looking for evidence against the Spencers.”Stephen frowned. “Be careful. They’re a cunning bunch.”“But he saved me.”“He’s just trying to get close to you,” said Stephen. “You just arrived at Riveria, so you don’t know how despicable people can be. You’ll be easily deceived.”Was that really the case? Jeremy was doubtful.“What did he say to you?” Stephen asked.“He mentioned Ethan.” Jeremy hesitated. He wanted to ask Stephen if the latter had truly imprisoned Ethan just to steal his achievements. However, Stephen was his benefactor, so neither did Jeremy dare to ask, nor could he.“Ethan?” Stephen’s expression instantly turned cold. “I knew it. They must have told you how amazing Ethan is and
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The next day, at 9 in the morning, Jeremy informed Stephen about the order.“So, the South Regent’s subordinate called you last night and told you that the order is in Nolan’s house?”Stephen found it hard to believe. The South Regent’s subordinate worked too quickly. He just told Jeremy that there was an order form as evidence last night. Now, he found where it was, and it just so happened to be in Nolan’s house?If it were him, he would either get rid of the evidence as soon as possible or hide it somewhere no one knew of. Why would he keep it at home?“Are you telling me this because you want me to search Nolan’s house?” Stephen asked.Jeremy nodded. “Yes.”Stephen sighed in exasperation. “I’ll go have a look.” He wanted to bring Jeremy with him, but the latter refused.“I shouldn’t show up. If he sees me, he’ll be on guard at the office.”Stephen thought about it and felt that it made sense. He took the others with him to Nolan’s house instead.At the villa, Nolan had just
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He had heard from others that Stephen was useless, and today, he confirmed it. Stephen truly was useless. The evidence was right there, but he still could not find it.Fabian sighed helplessly. “In that case, we have no choice but to find it ourselves. I’ll contact you tonight.”Jeremy narrowed his eyes, suspecting that this might all be a setup. There was no order sheet at Nolan’s house at all. Fabian fabricated the story and would plant a fake order form later to frame Nolan.At the same time, Nolan stood at the door and watched Stephen’s car leave.‘They didn’t find the order this time, but the South Regent won’t give up. I should set up a trap.’At that thought, Nolan took out his phone and made a call in the living room. He said loudly, “I’ll be going out in the evening and will only be back tomorrow.”Fabian soon received news that Nolan would be away tonight. It was the perfect opportunity! At night, he contacted Jeremy. “Let’s head over to Nolan’s house and find the order
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Jeremy silently watched from the side, wondering what trick Fabian was going to pull.Under the accomplice’s instructions, Fabian successfully found the switch to the hidden room. He rotated the desk lamp, and with a click, a bookshelf shifted.“It’s open!” Fabian walked over and pushed open the bookshelf, revealing a new room.The room was not large—barely ten square meters—but it contained several cabinets. However, most of them were empty since Nolan had only arrived in Hill City recently and did not have much information that needed to be hidden.On the desk in front of the room was a folder. Fabian quickly walked up to it and picked it up. Opening it, he found Nolan’s order.“Found it.” Fabian walked up to Jeremy and passed him the folder.Jeremy looked at it and saw that it contained details of transactions with foreign forces. For example, who the recipient was and how many explosives were sold. He narrowed his eyes, trying to figure out if this order was real or fake. Aft
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“I’ve always been at odds with foreign forces. Why would I ever collaborate with them? As for the evidence you mentioned, where is it?”The order he left in the secret room was fake. It was something he had specially fabricated to frame the South Regent. He already knew that there would be a search tonight, so why would he leave the real order there?He had already sent the real order back to the Spencers’ residence after Stephen left. No one would find it!Jeremy picked up the folder. “It’s right here. We have the order sheet of your dealings with the foreign forces.”Nolan smiled. “That’s not my company’s order form. It’s the South Regent’s company’s order.”Fabian froze and looked at Nolan in shock, realizing that Nolan had switched the order! He had fallen into his trap!He brought Jeremy here to find the real order. Then, Jeremy would give the order to Stephen, and they would expose the Spencers’ schemes. However, Nolan had anticipated their arrival and prepared an order to
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“It’s getting late now. We should go.” Stephen got ready to leave with Jeremy.At that moment, Jeremy looked at Fabian, who was staring at him.“Save me! Take me with you!” Fabian pleaded. He knew that falling into Nolan’s hands would mean certain death.Jeremy was silent. He had been tricked the entire time and wanted nothing more than to slap Fabian. Save him? No way!Stephen heard Fabian’s words and looked at Jeremy. “Do you want to take him with you?”Jeremy shook his head. “I don’t know him.”Stephen nodded in satisfaction and left with Jeremy.Fabian froze on the spot, watching as Jeremy walked away. He had not expected this outcome.Nolan saw the two off and slowly walked back to Fabian. He looked at Fabian’s pale face and asked, “Are you scared?”Fabian was not scared of death. He was scared of the consequences of his death.Jeremy and Stephen had been tricked by Nolan. Stephen would surely use the order against the South Regent. Furthermore, with his death, the South
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Hugo waited until Natalie fell asleep before leaving the hospital ward with the South Regent. He said in a low voice, “Please take me to see Mr. Rivers.”From that moment onward, he also addressed Ethan as Mr. Rivers.Ethan did not only save his life but also Natalie’s. He would repay that debt with his life.“Are you sure?” the South Regent asked. “If you take Natalie and her grandfather back to Metropolis now, you can stay out of all of this.”Natalie’s grandfather’s health had also stabilized after treatment.If Hugo wished, he could take them back to Metropolis, where the medical treatments were better. Furthermore, Hugo had worked as a psychologist for many years and even treated Stephen, so he had saved up over a million dollars.If he managed his finances well, he would not become rich, but it was enough for Natalie to grow up safe and healthy and ensure that her grandfather retired peacefully.Hugo did not hesitate. “I’ve made up my mind.”He played a part in how things
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“Stephen has always lived in Riveria. He is the Grand Marshal’s sole mentee and the one who brought three years of peace to Riveria. Ethan is a corrupt criminal.”Scrolling further down, there was also an apology video from Stephen. He claimed that the statement was true and expressed regret that he caused an outcry and wasted public resources.Hugo fell completely silent after watching it.How could this be? Others might not know whether Stephen truly was the Grand Marshal’s mentee or not, but he did.Victor had told him about Ethan’s achievements. Even assassins feared Ethan. Stephen had also admitted in front of him who Ethan really was.Only Ethan could save Riveria.In the past, Hugo thought that Stephen was just being misled and used, which was why he wanted to help him.However, now, Stephen insisted that he was the Grand Marshal’s mentee and that he was the one who had managed Riveria in the past.As a psychologist, Hugo could tell from Stephen’s expressions in the vide
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The doctors told Hugo what happened.“Back then, you had already lost too much blood. You’re lucky that there was a young man with the same blood type as you when you were brought in, so he gave you a transfusion. Then, our family head sent us to take care of you. If not for our excellent medical skills, you probably wouldn’t have woken up.”Hugo was confused. “Family head? Did Simon send you?”The two doctors suddenly froze, their expressions turning dark.“Watch what you say. Simon didn’t send us. Ugh!”They were so angry that they stopped the examination.Hugo was stunned at the sudden change in their attitude. They were not sent by Simon? Furthermore, why did they react so strongly to the mention of Simon’s name? If not Simon, who else could be the ‘family head’?“Who sent you?” Hugo asked in confusion.“We’re from the Ledger family,” the doctor said coldly. “Who’s Simon? We don’t know him. Don’t lump us in with that filth.”“Huh?” Hugo was still bewildered. “The Ledger fa
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Tyler frowned. “What happened?”“It’s about Riveria.” Nolan handed his phone to Tyler. “Simon and Stephen have completely lost all shame. I can’t believe they said something like this.”After reading the news, Tyler’s expression darkened. “Although I know they’re shameless, I still underestimated them.”In the past, they had slandered Ethan and stole his achievements. Now, after being exposed, they fabricated evidence and worked with headquarters to deceive the public.“Tyler, what should we do?” Nolan asked. “I can’t stand by while they slander Mr. Rivers like this.”Tyler said, “Let me think.”To them, Ethan was their savior. Without Ethan, the Spencers would never have made it out of Riveria alive. It was thanks to Ethan stepping in that they had a chance to start over.However, Simon was shamelessly going further to distort the truth and rewrite history. They could not watch this happen. The truth had to be exposed!A moment later, Tyler said in a low voice, “Let’s go to Ri
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The netizens had mostly been deceived by the internet trolls.When they saw Simon and headquarters both speaking out, they fully believed that Stephen was innocent and that everything was part of Leo and Ethan’s schemes. Even the few who had firmly believed in Ethan began to doubt themselves.Online, the uproar gradually died down. At that moment, Simon took the next step! He had someone publish the recording of the gala and instructed the trolls to guide the audience in revisiting the highlights.With that, both he and Stephen were completely safe.When people reviewed the gala recording, it also boosted Riveria’s popularity. It was killing multiple birds with one stone!Simon did not rest. Instead, he took the official statement and the trending discussions online and headed to the jail to meet Leo.“Has he confessed yet?” Simon asked the staff.After Leo was imprisoned, he had been questioned who the mastermind behind this was.“No. He keeps saying there’s no mastermind.”S
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“Yeah. I’m from Breeze City. If Stephen is driven away by all your insults, what are we supposed to do?”“All this is part of Ethan’s scheme. He’s deliberately trying to frame Stephen!”This was the next phase of their attack. They accused everyone of being too extreme and then created a victim narrative to gain sympathy. Finally, they flipped the story. Stephen was the pure-hearted and selfless one while Ethan was the true villain!While the internet was being flooded with manipulated narratives, Simon was not idle either. He felt that fabricating transaction records and hiring internet trolls alone was not enough. Ne needed more fabricated evidence.Thus, he had several people in Riveria publicly claim that Stephen had been the one managing Riveria all along.Ethan Rivers? Never heard of him!After a day of work, Simon was drenched in sweat. He felt his heart pound as if it might leap out of his throat.After all, he had not rested properly for days because of the gala. Furthe
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Simon stayed up all night thinking.The next morning, a little after 6 a.m., he called someone to forge records that Stephen had lived in Riveria before.At the gala, someone had questioned whether Stephen really was the Grand Marshal’s mentee. His response at that time was that Stephen had always lived in Riveria.Now, he had to fabricate those records as soon as possible and release them publicly. Protecting Stephen’s identity as ‘the Grand Marshal’s sole heir’ was extremely important. As long as that narrative was maintained, it would minimize suspicions from others.“But that’s not enough.”Simon continued to take action and hired internet trolls. Since he could not suppress the public’s interest, he personally intervened and made the trolls comment that Stephen was the one in charge of Riveria while Ethan was a corrupt criminal and that Leo was spewing nonsense!As soon as the money was paid, the trolls began their work.“You guys say that Ethan was the one in charge of Riv
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However, the event was quickly losing steam! Leo had shifted everyone’s attention away, and people were more curious about Ethan and Stephen’s true identities. The whole internet buzzed with discussions, and many were engaged in fierce arguments. Even if Simon tried to suppress the controversy, it was nearly impossible to stop it. Quite a few people were even starting to leave the event. Many planned to stay in Breeze City for a few days and tour the city, but after experiencing the incident, they no longer trusted Simon. Therefore, they changed their plans and decided to leave the next day!By the time the event ended at 1 a.m., the audience present had dropped to less than half of the original count. When Simon and Stephen took the stage and saw the half-empty seats, they felt dispirited. The celebrities and singers who attended the event could also barely manage a smile. They regretted coming. The scandal surrounding Stephen’s real identity could easily engulf them, and the l
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Stephen immediately raised his head and asked, “Where is she?”Simon fell silent. He had no idea where Lily was. Perhaps only Ethan would know her whereabouts, and he did not know how to answer Stephen. Stephen frowned as he waited for a response. “What’s wrong? Didn’t you say she’s alive? Why don’t you tell me where she is?”Simon took a deep breath. “It might not be the best time to tell you now.”He still tried to brush it off. “What do you mean?” Stephen was getting anxious. “Do you want me to get on my knees and beg you? Don’t you know how important she is to me?” Stephen pointed at his gray hair. “I want to see her again so badly.”As Simon lowered his head, looking conflicted, Stephen fell to his knees with a bam. “What are you doing?” Simon exclaimed and quickly pulled him up. At that point, he realized that he could not hide it anymore. He did not want to say that Ethan saved Lily, but only Ethan knew where she was now. Even if he wanted to lie, he could not. W
