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When everyone heard that everything was a foreign conspiracy, they were furious.Adding to the previous ridicule from abroad, people immediately scolded them online.Even if the people abroad claimed that the incident had nothing to do with them, no one believed them. Everyone was sure that they were causing trouble.Many people also began to praise Stephen.“Stephen’s sacrifice and dedication are truly immense. He’s a true hero.”“People should make a movie about him!”“Stephen’s selflessness and fearlessness is something we should all learn from.”Simon looked at the messages and smiled for the first time in a while.The pressure on him these past few days had been enormous, making him feel like he could not breathe. Fortunately, everything was gradually being resolved now. Although not all the problems had been solved, at least he could rest for a while.He had not slept for a whole day and night. When he saw the public opinion about him and Stephen improving, he returned t
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“I’m a businessman,” said the South Regent.“I don’t have anything to sell to you,” said Hugo, “and I don’t know you, so you may leave now.”The South Regent was not in a hurry and said slowly, “Do you hate Stephen Quinn?”Hugo froze.Did he hate Stephen? He did. He had become a cripple because of Stephen, but more than that, he was angry. It was all Stephen’s fault that Breeze City became what it was now.“Why are you asking?” Hugo asked cautiously.“I have some dirt on Stephen,” said the South Regent. “With it, you can make Stephen pay the price.”From what the South Regent knew, Hugo was Stephen’s friend, and he had been captured because of Stephen. Thus, Stephen felt guilty toward Hugo.If Hugo wanted revenge on Stephen, it would hurt him psychologically far more than his physical wounds.Stephen was already in a fragile state. If he suffered betrayal as well, he definitely would not be able to handle it.Hugo understood now. “You want me to go against Stephen?”The Sout
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It was as if he was standing in the position Ethan had been in years ago. However, the South Regent knew very well that it was an illusion. He had always been chasing after Ethan, but he was still nowhere near catching up.“Let’s go.”The car started and left.The little girl returned home and happily told Hugo about the three hundred dollars that the South Regent had given her. “Your friend is so nice.”Hugo was slightly stunned. He did not understand what the South Regent was doing.That night, the South Regent arrived in front of Ethan’s villa.“Lord Rivers, I hope you don’t mind me joining you for dinner.” The South Regent was still carrying the vegetables the little girl had picked. “I brought my own chef and ingredients, so I won’t be freeloading.”However, his purpose for coming here was not just to eat.During the meal, he asked Ethan, “How should we handle Hugo Wood?”He knew that Hugo had once disrespected Ethan.Ethan took a bite of his food and said, “Whatever you
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When Simon learned that Stephen was recovering well, the last major worry in his heart finally lifted. Now, he could report the good news to headquarters.“All the issues have been resolved. Breeze City is stabilizing, and the economy has stopped declining.”Although Breeze City’s GDP had dropped to less than 100 billion, Simon remained hopeful about the future.As the sayings go, ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’, ‘what goes up must come down’, ‘fortune and misfortune go hand in hand’, and ‘the rainbow comes after the rain’. After weathering the greatest storms, good days were bound to come.The people at headquarters were also quite pleased to hear the news.“Simon is indeed impressive. The issue this time was foreign interference.”“Even though there was sabotage, Simon still handled the situation perfectly. He did a great job.”“It’s a shame for Stephen though. He was so brave, but he was treated like this. It’s heartbreaking.”“Yeah, I hope he can overcome this hu
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Everyone thought that he was a hero. Despite enduring countless hardships and suffering torment, he was still able to recover quickly!Victor took out the recording file.Stephen had drunk a bit and was slightly tipsy. Just then, his phone rang. He glanced at the screen and saw that it was from an unknown caller.However, he did not think much about it and answered the call. A cold and unfamiliar voice came through. “You bounced back quite quickly.”“Who are you?” Stephen was confused.“That’s not important. What matters is this conversation.”The recording started, and Stephen froze. The tipsy feeling he had instantly vanished. He recognized that voice. It was his father, Simon’s voice!He was conspiring with someone on how to frame the foreign parties and completely absolve himself of any blame.Stephen had already experienced the collapse of many cities and deeply understood the consequences. So many people supported him and Simon online and even argued with the foreign part
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Click. The call ended.Stephen shuddered and did not dare to hesitate, urgently shouting, “Everyone, take your phones out and hand them to the receptionist!”He understood the other party’s plan. It was to prevent him from using his phone to call for help. Although he could send someone out for backup, the countdown was only three minutes!There were only two things he could do.First, find all the remote detonators as quickly as possible. Second, evacuate the people in the supermarket.Stephen took the decoding map while saying to one person, “Take your ID and go to the supermarket across the street to evacuate the people. Ten bombs will explode in three minutes.”The guards were shocked.Stephen continued, “The rest of you will decode the clues with me. There are ten remote detonators in this hotel. We need to find them all and deactivate the bombs.”The receptionist was also stunned. “I’ll return your phones!”She had no idea about the situation. It was only after Stephen e
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Only ten seconds remained!Stephen was drenched in sweat. All he could hear at that moment was his own heartbeat—a countdown to doom.When there were eight seconds left on the clock, his body shook violently as sweat dripped down his face. Stephen knew he could not hesitate anymore. Time was running out, yet his legs felt like they were filled with lead, making it impossible to move!At five seconds…"Move! Stephen Quinn, run!" he screamed, desperately rushing toward the corner of the room.With two seconds left, Stephen snatched up the remote control, and at the last second, Stephen squeezed his eyes shut, pressing the remote hard. After a crisp clicking sound, the entire room fell silent.There was no explosion. He had succeeded!Stephen collapsed to the ground, his face pale and lips white, as if he had been working for ten days straight and was about to pass out from exhaustion. He could not even lift his hands anymore."I did it," Stephen thought excitedly. "I’ve saved the
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Since the South Regent had given Hugo 300 dollars, he felt he could no longer neglect Natalie's education. Hence, he took her into the city to buy some books.During the trip, Natalie wanted to visit a nearby supermarket. After her persistent pleading, Hugo agreed. However, just after he had picked out the books and stepped out, he heard news of a bomb in the supermarket. He tried to rush in to look for Natalie but could not push through the crowd. Already injured, he was knocked to the ground and nearly trampled by the evacuating stampede.The moment he got up, he heard the violent explosion. The reverberations left Hugo's mind blank. The bomb had gone off.Rescue teams arrived quickly. Many people were caught in the blast, with over twenty buried in the rubble.Hugo frantically called out for Natalie among the crowd but got no response. Ten minutes later, rescue workers pulled Natalie from the ruins—unconscious, covered in blood, and barely alive. Seeing her like that, Hugo's l
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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
