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Chapter 691

The moment those words were said, Stephen felt like his heart had been shot.Ethan continued, “When I said that you didn’t try hard enough, you said it was because you had no other choice. Now, I’ve given you a solution. What excuse do you have left?”Stephen was shaken to his core. His chest felt tight as if he had been punched hard or even shot. He almost felt like he was about to vomit blood. He lowered his head, saying, “I-I can’t do it.”“Not making a choice is also a choice,” said Ethan. “You’ll continue to cling to your miserable life, let Simon go, and then kill everyone in Breeze City.”“No!” Stephen shouted in panic. “I won’t! I don’t want anyone to get hurt!”Ethan said, “So, you’ll only let harm come to those around you as well as innocent people.”Boom! That statement struck Stephen like a bolt from the blue, leaving him frozen. He did not want anyone to get hurt, but that inadvertently caused the people around him and innocent people to constantly get hurt!Snow,
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Chapter 692

The incident where Stephen took away their compensation money left a huge impact. Headquarters also ordered Simon to resolve everything quickly and restore stability in Breeze City.However, 2.5 billion was not nearly enough. Simon immediately took another 3 billion from Breeze City for compensation.Although the extra money alleviated a lot of their anger and grievance, it was not enough to eliminate it.After all, they could not forget that Stephen took their money. Furthermore, they had been conned a total of 8 billion, but Simon only compensated them with 5.5 billion. There was still a significant amount unaccounted for.Simon knew that compensating them 5.5 billion would not fully resolve the issue. He wanted to allocate more money, but Breeze City’s current condition made it impossible for him to draw additional funds.Breeze City was running out of money, businesses were withdrawing, unemployment was soaring, and the market was in chaos. The prices for various goods, especi
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Chapter 693

If there was money left, it might even alleviate Breeze City’s current financial plight. The only downside was that Simon would not make any profit.‘When these issues are resolved, there’ll be plenty of opportunities to make money.’With that thought, Simon immediately made the preparations.‘Now that Stephen isn’t around, things are indeed much simpler.’ He sighed in his heart.How many absurd things did Stephen do while he was around? He publicly admitted his incompetence, got into a scandal, and stirred public resentment. Simon had gone through painstaking efforts to clean up all the problems.“I hope that he’ll reflect and correct all his mistakes while he’s away.”Meanwhile, Stephen was on a flight back to Metropolis. He stared blankly out of the window. His experiences the past six months felt like a dream.Stephen had lived many years, but he had never experienced one where he had lost so much. Friends, brothers, his beloved, money, power—he lost all of them.In the end
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Chapter 694

When the children laughed and ran away, Stephen simply sighed and said nothing.He prepared to take a shower and go to bed. He was too exhausted for the past half year and forgot what it felt like to sleep in his own home.Just then, someone from the family came to see him. He was an old man with white hair and a cane, but he exuded a powerful presence more intimidating than Simon.Stephen’s head instantly bowed when he saw the old man. “Grandfather.”The person who came was Stephen’s grandfather and Simon’s father, Harrison Quinn.“You still call me your grandfather?” Harrison rebuked. “What have you done in Riveria the past six months? Riveria’s GDP reached 15 trillion and was just shy of 20 trillion, but you managed to make it plummet below a trillion. Are you trying to drive us to our graves?”Stephen did not dare to look at Harrison. He wanted to explain that Riveria was not what everyone thought it was. It was not a peaceful blue sky but a turbulent deep sea. One misstep, a
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Chapter 695

Naturally, Stephen knew the reason‒he wanted to make up for the mistakes he had made in the past.However, he did not dare to voice that thought and simply said, “Because I used the Quinn family’s money for compensation.”Harrison nodded. “You’re not wrong, but that’s just part of the reason. Your other fault lies in your lack of thoroughness and firmness. You let them post about you recovering the money online.”Stephen did not dare to raise his head. “I understand. I won’t make the same mistake again.”“That’s more like it.” Harrison was very pleased.Over the past six months, Stephen had stirred up a lot of trouble in Riveria. Other families had been gossiping, and some even said that Stephen was not a genius at all and was not fit to manage Riveria.Harrison also had some doubts. However, he still believed that Stephen was intelligent and clearly knew what he did wrong.“The new year is approaching. For now, stay home and behave. If you have nothing to do, then read some boo
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Chapter 696

Stephen had no other choice. He was under house arrest, so he simply smiled wryly. “I hope you have fun. Well, I still have stuff to do. You should go now.”Exhausted, he had been suffering from a lack of sleep during this period. Coupled with the blows from several incidents, he was mentally and physically drained.Although everyone still had something to say, they held back when they saw how tired Stephen genuinely was.“Rest well, Stephen.”“Take care of your health.”“Let us know if you need anything.”They said goodbye to Stephen and left. After seeing them out, Stephen then sighed and returned to his own room.When he reached the door, he suddenly froze at the sight of an unexpected visitor.Victor Hughes!Victor had his hands in his pockets as he walked over slowly. “Mr. Quinn, we meet again.”Stephen took a deep breath. “Why are you here?”He had no goodwill left for Victor. Victor left immediately when trouble arose in Breeze City and even shifted the blame to Steph
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Chapter 697

[Come back home; I’m waiting for you.]The song continued.Stephen’s vision blurred as tears welled up in his eyes. He used to love this singer and always wanted to attend one of his concerts. Lily was the same. However, this singer had never performed there before.Now, the singer was here, and Stephen could finally watch him live. He even sat in the VIP section and would be able to shake hands and get an autograph later. The expressions of everyone around him were filled with excitement and emotion.However, Stephen’s face was streaked with tears. He was not happy at all. Despite finally making it to the concert, he felt sad inside because he should not be here alone tonight. He should have been here with Snow, Lily, Jeremy, and Andy.“Stephen, are you crying?” someone asked beside him.Stephen snapped back to his senses. “It’s nothing. The song was too beautiful. I really admire the person who wrote it.”The person nodded. “Yeah, I just looked it up. The lyricist and composer
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Chapter 698

For a moment, no one knew how to comfort Stephen. They knew a little about his troubles, but since they had not experienced it themselves, they could only say, “It’s all in the past. We have to look forward.”Stephen grabbed a bottle of beer and drank it directly.“Stephen!” The others were shocked to see Stephen chugging the beer.“I’m fine.” Stephen was still sober. He drank heavily now because he wanted to get drunk. Ever since Lily’s death, he started to drink to forget his troubles.However, every time he woke up, the weight of everything he had to shoulder threatened to suffocate him.“Even if you’re fine, you can’t drink like that.” Someone quickly took the bottle from him.“You can’t drink anymore. We’ll take you home.”They helped Stephen out and put him in the car, then drove toward the Quinns’ residence.Stephen said, “I don’t want to go back.”“You don’t? Where do you want to go then?” someone asked.“Where...” The question left Stephen at a loss. Where did he wan
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Chapter 699

After asking around, they found out that the famous psychologist in Metropolis, Dr. Steel, had retired. He had gone to Riveria with a student before, but an incident caused the student’s leg to be broken, leaving them disabled for life.After returning, Dr. Steel announced that he would never be involved in anything related to psychology.This decision had created a huge stir at the time. Everyone speculated what happened to Dr. Steel and his student. However, to this day, there was no clear answer.Dr. Steel also said nothing about it, and whenever someone asked, he would only show a pained expression as if the memory itself was filled with sharp needles that hurt his heart.“It’s a shame that Dr. Steel retired,” several people lamented. They did not know that Dr. Steel’s plight was thanks to Stephen.It was Stephen’s failed management that caused chaos in Hill City. Then, Dr. Steel could only watch as his student’s leg was shot and broken while the city was turned into a mess.
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Chapter 700

Breeze City’s GDP plummeted even quicker.Simon had to ask about the GDP every few hours, and he was beginning to fear sleeping because when he woke up, the numbers dropped again.“Why hasn’t anyone bought the development zone yet?” He had already lowered the development zone price drastically.Before coming to Breeze City, he had thought the problems here were not that serious. He believed that things could be resolved with just a little effort.However, the problems exceeded his expectations. Now, the situation was not only resolved but heading toward complete collapse.Just as he got a headache, his phone rang. Simon glanced at the screen and saw that it was the South Regent.“Have you been busy lately?” The South Regent chuckled.“Did you call just to mock me?” Simon’s voice turned cold. How dare a leader outside the borders mock him? He wanted to send people to wipe out the South Regent’s forces right now.The South Regent laughed. “Of course not. I’m not that kind of pers
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