The Guardian's Return (Ethan Rivers) novel Chapter 490

“Send someone over to negotiate and pressure their officials to release our people. If they refuse, send a squad over.”

Nolan nodded. “Got it.”

After hanging up the call, Nolan thought Stephen’s idea was decent this time, but unfortunately, it was destined to fail because Stephen did not expect the problem to lie with Nolan himself.

The guards escorting the criminals and the hijackers were all Nolan’s subordinates, which meant they were from Riveria. The foreign officials had little control over the matter.

Most importantly, the situation outside the borders was chaotic, controlled by various powerful forces such as the South Regent. With Nolan around, the squad assault would never succeed. If Nolan willed it, he could easily wipe the squad out as well.

Stephen kept his phone and looked at his assistant. “Bring me to that man’s village chief. At the same time, find out which company wanted to lease the orchard land.”

He wanted to investigate how a mere two thousand was all that remained when the subsidy reached the old man. And if the old man only received two thousand, what about the others? There might be someone who got less than two thousand!

The assistant was a little worried. “Mr. Stephen, do you want to take a break? You have been working all night.”

Stephen shook his head. “I’ll rest after settling these matters.”

The assistant was touched. Stephen had really changed a lot. When he first came to Riveria, he was arrogant and haughty, but now, he was more composed and could even work through the night. He encouraged, “You’ll definitely get it all sorted out.”

“Yeah.” Stephen nodded.

He thought that even though he did not have as much experience as Ethan, as long as he was willing to put in the work, he would be rewarded!

Soon, Stephen met the village chief. He asked about the old man and why he only received two thousand dollars.

The village chief was afraid and helpless. “There was nothing I could do. I only received a hundred grand. Considering various factors, I could only give him that much.”