Chapter 189


    Chapter 189 Uncle and Father-In-Law


    “For simple farmers like us, five thousand is considered a lot of money!”


    Damien picked up his teacup and took a sip. “Mister vige chief, your talent for stirring up trouble is


    remarkable to say the least.”


    “As head of the vige, not only did you not treat everyone fairly, but you kept wanting to start


    problems.”


    “I truly do not understand what the vigers like about you. And why would they choose. you to be


    vige chief.”


    ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    The vige chief’s lips turned white with anger, but he restrained himself. “What makes you say that,


    Mr. Lenoir?”


    “I’m just trying to find a solution everyone will be happy with. How can you call that ‘starting


    problems”?”


    Damien chuckled.


    “Firstly, you believed Vivian’s ims without fully understanding the situation and asking me about my


    version of events. You were already convinced I was guilty. Does that sound like justice to you?”


    “If I didn’t have video evidence, it would have been impossible to clear my name from these


    allegations.”


    The chief’s eyes darkened. “That was my mistake. Vivian is from my vige. I saw her disheveled state


    and thought…”


    “Secondly, when an incident like this happened in your vige, your first thought was not to report it to


    the police but to settle it privately. It may look like it’s for everyone’s good, but in reality?”


    “You said that five thousand is considered a lot of money in your vige. But why didn’t. you advise Ben


    Shaw otherwise when he asked me for fifty thousand?”


    “Oh. You probably thought that I had a lot of money, didn’t you?”


    “This afternoon, the man who lingered around my car and searched up its price on the inte was


    your son, wasn’t it?”


    The chief’s expression was drained of all color, l…”


    “You sent your son to confirm the price of my car to find out how wealthy I was. And when


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    Ben asked me for fifty thousand, you didn’t even blink an eye. All of you probably agreed on this


    amount beforehand, right?”


    Everyone was shocked.


    Damien wasn’t from their vige.


    But everything he said was believable.


    The chief’s son did indeede back from town in the afternoon. The chief and Ben’s family did spend


    the afternoon together, and they were indeed rted.


    It was clear who was telling the truth.


    The crowd began to murmur among themselves. The chief, pale now from fear, attempted to defend


    himself. “I was momentarily confused. If I had kept a clear head, I would have stopped Ben.”


    Unfortunately for him, his excuses were shaky, and no one believed him.


    Damien yawned. “If you can’t even keep a clear head during a time like this, maybe you shouldn’t be


    chief.”


    The chief’s expression shifted. “You’re not from our vige. Who are you say I can’t be chief?”


    “I have no say, of course.”


    Damien smiled faintly. He poured a cup of tea and handed it to Cherise. “For your uncle.”


    Cherise carefully presented the tea to Elvis.


    Elvis couldn’t tell what Damien’s intentions were, but how he handled the situation was


    remarkable.


    That was the only reason Elvis epted the cup and drank it.


    Damien waited until Cherise took the empty cup from Elvis before calmly continuing, “Elvis is Cherise’s


    uncle. But as we all know, Cherise grew up without parents. So, it can be said there’s no difference


    between her uncle and father.”


    “If we follow this logic, Elvis Shaw can be considered my father-inw.”


    “My father-inw has lived in this vige for forty to fifty years. Now that he has a son-in-w who has


    qualifications like me, he’s being ckmailed by the vige chief and his


    rtives.”