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Simon felt that it was very difficult.
Should he tell Stephen the truth? Aqua City was at a critical moment. He could not find out right now.
However, the truth could not be hidden forever. Stephen would find out eventually, and the longer it was kept from him, the more misery he would feel later.
Simon could only ask Liam, “What about the body?”
“It was returned to her hometown according to her wishes.”
“Give it to me,” said Simon. “She was part of the Quinns.”
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“Sorry, but I can’t.” Liam sighed and said helplessly, “She severed ties with Stephen before she died. Neither is she part of the Quinns nor is she worthy of them.‘
Bam!
Simon slammed his palm on the table.
That apology at the press conference!
Stephen publicly cut ties with Snow, leading to this result.
Snow was dead, and the Quinns could not retrieve her body. They did not even know where her body was!
Liam said, “All this was her choice. Let’s respect it one last time.”
Simon hung up the phone. He sat in his chair, feeling a little dazed.
He had never encountered such a situation before. The Quinns were so powerful, rich, and influential that there was nothing that they could not do.
However, Snow had died for Stephen, and the Quinns could not save her.
“He’s still so young. Why must he face something like this?”
Simon did not know how he would comfort Stephen in the future.
Stephen was young and had fallen in love with a girl, only for her to die for him. Even
though he had a powerful family, there was nothing he could do. He could not even retrieve her body.
“This must be God’s will!”
For the first time, Simon felt what it was like to be powerless.
There was only one thing he could do now!
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He contacted the ISP and made them impose restrictions on Stephen. Stephen could still make phone calls but would not receive any information online about Snow.
In Aqua City, the sports event was getting closer.
The number of tourists started to increase. Tourist areas and farm stays began operating.
Stephen was delighted to see the growing economy.
Some companies even started to take an interest in Aqua City.
It had started!
There were three days until the sports event began, but it was already having an effect. Aqua City was beginning to make big money.
However, Stephen did not know that new problems were starting to emerge.
Farm stays and hotels started to raise their prices!
Now, it cost 3 grand to spend a day at a farm stay and a grand for a night at a hotel. That was far too expensive for tourists.
However, the farm stays and hotels were not worried. As the event was about to begin, more and more tourists would keep coming.
“If you don’t come, others will. The prices are still cheap now. They’ll go up even more later!”
This left many tourists unhappy. They went sight–seeing but found the water dark. Occasionally, they could even see dead fish floating on the surface.
Even though Adam arranged for the river to be cleaned regularly, dead fish still kept appearing.
This left some tourists very disappointed.
They had heard that the rivers in Aqua City were crystal clear to the point where they could see the fish swimming below.
However, reality did not live up to their expectations. They could indeed see fish, but they were floating on the surface, not swimming in the water.
As more tourists arrived, the amount of trash on the streets increased, and some people even threw garbage into the water.
The river would have carried the trash out of Aqua City, but now, there was a sports complex blocking all the river confluences!
Thus, all the trash piled up around the complex
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It turned the complex into a giant trash heap, stinking putridly.
The mayor quickly sent people to clean it up, but there was so much trash that it had to be cleaned every three hours.
The trash also further affected the water quality
It was the start of a vicious cycle!
Due to pollution and the invasion of foreign species, the local fish of Aqua City were also severely impacted. Their numbers started to decrease, and their taste and texture got
worse.
Tourists paid hundreds of dollars to dine on fish, only to find out that it did not taste good at all. It caused their impression of Aqua City to grow increasingly worse.
There were also many tourists releasing animals in Aqua City.
To save money, many people released sucker fish. Some even released snakes!
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