Chapter 047 - Chaos in The Construction Site

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For a moment, the construction site was engulfed in a deafening, eerie silence that made it possible to hear the sound of an ant crawling by.

This lasted for what felt like an eternity before the face of the old man, who hadn’t spoken since Elias began, turned pale.

He trembled all over, took a deep breath, and looked at Elias with mixed emotions. “What happens next?” he asked

Elias, understanding the question, took a moment to organize his jumbled thoughts before letting out a sigh and pointing at the books he was holding.

“I was ordered to hide these records after I reported your arrival to him, but I decided to check their contents out of curiosity,” he explained with a self-deprecating smile.

“Who would have guessed that not only has your family never owed its workers before, but it pays the highest in the labor market and even allocated a large sum for my father’s treatment years ago, only for everything to end up in this monster’s pockets!” he concluded, g