Dorodo's east suburban villa area.
The villa area was a famous wealthy suburb in Dorodo. People who could afford a villa there were either Dorodo's famous wealthy businessmen or a noble.
Three middle-aged men sat on leather couches in the living room of a luxury villa near the center of the villa area.
One of them was a man with a stubbly square-shaped face—whose appearance would have given anyone the impression that he was a man of integrity.
This man was Elijah, the patriarch of the Walker family.
Though the second man was middle-aged, he was fashionably dressed. He wore a loose floral shirt and light green shorts, making him look carefree.
This man was Cole, the patriarch of the Stewart family.
The third man looked ordinary. Nothing seemed special about him, but his sharp gaze and slight authority showed he was extraordinary.
He was Dylan, the patriarch of the Lambert family—one of Dorodo's top five families.
Other than the patriarch of the Wosh family, Benedict, and the head of the Montana family, Monica, the other head of the top five families gathered here.
A newspaper published that morning was on the glass coffee table in front of them.
The front page of the newspaper carried a full-page article with the headline—"Taquila Sean, Savior of the poor!"
"Haha, check this out. It was just published this morning."
Elijah chuckled as he shoved the paper in front of Cole and Dylan.
However, neither Cole nor Dylan touched the newspaper because they already knew what the article was about.
Seeing Cole seemingly running out of patience, Elijah said, "Don't worry. The former mayors have tried and failed to fight poverty. We don't have to do anything but not cooperate with Sean's plan. He will be helpless."
"Really?"
Cole frowned and looked at Elijah suspiciously.
Dylan, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said, "Old Walker is right. We can only do nothing and not cooperate. This is the limit of what we can do. After all, we belong to Dorodo, and we cannot fight against Dorodo's authority."
"Look, Old Lambert's got foresight."
Elijah nodded with a chuckle.
Exasperated, Cole slammed on the table and said, "Sean is out of line. As commander-in-chief of the city defense army, why is he meddling in this issue? Is that his responsibility?"
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