My Substitute CEO Bride

Chapter 301

Philix heaved a sigh. “Someone will take care of them. The village is long gone, burned to ashes. Those tombstones? They’re just empty graves with names etched on them. If no one’s watching over them, so be it.” His voice was gruff. He could not allow a single misstep at a time like this.

A sports car roared past, kicking up a dust tornado in its wake.

“Damn, what’s the rush?” the driver muttered, his words dripped in irritation.

Stellar rubbed his eyes as he watched the vanishing taillights of the car. “I think… I think I saw Nash.”

Philix craned his neck to see, but the car was already out of sight.

“Oh, it looked like someone had burned offerings before our arrival!” Stellar recalled, his eyes glinting with excitement.

“It must be one of the business families that had a good relationship with them,” Philix said, dropping his gaze. The Young family had been influential in their time, and it was not surprising that people would still go to Young Gardens to pay their respects.

Stellar offered a rueful smile before sinking back into the sofa without another word.

phone buzzed ominously in his pocket. Pulling out, he glanced at the

hastily asked, “What happened?”

wiped out the Green Bamboo Association!” Philix’s heart rate increased, the shock

mad? Using the Heavenly Martial Arts Order to deal with a small fry like the Green Bamboo Association?”

powerful enough to save a nation in its hour of need.

Stellar grumbled, his words loaded with the weight of disbelief.

a big favor,” Philix said, a smile tugging at the corners of

Warden?” Stellar

involved in that incident ago,”

years

[The Smiling Grim Reaper and the Seven Juggernauts were headed to Goldenfalls at 2:00 am.]

message, as if he had stumbled upon a puzzle piece that did not fit

shared was too powerful to be hidden. It shone

around. Head to Young Gardens,” Philix almost shouted, his voice tinged with

urgency.