The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Virgil froze. After a long pause, he smiled bitterly. "You don't understand. It's precisely because I love them that I need to stay away from them."

"Are you worried that Esmond and his people will cause trouble for you? We live in a lawful society now, and no matter how cocky they are, they can't get away with murder. Besides, you don't even live on that land anymore. You don't even have your own house, so why do they still pursue you relentlessly?" Rita asked.

Virgil's expression darkened. "It's not that I don't want to pursue this matter, but the gap between me and them is too vast. Perhaps it's because I'm the only one among us who insists on causing trouble, which riled them up. As long as I'm alive, I'll never let those unscrupulous developers off the hook. I'll always remember who made me homeless, who made me afraid to even see my own children!"

"Actually, part of the reason I came here today is to ask you for more specific details about what happened back then. I've found out about Esmond and the company behind him, but more details are hard to come by at the moment," Rita said with a frown.

like an iron barrel with no cracks to be found. "Did they show any suspicious behavior when they evicted you? They must've compensated

in recollection, while Rita anxiously stared at him in the hope to

pay them any attention. Later, as more and more residents moved out, I gradually sensed that something was

the end, they were forced to leave too. I only knew that they must have threatened them through illegal means! Yes, that must be

felt that his neighbors had all been

been just your