Chapter 486

Stephen felt a little awkward. "Hill City still has quite a few problems. These problems were similar to what happened in the past.

Julius took care of the problems back then, so we wanted to ask if he ever documented any solutions."

Jane understood. "His laptop is still in the room. You can go through it if you need to. Just don't damage it."

Although Jane did not like Stephen, he came for Hill City this time, so she did not want to be cold-hearted. When she married Julius, she had already made up her mind. Hill City was more important than her life.

After getting permission, Stephen quickly brought his men to turn on the laptop to search for information. Stephen did not know the password, but Jane, who was standing nearby, told him the password.

Stephen entered the password and successfully unlocked the laptop.

Nobody noticed the faint smile that appeared on Jane's face. Julius had never told her the password. She guessed it using the initials of their name and their wedding date.

The documents were sorted meticulously on the laptop. There was no important information, only some personal notes Julius had made.

Stephen searched diligently and successfully found some clues after a few minutes. "He really recorded it!"

Stephen and his men quickly read through them, but when they saw the first sentence, Stephen was stunned.

"According to Ethan's instructions..."

The few words revealed a lot of information. Julius was able to solve the problems in Hill City three years ago because of Ethan?

In fact, Ethan might have provided the solution!

Stephen frowned and browsed through all the files, eventually slumping into a chair. He had confirmed that the solution indeed came from Ethan, which meant that the person who brought stability to Hill City three years ago was actually Ethan. Julius merely acted according to Ethan's plan.

"How could it be? How could it have been him?"

Of all people, it had to be Ethan. Stephen felt his heart aching. If he used this idea, wouldn't it prove that he was inferior to Ethan? If word got out, he would become a laughingstock.

Although Ethan was a well-known criminal now, there were still some people secretly investigating whether Ethan was truly guilty. If he used Ethan's methods, it would make others question his пой competence and make it easier for others to uncover the truth.

He took a deep breath and got up slowly. He could not use these methods! He had to think of something else!

Stephen left Julius's house with his men. Now, he rested his hopes on Nolan who was experienced and might provide him with a perfect solution.

Half a day later, Nolan came up with something. "This is the method I finalized after half a day of meeting."

Stephen quickly read it, only to find that Nolan's idea was pretty similar to Ethan's. "Is there no other way?" Stephen looked solemn.

Nolan said exasperatedly, "I'll think of something else."

He planned to let Stephen use these methods and then have someone secretly blackmail him, claiming that they knew these methods were actually from Ethan three year.ne ago, and they would spread the word untess paid off.

However, Stephen rejected these methods, giving Nolan a sense of crisis.

'Could he have realized something? After all, when Jeremy was caught, he kept saying my name. I must press him further and leave him no time to think.'

Nolan immediately contacted the men he had cultivated in secret, asking them to create chaos in Hill City.

That very night, there was a fire in the mountains of Hill City. It was the second forest fire!

Just as everyone was focused on the fire, armed robbery by foreigners happened in the city. Three people were shot and rushed to the hospital.

When Dr. Steel heard the news, his brows furrowed.