[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-legend-of-dragon-son-in-law":3,"chapter-legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-chapter-823":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Legend of Dragon Son-in-law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1749307,2236,"Chapter 822 - 822 822 Demolition","legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-chapter-823",823,"\u003Cp>Chapter 822: 822 Demolition Chapter 822: 822 Demolition Santiago Carmichael lived in the slum area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neighbors around him were all elderly men and women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they saw the two returning, the neighbors greeted them with exceptional warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here’s the money for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed handed the cash from Jasmine Leocadia to Santiago Carmichael.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young man, I can’t take the money!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago Carmichael shook his head in refusal, “Harvey Martin has already taken good care of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old man like me picking up trash can make a few thousand a month, enough to spend!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never accepted money from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, living in poverty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone has their own internal convictions, and for Santiago Carmichael, it was his own baseline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This money isn’t just being given to you for nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed, regardless of Santiago Carmichael’s attitude, directly stuffed the money into his pocket, “I need to ask you for some information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As you know, information can be very valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you don’t care for yourself, you must think about your wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She has just recovered and needs nutrition.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentioning his wife made Santiago Carmichael hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His old lady had been with him all her life, had not enjoyed any fortune, and still suffered in her old age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay, let’s make it clear, this money I’m lending you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once I save up enough, I’ll repay you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer insistent, Santiago Carmichael led Julius Reed back to his home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The house was in a state of disrepair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Julius Reed’s first impression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The houses in the slum area were mostly run-down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Santiago Carmichael’s was even more decrepit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the daytime, the outside was flooded with sunlight, but inside the house it was still dim and damp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small house of just over thirty square meters, aside from a bed and some junk that had not yet been sold, hardly had any space left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The house is quite run-down, I’m embarrassed for you to see it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After organizing the junk, Santiago Carmichael turned on a yellow light bulb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bulb seemed quite old, this type of yellow incandescent light, was probably a product from over a decade ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the help of the light, Julius Reed took a closer look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls were plastered with newspapers, giving them a sense of age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My old lady, the medicine I gave you last time was provided by this young man.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago Carmichael walked over to the bed and gently covered the old woman with a blanket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early spring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weather in the capital was a bit cold, and because of the darkness, the house felt even colder and damp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old woman’s voice was feeble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed approached and noticed that the old lady had recovered somewhat, but due to her age, she was almost at the end of her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She might only have three to five years left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for an ordinary person, living this long was already quite good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please, take a seat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago Carmichael walked over to the table, beginning to reminisce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The table, usually used for meals, became a coffee table when guests arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed didn’t mind and sat on a chair, then asked, “Three years ago, on Valentine’s Day, the woman you encountered, can you tell me about her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three years ago…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago Carmichael thought for a moment, then said, “That morning, I was picking up trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I turned around, I suddenly found a woman hiding in a car.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Although it was morning, the trash can was already filled with roses, probably thrown away by some young people after a failed love attempt.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After seeing me, the woman gestured for silence and quietly told me someone was trying to kill her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just then, a group of people chased after her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, Santiago Carmichael paused, then added, “Those people wore peculiar clothes, with moons and suns painted on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, they didn’t look like they were from our part of the world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you still remember that pattern?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed quickly walked over to a cabinet, brought back a piece of paper and a pencil, “Can you draw it for me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a crucial clue!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could almost confirm that the woman was Isabella Warm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could figure out the identities of those chasing Isabella Warm, the truth might surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll try…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s been a long time, I’m not sure if I can remember it clearly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago Carmichael, relying on his memory, began to slowly draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finished, he crossed it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ɲονǥ0.ᴄο\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again he sketched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took nearly half an hour before the old man nodded in satisfaction, “This should be it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the white paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sun was below, while the moon was high above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the two seemed merged into one, there was a sense of the sun and moon shifting places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It looks…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>somewhat familiar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed’s brows furrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the hidden king of Gonzalez City and the Grandmaster of the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance, he had seen many unique symbols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he had no memory of this particular one at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please continue,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out his cell phone, snapped a photo of the symbol, and sent it to Cosmo, who was far away in Gonzalez City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gonzalez City was a land of conflict, and Julius Reed worried that Aron Jackson alone couldn’t handle it, so he had left Cosmo behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Later, I picked up a bunch of flowers and buried them on the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those men, they passed by me without noticing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago Carmichael said this and shook his head, “After people had left, she took off her earrings and gave them to me, saying they were worth a fortune.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know where she went?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed recalled those earrings and could almost picture Isabella Warm fleeing in disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was astounding—a maid of the Grandmaster of the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance being chased for murder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for his injured memory, under ordinary circumstances, that would be a crime worthy of annihilating a whole lineage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before she left, she asked me about a place called…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago Carmichael struggled to remember.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gonzalez City!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed narrowed his eyes, “Was it Gonzalez City!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago Carmichael shook his head, “Not a city…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it seemed like…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, he struggled to recall…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t rush, let me think…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man closed his eyes, recalling the events from three years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It wasn’t Gonzalez City!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed felt his heart hang in suspense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, what could it be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really can’t remember, but it seemed like some island…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago Carmichael shook his head again, “I only remember it was some island, but I’ve never heard of it before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After I went home, I searched the map but couldn’t find the place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An island!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed was plunged again into confused thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isabella Warm being pursued must be related to the whole conspiracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, the place his personal maid went to wasn’t Gonzalez City!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would her hairpin and bronze mirror appear in Gonzalez City?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or could it be…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gonzalez City was just a transit point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where on earth was Isabella Warm going!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed’s head began to hurt, quite painfully!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Santiago, about that demolition matter we discussed last time, what have you decided?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the two were talking, there came a knock at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cedric Abernathy, I’ve told you many times, the villagers won’t leave; you might as well give up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the voice, Santiago Carmichael called out in resignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Today is your final deadline from Brother Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You old fools can’t see the signs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t blame us for getting rough!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knocking grew more intense outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaron Martin, smash it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone shouted loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed looked towards the door and asked softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cedric Abernathy is an enforcer for Huxley Reed’s company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huxley Reed is a building merchant in the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They want to force us to agree to a demolition, offering tens of thousands per family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago Carmichael sighed and said, “The neighbors have lived here for decades and don’t want to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a few hundred thousand can’t even buy you a bathroom in the capital!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the door was kicked open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dozen burly middle-aged men carrying wooden sticks burst 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