Chapter 753

Colin told me Lagado was just a part of the Taylors' current collaboration with the college and that the previous run-in with Jasmine had only happened because she was here to lay the groundwork.

The Taylors were planning to turn the mountainside into a villa area. They had specially picked out a village within a reasonable distance of the city that boasted fine countryside views for surveillance purposes.

This was the village where the mudslide had happened.

The project was centered on creating a neighborhood of colonial-style villas and thus included the development and reconstruction of the village.

The design proposal was already underway, but a development like this required forcing out the current occupants of the village.

The villagers did not want to leave behind the place where generations of their family had lived, and relocating them would be a challenge.

Jasmine had bravely volunteered to take on the task.

She had her reasons. The head of the Taylor family had pr