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However, cutting down just one tree couldn't prove anything.
So next, the village chief planned to cut down another osmanthus tree at the neighboring house!
But while they were temporarily away, someone definitely needed to stay and guard Old Li's courtyard, in case that mass of flesh suddenly underwent some change.
And the person staying behind certainly couldn't be just anyone.
"Miss, will you stay here and watch over things?" the village chief asked Miss Wang, who was still standing at a distance.
"I'll come with you!" Miss Wang blurted out without any hesitation.
"..."
The village chief twisted his mouth, then turned to the scholar lady: "Then, Miss, you stay here. We're just going next door to chop a tree."
The scholar lady had no objections: "Okay."
In the end, among the four players present, Xu Shuo and the village chief left to cut down the tree, while the scholar lady stood by the pit, staring at the mass of flesh.