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"Take me with you!" Another person chimed in, "Just to take a quick look from afar, that shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"Then why don't we all go together? How can we let the old sir risk danger alone?"
"Let's go! Damn it, with so many of us here, would those dog officials dare to kill us all?"
"Let's go, go, go!!!"
The Shuize County villagers clamored, insisting on going together… And that's what they did... really just a bunch of people, rashly and noisily, following the old sir to the county government office.
However, as they got closer and closer to the Shuize County government office, their voices grew softer and softer.
Until no one dared to speak loudly in the night.
Even whispered conversations were extremely quiet, for fear of disturbing anything.
They had finally mustered some courage.
Before long, the occasional cool breeze at night had rapidly extinguished it.
What remained was nothing but tension and regret!
