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Seeing the young waiter was about to cry, Lin Yuan quickly jumped in with a smile, "If you ask us to hide, what about you?"
"I won't hide," said the waiter firmly. "The shopkeeper instructed me to watch over the place. If the shopkeeper is gone, I must make sure to keep a good watch. I absolutely can't let anyone harm the Fragrant Full Building." The young waiter spoke with indignation, as if inexhaustible strength filled his small frame.
However, tears not yet wiped away glistened in his two eyes, making it hard to imagine that the resolute words he just uttered had come from such a little fellow.
"Hmph, even this little thing knows to share life and death with the Fragrant Full Building, and here I am, the Boss, planning to run away. What a joke!"
Xia Zheng narrowed his eyes, lounged back in the chair, and stretched out his long legs ungracefully. His relaxed posture made it hard to believe that he was about to face off with a County Magistrate.
