However, after waiting for nearly an entire morning, the village head was nowhere to be seen. The elders, already resentful towards the village head, stood up dissatisfied and glared menacingly at the doorway.
"Do you think she's even going to show up?"
"Who knows." Another elder rose, his eyes filled with resentment as he stared at the entrance, ready to storm over to her house and demand her presence if Murong Xiaoxiao failed to appear.
"Slam—" Suddenly, someone slammed the table fiercely, looking ahead with complaint.
"I think—"
"I'm very sorry, esteemed elders." Before the elder could finish speaking, Murong Xiaoxiao appeared from nowhere, smiling sweetly at all the elders. A strange smile appeared on her face, unnoticed by the others, and her stature seemed to have grown a bit taller than before.
