Gu Nian waited until everyone had taken their seats before clearing his throat. "I've asked you all here today because one thing after another has happened recently. Some of you are witnesses, some don't know the whole truth, and some matters still require a fair judgment from everyone. Instead of letting these rumors float around the island and breed more misunderstandings, it's better to bring everything out into the open so we can all judge fairly. What do you say?"
A few voices scattered through the crowd chimed in, "Agreed!"
Then someone started to clap, and the applause quickly grew louder.
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