Old Man Wen jumped to his feet as soon as I finished speaking. "I did no such thing! Do not slander this old man's integrity."
"Calm down, Old Man Wen," I said. "We all understand. Everything said inside was perfectly clear—you did it for the sake of this Immortal. You were simply pushing me to be a better person. Those words are still fresh in our minds." As I said this, the twenty-some people present all turned their gaze toward him in perfect unison.
It was a total social catastrophe. Old Man Wen turned red with anxiety. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "I really did it for your own good! The way I recorded history was just to keep you all on your toes, to make you cherish your food and stop being so wasteful!"
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