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Chapter 246

Chapter 246

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Throughout the night, the representatives from Li Village sent people to scour every guesthouse and entertainment venue in the neighboring county, yet they failed to catch a single glimpse of those young business owners. When Uncle Li and the others received the news, their faces turned grim. The leaders didn't sleep a wink all night. Li's father was pale, his lips cracked and peeling from a lack of water, but as the sun rose as usual, they could only pin their hopes on the business owners arriving in the village today to buy the fruit. Early in the morning, Uncle Li arrived at the village committee office, sat in the village head’s chair, and dialed the phone over and over, only to find that it remained unanswered.

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