"The village chief knows what he's doing."
Adrian Hawthorne spoke with certainty. Preston Thorne was no fool. Phoenix Golding wasn't just any villager; she had an official teaching position now. He couldn't let the villagers beat someone to death, otherwise he'd have no way to answer to his superiors.
But Phoenix Golding had incurred public wrath this time, and the villagers needed to vent their anger. Besides, Preston Thorne also wanted to give the Golding family a warning, which was why he had deliberately called a public meeting, fanned the villagers' emotions, and decided to teach Phoenix a lesson.
Tang Xiaonan felt relieved. She stood on her tiptoes, trying to see what was happening with Jacqueline Spann, but she was too short. All she could see was a dense crowd of heads. Even jumping didn't help. Adrian Hawthorne couldn't help but smile, lifting her up. "What are you trying to see?"
