Yunduo was completely stunned.

She had imagined countless possibilities, but she never expected that there would be such a thing.

If the timing hadn't been so inappropriate, she would have loved to give these people a thumbs up.

Okay. That's impossible.

If a person has no bottom line, they cannot be called a human being; they can only be called a "beast with two legs."

However, at the same time, Yun Duo could also tell from the confident attitude of those people that what James's subordinate said was something they were capable of doing.

These people already have special privileges in China, and there are many of their puppets within the Co-Government Association. She had heard Li Cheng (Li Bingchen) mention this before.

And then there was Gu Wu's previously wary expression...

All of this made Yun Duo feel very worried.

Seeing Yun Da's angry face, Yun Duo felt that she should take advantage of her age and deal with them for a while.

Little did anyone know, before Yun Duo could even speak, Yun Dazheng angrily addressed James: "I paid for the rice seeds, the rice paddies are mine, and I hired people to help me sow, transplant, and harvest the rice. When the rice was growing, I was the one weeding and catching insects in the paddies. It has absolutely nothing to do with you."

"Now, you're going to claim my rice paddies as yours? That's robbery! Using such methods to steal from us ordinary people, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning? Aren't you afraid of being killed by a thunderbolt from the heavens?!"

Sometimes, people really feel powerless.

When facing someone slightly stronger than themselves, they might still have the courage to fight and struggle. But... when facing someone countless times stronger, almost infinitely stronger, and knowing that all their means of retaliation are completely ineffective, despair and resentment will lead them to place their hopes on some mysterious power.

For example, gods and ghosts, or the blue sky above.

At this moment, this is exactly what Yun Dazheng is like.

He hoped that a bolt of lightning would strike down these thieving bandits.

After discovering that his 'carelessness' had led to someone 'stealing' his words and diminishing his 'merit,' Xiao Desheng was extremely annoyed and was waiting for an opportunity to 'make a contribution' again. So even though the excruciating pain and itching on his body were causing him great suffering, he preemptively took over Yun Dazheng's words before anyone else could.

"Yun... Old Man Yun... You... You shouldn't... refuse a toast... You'll have to drink... as punishment!"

"James... Mr. James... was only... that's why he... gave you... a chance... You... you're so ungrateful!"

While scratching himself all over, Xiao Desheng endured the almost unbearable pain and managed to stammer out two sentences with all his might.

Because Xiao Desheng's two sentences were spoken with such a stutter and in such an extremely strange voice, they had no intimidating effect on anyone who heard them.

James, however, was not annoyed. He simply waved his hand slightly and then looked at Yun Dazheng with a smile, saying, "Mr. Yun, because of the friendship between our two countries, I also consider you my friend. We Americans are always generous to our friends. You are a diligent farmer, and I acknowledge that the rice was grown with your hard work."