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It was past eight in the evening when Huang Tengchong, hands clasped behind his back, paced back and forth inside the villa.
The past two months had been excruciating for him, and instead of diminishing with time, his troubles had only become increasingly knotty.
All the blame fell on those two girls from Sacred Heart Middle School; if they hadn't barged in recklessly, the Feng Bird wouldn't have revealed its presence in front of Aisha and others, nor would it have been stripped of its feathers by that girl named Zhu Xiaoxian. Without its feathers, the Feng Bird was listless and lost all of its effectiveness.
Aisha, with her deep knowledge of animals, seized the opportunity to declare that the Feng Bird was traumatized and would eventually starve to death if not treated promptly. Under Aisha's mix of persuasion and intimidation, Huang Tengchong handed the bird over to her for treatment in the United States.
