A Second Life, A New Power novel Chapter 37

"That might not be the case." Maria raised an eyebrow unhappily, but she felt rather guilty. She didn't know how to climb trees.

Besides, she believed that Demi didn't know how to do that either. After all, Demi didn't seem like a mischievous child who would climb trees in the past.

Little did Maria know that Demi even knew sword-flying. So, climbing a tree would be very easy for her.

"Do you know how to climb trees, Demi?" Maria tugged Demi's sleeve.

"Yes," Demi said gently.

All at once, Maria was relieved.

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In the end, Maria picked the first lot, which was the tallest and oldest tree.

Meanwhile, George looked at Matt. "Mr. Hahn, can I exchange my tree with another person? I want to switch with the two girls."

He had picked the second lot. His tree was tall, but it was shorter than Maria's tree and had many walnuts.

"That's right. Friendship comes first, and the competition comes second." Chad nodded.

"Alright." Matt nodded.

Before he could continue talking, Demi replied, "It's fine. We can do it."

"Think about it clearly." Matt pointed to the first tree and motioned for her to look at it.

"We can switch trees with Demi and Ms. Dane," Thomas said hurriedly.

"It's alright. Thank you, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Lenon, and Mr. Musk." Demi shook her head and smiled.

She had thanked everyone except Thomas.

As such, the atmosphere on set became a little awkward.

A netizen asked, "What grudge do they have? Vicious gal is pretty friendly to the others. Why is she so rude to Ana and Thomas?"

Someone replied, "I'm curious."

Another said, "I'm curious too!"

The netizens were dying to find out the truth.

"Mr. Yale, do you want to switch with me?" Thomas looked at Nigel.

Thomas' tree was the shortest and had the most walnuts. He thought, "Nigel is in his 40s, so he can't climb that high."

"It's fine. Thank you, Thomas." The latter waved his arms dismissively.

Though he was 40 years old, he had his dignity to keep. Besides, he didn't think he was so weak that he had to take advantage of a young person.

This caused Thomas to feel awkward.

Benedict sighed as he looked at the livestream.

"Mr. West Senior, should I ask someone to plant a few walnut trees in your courtyard too?" Sean asked.

"Am I going to climb them?" Benedict questioned crossly.

"You could always look at them. And if you want to, you can pluck a few walnuts and eat them," Sean explained.

"Forget it." Waving his hands dismissively, Benedict asked, "Do you think I miss the taste of walnuts? No, I miss my healthy body and hands when I was young."

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Since the tree that Demi was climbing had sparse walnuts, she couldn't reach her goal of 160 pounds of walnuts even after cracking all the walnuts at the bottom. So, she continued climbing up the tree.

"Be careful, Demi! Just come down when you're ready," Matt yelled through his loudspeaker.

At the same time, Maria shouted, "Demi, don't climb up anymore. We have a lot of ingredients left from yesterday!"

"I got it."

Though Demi said that, she continued climbing up.

In the end, she reached the top of the tree, which was 14 feet tall.

Everyone was stunned. They exclaimed, "Demi is awesome! She's an all-rounder!"