Chapter 712: "Oh, young man, flirting with a girl?"
In just twenty minutes or so, the once lush osmanthus tree had been reduced to a bare stump. If Zero hadn't known that the bigger the tree, the more branches had to be pruned for it to survive, she would've had a thing or two to say.
"Zero, we've finished pruning. We can plant the tree now."
Looking at the shifty-eyed landscaping supervisor, Zero could tell at a glance that he was no good. Faced with his ingratiating smile, she silently pulled out the Employee Badge she hadn't used in ages.
"Have you not read the notice? Don't you know I'm the Grand Steward?"
The landscaping supervisor froze, then quickly changed his tune. "Grand Steward, we've finished pruning the osmanthus tree. Sorry for the trouble, but could you use the excavator to plant it?"
"That's more like it." Zero nodded in satisfaction and climbed into the excavator's cab.
Behind her, the landscaping supervisor wiped the sweat from his forehead. He couldn't tell whether it was from working or the cold sweat he'd broken out in just now.
These days, Artificial Intelligence was harder to deal with than people. It was unbelievable.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Zero honked three times. Aside from the truck driver, who hooked a rope onto the excavator's bucket teeth, everyone else retreated ten meters.
For one thing, nobody trusted Zero's skills. For another, the rope didn't look very sturdy.
As it turned out, they'd been worrying for nothing. Under Zero's control, the osmanthus tree was lowered smoothly into the hole. After filling it in with a few scoops of dirt, Zero drove the excavator away.
The excavator still had to be returned to its original spot. After all, this super-sized toy belonged to Candy.
Once Zero had parked