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The Gardener
The overgrowing jasmine · Ch.1
Kai studies overgrown jasmine crossing a garden fence, then fetches a ladder and long pruning shears from the shed.
Kai smiles at the freshly cleaned jasmine fence, then enters the shed and notices the messy tools inside.
Kai tidies both sides of the garden shed, cleans up tools, finds an old airfryer, and carries it outside.
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Kai studies overgrown jasmine crossing a garden fence, then fetches a ladder and long pruning shears from the shed.
Kai smiles at the freshly cleaned jasmine fence, then enters the shed and notices the messy tools inside.
Kai tidies both sides of the garden shed, cleans up tools, finds an old airfryer, and carries it outside.

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Page 1

Kai notices that the fast-growing jasmine ivy has pushed over the fence toward the neighbour’s garden. He goes to the dark shed for a ladder and long pruning shears, then tries to reach the top of the long fence. The page frames the chapter’s practical problem: even a peaceful garden can become a neighbourly obligation when growth crosses a boundary.

Page 2

After cutting back the jasmine, Kai looks at the cleaned fence and smiles because it no longer reaches into the neighbour’s side. He carries the ladder back into the dim shed, where the shelves and scattered tools catch his attention. The page turns one completed chore into another realization: the garden is calm, but the support systems behind it need care too.

Page 3

Kai organizes tools on the left shelves, then the right shelves, slowly bringing order back to the shed. While cleaning, he discovers an old airfryer he had forgotten about and pauses, scratching his head. By the final panel he carries it out under his arm, whistling, and the chapter pivots from pruning to the next small domestic project.

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