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[BUG] Result inconsistent when intermediate results executed

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mod: dataframe type: bug
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Description

**Describe the bug**
The same DataFrame expression outputs different results. The only difference is that the first piece of code does not execute intermediately while the second executes.

**To Reproduce**
```python
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import mars.dataframe as md
import mars.tensor as mt

rs = np.random.RandomState(0)
raw_df = rs.rand(20, 10)
raw_df = pd.DataFrame(
np.where(raw_df > 0.4, raw_df, np.nan), columns=list("ABCDEFGHIJ")
)
raw_df2 = rs.rand(20, 10)
raw_df2 = pd.DataFrame(
np.where(raw_df2 > 0.4, raw_df2, np.nan), columns=list("ACDEGHIJKL")
)

df = md.DataFrame(raw_df, chunk_size=4)
df2 = md.DataFrame(raw_df2, chunk_size=6)

joined = md.merge(
df.index.to_frame(), df2.index.to_frame(), how="outer", left_index=True, right_index=True
)
df, df2 = df.reindex(joined.index), df2.reindex(joined.index)

nna_df = df.notna().astype(np.float_)
nna_df2 = df2.notna().astype(np.float_)

df, df2 = df.fillna(0), df2.fillna(0)

print(df.mul(nna_df2, axis=0).sum(axis=0).execute().fetch())
"""
prints

A 0.0
B 0.0
C 0.0
D 0.0
E 0.0
F 0.0
G 0.0
H 0.0
I 0.0
J 0.0
K 0.0
L 0.0
dtype: float64
"""

df.execute()
nna_df2.execute()
print(df.mul(nna_df2, axis=0).sum(axis=0).execute().fetch())
"""
prints

A 4.392781
B 0.000000
C 5.063856
D 5.276695
E 4.752212
F 0.000000
G 5.451037
H 4.206434
I 6.948446
J 2.303648
K 0.000000
L 0.000000
dtype: float64
"""
```

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Research direction

Start by running the provided Python reproduction, focusing on md.merge, DataFrame.reindex, DataFrame.execute, and fetch. Compare the two execution paths and trace why intermediate execution changes the result. Done means both paths produce the same DataFrame output.

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Assessment

Tech stack
numpy, pandas, python
Domain
data
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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