Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Xiaoxiao stroked the fur of the dog in her arms. âTo be honest, I did it on purpose. I just want to see you, no, 1 want to see what the people in the old residence are up to again.â
âDo you think my family is easy to bully? So we can only let you take, deceive, humiliate, and hurt us for the rest of my life?â
âSecond Uncle, the heavens are watching. Those who do evil will die.â
Second Uncle Ning gritted his teeth. He didnât expect to be counter-attacked. In the past, this brat was silly and didnât retaliate when he scolded or hit her. Now, she was sharp-tongued and unreasonable!
Speaking of which, it was all this bratâs fault that he had encountered obstacles these days!
If not for the fact that she was petty and hid the pickled vegetables like they were treasures, how could he have offended the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant?
If not for the fact that she only cared about her familyâs wealth and had no intention of taking out the Ruyi bunâs secret recipe, why would he take the risk and almost die?
If he had not suffered consecutive setbacks, why would he enter the casino on impulse?
If she had not gossiped and spread rumors, how could he have been criticized and despised everywhere in the village? He could not even find a decent job?
Now that he had been harmed to this extent, it was not easy for him to think of a plan to remedy it, but she came to cause trouble again! She was simply a jinx!
âYou impudent bastard!â After squeezing out these words from between his teeth, Second Uncle Ning finally couldnât help but pick up the thick wooden stick by the bed and was about to swing it down. Xiaoxiao stared at his ferocious face as an image flashed across her mind.
While she was in a daze, Second Uncle Ning became bold. He swung his arm with all his might and then heard a loud bang.
Second Uncle Ning arched his body and flew backward, knocking the cabinets in the room to the ground. Rong Yan retracted his leg with a cold expression and patted the dust off it. His tone was so cold that ice could fall off. â1 dare you to touch her.â
Second Uncle Ning was indescribably miserable.
Although she did not intend to be beaten up obediently, Xiaoxiao felt her heart beat faster when she saw his back in front of her just now. She pressed her chest and thought to herself that she should not be moved with this age difference.
Second Uncle Ning suddenly felt that this kick was about to shift his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. He covered his stomach that had been kicked head-on and couldnât even breathe. âYouâre⦠killing me to silence me. Y-youâre disregarding human lives!â
Yun Yi, who had not been seen for a long time, came in from outside the house. He stepped over Second Uncle Ning, who was struggling at deathâs door, and presented a broken rake that was still stained with blood. âMaster, 1 found this in his woodshed.â
Rong Yan found it dirty and did not touch it. He only asked coldly, âIâm afraid youâre the ones who disregard human lives, right?â
Ning Fengnian and the others had yet to understand what this rake meant, but everyone could see Second Uncle Ningâs intentions clearly just now. Ning Fengnian went forward and grabbed his collar. âWhat did you want to do just now? Huh? What do you want to do?â
âXiaoxiao is your niece. How could she withstand that swing?â
Second Uncle Ning tilted his head and spat out a mouthful of blood. His attitude was still sloppy. âShe instructed the animals at home to bite people. Iâm just teaching her a lesson for you. Whatâs the big deal?â
Ning Fengnian threw a punch, and Second Uncle Ningâs head was hit to the side in shock. He coughed and spat out two teeth.
âWhere did you get the right to lecture my daughter!â
In pain, Second Uncle Ning blurted out, âWhat daughter? Sheâs clearly⦠Ah!â
This time, it was Ning Ansheng who stepped on his face and stopped the latter half of his sentence.
Second Uncle Ning shouted crazily, âMurder! Murder! Ning Dalang, Iâm your elder!â
Ning Ansheng exerted more force on his feet. âYouâre old but not kind. Why are you calling yourself an elder?â
Second Uncle Ning had no choice but to seek external help. âMother! Mother, save me! Big Brotherâs family wants to kill me!â
Only then did Old Madam Ning, who was so frightened that she lost her ability to react, remember to make a scene. âNing Fengnian! How dare you behave atrociously in my house! Do you still have me in your eyes? Do you still have your father?! Stop! Did you hear me? I told you to stop!â n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Seeing that she couldnât call for help, Old Madam Ning could only use her trump card. âIf you dare to touch Fengcai again, weâll pretend that we donât have a son like you!â
Ning Fengnianâs hand paused. When he turned to look at her, he was not as nervous and regretful as she thought. He only laughed self-deprecatingly. âYou didnât treat me like a son in the first place.â With that, he punched him again.
âI want to beat him up for a long time. Since Father and Mother canât accept it, take it that I have no parents from today onwards and remove me from the genealogy.â
As he punched Second Uncle Ning, he recounted the past. â1 donât say anything when youâre usually sneaky and sly. Iâm usually a little tired and bitter, so Iâll take it as repaying Mother for raising me all these years. But you shouldnât have acted all mighty here and bullied my family!â
âItâs not enough to take advantage of us openly and secretly. Youâre even jealous of our survival business after we split up.â
âYouâre too greedy. You wanted to steal Xiaoxiaoâs recipe but failed, so you had evil intentions and brought people to snatch it!â
âAfter snatching Xiaoxiaoâs recipe for sour bamboo shoots, you were still greedy and planned to sell Xiaoxiao out at the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant with the Ruyi bun as an allegiance.â
âWhy are you talking about elders? How are you acting like an elder?â
âThe children are sensible, and Qiuniang doesnât mind. I originally thought that you would turn over a new leaf after being taught a lesson. 1 didnât expect you to have so many disgusting ideas! Now that youâve been exposed, you still dare to hit her?â
Second Uncle Ning felt so wronged. He wanted to hit her, but he didnât hit her at all! Now, he was the one who was being beaten!
Unable to escape, Second Uncle Ning could only quibble. âNonsense! The divine doctor said that Cuihua was bitten by your dog!â
âWhat do you mean by no teeth? How can such a big dog not have teeth? 1 think you deliberately pulled out your dog teeth to get away with it!â
Coincidentally, a middle-aged man carrying a medicine bowl walked in. The man in a low-quality white shirt pretended to be profound. He stroked his beard and frowned. âItâs been so long. Are you going to treat her or not⦠What are you⦠doing?â
Due to his interruption and the fact that Ning Fengnian and Ning Ansheng had mostly calmed down, the two of them stopped and rubbed their fists. Old Madam Ning hurriedly cried and pounced on him. âMy Fengcai, aiyo, my son. W-why are you beaten up like this! Ning Fengnian, you heartless beast! You ingrate! I should have thrown you into the river and drowned you back then!â
The harsh words came one after another, but Ning Fengnian realized that he no longer felt anything when he heard them. He only said calmly, âMother, itâs Second Brotherâs fault first.â
Old Madam Ning glared fiercely at the people from the eldest branch. âDonât call me Mother! Donât call him Second Brother either! Youâre not worthy! I told you just now that if you dare to touch Fengcai again, your father and I wonât acknowledge you as our son. Donât say that youâre a member of our family in the future!â
Ning Fengnian remained silent, but Xiaoxiao stuck her head out from behind him.. âGrandma, do you keep your word?â