Chapter Ten Aftermath

  "Bang!" "Things can't just end like this, this little bastard has a big nerve, daring to bully my Jie'er! He's just a lowly born servant, and these years we haven't driven him out of the house, he still gets to eat, it's already been too kind. Hmph! My poor Jie'er!" In a Wu family bedroom with a clear layout and luxurious decorations, a woman in her thirties with outstanding poise said this, her face gloomy as she spoke to the middle-aged man sitting beside her. This middle-aged man had a sturdy build, a stern expression, and a square-shaped face - he was the master of the Wu family, Wu Zongyue, Wu Ye's father.

  After receiving the mobile phone sent by Wu Ye Yu, Xiao Luo Li continued to play alone for more than half a time before regaining consciousness. She remembered her current situation and thought of several seriously injured people still lying underground. After secretly sticking out her tongue, she ran to a distant place, found a few servants, and had them carry Wu Si Shao and two others to the third house of the Wu family, where Wu Renjie's mother lived.

  When Wu Renjie's mother saw her son injured like this, with eyes swollen like a peach, nose crooked and lips smashed, she panicked and quickly asked what had happened. When she learned from Wen Xiyue that it was actually Wu Yeyu who did it, she immediately became furious, but also knew the limits and didn't dare to scold Wen Xiyue in front of her face. After comforting Wen Xiyue with a guilty expression, she ordered the servants to send Little Loli back to her own residence, and then informed her husband Wu Zongyue, who rushed over after hearing that his son was seriously injured and soon learned about the whole thing.

  "Alright, I've taken a look at Jie'er's injuries. It's just a minor flesh wound, no serious harm done to his bones or muscles. Although it looks quite severe, in fact, there's nothing much to worry about. The person who hit him didn't use much force, and he only suffered some superficial pain." Wu Zongyue said this after examining Wu Renjie, who was lying injured on the bed, to the three houses.

  "Skin, flesh wound? Ah~ that's good, that's good, but it can't just end like this! Old master, you must take a look, this is your own son, the one who's injured is your own flesh and blood, you must stand up for Jie Er!" After hearing that her own Jie Er was not seriously hurt, the third wife finally let out a sigh of relief, but then she saw her son's pitiful appearance, and her heart was filled with anger again, and she spoke to Wu Zong Yue.

  "Don't worry, this is a trauma pill. Later, just find the doctor in town to reconnect Jie's dislocated bones and take this pill again. He'll be fully recovered within three days at most." Wu Zongyue took out a jade bottle from his own bosom, poured out a thumb-sized pellet of medicine, and handed it over to Sanfang.

  When she heard that her son would recover in three days after taking the medicine, the woman hastily and carefully put it away in a cabinet. Then she turned to Wu Zongyue and said: "Master, what about the person who beat Jie'er?"

  "What's going on?" Wu Zongyue obviously knew but asked anyway.

  "Is that Wu Yeyu? That little bastard! Can't just let him get away with it?" The woman said resentfully.

  "Mongrel? Hmph! What do you want me to do?"

  "Of course, we must avenge Renjie! He's already beaten Renjie to this state, and if nothing else, we should at least give him a good thrashing before kicking him out of the Wu household! Isn't he just a useless little brat?" The woman said with a ferocious expression.

  "Hum! You're quite good at scheming, although that kid is the son of my subordinate, he's also the son of me, Wu Zongyue. Letting me drive my own son out of the house, you really have the nerve to say it." Wu Zongyue picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, then spoke with a calm face.

  "Could it be, could it be that's just the end of it? Master, look at Ren Jie, he was beaten like that by that person, shouldn't they receive some punishment?" The woman from the second house apparently hadn't expected Wu Zongyue to say this, and afterwards seemed somewhat less fierce.

  "Hmm, I've seen it, just a superficial wound. And wasn't Renjie often bullying Wu Yeyu with his servants in the past? Shouldn't I also take care of this matter?" As he spoke, Wu Zongyue stared straight at the second house.

  "This...this..." Seeing her husband in this state, the woman suddenly didn't know what to say.

  "Hum! Look at the good son you've raised, what has he become?! Every day, all he does is eat, drink, and have fun, going out to show off his strength and bully men and women. He doesn't do anything serious! You want him to practice martial arts, but he says it's too tiring! Don't you understand what kind of world this is?! He doesn't know how to behave, and neither do you! If I had been lazy back then, would we have the Wu family's prosperity today?! Hum!" Wu Zongyue said with a burst of anger, pointing at his wife and slamming his hand on the table. His face was full of indignation, but when he saw his second wife trembling with fear, he couldn't help but feel some pity and sat back down.

  "Pour tea!" Wu Zongyue said to the woman.

  "Yes." The woman immediately responded and took over the teapot from the maid's hand, respectfully pouring tea for Wu Zongyue, then stood to one side.

  "In this family, the eldest and second sons are quite capable and willing to work hard. Although they were a bit mischievous at home, after being sent to the Ninth Month Sect, they have made significant progress each time they return home. They also get along well with their fellow disciples, so I'm relatively at ease about them. As for the third daughter, she's knowledgeable and reasonable, and her fate isn't bad either. She was married into the Wen family of Zhongzhou as a concubine, but I suppose it won't be too satisfactory." Wu Zongyue glanced at the second wife, seeing a hint of worry on her face, and nodded slightly.

  "As for Wu Renjie, humph!" Wu Zongyue said with a cold smile on his face.

  "Master, please calm down, master, please calm down. Once Ren Jie recovers from his injuries, I will make sure to discipline him strictly and not let him go out and cause trouble again. I will definitely make Ren Jie stay at home and focus on practicing his skills, in the hope that one day he can be of help to you." The woman said hastily as she saw Wu Zongyue's face turn angry again.

  "Focus on practicing?..." Wu Zongyue's face showed a strange expression, thinking to himself: "It's too late now, this kid has already passed the age, the meridians and bones in his body have taken shape. Even if he works hard later, his achievements will be limited. Unless he can get the legendary high-grade elixir, maybe it can help him to wash his marrow and change his fate. But such an elixir is not something that can be easily obtained. Even if it's real, with my current Sword King middle realm cultivation, getting it would be a huge disaster." He thought this in his heart but didn't say it out loud.

  "Family matters are like this, kids being naughty is a kid's thing, we parents don't need to intervene. Although Ren Jie got hurt this time, it might be a good thing for him, I hope he can learn from this experience and become more mature. If he really has the ability, he should work hard to make up for today's loss. He himself caused trouble, suffered injustice, and came back to complain to his parents, or even picked on my other son, what kind of ability is that? Hmph." Wu Zongyue said, taking a sip of tea, while the woman quickly refilled his cup.

  "Wu Yeru, this little fatty, is usually timid and weak. At home, he has been bullied many times, even the servants dare to mock him openly. This is also his own doing, I haven't interfered at all. But today, he actually dares to fight back, it's not too late, there's still some meaning to it. I really want to see what kind of storm he can stir up." Wu Zongyue paused for a moment before continuing, "As for today's matter, let's just stop here. Let Renjie handle his own affairs, you are not allowed to interfere, do you understand?"

  "Yes, sir. I understand." The second wife replied, although somewhat reluctantly, but in fact, the woman herself was not someone who could make decisions, so she didn't have much to say.

  "Alright, that's settled then. Tell the people below to go and invite the town doctor to come and treat Ren Jie properly." Wu Zongyue said as he walked out with his hands behind his back.

  ……

  The whole thing spread like wildfire in the Wu household, and it seemed to be spreading beyond the Wu family, heading towards the small town. Everyone who heard about this had different reactions, although this didn't mean that Wu Ye Yu would receive more attention from the master of the house later on. But those were things for people above to worry about, not something that those below could concern themselves with. It was clear that after this incident, Wu Ye Yu's position in the household would rise, at least in the eyes of those below him. Therefore, some people became anxious.

  Those who had bullied Wu Yeru in the past were secretly worried about his revenge, and those who had spoken ill of him were also starting to get nervous. Especially Wu Si Shao's two lackeys and a few people who had wronged Wu Yeru before, they were anxious and couldn't eat or sleep, not knowing what to do, and could only hope that their master Wu Si Shao would be able to turn the tide again and suppress him once more...

  Let's talk about Little Lori Wen Xiyue. This little girl has been exceptionally intelligent since she was young, and she also has her own opinions on some things. After this incident spread, the little girl was able to find some useful information from the conversations of the servants, and after summarizing the information, she found out that Wu Yeyu used to be often bullied by others, and this time's beating of Wu Renjie's three people was also justified, it turned out that she had misunderstood him.

  As she thought about it, the little loli's heart began to knot up. "I actually misunderstood him, and I even accepted his gift, which is an apology gift. Logically speaking, I should be the one apologizing to him, but...do I have to return the phone to him? But I really like it so much." As she thought about this, she started playing with the object in her hand again, looking at the screen with her curious face on it, and her heart became even more reluctant.

  Always thinking of simple and pure little loli, at this time her heart had a rare collision, justice and evil (sweat!), light and darkness, integrity and greed, right and wrong...

  After thinking wildly for a while, little loli finally made up her mind to admit her mistake to Wu Ye Yu, telling him the whole story. Although she liked the thing in her hand very much, she couldn't just take something that didn't belong to her because of her liking! That's what grandpa told me!

  "It's nothing, it's nothing, can't I just buy this thing with money?... But, this is his family heirloom, how could he possibly sell it to someone else so easily..."

  After a long time, the little loli finally made up her mind, took out her mobile phone, found Wu Renjie's contact number, actually there was only this one contact number, and pressed the dial button...