Chapter 178: Teaching A Lesson
“Doctor Su, young comrade, drink some sugar water. We don’t have anything good at home for hospitality, please forgive us!”
“Thank you.”
Su Ning and Luo Shuangshuang smiled and thanked her, both politely taking it with both hands.
When meeting Dong Ruolan’s curious scrutinizing gaze, the little girl noticed she had been spotted, like a startled rabbit, her face instantly flushed red. She shyly pursed her lips into a smile and hid behind her mother.
“This child is timid; she was spoiled by me and her mother.”
Dong Fusheng looked at his daughter with fatherly affection in his eyes, and his tone unmistakably carried a doting fondness.
“Then you all chat. I’ll take Ruolan to make dinner first. Doctor Su and this young comrade, will you eat something at home together later?”
“No, no. We just need to say a few words to Uncle Dong and then go. There’s a patient at home who needs us back.”
The matter of patients coming to seek medical treatment had spread throughout the village, so Dong Fusheng and his wife naturally knew about it. Hearing her say this, they didn’t press further.
Once Dong Ruolan and her daughter left for the kitchen, Su Ning withdrew her gaze, turned to him, and quietly told him what she and Luo Shuangshuang had seen.
After hearing the whole story, the smiling expression on Dong Fusheng’s face had completely vanished, his whole body emanating a terrifying chill, his fingers trembling with anger.
Meeting her gaze, Luo Shuangshuang considered for a moment before chiming in, “That Uncle Dong Da, it’s not us gossiping behind backs, but that educated youth really doesn’t look like a good person, so…”
“Uncle understands completely. We still have to thank you for this matter.”
If they weren’t truly worried, why would people with no real connection make a special trip like this? They were all unmarried girls getting involved in this.
Though he was truly furious inside, it wasn’t rage blinding him to target them. He, Dong Fusheng, couldn’t lose face like that or fail to recognize kindness.
Suppressing his anger, he saw them out the courtyard gate. Back in the yard, Dong Fusheng could no longer hold back and roared, “All of you, get out here!”
“Dad, what’s wrong?” “What happened?”
“What happened? Damn it, someone has deceived your little sister, and you brothers didn’t notice a thing!”
Dong Da and the others were baffled, bombarded by their dad’s outburst, their ears ringing.
“Who is it, Dad? Who dares bully our little sister? Damn it, I’ll beat him to death!”
“Grab your weapons!”
Dong Ruolan, who had come out of the kitchen following her mother’s footsteps upon hearing her dad’s roar, turned pale at his following words.
“No, Dad, brothers, don’t!”
“Woman, you watch Ruolan closely. If she dares step out the courtyard gate, I’ll break her legs when I get back!”
For the first sixteen years, this was the first time facing her dad’s fury, and this anger was because of her.
Dong Ruolan trembled, tears streaming down.
The other Dong family members, still completely unaware of what was happening, saw the person they cherished like the apple of their eye crying like a tearful mess, and suddenly all seemed at a loss.
Doused by his daughter’s tears, his anger extinguished more than half on its own, and his muddled mind cleared up considerably.
Gripping the mallet in his hand tightly, Dong Fusheng knew that charging in recklessly wouldn’t just ruin that little beast alone!
Zhang Yi, right? For deceiving his daughter, he would make him regret it for life!
The educated youths, completely unaware they were implicated because of Zhang Yi, were about to enter a fiery ordeal: not only would the agreed holiday be gone, family visit leaves would change from available to unavailable, and every one of them would automatically be added to the winter ditch-digging labor list!
……
“Why are you back so late today?”
Fu Jiaming, preparing to go out searching, finally saw the two young ladies returning arm in arm and let out a heavy sigh of relief. “I thought you two were carried off by some thing!”
“Don’t know about any thing, but we did run into a toad blocking the road.”
“You really ran into trouble? Who? Who is the toad blocking the road?”
Luo Shuangshuang chattered it all to her partner, her face still showing disgust at his words.
Yan Bei, who had also been waiting anxiously, heard this, clenched his fist at his side uncontrollably, a dark glint flashing in his eyes, deep and dangerous.
“Are you okay? Do you need me to…”
Su Ning shook her head, meeting his caring gaze, warmth filling her heart. “Someone will deal with him. No need to bother.”
“Mm.”
Yes, someone would properly deal with him.
Yan Bei nodded noncommittally along with her words and said no more.
“How is Uncle Fu’s situation?”
“Old Man Liu’s medicine just arrived and was taken. Ge Lao checked and said the condition is good. After finishing these doses and pairing with acupuncture, Uncle Fu’s full recovery is just a matter of time.”
“That’s good.”
After dinner and chatting idly with everyone for a bit, since they had to start building the house tomorrow, everyone went back to their rooms early to rest.
Night deepened. Yan Bei, who had lain down fully clothed, opened his eyes and silently left the small compartment.
First tucking in the blankets for his grandparents, then he slipped out of the dilapidated house in the dark, took the weapon he had prepared in advance, and left the foot of the mountain.
“Hey, caught you, huh?”
A familiar voice came from under the crooked-neck tree, making the fist he had instinctively raised stop abruptly.
Yan Bei shot him an annoyed glance and continued walking forward without a word.
“Hey, wait for me!”
In the past, whether good or bad, the two of them were inseparable like Meng and Gao. How come now even home raids didn’t include him?
This wouldn’t do! If not brought, then he must come!
Fu Jiaming quickly stepped forward and snatched the large sack from his hand: He knew this black sesame-stuffed Yan Xiao Qi was definitely up to something big on the sly.
Winking at him, the corners of his mouth curved up in a skin-deep smile as he continued, “Bro, right? You didn’t even count me in on this kind of thing?”
“Shut up.”
Making a silencing gesture with his hand, just from his expression Fu Jiaming knew he had permission and immediately trotted after him happily.
Watching him skillfully climb over the wall, then crouch to pry open the room’s door bolt, he couldn’t help raising a brow: This guy hadn’t done few bad things during the days he was away?
Based on Luo Shuangshuang’s description, the effeminate pretty boy face was spot-on with one search.
Flipping to the third room, they finally found him. The two coordinated with perfect tacit understanding.
One grabbed him up and delivered a chop to the neck, while the other already opened the sack and smoothly covered him.
After the two carried off the dead-pig-like guy, Yao Zhiqin, who had been facing the wall with his back to the door, finally dared to breathe, quickly wiping the cold sweat from his face.
He knew it: with Zhang Yi’s way of doing things, he was bound to get bashed sooner or later!
You ask why he, as the Educated Youth Point team leader, didn’t stand up to stop it upon noticing something wrong?
Heh, he wasn’t stupid.
Against others, Yao Zhiqin might grit his teeth and stomp to fight them, but Zhang Yi…
Smirking, Yao Zhiqin closed his eyes: He was asleep and knew nothing!
If held accountable, damn it, whoever wants to be this crappy team leader can have it!
On the other end, having carried the person to a desolate spot, Yan Bei and Fu Jiaming simultaneously let go in extreme disgust.
“Plop—”
“Hmph~”
A meaty thud accompanied by a muffled grunt reached their ears.
So fragile, awake after just one fall?
Excitedly rubbing his hands, Fu Jiaming secretly thrilled: Awake was better—beating him would have sound and rhythm!
Catching Yan Bei’s look, his eyes darted around and found a handy weapon, following right after to strike.
“Ah! Who, who are you?”
“Ah~ Ah, stop, stop! I have money, don’t hit me, I’ll give it all to you… wuu~”
The two were sly, targeting fleshy spots with intense pain, not wasting a single word throughout.
They stopped only when the sounds from the sack gradually faded from present to absent, completely still.
“Tch, just this?”
Not even satisfied and he was out, trash!
Fu Jiaming kicked the big lump at his feet. “Dump him here?”
Glancing around, this was the front mountain where people often came. When crowded, animals stayed sharp and scarce, but at night, who knows.
Could give a lesson but shouldn’t cause a death.
“Carry him back, strip him, and hang him on a tree.”
“Heh heh heh, I like it.”
“Pervert.”
“Hey, get it straight. I like your idea, not craving his skinny horse body!”
“Stop yapping, hurry and move. Finish early and go back!”
They carried the unconscious person back not far from the Educated Youth Point, picked a tree with sturdy branches, dumped him out of the sack, and stripped him in three shakes of a lamb’s tail.
Leaving only floral shorts, they used his own clothes to hang him on the tree.
At dawn, the first person to open the courtyard gate and come out to fetch water let out a deafening scream.
Instantly pulling open the extremely explosive curtain-raiser for the village this morning.
