Tang Zhongxin naturally knew what Liu Xiaoyuan wanted him to do: teach Ye Liangchen a lesson.

Tang Zhongxin glanced subconsciously at Ye Jiang, who was lying unconscious on the ground. Damn it, this was a thankless task.

Then, thinking that he had already attacked Ye Liangchen, he figured one more time wouldn't hurt, so Tang Zhongxin immediately started teaching Ye Liangchen a lesson.

Tang Zhongxin really went all out; in no time at all, he beat Ye Liangchen until he was screaming and looking like a pig's head.

"Stop...stop hitting me, please stop hitting me..." Ye Liangchen immediately surrendered.

Liu Xiaoyuan originally thought Ye Liangchen was a guy with backbone, but he didn't expect that this guy was also a bully who preyed on the weak and feared the strong.

"Alright, alright!" Seeing that Ye Liangchen had been beaten up enough, Liu Xiaoyuan told Tang Zhongxin to stop.

"Everyone, look how sunny it is today, perfect for sunbathing! How about this, everyone kneel down in the sun and enjoy a sunbath!" Liu Xiaoyuan said loudly.

Upon hearing this, the Ye family members and Tang Zhongxin exclaimed, "Damn, the summer sun is scorching! Kneeling under the sun is going to kill you!"

But when they thought about Liu Xiaoyuan's methods, they immediately felt that they should do as he said, at least that way their lives wouldn't be in danger, and at most they would get tanned to a dark color.

So the Ye family members and Tang Zhongxin knelt in the sun. Wang Songren and Li Shuyang were also about to kneel when Liu Xiaoyuan quickly smiled and said to them, "There's no need for the two family heads to kneel. Please sit down!"

When Tang Zhongxin saw this scene, he was filled with regret. How could he have been so stupid?

The cement ground, baked by the sun, was at least forty degrees Celsius. Even walking barefoot on it would be scalding hot. When Tang Zhongxin and his group knelt down, they didn't feel anything at first, but gradually their knees felt like they were kneeling on a red-hot iron plate. Coupled with the scorching sun, the group was immediately drenched in sweat.

In less than half an hour, Tang Zhongxin and the others' clothes were completely soaked, and water could be wrung out of them.

"Hey everyone, how's the sunbathing? Is it comfortable?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked with a grin as he sat in the shade.

Although the distance between them is very short, one side is hell and the other side is heaven.

Tang Zhongxin and the others instinctively shook their heads, indicating that sunbathing was not good.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoyuan smiled and said, "Since you say it's not good, then you must have enjoyed it for too short a time and haven't experienced the benefits of sunbathing yet. Then enjoy it a little longer!"

Upon hearing this, Tang Zhongxin and the others felt as if a thousand galloping horses were galloping through their hearts.

"Comfortable, sunbathing is comfortable!" Tang Zhongxin and the others shamelessly changed their minds again and said that sunbathing was comfortable.

Liu Xiaoyuan had anticipated that these people would be so shameless, and said with a smile, "Since sunbathing is comfortable, then you can sunbathe for a while longer."

"Damn it! You're not playing by the rules! Can't we have any fun anymore?" At this moment, Tang Zhongxin and his friends felt like they'd been screwed over by a husky.

Liu Xiaoyuan called over a servant from the Ye family and asked him to brew a pot of tea. Then, he, Li Shuyang, and Wang Songren drank tea and chatted.

Tang Zhongxin and the others, kneeling under the sun, were drenched in sweat. When they saw the tea next to Liu Xiaoyuan and the others, they were like people who hadn't eaten for a week seeing a table full of delicious food, constantly swallowing their saliva.

Seeing the expressions on Tang Zhongxin and the others' faces, Liu Xiaoyuan sneered, "If I don't teach you a lesson, you won't learn your lesson."

The sun finally set, and Tang Zhongxin and the others were no longer suffering from the scorching sun, but their knees were numb, as if they no longer belonged to them.

More importantly, my mouth was already parched, and I wished I could grab a big bucket of water and gulp it down to feel better.

Without Liu Xiaoyuan's order, they dared not get up and remained obediently kneeling on the ground.

Ye Jiang, who had fainted on the side, was still unconscious, so it seemed that Liu Xiaoyuan's kick was indeed quite heavy.

"Are you very thirsty?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked, looking at the people kneeling on the ground.

Tang Zhongxin and the others' lips were already dry, and they wished they could pick up a large bucket and gulp down a good drink. They were so thirsty that they couldn't be thirstier. Never before had they longed for a bottle of water so much.

Hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, Tang Zhongxin and the other two did not understand the meaning of Liu Xiaoyuan's question. They had already been tricked by Liu Xiaoyuan about the sunbathing issue, and now that he was asking this question, everyone was speculating about Liu Xiaoyuan's intentions.

However, everyone was so thirsty that they didn't care about anything else and nodded one after another to say they were very thirsty.

Liu Xiaoyuan said, "That's easy. I'll have your Ye family's servants fetch two buckets of water right away."

Then, Liu Xiaoyuan had the Ye family's servants bring over two buckets of tap water.

Seeing the two buckets of tap water placed in front of Liu Xiaoyuan, Tang Zhongxin and the others kept swallowing. At this moment, what they saw were not two buckets of tap water, but two buckets of fine wine, two buckets of precious spring water that was worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Tang Zhongxin and the others stared longingly at the two buckets of tap water, secretly relieved that Liu Xiaoyuan hadn't tried anything funny this time.

"Everyone, do you really want to come up for a drink of water?" Liu Xiaoyuan stood up and asked.

"Yes!" Tang Zhongxin and the others nodded in unison. As long as Liu Xiaoyuan gave the order, they would rush forward without hesitation and plunge into the bucket to drink to their hearts' content.

After an afternoon of scorching sun, their throats were burning, and much of their body moisture had evaporated. If they didn't replenish their fluids, they feared they would die of dehydration.

"As you all know, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Similarly, there's no such thing as free water. If you want to drink the water in this bucket, you'll have to pay a price," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.

Hearing this, Tang Zhongxin and the others were dumbfounded. They had no idea what tricks Liu Xiaoyuan was up to this time.

Everyone stared at Liu Xiaoyuan with tense expressions. They desperately wanted a sip of water; their throats were burning, and they had no saliva left to swallow to moisten their throats.

"Alright everyone, if you want to drink the water in this bucket, then it depends on who's the best. The first three get to drink, and as for the rest, I can't help you." Liu Xiaoyuan said, carrying the two buckets of water to the back.

Upon hearing this, Tang Zhongxin and the others immediately turned their gazes to the people around them. At this moment, the people around them were no longer family and friends, but enemies—enemies vying for water resources.

"Alright, we can start now. Remember, only the top three get water," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.

At this point, the Ye family members didn't care who the head of the family was, as long as they could get water.

"Damn it, I'm the head of the family, how dare you hold me back."

"I want water! I don't care if you're the head of the family or not, I want water!"

The courtyard immediately became lively. To compete for the three spots to drink water, the Ye family and Tang Zhongxin went all out, pushing and shoving each other, using every means at their disposal, giving Liu Xiaoyuan and his two companions, who were watching the spectacle, a visual feast.

(End of this chapter)