Leisurely Days in the Courtyard

Returning to 1955, I began a life of lively chaos and leisure in that legendary Siheyuan. Let's see how a modern person can live their own little life by "gouging" (playing it safe/layi...

Chapter 2018 Xu Damao Denies His Responsibility

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go and take a look!" Seeing that they were almost there, Wu Yu became excited and pulled Liu Guangqi forward quickly.

Liu Guangqi casually parked his bicycle on an open space to the side, and then followed Wu Yu into the center of the crowd.

The two then began to weave through the crowd, and soon arrived in front of the movie screen.

"Hahaha, you're right. I, Xu Damao, am quite famous in Beijing for showing movies!"

Wu Yu and Liu Guangqi had not yet found Xu Damao, but they could already hear him bragging to someone.

The two looked in the direction of Xu Damao's voice and, upon closer inspection, found it was indeed Xu Damao, the person they were looking for.

"Xu Damao!"

Upon seeing that it was Xu Damao, Wu Yu became excited and ran towards him, shouting loudly.

Clearly, Xu Damao hadn't expected Wu Yu to suddenly appear in front of him at this time and place.

When he heard Wu Yu call his name, Xu Damao was completely stunned.

It wasn't until Wu Yu and Liu Guangqi were right in front of him that Xu Damao finally realized what was happening.

"Hehe, what are you two doing here?"

"Could it be that you two came here specifically to see a movie?"

Xu Damao looked at the two with a smile, pretending not to know their purpose for coming, and even treating them as ordinary people who came to watch a movie.

Hearing Xu Damao say that, Wu Yu's anger flared up instantly. She pointed at Xu Damao and shouted, "Xu Damao, what are you pretending for?"

"I don't believe you don't know why I came here?" Wu Yu began to question him. Seeing Xu Damao's innocent look, Wu Yu was even angrier.

"I don't know, did something happen?" Xu Damao shook his head, indicating that he knew nothing.

Seeing Xu Damao like this, Wu Yu could no longer suppress her anger, so she rushed forward and grabbed Xu Damao's collar.

"Xu Damao, what are you pretending for? I don't believe you don't know that thing is fake."

Wu Yu loudly questioned Xu Damao, as if she would beat him up if he didn't answer well.

When Xu Damao saw Wu Yu's expression, his previously smiling face turned gloomy, and he slapped Wu Yu's hand, which was grabbing his collar, away.

"What? What? What's fake?"

"What nonsense are you spouting here? I think you're just here to cause trouble."

"Go away, go away, come with me to the other side."

Xu Damao waved his hand impatiently, signaling Wu Yu to get lost.

When Wu Yu saw Xu Damao's attitude, he wanted to fight with him, but just as he was about to make a move, Liu Guangqi quickly stepped forward and pulled Wu Yu back.

Wu Yu was constantly clashing with Xu Damao and didn't notice what was happening around Xu Damao.

However, Liu Guangqi had been watching everything clearly from the sidelines. The young men next to Xu Damao were eyeing the two of them intently.

If Xu Damao were to give the order at this moment, it wouldn't just be Wu Yu who gets beaten up; he himself would also be implicated.

Liu Guangqi came to ask Xu Damao for money, but before he could even speak, Xu Damao beat him up.

So Liu Guangqi quickly stopped Wu Yu.

"Wu Yu, shut up."

"Get out of my way and listen to me now." Liu Guangqi quickly grabbed Wu Yu, shouted at her, and pushed her aside.

Then Liu Guangqi forced a smile and came to Xu Damao's side.

"Da Mao, we were wrong to do what we did before. I'm here to apologize to you on behalf of Wu Yu."

Liu Guangqi humbled himself greatly and immediately apologized to Xu Damao.

Upon hearing Liu Guangqi's words, the young men around Xu Damao turned their attention away and showed no intention of continuing to attack.

After Liu Guangqi noticed this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he had been beaten in someone else's village, it would have been for nothing, and he would have had nowhere to seek justice.

"Guangqi, what do you mean by that? I don't understand what you're saying!"

Xu Damao is now pretending that he knows nothing and that nothing has happened.

No matter what Liu Guangqi said, Xu Damao maintained an innocent expression.

"Alright, alright, you can talk about it later."

"I'm busy showing movies now."

Suddenly, Xu Damao became impatient and waved for Liu Guangqi and Wu Yu to get lost so as not to interfere with his movie screening.

"Da Mao!"

Liu Guangqi clearly wanted to say something more, but when he tried to catch up with Xu Damao, he found that several young men who had been following Xu Damao were blocking his way.

And they were all eyeing him and Wu Yu with predatory intent.

Adhering to the principle that a wise man doesn't suffer a loss in front of him, Liu Guangqi forced a smile onto his face.

He muttered somewhat reluctantly, "It's okay, it's okay, I won't look for Xu Damao anymore!"

Then Liu Guangqi quickly turned around, pulled Wu Yu along, and walked a few steps away.

Liu Guangqi and Wu Yu stopped at a distance and watched Xu Damao showing a movie.

Wu Yu was furious at this moment and couldn't help but mutter to Liu Guangqi, "That bastard Xu Damao is pretending to be innocent with me now!"

"I was just about to beat him up, why did you stop me? If you hadn't stopped me, I would have killed him."

Wu Yu simply blamed Liu Guangqi for not fighting with Xu Damao.

At this moment, Liu Guangqi pointed in Xu Damao's direction and said to Wu Yu in an annoyed tone, "Go ahead, you can still make it now."

"Look at those young men following Xu Damao, do you think they can kill you? How many of them do you think you can take on by yourself?"

Upon hearing Liu Guangqi's words, Wu Yu remembered the young men who were with Xu Damao and looked in Xu Damao's direction.

The movie had already started playing on Xu Damao's side, but those young men were still staring at him and Liu Guangqi with uncertain expressions.

When Wu Yu saw so many people staring at her, she couldn't help but shiver and quickly looked away.

"I……"

Wu Yu suddenly started stuttering; he clearly knew he couldn't beat so many people.

"Alright, you'd better stay put!"

"I need to have a serious talk with Xu Damao about this. You'll have to listen to me from now on. Do whatever I tell you to do."

“Even if I make you kneel down to Xu Damao, you will kneel down obediently.”