After saying that, he clenched his fist and swung it several times into Li Da's stomach.

Li Da was completely powerless and unable to resist, curling up and falling downwards. Xie Ming showed no mercy and kicked him in the groin again, warning him, "Watch your mouth, or you'll be useless, just like that thing of yours."

Li Da's face flushed red with pain, as if he would die of a stroke at any moment. But under Xie Ming's death stare, he could only grit his teeth and nod in agony.

Outside the courtyard, Li Da's daughter arrived in a hurry, accompanied by the head of the Li clan.

Xie Ming walked over to his older sister, picked up the fire poker from the ground, and asked her, "Big sister, are you still going to stay in this house?"

“Brother, there are many members of the Li clan.”

Xie Chunhua immediately revealed her family's predicament, fearing it would bring trouble to her household.

"The more people there are, the more weaknesses they have. Haven't you heard the saying 'the barefoot aren't afraid of those wearing shoes'? Besides, all the benefits are with the second wife. What do we, the first wife, have to be afraid of?"

Xie Chunhua stood there in front of her younger brother, stunned and speechless.

Is that so! The eldest son's wife didn't get any benefits at all; she was just treated like a slave by the second son's wife. She suddenly couldn't understand why she and her sisters had suffered so much.

Unable to understand what she had been busy with for the first half of her life, Xie Chunhua plopped down on the ground, unable to utter a single word.

"Young Master Xie, are you here to show off your power at the Li family?"

Before the person arrived, their voice preceded their arrival; from their tone, one could tell that the newcomer was the head of the Li family.

Xie Ming and the others stepped into the courtyard before speaking: "Clan Chief Li, my brother-in-law is having an affair with another woman. He forced my eldest sister to serve another man. These past two days, he's been particularly dissatisfied and intends to kill my eldest sister to make room for a new woman! How can I not come and support my sister when the Li clan is humiliating the Xie family like this?"

The Li clan patriarch was speechless; he truly had no idea what kind of trouble the Li family had caused.

Just now, Li Da's daughter came over and only said that her stepmother's family came and beat her father. The girl was crying and couldn't explain the cause and effect.

He was only thinking of his people, and in his anger, he didn't ask for the reason before grabbing a few boys and heading this way.

"This... Li Da, tell me what exactly happened?"

Chief Li reacted quickly, turning to ask the person still sprawled on the ground.

Xie Ming's sharp eyes swept over, his gaze threatening. Li Daben had hoped to use the newcomer to subdue his annoying brother-in-law.

But seeing Xie Ming's murderous gaze, they immediately wilted, stammering and unable to say anything coherent for a long time.

Chief Li was immediately at a loss for what to do. He had thought that Li Da was a man of action, and that after all he had done, he must have a plan. But now, when the time came, he couldn't even utter a single word.

"Grandpa Chief, he slapped my face and my brother, and he also bullied my sister."

When Li Da's six-year-old son saw that none of the adults could stand up for him, he immediately stood up and showed his face to everyone.

At this moment, the red mark on the boy's face was still clearly visible.

Xie Ming had no intention of hiding it; he wanted a reputation for being "unruly," and he wasn't about to let such a good opportunity slip by.

"Young Master Xie, what kind of behavior is it to take out your anger on a child when it's an adult matter? Do you think you can bully my clan because we have no one else to rely on!"

When Chief Li saw that there was a clever one, he immediately became arrogant.

"Little one, how do you play this?"

Xie Ming picked up the stone from the ground, walked up to him, and handed it to him.

"Yao—" Li Da shouted immediately, but his shout was not as fast as the child's movements.

His youngest son was already throwing small stones at Xie Chunniang.

Xie Ming straightened up and stared at the clan chief with a mocking smile, saying, "No matter what, these children were all raised by my sister! Is this how the Li family treats their daughter-in-law?"

Chief Li opened and closed his mouth but couldn't say a word, and the young men standing behind him also felt their breaths drop.

Disrespecting elders is a serious act of filial impiety, and if this reputation spreads, the entire Li family will suffer.

If outsiders know how the clansmen mistreat their daughters-in-law, how can the young men of the clan marry good girls? This is something that must be eradicated!

"Young Master Xie, this is all a family matter. We shouldn't make a scene behind closed doors! Don't you think so..."

Xie Ming followed up, saying, "The clan chief is a reasonable elder, and I naturally trust him. But this matter still depends on my sister's decision."

Chief Li closed his eyes, knowing that Li Da's wife was probably gone. Oh well, since outsiders were going to come in anyway, he could only cover himself with the blanket and leave both sides safe.

After thinking it through, he opened his eyes and replied, "Okay!"

"Clan Chief!" Li Da exclaimed in disbelief.

"Shut up!"

Chief Li glared angrily, spitting out saliva a meter away, showing just how furious he was!

He secretly cursed the idiot for not cleaning up properly after pooping, but for letting it fall in his crotch for everyone to see, making him lose face completely.

"Thank you for your kindness, Clan Chief."

Xie Ming bowed to Chief Li, then turned and walked towards Li Da with the fire poker in his hand.