The screams of the Xiahou brothers echoed throughout the living room. Cao Cao, watching his father swing a stick and strike the two brothers' buttocks, couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

After hitting the two brothers a dozen times, Cao Song picked up his stick and looked at Cao Cao standing to the side.

"Father...Father, you...you can't hit me..."

Upon seeing Cao Song approaching, Cao Cao's throat bobbed, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Really? Why? You are my son, why can't I hit you?"

Cao Song chuckled lightly, speaking as he continued walking toward Cao Cao.

“My son is now His Majesty’s student. He can’t be beaten at will. Even if he makes a mistake, it should be His Majesty’s responsibility to punish him. Besides, His Majesty has said that domestic violence is unacceptable!”

Cao Cao hurriedly brought up the emperor, hoping that his father would show some consideration.

"Heh~ If this were in the Imperial Guard, it wouldn't be so bad, but you're on leave now, and you're at the Cao residence. It's only natural for a father to beat his son, and His Majesty wouldn't say anything..."

"And this isn't domestic violence, it's a father's love, my son..."

Cao Song laughed out of anger, and as he spoke, he swung the stick in his hand and swung it at Cao Cao's buttocks.

"Ouch~~ That hurts~!"

Feeling a burning pain in his buttocks, Cao Cao couldn't help but cry out in pain.

"It's supposed to hurt... You little bastard, you're such a pain, if I don't make you feel some pain, you'll throw a tantrum!"

While Cao Song was angrily rebuking him, his men didn't stop their actions, beating him with considerable force. The sounds of 'slap slap' were incessant.

The Xiahou brothers, watching from the side, were also terrified. It seemed that Cao Song's attack on them earlier was just a token gesture, while his attack on Cao Cao was a real fight to the death.

For a moment, the two brothers turned their heads away, not daring to look anymore, and silently mourned for their elder brother.

Just as Cao Song was beating his son, Madam Cao also came out from the back room. Hearing her son's screams coming from the living room, she hurried over.

"Greetings, Madam!"

"Hey Lao Xu, what's going on in the living room?"

Hearing Cao Song's angry curses and her son's screams from inside, Madam Cao couldn't help but show a look of heartache.

Old Xu respectfully replied, "In response to Madam's question, the young master and the two young masters from the Xiahou family stole the family head's tea leaves. The family head is furious and is currently disciplining the young master and the two young masters."

"Oh? These brats dared to steal even the patriarch's tea leaves, they certainly deserve a beating...!"

Upon hearing the whole story, Madam Cao, who had initially felt sorry for her son, immediately sided with Cao Song.

"Ouch~ Do you really want to kill me?"

Just as Lady Cao was about to leave, Cao Cao's call suddenly came through.

"I'll kill you, then I'll just have another child with your mother..."

"Pah... This shameless old man, how can he be so outspoken in front of his son..."

Cao Song's words made Madam Cao, who was outside the door, blush slightly and couldn't help but spit on the ground.

"Ah~, Father, they say even tigers don't eat their cubs... How can you be so heartless? I'm your own son!!"

Cao Cao stared wide-eyed at the furious Cao Song. This was the first time he had ever seen his father so angry.

Upon hearing Cao Cao's words, Cao Song laughed in fury, "Heh~ I'm heartless?? I'm starting to doubt if you're even my son~~ Stealing hundreds of thousands of coins from my savings to drink and carouse is one thing, but you even dared to touch my tea leaves..."

"Clang!"

Before Cao Song could finish speaking, the living room door was suddenly pushed open with a loud bang.

"Didn't I say that no one is allowed to..."

Hearing the commotion, Cao Song turned around, ready to shout angrily, only to find Madam Cao standing at the living room door with a frosty expression.

"Madam, what brings you here?"

Seeing his wife staring at him with an unfriendly expression, and thinking about how she might have overheard his words, Cao Song couldn't help but feel a chill.

"Heh~ What did you just say? Aman isn't your child?"

Madam Cao gave a cold laugh and slowly walked towards Cao Song.

"No, my lady, you must have misheard. How could I say such a thing? Look at Aman, whether in appearance or personality, he's practically a carbon copy of me! Who else but me could produce such an excellent offspring?"

As Madam Cao drew closer, Cao Song couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, though he still held his wife in high regard.

"Hmph~, what about that secret stash of money?"

Madam Cao gave a soft snort, her eyes fixed on Cao Song.

"Secret stash of money?? All the money in the Cao family is managed by Madam. How could I have any secret stash of money? Madam, please don't wrong me...?"

Feeling a little uneasy under his wife's gaze, Cao Song quickly began to offer a pretext... oh no, I mean, an explanation!!

"Aman, tell me, where did you get the money from before? I heard that when Benchu ​​bought a house for his mother, he borrowed money from you?"

Ignoring Cao Song, Lady Cao turned to look at Cao Cao.

"Ah? Mother, that...that's what I borrowed from Miao Cai and the others!"

Upon hearing his mother's question, Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat. He naturally dared not betray his father, so he quickly brought up Xiahou Yuan.

"Is that so... Myo-tsai?"

Lady Cao turned to look at Xiahou Yuan, who felt a little flustered by her presence.

"Uh... if you say so, then it must be...!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao, who was standing nearby, immediately sensed something was wrong.

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