Chapter 64 The problem must be with Su Cheng
Hearing the unfamiliar voice, Xie Ming tightened his grip a bit, slowly looked towards the door, and opened his thin lips slightly, "Where did you come from, old man? How dare you dare to act like that in front of me?"
Du Heng had never heard him speak in this tone before and was stunned. "You..."
"Are you looking for death?" Xie Ming raised his lips with a playful smile. He picked up the broken pieces of the teapot that fell on the table and pretended to throw them at Du Heng.
Unfortunately, before he could move, Su Cheng grabbed his arm tightly.
"You dare!"
Her almond-shaped eyes widened, and the fierceness in them made Xie Ming stunned for a moment, then he curled his lips and sneered, "You care about this old man, who is he to you?"
"Grandpa Du, the eggs are almost burnt!" Xie Cuicui rushed over anxiously, stretched out her little hand to grab the spatula from Du Heng's hand, and snorted with her hands on her hips, "Grandpa, you can't do anything except make trouble!"
"Cui... Cuicui?" Xie Ming saw the person coming and a look of shock flashed in his eyes, "Why are you..."
Seeing him staring at the little girl absentmindedly, Su Cheng raised his fist and hit him hard in the face without hesitation.
If Xie Ming hadn't turned his face to the side, the punch would have hit him right in the eye socket.
He almost lost his life, so Su Cheng attacked him ruthlessly. Xie Ming's cheekbones were visibly red and swollen.
Xie Ming felt a numbness on the right side of his face. He slowly turned around and looked at her with an even colder look. "Su Cheng, you are so brave."
"Fourth Uncle!" Xie Cuicui had no idea what had happened between the two elders, but she still ran up to them regardless. "Why did you bully my mother and make her cry?"
Su Cheng was strangled by him and almost suffocated to death. Now her whole face was red and tears were flashing in her eyes. She couldn't calm down for a while, and it really looked like she was crying because she was bullied.
"Cuicui..." Xie Ming lowered his eyes and looked at her, puzzled, "You actually recognized a thief as your mother?"
"Fourth Uncle is the thief!" Xie Cuicui curled her lips, her face immediately showing dissatisfaction, "My mother didn't steal or rob, who said my mother is a thief?"
Xie Ming stared at her, with a look of surprise and doubt in his eyes.
Ever since his nephew and niece were sold by that vicious woman Su Cheng, he had been searching for them in vain. Several years had passed, and although he didn't know what they looked like now, children grow fast, and no matter how hungry they were, they would not be as short as they are now.
Xie Ming lowered his head, his gaze as sharp as a torch, making the little girl feel a little uncomfortable. "How old are you this year?"
"Cuicui's sixth birthday is coming up soon." Su Cheng looked up at him, his fair neck still bearing marks of pinching, his eyes cold. "Are you going to cause unrest in this house?"
Sixth birthday?
Cuicui was sold at the age of five.
How is this possible!
"What are you doing?"
A man's voice sounded from outside the door. Xie Ming raised his head in a daze and met Xie Suzhou's eyes outside the door.
"Second brother..." Xie Ming saw that the person outside the door was dressed in cloth, and his eyes were filled with even more surprise.
The three brothers were reunited. The second brother jumped from a counselor to a rising star in the dynasty, and was on par with the Prime Minister. He had never worn clothes made of such material again.
"Suzhou, you're finally here! That kid Xie Ming is crazy!" Du Heng saw him and felt like he had found his backbone. He quickly grabbed his sleeve and pointed at Su Cheng, "Look at what he's done to our Ah Cheng!"
Xie Suzhou glanced sideways at the woman in the room. His eyes touched the red mark on her neck, and his expression changed instantly. He walked a few steps towards her, gently lifted her chin, and looked closely at her injury, but he said to someone else, "Xie Ming, did you do this?"
Somehow, Xie Ming seemed to sense the suppressed anger of his second brother, and a hint of panic flashed across his face. "Second brother, I..."
"Just tell me if you did it."
Xie Suzhou looked back at him, his eyes like a knife, slicing him thousands of times.
"...Yes." Years of oppression from his brother made Xie Ming dare not lie, so he could only nod in agreement.
The next moment, he was hit hard on the left side of his intact face.
Although Xie Suzhou is a weak scholar, he still has the strength that a man should have.
In front of his brother, Xie Ming was caught off guard and was suddenly knocked back a few steps by the punch. His cheeks were as red as if they were painted with rouge.
"Second brother?" Xie Ming raised his head, his eyes full of confusion. He wanted to ask the reason, but found that all his second brother's thoughts were on that vicious woman.
"The scar is quite severe. I'm afraid my voice will be hoarse when I wake up tomorrow." Xie Suzhou looked calm, but the worry in his eyes was evident. He gently stroked her neck with his fingertips and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Du, do you have any medicine for the wound?"
"Yes, yes, Ah Cheng, come with me." Du Heng gave Xie Ming a subtle look, his face showing suspicion, and winked at Xie Suzhou, "Go and take care of him. What's wrong with him? He's either pinching my sister-in-law's neck or her feet. How can this be allowed?"
"Pinch...Pinch your feet?" Xie Suzhou's handsome face changed again and again, and his eyes turned a little colder as he looked at his brother. "Thank you, Mr. Du, for telling me. It's troublesome for you."
Su Cheng glanced at Xie Ming out of the corner of his eye, sweat oozing from his palms, and followed Du Heng to the main hall without saying a word.
"I didn't know my brother was so capable." Xie Suzhou stared at the mess on the ground, his lips pressed into a straight line. "How dare you lay hands on my eldest sister-in-law? Are you crazy? I've already sent my eldest brother to jail. If you dare to mess around again, I don't mind having another Xie family member in jail."
"Brother?" Xie Ming was stunned, his head aching badly. "Didn't my brother die a long time ago?"
"You..." Xie Suzhou suddenly thought of something and sighed softly, "That's right, you were poisoned and unconscious for a long time, so you missed everything that happened during this period. I'm going to Beijing to take the exam tomorrow, and I haven't packed my things yet. I don't have time to explain too much to you. If you want to hear it, go ask Cuicui. Anyway, my brother is not dead."
After he finished speaking, Xie Suzhou's face flashed with helplessness, and he whispered softly, "One Jinyu is already enough to give me a headache. If there is another one, I won't be able to concentrate on the imperial examinations."
The door of the east room opened and closed, leaving only Xie Ming in the room.
"Going to Beijing to take the imperial examination..."
Xie Ming then realized that he was probably reborn when he was nineteen.
But what is happening now cannot be said to be exactly the same as what I remember, it is completely unrelated!
Cuicui was not sold, her second brother actually got along well with Su Cheng, and there was an unfamiliar old man in the house.
Since the flood, the three brothers were forced to leave. The second brother once said that he followed an official and left Ganping County, missed the imperial examination that year, and entered the Ruyang Palace as a counselor.
Xie Ming's mind was in a state of confusion, and he didn't know what was true and what was false.
How could Second Brother shake hands with Su Cheng and make peace? He clearly hated that vicious woman the most!
"Su Cheng..." Xie Ming's eyes flickered, his expression firm, "The problem must be with Su Cheng!"
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