Anning: "No, my hand will get hurt."
Thunder: "It's nothing, didn't you want to see..."
An Ning: "I don't want to see it, no, no..."
Thunder: "Okay, I won't chop it anymore. I'll peel it open slowly, okay..."
An Ning: "Okay, that works."
Anning hugged Leiting, trying to stop him from doing something so dangerous. Liao Qian and Allen laughed heartily. Leiting gently placed Anning on a chair and slowly peeled the durian.
Thunder: "Here, have a bite..."
An Ning: "So sweet, hehe..."
Liao Qian: "You lucky bastard, what made you so fortunate to marry Anning! She thinks of you in everything. She wouldn't even let you touch a durian. You've escaped this time, but how are you going to get those lashes when you get back?!"
Lei Ting: "A few lashes are fine. With An Ning by my side, I can get through anything."
An Ning: "That won't do either, not even a single lash, please..."
Anning hugged Leiting again. Leiting was still holding the durian in his hand and couldn't hit her. This made Liao Qian and Allen both laugh and cry. Anning was so delicate even before Leiting had been hit. If he really got hit, Anning would be so heartbroken that she would cry!
Thunder: "It's alright, it's alright, come and have some juice..."
Lei Ting fed An Ning juice, then sat down next to her. An Ning took a big bite of durian, while Liao Qian and Allen sat to the side, watching them helplessly.
Liao Qian: "You two! True friendship is revealed in times of trouble."
An Ning: "Liao Qian, please tell Grandma not to let them beat Lei Xing anymore. I have forgiven him, I really have forgiven him."
Liao Qian: "I dare not say that. I might get a beating when I get back. Besides, it's not something Grandma can decide. Lei Ting is the head of the Lei family, and as the successor, if he does something like aborting a child, the whole Lei family will be watching! He has to set an example."
An Ning: "I'm the sect leader now, I don't want them to use Thunder."
Liao Qian: "Did the 'Bi Yi Lian Zhi' (a pair of intertwined branches) end up in your hands?"
Anning: "Yes, at my home."
Liao Qian: "That makes things easier. When the ancestral hall is opened, you will sit in the center. If Lei Ting gets whipped, you can just say stop. This is the privilege of the sect leader."
An Ning: "That won't do either. Not a single lash is allowed. The sect leader can't demand that not a single lash be used, can he?"
Liao Qian: "No, if it's just a divorce, he can avoid corporal punishment, but if he harms an innocent child and his offspring, then we'll have to open the ancestral hall to inform our ancestors."
Anning: "But if the child is unhealthy to begin with and needs to be aborted to avoid risks, then isn't that still an abortion? How should this be handled?"
Liao Qian: "These two are completely different in nature. Lei Ting didn't tell you about Lei Ying's matter. She gave birth to a married man's child, so he was crippled. The nature of these two cases is different. If they are not punished, the gossip will not be silenced."
Anning: "We don't care what others say, I don't want Leiting to get beaten up."
Liao Qian: "You may not care, but if you live in the Lei family with karmic debts, your ancestors will be angry, which is not good for your branch. If other clansmen surpass you, the head of the sect may not be surnamed Lei anymore."
Lei Ting: "It's not that scary. If you get beaten, you get beaten. It's just a few lashes! You got beaten a lot when you were a kid! It's okay, Anning. Don't listen to what Liao Qian said and make it sound so scary."
An Ning: "But... the sect leader doesn't have much power!"
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