Xu Yewen was more cunning. Seeing that Xu Ningyan's expression was not good, he rolled his eyes, stopped Xu Yewu, and forced out a sinister smile.
“Siya! Second brother is right. Even if our family has a thousand faults and ten thousand bad things, back then, if my mother hadn't found you and taken you in, you would have been dead long ago, wouldn't you? Over the years, even if we haven't been good to you, we've at least managed to raise you to adulthood. You've lived to this age, which is all thanks to our family, isn't it? We can't erase all our family's contributions and sacrifices just because you've suffered some grievances, can we?”
"Besides, look around, isn't everyone living like this? Sons are meant to support the family, and daughters are meant to get married and leave home. How can they compare to sons? It's only natural for parents to be a little biased. Isn't that how everyone has lived? Why can't you stand it?"
"Putting everything else aside, just consider that you've survived this long because of our family. Why don't you talk to Uncle Changfeng? Even if we're not related by blood, we're all ancestors. Are you really going to be so heartless as to leave our family no way to survive?"
"As the saying goes, those who have nothing to lose are not afraid of those who have something to lose! If you really drive our family to the brink of despair, we'll go all out. If we can't do anything to Xu Changfeng, do you think we can't do anything to you? When the time comes, our whole family of four will just stay at your house, eat and drink your food, do you believe me?"
Xu Ningyan narrowed her eyes: "Are you threatening me?"
Xu Yewen chuckled: "How can this be called a threat? We brothers are just discussing this with you, aren't we? We didn't want this either, right? For your sake and ours, you'll have to do the legwork. Go find Xu Changfeng or whoever it is, first, get my mother's job back! Second, tell Xu Changfeng that our family saved your life, and you think it's not even worth a few thousand yuan?"
"No matter what, you have to get at least half of that money back! Otherwise, you don't want our whole family living here with you, do you?"
"To be honest, staying here is quite nice. The yard is big enough for our whole family. As for the job, if you can't come back, you can give it to me, okay? Hey—"
She never got to say anything more; she simply clutched her stomach and lay down on the ground.
Xu Ningyan's face was frosty as she spat, "You think you're so great? You get bullied and come to me? Trying to negotiate with me? Is this how you try to negotiate?"
As he spoke, he swung the bicycle he was holding, knocking Xu Yewu, who was still in shock, to the ground.
Xu Yewu immediately lay down on the ground and groaned.
Xu Ningyan ignored him, rushed to Xu Yewen in two steps, and started kicking him wildly.
Xu Yewen screamed and rolled around on the ground, crawling and twisting: "Xu, Xu Siya, you, you stop! If you don't, if you don't stop, I'll, I won't be so polite—"
Xu Ningyan kicked while sneering, "Come on, show me how you're not going to hold back!"
Xu Yewen was all talk and no action; when it came to fighting, he was no match for Xu Yewu. Xu Ningyan kicked him so hard that he could only curl up and wriggle on the ground like a maggot.
Xu Yewu had suffered at Xu Ningyan's hands before, and seeing Xu Yewen being beaten so badly that he was powerless to fight back, his mind, which had been clouded by anger, suddenly cleared up and he immediately backed down.
He pushed away the bicycle that was pressing down on him and tried to run away.
Did Xu Ningyan think he could escape? He grabbed a half-brick from the side and smashed it into Xu Yewu's knee.
Xu Yewu's legs buckled and he fell face-first into the mud, knocking out two of his front teeth and filling his mouth with blood.
Tears immediately streamed down her face, and she begged for forgiveness, tears and snot streaming down her face, "Siya, I know I was wrong! I won't ask you for money or your job anymore, please let me go—"
Seeing that Xu Ningyan remained unmoved, Xu Yewu immediately pushed Xu Yewen forward: "This really isn't my fault! I didn't want to come to you! It was my older brother who suggested that we come to you! No matter what method we use, we have to make you talk to Xu Changfeng and get our family's jobs back, and the money back too! It really has nothing to do with me!"
“If you want to settle accounts, go find my older brother! It’s all his fault. He said if we didn’t come to you for help, our family wouldn’t even have money for food! He also said that if I didn’t come to you, he could stay in the city with a job, but I would have to go to the countryside! Really, it was all his idea—”
Xu Yewen had finally recovered and was no longer in so much pain when he heard that his younger brother had sold him out.
He immediately became enraged and stumbled over, yelling, "Second brother, shut up! What nonsense are you spouting? Who am I doing this for? Isn't it all for our family, for you? And you betrayed me—"
Xu Yewu suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "You're talking nonsense! You're not doing this for me! You're just doing it for yourself! You don't want to spend money to support me! To support this family! That's why you're saying this! You know Siya is not someone to mess with, yet you still tricked me into coming here!"
The two brothers immediately turned on each other and started arguing.
Xu Ningyan scoffed at their dog-eat-dog behavior, thinking that the Xu family was truly at their wits' end.
They actually sent those two good-for-nothing brothers, Xu Yewen and Xu Yewu, to come to me. Is this some kind of desperate measure?
He clapped his hands, thinking it would be bad luck to scold them: "If I see you again, I'll beat you every time! I'll beat you to death if I can't kill you! I'll beat you until you dare not show your face near me, do you hear me!"
After saying that, he turned his back and bent down to help the bicycle.
No sooner said than done, the two brothers, who were arguing and so angry they wanted to slap each other, suddenly grabbed a nearby stone and clenched their fists, aiming at Xu Ningyan's back and the back of his head with lightning speed.
Xu Ningyan caught a glimpse of the two men's movements out of the corner of her eye. Just as she was about to retaliate, she saw Zhou Zi'an leading two young policemen into the alley behind them.
The three of them also witnessed this scene and were greatly shocked.
Zhou Zi'an shouted, "Stop! What are you trying to do?"
They rushed over.
Hearing the shout, Xu Yewen, who was holding onto the stone, reflexively turned around and saw three men in police uniforms running towards him.
Suddenly jolted, his hand loosened, and the stone he was holding fell to the ground.
As for Xu Yewu, his first reaction upon seeing the police was to run away.
Zhou Zian and his two companions quickly rushed towards the three men. One of them pinned Xu Yewen to the ground, while another chased after him for a few steps. Before he had gone ten meters, he kicked Xu Yewu against the wall, then stepped forward and used one leg to pin down the nearly vomiting blood Xu Yewu, pulling out handcuffs from his waist and cuffing them behind his back.
Zhou Zian helped Xu Ningyan pick up her bicycle and looked her up and down with concern: "Are you alright? Did they hurt you?"
Xu Ningyan shook her head, her face still showing signs of shock.
After Zhou Zian saw that both of them were handcuffed, he asked Xu Ningyan, "What exactly happened?"
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