Xu Damao, standing next to him, stiffened for a moment, grunted, and involuntarily tightened his anus.
Sha Zhu's groin kick was like an armor-piercing bullet to him. No matter how much he trained, even if he later became the Third Master, he would still be afraid of this thing.
"Shazhu, Jia Dongxu was just saying a few words to you, what are you doing? Is it really necessary to make a personal attack?"
Liu Haizhong was startled by Jia Dongxu's shout, and his fat jiggled. "You've gone too far! Look, you've kicked Jia Dongxu so badly he can't even stand up."
Although Liu Haizhong verbally condemned Sha Zhu, he showed no intention of helping Jia Dongxu up.
Qin Huairu was also stunned by Sha Zhu's actions. It wasn't until Jia Dongxu knelt on the ground that she hurriedly stepped forward to help her husband up.
Although Jia Dongxu only weighed about 130 pounds, it was still too much for Qin Huairu's small frame to handle. When Yi Zhonghai saw the situation, he rushed over and helped Qin Huairu.
Jia Dongxu managed to stand up, but his groin was in excruciating pain, and he still couldn't stand steadily without support.
"Zhu Zi, why are you acting recklessly again, even kicking someone in a sensitive area? Dong Xu didn't mention you by name, did he?"
Yi Zhonghai stared intently at Sha Zhu, afraid that Sha Zhu would rush up again and hit him while he was talking. "The matter at Dongxu's door has been resolved. Don't make trouble for it again. As long as you don't lay a hand on him, I can guarantee that Dongxu won't call the police."
Yi Zhonghai kept wondering how the fire started; it couldn't have just spontaneously combusted in the middle of the night for no reason.
It wasn't until he caught a glimpse of Bang Geng's smug smile that he suddenly realized that Jia Dongxu was not only his apprentice but also his future caregiver, while Bang Geng was his grand-apprentice, practically a grandson.
The reason for bringing up not reporting to the police was to prevent Jia Dongxu from getting emotional and saying it prematurely.
When the police arrive, things will become difficult and impossible to resolve. If the police find any clues left by Bang Geng at the fire scene, we'll really have lost more than we gained.
However, the words had to be said indirectly, so that Sha Zhu wouldn't realize that it was their side that dared not call the police.
"Yi Zhonghai, stop pretending to be a good person while wearing a hat. What kind of good person do you think you are?"
At this point, Sha Zhu had already labeled Bang Geng as an arsonist in his mind, so how could he not know what Yi Zhonghai was thinking? "Let me tell you, don't think I don't know what you're up to. If you're so capable, go ahead and report me to the police."
As Sha Zhu spoke, he unhooked his arm, looking like he was about to get into a big fight.
An older woman who had been helping to put out the fire was resting on the side when she heard Sha Zhu cursing Yi Zhonghai, and she immediately couldn't sit still.
"Silly Zhu, what's wrong with you? Why are you biting everyone you see?"
“Auntie, I respect you as an elder, so I won’t argue with you. It would be wrong of me to act recklessly towards you, but Yi Zhonghai is different.” Sha Zhu turned his head to look at Yi Zhonghai, who was helping Jia Dongxu. “Look at what he did. He even threatened me by saying he wouldn’t call the police. Doesn’t he have any idea who set the fire? If we call the police, who knows who they’ll arrest.”
The neighbors who helped put out the fire listened to Sha Zhu's words and, after thinking about it carefully, they realized what was going on.
Sha Zhu's words were practically a direct accusation that the fire was set by the Jia family.
"Zhu Zi, you've wronged Dong Xu."
Seeing the neighbors starting to talk, Qin Huairu hurriedly stepped forward to clarify, "Dongxu and I were also woken up by the noise. We only realized your house was on fire when we peeked through the curtains. How could it have anything to do with our house?!"
"Sister Qin Huairu, you're the only good person in your family."
Sha Zhu scolded, plopping down on the steps by the door, "Your family isn't just about Jia Dongxu. Under your mother-in-law and Jia Dongxu's tutelage, that idiot of yours, besides killing, is there anything else he can't do?!"
"Stick?"
Qin Huairu was stunned, then quickly realized what was happening. "How could this be? How old is our Bangcai? Would he dare to do such a thing?!"
Before Sha Zhu could reply, Yi Zhonghai stepped forward, pointed at Sha Zhu, and scolded, "Sha Zhu, don't speak without thinking! Bang Geng is still a child. How can you pin such a big crime on a child? What are you up to!"
Sha Zhu jumped up from the ground and slapped Yi Zhonghai's hand aside.
"What's wrong? You're getting all worked up over this as soon as it involves your apprentice's family, aren't you? You're so eager to curry favor with Jia Dongxu just so he can take care of you in your old age!"
"For this matter, you are willing to abandon your moral bottom line. Over the years, in this compound, only the Jia family has bullied others and Jia Zhangshi has spread rumors about others. I have never seen any other family dare to bully the Jia family. Why is that? Isn't it because you, Yi Zhonghai, are backing them up?"
"Jia Dongxu, relying on being your apprentice, used to act recklessly in the compound, daring to insult anyone he met, but you never taught him a lesson, did you?!"
Sha Zhu's eyes widened with excitement. He snorted and raised his voice, "Do you know what he's doing? Hehe, let me tell you, Yi Zhonghai, listen up! He's eating away at your family's inheritance! Eating away your family's inheritance!"
Yi Zhonghai felt a thunderous boom in his mind, as if a bolt of lightning had struck the top of his head.
Why does he keep clinging to the position of an old man? Isn't it because he's afraid people will say he's childless?
For so many years he thought he could accept this title, but only today, when Sha Zhu called him that in front of the neighbors, did he realize how damaging it was.
Seeing Yi Zhonghai's face turn from flushed to pale, an old woman cried out and rushed over to grab Yi Zhonghai's arm, fearing that her husband might get hurt again from being angered by Sha Zhu.
Yi Zhonghai's breathing grew heavier and heavier. He shoved the old woman aside and slapped Sha Zhu across the face.
"Smack!"
A sharp cracking sound startled everyone.
Sha Zhu was completely unprepared. Even when Yi Zhonghai was angry, he would never make a move. In Sha Zhu's mind, as long as he didn't make a move, Yi Zhonghai would never do anything to him.
"Yi Zhonghai, you...you hit me?!"
Sha Zhu reached out and touched his face incredulously.
Yi Zhonghai seemed unsatisfied with just the slap, and reached out to grab Sha Zhu's collar: "I'm your elder, how dare you speak to me like that..."
"Go to hell!"
"Bang!"
Sha Zhu used his good arm to grab Yi Zhonghai's outstretched hand, and then followed up with his old trick.
Yi Zhonghai was on guard against Sha Zhu's move from the very beginning, but when Sha Zhu actually used it, he realized that he couldn't dodge it at all.
Xu Damao, who was standing nearby, could particularly sense Yi Zhonghai's current state of mind.
Sha Zhu has been using this groin kick for over a decade, and he has long since mastered it. No matter the opponent's height or position, he can hit vital points with a single blow. He learned this technique from Xu Damao.
Yi Zhonghai made two "hoho" sounds, squeezed his legs together, and slowly knelt down on the ground.
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