Wang Dabao frowned, unable to believe what he was seeing.
It's understandable that Yan Bugui couldn't beat Yi Zhonghai, but it seems a bit unreasonable that Yan Jiecheng was completely overpowered by Jia Zhangshi. It's quite shameful for a grown man to be unable to defeat an old woman.
Fortunately, Yan Jiefang wasn't there. If all four of them had collapsed, the Yan family would have become a laughingstock among their neighbors and would have been too ashamed to stay in the yard.
"Zhu Zi, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and pull Jia Zhangshi away!"
Wang Dabao turned his head and saw Sha Zhu watching the commotion not far away with a grin. He immediately shouted, "If you don't hurry up, Yan Jiecheng will be stomped to death by Jia Zhangshi!"
Sha Zhu was a little reluctant. If this had happened before, he would definitely have retorted to Wang Dabao.
But things are different now. He's been getting along quite well with Wang Dabao lately, and the other guy seems to be gradually building up his status in the compound. He doesn't want to offend him because of this.
Nodding reluctantly, Sha Zhu walked over unhurriedly: "Aunt Jia, that's enough. You're so old, why are you arguing with a young man who just got married? Look at Yan Jiecheng, you've made him so unhappy."
"Shazhu, get out of here and stay out of the way! Where were you when my Dongxu was being beaten? Now you're here to play the good guy!"
Jia Zhangshi continued her actions, her triangular eyes fixed on Sha Zhu, "If you're not happy, you can come at me together and see if I can handle both of you."
No, please don't.
Sha Zhu quickly waved his hand and took two steps back. "My arm injury hasn't fully healed yet, but I can't withstand your abuse. You should continue to mess with Yan Jiecheng."
"By the way, you mustn't cause a death. I don't think Yan Jiecheng is in good shape."
"Get out!"
Jia Zhangshi was panting heavily when she plopped down on Yan Jiecheng's chest with a thud.
At this point, Yan Jiecheng was already somewhat delirious, and his body swayed involuntarily with Jia Zhangshi's movements.
"Pooh!"
Sha Zhu spat and turned to leave. He had done what Wang Dabao had asked him to do, but Jia Zhangshi was stubborn and wouldn't listen to reason, so he hadn't been able to get it done.
Xu Damao quickly reached Yan Jiekuang's side and helped him up.
Yan Jiekuang kept his eyes tightly closed, his face filled with pain.
"Yi Zhonghai, are you even human? The youngest son of the Yan family is only a few years old, how could you be so cruel?!"
Xu Damao righteously questioned Yi Zhonghai, "With your character, do you even deserve to be a mediator? We really misjudged you before."
Liu Haizhong, panting, jogged over and saw Yan Bugui struggling on the ground. He quickly went over and helped him up: "Old Yan, how are you? That old Yi is a real scoundrel. First he hit the child, and now he's hit you too."
"Liu Haizhong, what nonsense are you spouting?"
Hearing Liu Haizhong mutter, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but glare and retort, "I was just trying to stop Yan Jiekuang from committing the crime. He got himself into trouble for falling down. What does it have to do with me? Am I wrong for stopping a murder in the compound?"
"Let's talk about Yan Bugui again. Are you all blind? Can't you see him trying to cut me with a kitchen knife?"
Yi Zhonghai stepped forward and stood in front of Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, continuing, "You only see that Yan Jiekuang and his son Yan Bugui are injured. Isn't Jia Dongxu also a member of the compound? Why should he be beaten up by you?"
After two nights of deep thought, Yi Zhonghai realized that he was destined to be childless. Now that he and Sha Zhu had developed a rift, even if they reconciled in the future, they could never be as close as before.
For the time being, the only apprentice left in front of him was Jia Dongxu. Although he was not very upright and was somewhat useless, he was someone he had watched grow up.
Most importantly, he has a dutiful wife.
I don't expect them to be very filial to their parents in the future, but they should at least be able to provide them with decent food.
If something were to happen to Jia Dongxu, there would truly be no suitable person in this compound to take care of him in his old age.
When Liu Haizhong saw that Yi Zhonghai had fallen to such a state, he realized that Yi Zhonghai still dared to talk back to him. Did he still think he was the boss?!
"Yi Zhonghai, you don't need to distort the truth. Everyone saw it. Jia Dongxu deserved to be beaten. Didn't you see Wang Dabao is still lying on the ground? You think you can absolve yourself of all responsibility by saying you stopped the violence?"
"The neighbors have sharp eyes; I think you're the one who committed the crime!"
“Exactly,” Xu Damao chimed in support of Liu Haizhong from the side.
As a newly appointed mediator, he must not make any wrong moves and must firmly follow the two veteran mediators.
Besides, he didn't have a good impression of Yi Zhonghai to begin with, so if he didn't take advantage of the situation now, he might not have another chance.
Liu Haizhong became more and more excited as he spoke. For so many years, he had been overshadowed by Yi Zhonghai. Today, he could finally hold his head high and speak his mind. How could he not be satisfied?
"Yi Zhonghai, do you think that just because you're no longer the boss, you can act recklessly and even maliciously disrupt the security of the compound just to cause us trouble?"
"Exactly, they're really ruthless."
Xu Damao, holding Yan Jiefang, glanced at Yi Zhonghai sideways and said, "You don't have any children of your own, but you show no mercy when it comes to beating other people's children."
Xu Damao's words struck Yi Zhonghai's most vulnerable spot, causing his anger to surge to a critical point.
However, Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong did not realize the change in Yi Zhonghai and continued to chatter on.
"Da Mao's words may not be pleasant to hear, but that's really how things are."
Liu Haizhong put his hands behind his back, puffed out his belly, squinted at Yi Zhonghai, and said, "You don't have children, so you don't know how difficult it is to raise a child. Every child is the apple of their parents' eye. You're almost fifty years old. Aren't you ashamed to lay a hand on a ten-year-old?"
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