Hua Wuyan's reaction was also strange. Upon seeing Chang Le, he turned his head away and abruptly stopped his running.
Hua Xiange rushed over and, without thinking, lashed out at Hua Wuyan's back, showing no mercy. Only after she finished did she suddenly see Chang Le returning.
"Lele!" Hua Xiange threw down the feather duster, pushed Hua Wuyan aside and walked over. "You're finally back. It's cold outside. Come on, come inside."
As he spoke, he put his arm around Chang Le's shoulder and led her into the house.
Before leaving, he glared at Hua Wuyan, who stood there like a wooden statue.
"Second brother, what's going on?" Chang Le asked.
When she asked, Hua Xiange's expression darkened even more, and she said irritably, "Ignore him! Let him freeze outside, he won't freeze to death!"
As soon as Chang Le entered the room, Wei Zi grasped her hand, her eyes reddening as she looked at her face: "Why have you lost weight again after just a few days of not using it? And your hair..."
Chang Le brushed a strand of white hair that had fallen over her shoulder behind her back and chuckled, "It's okay, I'm fine. Mom, Fifth Brother is still outside."
Wei Zi pouted and rolled her eyes: "He's thick-skinned and tough, we don't need to worry about him!"
"This isn't like Mom at all. What did Fifth Brother do to make Mom so angry?"
Hua Anning heard the noise and came downstairs: "Lele."
"Sister." Chang Le smiled.
Hua Anning glanced at the people outside, then stared into Chang Le's eyes and asked, "Lele, tell me the truth."
"Did Hua Wuyan hit you?"
Chang Le was taken aback. She recalled the time on her first day at the academy when Meng Danruo fainted, and Hua Wuyan kicked her. She immediately understood why Hua Wuyan had been beaten.
It should be noted that neither she nor Hua Anning, nor even the strictest Hua Wuyan, had ever laid a hand on him. Hua Wuyan was the one who set a precedent.
After understanding, Chang Le nodded without hesitation, pouting her little mouth: "Mmm!"
She pointed to her stomach, looking aggrieved: "Sister, he kicked my stomach."
"Kick?!" Wei Zi's voice trembled. "He even used his foot?"
Wei Zi, her face dark, called out, "Hua Lihan!"
Hua Lihan had just come down from the study. Hearing this, he waved, and Hua Yuezhi, who was beside him, nodded. As he went downstairs and out the door, he took off his clothes and rolled up his sleeves.
"What's wrong, Third Brother?"
Wei Zi pulled her along with a smile and walked inside: "Oh, it's alright, your third brother will take care of you. Come on, let's see if you like tonight's dishes."
Chang Le smiled and followed her into the kitchen. She pretended not to hear the intermittent groans and screams coming from outside.
The shallow snow had already been wiped clean by Hua Wuyan, but Hua Yuezhi's fists hadn't stopped. Hua Wuyan, who had been running around dodging before, now stood there blankly, letting him punch after punch.
"You dare hit your sister! You've got guts!" Hua Yuezhi gasped for breath, cursed, and continued hitting her, striking only where it hurt, but without damaging her fundamental health.
Hua Qingyun, who had come out to call the third brother for dinner, pushed up his glasses, signaling him to stop, and then squatted down next to Hua Wuyan: "Do you know where you went wrong?"
Hua Wuyan's face was bruised and swollen, with blood coming from his nose and mouth; he looked extremely disheveled. His eyes were red, and he said in a hoarse voice, "I know, I shouldn't have hit Lele. Lele is my sister, and I'm her brother."
"Anything else?"
Hua Wuyan was silent for a while, then said, "To act without asking clearly is to be brainless."
"Anything else?"
Hua Wuyan looked at Hua Qingyun blankly: "And... there's also... Lele was weak at the time, and I didn't consider the consequences when I took action."
"That's not it."
Hua Qingyun frowned and said coldly, "Your mistake was showing favoritism to outsiders while being ruthless towards your own family!"
"No one can stop you from liking whoever you want, but you need to figure out who you're close to and who you're distant from!"
No matter how much you like Meng Danruo, she was nobody to you back then, not even your girlfriend! Kelele is your sister! The sister you raised and spoiled for so many years!
"Yes, Lele did a lot of wrong things. Back then, it wasn't just you who disliked her! But Hua Wuyan, you are a young master raised by the Hua family. You need to understand that first and foremost, you are a member of the Hua family and Changle's brother! Changle is first and foremost her parents' daughter. If it's found out that she's the one at fault, then it should be left to Mom and Dad to punish her, not for you to do whatever you want!"
"Oh right, you did use your feet, didn't you!"
Hua Yuezhi suddenly spoke up: "Moreover, we all know that Lele made mistakes in the past because she was sick and emotionally unstable. At least the five of us, no matter what mistakes she made, have no right to presume to be righteous and criticize her."
Hua Yuezhi drew blood with a single blow, Hua Wuyan turned pale, and Hua Qingyun also fell silent.
"Reflect on your actions properly. Don't eat dinner." After saying this, Hua Qingyun led Hua Yuezhi into the house.
Hua Wuyan got up and knelt in the courtyard, remaining silent.
As the two entered the house, they overheard Wei Zi explaining what had happened that day: "Thanks to your fourth brother, otherwise we wouldn't have known that Xiao Wu had done such a despicable thing!"
Hua Lanshi said, "I was organizing Lele's medical records when the nurse mentioned that Lele had been beaten up. That's when I found out that Xiao Wu had actually..."
At this point, Hua Lanshi frowned in anger.
Wei Zi gritted her teeth in anger: "That Xiao Wu is really something! No matter what, he shouldn't have laid a hand on Lele!"
She couldn't contain her anger any longer, so she snatched the meat from Hua Lihan's bowl with her chopsticks and glared at him, saying, "It's all because of your good son!"
Hua Lihan didn't dare to say anything, so she just nodded: "Punish him."
Hua Xiange sat down next to Chang Le and said in a low voice, "You too, why didn't you come back and complain? Aren't you someone who never suffers a loss? Why did you just swallow your anger and not tell anyone?"
Chang Le glanced at him helplessly.
At that time, who could she talk to? How could she say it? How would they react?
Hua Xiange understood her gaze and felt a pang of guilt. If they hadn't fallen out with Chang Le, Chang Le wouldn't be so unwilling to confide in anyone. In the end, it was they who had done something they shouldn't have to Lele first.
The dinner table suddenly fell silent.
After the meal, Wei Zi said, "We have to leave at dawn, so time is a bit tight. I've prepared some things. Lele, take a look and see if there's anything else we need, and have someone prepare it as soon as possible."
Chang Le nodded: "Okay, I'll go upstairs and get ready right away."
Wei Zi added, "Fortunately, your third brother and Ningning both went to the award ceremony, and Ningning is also with you during the training camp, so you can take care of each other."
Hua Anning walked over: "Mom, I'll take Lele to see what we need to bring."
Chang Le followed Hua Anning upstairs to prepare.
While the two were taking inventory of items in Hua Anning's room, Hua Yuezhi knocked on the door: "Ningning, Lele."
Chang Le went to open the door: "Third Brother, come in."
Hua Yuezhi shook his head and handed her the document in his hand: "Here's the document for you. It's the list of personnel for the award ceremony and the training camp at the Heaven-Mending Tower."
Chang Le took it and said goodbye to him.
"I'll take care of the rest. You go and look at the documents. I've already looked at these two," Hua Anning said.
Chang Le sat down and opened the documents.
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