"Did you go see Lao San? What did he say?"
Zhao Dayong's face grew increasingly grim. What could those three bastards say? They didn't even ask and just assumed it was Dazhu's fault, that he deserved to be beaten.
He never intended to help them, and he shouldn't have gone to him.
"The third brother said he was busy."
Clan Chief: ...
I know a bit about Clan Chief Zhao Dashu. He has a certain sense of righteousness, so logically, he shouldn't have stood up when Dazhuzi was beaten, unless...
"You go back first. This matter is not urgent. Dazhu's health is the most important thing right now. The Pan family can't escape. It's okay to settle accounts a few days later."
Zhao Dayong was dissatisfied with the clan chief's attitude. What did he mean by "a few days later is fine"? He should strike while the iron is hot and go to the Pan family right now to beat them half to death first.
"Chieftain!"
The clan chief shook his head. "It's no use telling me this now. I need to know the whole truth, otherwise how can I settle accounts with those responsible? I need to know the whole story, right? What was Dazhuzi doing in Panjia Village? What did he do to the Pan family?"
Listen to me, treating the illness is the priority. If the Pan family initiates violence, I will not let them get away with it, and neither will our Zhao clan.
With the clan chief's words, Zhao Dayong felt a little relieved; as long as they weren't let off the hook, that was fine.
Thinking of what the servant had just said, Zhao Dayong's face turned cold. What did the third brother mean? Was he trying to tell him that his son had brought it on himself and that being beaten was pointless?
That bastard is a bully in his own backyard, but when trouble comes, he doesn't even dare to come and demand justice. He's just wasting his time raising a bunch of useless trash.
How could the Zhao family have produced such a good-for-nothing?
After Zhao Dayong left, the clan chief went directly to Zhao Dashu's house. He was well-informed and probably already knew what had happened. He went over to hear what Zhao Dashu was planning before making a decision.
Zhao Dashu did not refuse to meet with the clan chief, and readily told him what he had found out.
"Chieftain, I have no objection if you want to help him, but I can't step in. No matter how badly he's beaten, I have no face to stand up for him."
That's utterly shameless. The Pan family was being relatively polite; if it were me, I might have killed him.
The clan chief sat on the stool, unable to recover for a long time. He had finally learned what it meant to court death. How dare they wander into their village after doing such a despicable thing? Did they really think the Pan family was dead?
"What is he thinking?"
Who taught him to do such an outrageous thing, taking Pan's bellyband to her betrothed's house to show off? Is he sick in the head?
"He's bad to the core. If he's bad, no one else can be good either. Do you think he doesn't know what he's doing? Before, his second brother wouldn't let him study, and he wouldn't do any work himself, but he also dragged Erzhuzi along to stop him from doing any work."
Have you forgotten what Sanzhuzi said? In the academy, his older brother helped him with his homework and told him to go play with those hooligans.
I won't get involved in his affairs anymore. He's utterly wicked and beyond redemption.
The clan chief remained silent; what Dazhuzi had done shattered his worldview.
"Even if you did it, why go to Panjia Village? Were you looking for death?"
"He probably wanted to see if the Pan family had found another client, hoping to sabotage one and then two more. Or maybe he thought the Pan family members were dead, and that he was the smartest, so he could sneak in and no one would find out."
It's funny to think that someone else had completely outmaneuvered him; how could he be so stupid? Couldn't he have waited a little longer?
The clan chief's old face trembled with anger. "His affairs are beyond your control, and beyond my control as well."
He still wants revenge? How can he get revenge? He's lucky they didn't kill him.
"That's what I meant too. We're in the wrong, but he still wants me to bring people to help them vent their anger. How can we do that?"
"Alright, I know how to handle this. Next time Dayong comes to me, I should really give him a good talking-to. Stop being so unable to distinguish right from wrong. Look at the state his two sons have become."
"Alright, then we'll trouble the clan chief to persuade him. Your own child is a treasure, but other people's children can't be treated like trash."
As Zhao Dashu saw the clan chief off, he kept shaking his head. His second brother had long since gone down a dead end. He was like a demon, indiscriminately believing that anything from their family was the best.
Completely unreasonable.
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