Chapter 359: Liu Family Father and Son Hurting Each Other

Liu Haizhong appears to be looking for something to beat Liu Guangfu.

In fact.

He is mostly putting on an act.

As the old saying goes.

One does not beat one's son in public.

No matter how much of a scoundrel someone is, they would not beat their own child to death in front of outsiders; when Liu Haizhong disciplines Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu with a stick, he usually does so indoors, hiding from outsiders.

Even if the neighbors heard the shrill cries of Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu being beaten, as long as the beating wasn't done in front of them, they would pretend not to see.

Thus Liu Haizhong's outward show of violently beating Liu Guangfu.

It is a case of "fox borrowing the tiger's might."

One aspect is the people present.

How...

Liu Haizhong wants to maintain his so-called status as Second Steward.

It's a simple principle: if you can't even manage your own son, what right do you have to manage the neighbors in the courtyard?

On the other hand, Liu Guangfu directly shouted Liu Haizhong's name in front of the neighbors.

As a father.

Being called by name by his son.

This is unfilial.

Not reacting would make Liu Haizhong appear incapable.

This stems from those two reasons.

Only then will Liu Haizhong reveal such a fierce look, with intimidation being the main component; as long as Liu Guangfu is frightened by him, lowers his head and apologizes in front of the neighbors, Liu Haizhong will seize the opportunity to back down, give Liu Guangfu face, and let the matter go.

As for whether he will go back and beat him again, that is another matter.

We must get through the current situation.

Otherwise, with the broom right at hand, why does Liu Haizhong repeatedly pretend not to see it?

However, his good intentions were not accepted by Liu Guangfu, who came bearing a full heart of resentment and hated Liu Haizhong to the extreme.

He simply didn't care whether Liu Haizhong was acting.

He opened his mouth and directed another question at Liu Haizhong.

"Liu Haizhong!"

"You little bastard, what are you calling me?"

Liu Haizhong was so angry his teeth ached.

Damn thing.

He actually can't see the situation at all, lacking even the vision of his old man, me.

He secretly swore a vicious oath: once he gets through this damned situation, he will surely beat Liu Guangfu severely indoors, to let him know what a father is.

"I'm calling you Liu Haizhong! Isn't a name meant to be called? Others call you Liu Haizhong and you happily answer, but when I call your name you're unhappy—what kind of double standard is this? Don't I have the right to call your name?"

"I am your father."

These four words.

They truly bounced out from the gaps in Liu Haizhong's teeth.

His whole body was trembling.

"Now you know you're my father? When you were beating us before, why didn't you think you were my father?"

Liu Guangfu raised his voice.

His body also began to tremble slightly.

Not from fear.

It is an expression of extreme excitement.

No one knew that Liu Guangfu had been waiting for this day for a long time, since the first day he remembered being beaten, hoping to become the head of the household and settle accounts with Liu Haizhong.

Today.

The neighbors, face to face.

Liu Guangfu's long-held wish.

Finally came to fruition.

His whole person emanated an unprecedented sense of refreshment from inside out, a feeling that cannot be described in words.

"Shut your mouth!"

Liu Haizhong's eyes were shooting fire.

He had already seen the teasing expression on the neighbors' faces.

He no longer had the intention to give Liu Guangfu face.

He just wanted to grab Liu Guangfu and beat him severely.

"If you don't shut up, I'll beat you until you shut up."

The broom that Liu Haizhong had pretended not to see just now was seized in his hand, its end pointing straight at Liu Guangfu.

Liu Guangfu was not frightened by Liu Haizhong's threat.

He looked around at the neighbors.

He said to Liu Haizhong a teasing rhetorical question.

"Are you angry? I think you must be, after all, by saying this I'm making you, the Second Steward, lose face—you, the grand steward of the Siheyuan, turn out to be such a scoundrel. As for you beating me, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed: it's not you beating me, but today I will beat you."

The two words "beat you."

Just like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

It heavily smashed down onto everyone present's head.

Everyone present.

Everyone present stared blankly at Liu Guangfu, not knowing if it was an illusion; they suddenly noticed that Liu Guangfu, dressed in green, gave them a strong sense of unfamiliarity.

Is this Liu Guangfu?

In the Liu Haizhong household, Liu Guangfu, who had always been beaten by Liu Haizhong and didn't even dare to fart, had become so formidable that he not only faced Liu Haizhong's threats head-on but also uttered vicious words about beating Liu Haizhong.

Don't think the neighbors are all beasts.

But they still have their own bottom line.

For example, beating one's father—something the neighbors who consider themselves beasts might not necessarily do.

Liu Guangfu, who had endured over a decade of Liu Haizhong's rod-like education, one day suddenly said to their faces that he would turn around and beat Liu Haizhong.

Being surprised is also understandable.

Liu Haizhong beating Liu Guangfu is a father beating his son, occupying the moral high ground.

Liu Guangfu beating Liu Haizhong is a son beating his father, which would be considered unfilial if it got out.

"Do you still dare to hit me?"

"I not only want to hit you, I want to hit you so you can't get out of bed."

"Guangfu."

Er Da Ma's voice.

It rang in everyone's ears.

First the sound.

Then came Er Da Ma's hurried figure rushing from the rear courtyard to the central courtyard.

The siheyuan really has good people.

Seeing Liu Guangfu bring people to settle scores with Liu Haizhong.

Fearing that Er Da Ma wouldn't know about this, they exerted all their strength, specifically ran to the rear courtyard, and kindly told Er Da Ma about it.

Upon hearing that their family's third son had brought people to cause trouble for Liu Haizhong, they not only stopped calling him father, but repeatedly shouted "Liu Haizhong".

Er Da Ma almost fainted at that moment.

She simply thought of Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangfu and went to mediate.

Gritting her teeth.

She stubbornly dragged her own body, moving herself from the Liu family's rear courtyard into the central courtyard.

She originally thought the neighbors were joking with her.

But when her figure leapt over the gate connecting the rear and central courtyards, she realized that the neighbor who had informed her was not lying at all.

The offspring crawling out of her belly confronted her man, even spewing wild words, saying he would give Liu Haizhong a severe beating.

Just moments ago, she was joking with Third Aunt about the Jia family, saying the Jia family had lost all face this time, Bangeng couldn't get a wife, and Xiao Dang and Huaihua couldn't get married either.

Fortune turns.

Next, it was the neighbors' turn to laugh at the Liu family's jokes.

Just from these people's mouths.

It won't take long before the matter of son Liu Guangfu confronting his father Liu Haizhong spreads throughout the Yagangchang.

The Liu family is still the Liu family.

How can Liu Guangfu still marry a wife?

Liu Guangtian probably also has to remain a bachelor.

There was just one thought in her mind.

This scene of father and son harming each other must not happen; she wants to prevent this tragedy, and no matter what, she cannot let Liu Guangfu beat Liu Haizhong.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Who told you to do this? Hurry up and apologize to your father."