Chapter 652: The Li Family's Triplets

"Snap!"

The whip behind Xiaoshi did not stop.

Watching him take a few more lashes, Dushe then continued: "My people, I will naturally discipline myself. She will not go and provoke that little girl again in the future, but as for you..."

Dushe looked at Xiaoshi thoughtfully.

"Xiaoshi, this whipping today is to make you remember that no matter when, never let a woman delay your own affairs. You are still young now; when you are older, you will understand."

After finishing his lecture, Dushe waved his hand casually at the butler.

The butler stopped then and retreated back to Dushe's side.

Xiaoshi remained kneeling straight, only his lips looked somewhat pale, and his face was covered in cold sweat.

"I understand, Father."

Xiaoshi responded, finally stood up from the ground, and respectfully lowered his eyes.

"Alright, go on down."

Dushe waved his hand.

He watched the boy before him walk out step by step.

With a "click," the room door was closed.

The butler suddenly leaned over to Dushe's side and whispered: "Second Master, that little girl..."

"No need to worry about her. Since Xiaoshi likes her, let him have her. Anyway, as long as she is in our hands, neither Li Xiao nor Li Beijue will have a moment of peace! Xiaoshi is like a child who has just received a new toy; he is currently infatuated with that little girl. When he gets a bit older, I will find him a few more women, and he will eventually get bored of her. For now... there is no need to damage the relationship between us because of a little girl."

"The Second Master is right."

The butler immediately chimed in: "The Young Master is indeed more talkative than before. In the past, after you returned, unless someone was sent to call him, the Young Master seemed to rarely speak to you, and even when he was punished, he wouldn't make a sound. Just now, it was quite unusual."

"Unusual is not necessarily a bad thing. It seems my judgment back then... was indeed correct."

A dark glint flashed in the depths of Dushe's eyes.

This feeling of raising an enemy's child to be one of his own...

It really makes one feel pleasant.

Regardless of that little girl, or... Xiaoshi, who already knows nothing.

If that damned couple could see that the son they cultivated with their own hands is now mixed up with someone like me and even calls me father, they would surely be very "gratified"...

Inside the room—

Tiantian had already been waiting until she was somewhat anxious.

Thinking of how Brother Shitou had instructed her not to go out, she had no choice but to run to the door, quietly pull it open a crack, and look out into the hallway.

But she did not see a single shadow.

"When will Brother Shitou come back..."

Tiantian muttered in a low voice, unable to help feeling a bit worried.

Then she suddenly heard the sound of two people walking upstairs.

She hurriedly closed the door, leaving only a tiny gap.

Immediately, she heard the two people coming upstairs say: "I really couldn't tell, even though the Young Master isn't very old, he has such an imposing side?"

"Isn't it all for that little Child Bride of his."

The other person's tone was somewhat teasing: "We went through so much trouble to bring that little girl back, I didn't expect the Young Master to treat her like a treasure and protect her. I reckon he's probably getting whipped upstairs right now!"

"That can't be, right? Didn't the Second Master not say anything just now?"

The person beside him replied.

The other person snorted disdainfully upon hearing this: "That was in front of people. The Young Master lecturing that woman surnamed Lu in front of so many people, wasn't that just slapping the Second Master in the face?"

The two people walked away while talking.

Tiantian stood behind the door; although she didn't quite understand what they were saying, she keenly grasped two keywords.

"Whipped" and "Child Bride."

The little girl had no time to think about what the latter meant, but just hearing the words "whipped" made her eyes widen, and her eyes were full of helplessness.

Was Brother Shitou punished because of her?

And it was a whip...

Is it... the kind of whip from the TV shows?

It would beat a person until they were covered in blood!

Brother Shitou is going to be beaten to death!

Tiantian's mind was full of the "torture" scenes from TV shows she had accidentally watched before, and she subconsciously wanted to pull the door open to find Xiaoshi.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened the door, she bumped directly into someone.

"Tiantian? Why did you run out? Didn't I tell you to wait for me to come back?"

Xiaoshi still had injuries on him, and being bumped like that, he couldn't help but gasp.

Tiantian's eyes were already red. Seeing that his clothes were still as clean as before and not the "covered in blood" look from the TV shows, she breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked: "Brother Shitou, is your daddy angry? I just heard him say he was going to use a whip to hit you..."

"Who told you that?"

Xiaoshi's brows tightened, and his tone suddenly became serious.

Tiantian was startled by him, froze for a moment, and then whispered in reply: "It was... two people passing by just now, I heard them say it..."

"I'm fine."

Xiaoshi set his mind at ease, took Tiantian's little hand, and turned back into the room.

As soon as they entered, he skillfully found the medicine kit and took out a tube of ointment.

"Tiantian, hand."

He was still concerned about the injury on the little girl's hand; as he spoke, he carefully applied the ointment to the tender skin on her hand.

The red mark there had already faded quite a bit compared to just a moment ago, but it was still very obvious.

"Brother Shitou, were you really hit by a whip?"

Tiantian suddenly asked with a serious expression.

Xiaoshi's movements paused slightly, and as he raised his eyes to meet the pair of watery, wide eyes before him, he suddenly felt he did not want to lie.

"Mm."

He gave a soft response, then immediately added in a hurry: "But I'm already used to it, it's nothing."

But he hadn't expected that as soon as his voice fell—

"How can it be nothing!"

Tiantian stood up abruptly like a little cannonball, her small hands on her hips, looking at him with a serious face: "It hurts a lot to be hit! Where were you hit? I want to help you apply medicine too!"

"No need."

Xiaoshi refused without even thinking.

Tiantian's little mouth instantly pouted even higher: "Yes there is! We are already good friends, and good friends must help each other! Hurry and let me see where you are hurt!"

As Tiantian spoke, she had already found a cotton swab and held it in her hand.

Xiaoshi: "..."

"Hurry up, hurry up! Now I am the Doctor!"

Tiantian urged him again.

Xiaoshi suddenly couldn't help but want to laugh.

Did she think they were playing some kind of doctor-patient game?

"Alright."

Xiaoshi didn't refuse again; he unbuttoned his little shirt, revealing a bit of his back and the mottled whip marks.

The next second, he heard the little girl behind him let out an instant gasp.

"Oh my god... Brother Shitou! You have so many injuries! They are all purple!"

Tiantian looked at the streaks of blue and purple marks in front of her in astonishment, her mouth agape in shock.

Brother Shitou's daddy was too ruthless!

How could he beat Brother Shitou into such a state!

It looked so painful just to see!