Chapter 1732: When Dealing with Scoundrels, It

It was called discipline, but she really laid into him hard.

"Smack!"

A slap landed heavily on Zhou Yuhang's face, and five finger marks immediately appeared on the young man's fair skin.

This slap stirred up memories from Zhou Yuhang's childhood.

When he was little, he lived at his aunt's house, and it was just like this—if they disagreed on anything, he would get slapped!

It made his head spin, and once, it hit him so hard he nearly coughed up blood.

He had been beaten like this as a child, and now that he was a grown young man, to be hit like that again—he lost his temper instantly and rushed forward with a punch!

He was a grown young man now, and although he looked thin and weak, this punch to the face still hurt a lot; his aunt was stunned, her nose feeling hot.

She reached up and touched it—blood!

Oh, he was done for.

This was like poking a hornet's nest; she immediately sat on the floor, slapping her thighs and howling like a banshee: "Murder! It's a disaster, the little wild brat is trying to kill me..."

"Are you all dead? Just standing there watching your mother get beaten!"

Her sons had heard the commotion long ago, but they hadn't expected their mother to be the one getting hit.

In their village, their mother was the toughest of all; she had never lost a shouting match.

But they couldn't let her be beaten; the two cousins rushed in, eyes glaring, ready to pummel Zhou Yuhang.

"You can't hit him, if you want to hit someone, hit me..." Wu Ying shielded her son, and the fists and kicks fell like raindrops.

"Don't hit my mom, I'll fight you to the death!"

Zhou Yuhang turned to shield his mother, and neither of them could dodge; they were both beaten to the ground in no time.

Seeing this, the cousins' wives hurriedly stepped in to break it up.

"Stop hitting him."

"We're all family, let's talk this out properly, don't hit people!"

Of course, they weren't truly kind-hearted; they were just worried that if the beating was too severe, it would be hard to wrap things up. Their mother-in-law had promised them that once the lawsuit was won and the money was in hand, she would buy each of them two houses just as nice as this one in this neighborhood.

One to live in, and one to rent out.

Then buy a few storefronts, rent them all out to collect the rent, and by then, they would all be landlords.

The money wasn't in their hands yet, so they couldn't let the relationship turn sour.

Held back by their wives, the two men soon stopped, but as they left, they didn't forget to threaten: "Little wild brat, this isn't over."

"You dare hit your own aunt? What kind of damn university are you even attending? You're destined to end up in Prison and get your head chopped off!"

These vicious words stabbed into Zhou Yuhang's heart like knives, hurting even more than the fists and kicks on his body.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere? Let Mom see."

Ignoring her own injuries, Wu Ying hurriedly checked her son's condition.

Zhou Yuhang lifted his head; his fair face was bright red and swelling rapidly.

The corner of his mouth was bruised, and his left eye socket had taken a heavy punch from the eldest cousin, leaving it narrowed to a slit.

His clean school uniform was now wrinkled, filthy, and torn in several places.

"Sob sob sob... my son, you've suffered..." Wu Ying's heart ached terribly.

"Mom, I'm fine."

Zhou Yuhang couldn't see the injuries on his own face; he wanted to reassure his mother and tried to smile, but as soon as he moved the corner of his mouth, it pulled at his wounds, making him hiss in pain!

"You're still saying you're fine? My son, you've suffered so much, sob sob sob..." Wu Ying could only cry.

But the eldest sister-in-law was still outside, nagging endlessly, her words growing more and more unpleasant.

"Wu Ying, it's not that I'm lecturing you, but is your brat becoming a monster? He needs to be taught a real lesson so he learns his place."

"Daring to raise a hand against his elders—is there no law? If you ask me, stop paying for his university; let him go out and work to support you instead. Save the money to spend on your nephew; your nephew will be filial to you in the future..."

Even a clay figure has a bit of spirit.

How much more so for Wu Ying, a mother with deep love for her child?

Her son was her bottom line.

She could be bullied and humiliated, but if anyone dared to touch a single hair on her son's head, she would fight them to the death!

She stood up, scanned the kitchen, grabbed a kitchen knife from the cutting board, and rushed out.

"Bang!"

The kitchen knife hacked into the door frame, and Wu Ying, eyes bloodshot, screamed like a madwoman: "Get out, all of you, get out of my house!"

"Don't, don't be like this, let's talk things over."

Seeing the knife, the aunt immediately began to stutter.

"Get out, all of you!"

Wu Ying said to her brother and sister-in-law, word by word: "You, take your wolf-cubs and wolf-grandsons and get out of my house! Never come back again, or I will slaughter you all, one by one!"

"Murder!" The two cousins' wives grabbed their children and ran.

"Stop!"

"Hand over my jewelry and my son's money, or I'll hunt you down to your village and chop you all up."

Although they were reluctant, the two nieces-in-law had never seen their aunt in such a rage, and they were even more terrified of the knife landing on themselves or their children.

They hurriedly took off their gold necklaces, gold rings, and gold bracelets and placed them on the coffee table.

"Let's go, kids' father." The women grabbed their children, pulled their husbands away, and left, leaving the parents-in-law behind.

Wu Ying's sister-in-law was so scared her legs went weak.

The kitchen knife was closest to her; she could even see the cold light flashing off the blade and the fierce look in her sister-in-law's eyes—a ferocity she had never seen before.

It wasn't that she didn't want to run along with them; it was that she couldn't move!

Brother Wu Ying still wanted to put on the airs of a head of the household, shouting with a show of strength but weakness within: "Wu Ying, what are you doing? Put that kitchen knife away. We are your closest flesh and blood; bones may be broken, but the tendons remain connected. You cannot act recklessly!"

"Ha! A fine 'bones broken but tendons connected.' You all think I'm stupid, right? If you had even a shred of regard for family, you wouldn't treat my son this way. From now on, I, Wu Ying, will have nothing to do with you until the day I die. Get out, all of you!"

As she spoke, she pulled the kitchen knife from the door frame and slashed toward her brother and sister-in-law.

"Run!"

Brother Wu Ying stopped talking nonsense, grabbed his wife, and ran away too.

The disgusting relatives were finally gone, and Wu Ying took out the medical kit to apply medicine to her son.

Her tears fell like beads from a broken string, pattering down: "It's all Mom's fault. I'm incompetent, which is why I've let you follow me and suffer bullying and grievances all this time."

"Please don't cry, it's not your fault, it's all their fault... Don't worry, I will definitely be successful in the future. With my own abilities, I will certainly let you live a good life..."

With no outsiders in the house, Zhou Yuhang talked with his mother for a very, very long time.

The next day, Wu Ying went to the court to withdraw the lawsuit.

After withdrawing the lawsuit, she called Jian Yining and apologized to him very sincerely.

Finally, she stammered: "Um, look, could you... could you tell your sister? Please say sorry to her on my behalf."

Jian Yining did not have a very good tone; although she had withdrawn the lawsuit, the fact that she had sued them was very disheartening.

He asked: "Why don't you go tell her yourself?"

Wu Ying: "I don't dare to. I'm quite afraid of your sister. By the way, tell your sister that we don't want this house anymore either. I will go work as a nanny to support myself and my son."

Jian Yining:...

He had not expected this change.

The change was too fast and the turn of events too drastic; he was worried that Wu Ying and her brother and sister-in-law were cooking up some other scheme.