Chapter 118: The Betrayal of Kin and Friends?

Shazhu, pointing the long bench at Xu Damao, shouted angrily:

"I heard it with my own ears; you say you didn't?"

Lin Shengli laughed, "Then what exactly was said? Go ahead and tell us."

Shazhu: "Xu Damao called her an old, undying thing; in short, it was very harsh."

"Otherwise, could I have lifted the long bench to teach Xu Damao a lesson?"

Lin Shengli: "Shazhu, that's not enough sense on your part."

"The Deaf Old Lady protects you so much, treating you as if you were her own grandchild."

At this point, Lin Shengli looked around at the crowd and asked loudly:

"In this courtyard, the Deaf Old Lady is the kindest to Shazhu, right?"

The crowd shouted in unison, "Yes."

This was already evident to all.

The Deaf Old Lady has always treated Shazhu as her own grandchild.

Lin Shengli then asked loudly:

"However, Shazhu actually took the chance to insult the Deaf Old Lady because she didn't help him, and even dragged Xu Damao into it. Everyone, does this make Shazhu ungrateful?"

The crowd again shouted in unison, "Yes."

When the shouting died down, Liu Haizhong, hands clasped behind his back, walked in from the Houyuan.

He arrived in front of Shazhu, still with his hands behind his back, and asked:

"Shazhu, I—I just heard you insult the Old Lady?"

Lin Shengli echoed, "See, I already said Shazhu insulted the Old Lady."

"See, Second Elder also heard it."

"This Shazhu is truly ungrateful."

Upon hearing this, the crowd instantly became restless.

Liu Haizhong has always been at odds with the Deaf Old Lady.

In fact, he fears the Deaf Old Lady.

He has also always envied Yi Zhonghai and Shazhu, who are under the Deaf Old Lady's protection.

He even dreams of being like them, shielded by the Deaf Old Lady.

Now that he sees Lin Shengli standing opposite Shazhu, he decides to follow Lin Shengli.

He takes Shazhu's banner to curry favor with the Deaf Old Lady.

He originally wanted to ask, "I just heard someone say you insulted the Old Lady?"

But he hesitated, omitting "someone."

It became directly, "I heard you insult the Old Lady?"

It was originally a question, ending with a question mark.

But Lin Shengli turned the question mark into an exclamation point.

Shazhu glared at Lin Shengli.

Lin Shengli: "Staring at me won't help."

"Second Elder also said so."

Shazhu shouted angrily, "Get lost!"

"Liu Haizhong has ears that hear a thousand miles; even from the Houyuan he can hear."

"I think his hearing is pretty bad, yet he claims to have thousand‑mile ears."

Liu Haizhong became angry, "Shazhu, you, you are out of line!"

"I, I was just about to reach Zhongyuan when I heard you insult the Old Lady, so I hid."

"I heard it with my own ears."

Shazhu gave Liu Haizhong a glare, waved his hand irritably, and said:

"Go stay wherever it's cool."

"Your home can't even be managed; it's a mess of chickens flying and dogs jumping, yet you have the nerve to come out and boss people."

"Just standing here you disgrace me."

Liu Haizhong was so angry he nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Lin Shengli: "Shazhu, that's wrong."

"Second Elder raised you, he's your elder, and you even call yourself Second Elder's father."

"This is truly excessive!"

"I can tolerate Second Elder, but not this."

"There are three sons at home; can you let Shazhu, a single man, bully them?"

Xu Damao: "Right, Second Elder, if I were you, I wouldn't give him a big cock pouch; otherwise I wouldn't even think of hanging around the Siheyuan."

When his words fell, a crisp sound suddenly rang out.

Then came a wail, followed by the sound of the long bench hitting the ground.

It turned out Liu Haizhong, using all his strength, swung his hand back and gave Shazhu a huge slap.

The blow made Shazhu see stars and knocked the long bench from his hands onto the ground.

Shaking his head to clear himself, Shazhu lifted the long bench, ready to smash Liu Haizhong.

Deaf Old Lady shouted loudly, "Shazhu, stop!"

Hearing that, Shazhu calmed a bit and set the long bench down.

The person he wants to smash is the Second Elder of the Siheyuan, ah.

Nowadays, he has already offended both the Eldest Uncle and the Third Elder.

If he offends the Second Elder as well, he'll probably find it hard to stand in this Siheyuan from now on.

Seeing Shazhu put down the long bench, the Deaf Old Lady nodded satisfactorily and asked:

"Shazhu, did you really scold me just now?"

Lin Shengli chuckled softly and said, "Old lady, you really did scold me—oh dear, I can't even say it."

"I heard it with my own ears, ah."

Xu Damao echoed: "Right, old lady, I can also testify—I heard it with my own ears too."

Next came Liu Haizhong: "I also heard it with my own ears."

Never mind him—if Shazhu dares to openly oppose him, then he'll oppose Shazhu.

Besides, it's correct to side with Lin Shengli.

Just then, Yan Bu Gui also stepped forward:

"Actually, I also heard Shazhu scold the old lady with my own ears."

Shazhu: "......"

You damn well are in Qian Yuan—how did you hear it again?

Shazhu was about to cry: "You guys, can't you stop framing people?"

"Third Elder, you're in Qian Yuan—how could you hear what people in Zhongyuan are saying?"

Yan Bu Gui: "Who says I'm in Qian Yuan?"

He pointed to the cellar in Zhongyuan and then said:

"I've been hiding there all along—do you expect me not to hear it?"

The crowd began to blame Shazhu one after another.

Suddenly.

The Deaf Old Lady grabbed her crutch and swung it at Shazhu's head......

She also didn't expect Shazhu to scold her behind her back.

As for Shazhu, she has been utterly devoted to him, ah.

With so many people in the courtyard, she treats only Shazhu well.

Even Yi Zhonghai and his wife, who have always taken care of her food and daily life, don't treat her as well as she treats Shazhu, ah.

Who would have thought Shazhu would turn out to be a white-eyed wolf.

In her fury, she also used all her strength.

She also didn't know whether she had hit any acupressure point.

Anyway, with a "clang," Shazhu's eyes went black and he collapsed to the ground.

Xu Damao saw his chance and thought, "Opportunity must not be missed, ah."

He ran over and kicked Shazhu like a football.

The result.

Shazhu was woken up directly by the pain.

Then.

Sitting on the ground, he blinked his eyes and looked at Xu Damao, asking:

"Xu Damao, was it you who kicked me?"

Xu Damao: "Get lost!"

"Don't try to frame me."

Shazhu rubbed the spot Xu Damao had kicked, stood up, glanced around at everyone, and asked:

"Who just kicked me?"

Lin Shengli laughed and said, "How can there be such a stupid person in the world? How pitiful."

Shazhu frowned, looked at Lin Shengli, and asked:

"Shengli, was it you who kicked me?"

Lin Shengli: "Since you say that, then I'll kick you."

"That's only fair given your false accusation."

Shazhu hurriedly stepped back a few paces and said:

"I was just asking whether it was you, ah."

"If it wasn't you, forget it—why are you getting worked up?"

Saying that, he looked at the Deaf Old Lady and asked:

"Old lady, why did you hit me so hard?"

Deaf Old Lady: "Who let you scold me, you white-eyed wolf."

Shazhu: "I really didn't scold you—I wouldn't dare to, ah."

"You're my grandmother, ah."

Deaf Old Lady: "If only Xu Damao said you scolded me, I certainly wouldn't believe it."

"But now Shengli also says that, and his Second Elder and Third Elder say the same."

"How can I not believe it?"