Chapter 19: A Chicken‑Feather Duster Dipped in Healing Medicine, Beating While Treating

"Wuwu… Father, I just got here,"

"Brother Chen Gong Dong just started hitting me without any reason."

She cried in utter heartbreak,

truly making anyone who saw it feel pity.

Ye Xiuxiu silently gave a thumbs‑up when she saw Ye Ruyan's behavior,

"What a villain to complain first."

She was a bit doubtful,

"Is this really a four‑year‑old child?"

"Otherwise, why are the other kids so obedient while she is so disobedient?"

Chen Gong Dong, upon hearing her lament,

couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, then retorted irritably:

"Hmph, if you hadn't come in like a mischievous monkey, running around and causing trouble, I wouldn't have struck you."

Clearly, Chen Gong Dong also harbored a surge of anger toward Ye Ruyan's actions.

At that moment, Chen Xiu Yuan, Chen Gong Dong's father, seeing the situation turn sour,

hurried forward in a single swift step,

grabbed Chen Gong Dong and pulled him to his side, scolding:

"You stinky brat, what nonsense are you spouting!"

"No matter what, there's no justification for hitting someone casually!"

"Even when beating a dog, you must consider its owner,"

"after all, she's the daughter of a Body Integration Stage cultivator."

For the past two years, Chen Gong Dong has been diligently studying those so‑called correct Words of the Saints under Ye Xiuxiu's guidance,

and his temperament and worldview have undergone a complete transformation.

Facing his father's rebuke, he showed not the slightest sign of backing down,

instead, he stuck his neck out and retorted:

"Father, mind your own business!"

"If I don't discipline her, she'll only become more reckless in the future."

"As the saying goes, 'If the villain is not eliminated, future trouble will follow'; a bad person left unchecked harms the good, and such a person deserves to be beaten!"

Saying that, he waved his tiny fists, snarling as he tried to break free from his father's grip and charged at Ye Ruyan again.

Chen Xiu Yuan's mouth twitched,

"Don't tell me not to interfere,"

"Your dad, I actually want to stay out of it,"

"If Ye Qingping were to beat you up,"

"don't blame me."

But could Chen Xiu Yuan let him get away with it?

He saw his hands clamp onto Chen Gong Dong like iron tongs,

no matter how the latter struggled, he could not break free.

"Brother Ye, I'm truly sorry!"

"This child is really too immature,"

"I have some urgent matters to attend to, so I must take my leave now."

Chen Xiu Yuan, his face full of embarrassment after hearing his son Chen Gong Dong utter those words, found his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

He quickly reached out and grabbed Chen Gong Dong's collar,

lifting him like a small chick, then vanished in a flash as if greased at the soles of his feet.

The other parents, seeing this, also instantly understood,

and hurriedly pulled their own children away at top speed.

After all, the current situation clearly made staying here any longer unsuitable.

On the other side, Ye Xiuxiu was far less fortunate.

She had just tried to run away when the quick‑eyed Bai Qingxia seized her in an instant and, without a word, dragged her into the room.

Immediately, a clatter erupted from inside the room along with Ye Xiuxiu's wailing.

It turned out that Bai Qingxia had fished out a chicken‑feather duster from some corner,

without a second thought, she slammed it hard against Ye Xiuxiu's little bottom, hissing while she struck:

"Well, you stinky brat, how dare you disobey me and run off to tell others those so‑called correct Words of the Saints."

"Who even wants to listen? Look at the mess you made; it's a total disaster!"

"No one knows how to wrap this up."

"I ask you, will you still dare to act so willfully and mess around like this in the future?"

"We clearly agreed earlier not to go,"

"but you, on the contrary, sneaked off and even called friends, bringing a whole gang to cause trouble!"

"You really are getting more audacious!"

Yet, even though she was beaten and wailed loudly,

Ye Xiuxiu still stubbornly shouted loudly:

"Mother, I'm no longer a two‑ or three‑year‑old brat! I'm not the old me anymore, you know!"

Bai Qingxia, after hearing Ye Xiuxiu's words,

couldn't help but laugh out of anger.

She thought: Isn't that right? You're already four years old,

so you're no longer a two- or three‑year‑old little kid!

Thus, she set her face in a stern expression and said:

"I solemnly tell you, you are absolutely forbidden to do such a thing again. Understand?"

Seeing that Ye Xiuxiu did not respond for a long while,

Bai Qingxia raised her voice and shouted again, "Did you hear me?"

At that moment, Ye Xiuxiu loudly replied:

"Heard it!"

Bai Qingxia felt a surge of joy upon hearing that,

finally letting out a sigh of relief.

But unexpectedly, Ye Xiuxiu immediately added, "But I still want to keep doing this!"

"I am not yet strong; once I become strong, change will come!"

Hearing that, Bai Qingxia almost could not restrain her temper,

the heartstrings that had just relaxed instantly tightened again.

Ye Xiuxiu was seen raising her head with a stubborn expression,

and said with confidence:

"Mother, haven't you heard the saying 'Established at Thirty, forty without confusion, Knowing Heaven's Mandate at Fifty, Obedient Ears at Sixty, seventy follow one's heart without overstepping'?"

"When I can defeat seventy people, who would dare to do anything to me?"

For a moment, Bai Qingxia didn't know how to refute this little brat,

she wondered silently in her heart:

"Why has this child suddenly become so obstinate?"

Although she was extremely angry at that moment and really wanted to give her a good lesson,

but she feared that accidentally injuring the child would be a loss not worth the risk.

Thinking of that, Bai Qingxia sighed helplessly,

then turned and took a bottle of healing potion from the cabinet.

Ye Xiuxiu, seeing her mother pull out the healing potion,

felt the lingering worry finally settle back into her belly.

She began to heal herself, which meant the fighting stopped.

She couldn't help muttering, "Ah, it's okay, it's okay,"

"The fight just now really hurt me to death…"

No longer fighting herself; mother will heal her now.

However, not long after,

she sensed something odd.

The healing potion bottle in Bai Qingxia's hand,

was not being poured toward Ye Xiuxiu,

but was instead aimed at a feather duster beside her.

Ye Xiuxiu widened her eyes, staring with a puzzled face at everything happening before her.

Before she could react,

the all‑too‑familiar feather duster was already soaked with a full load of healing potion,

Immediately,

the feather duster, moving faster than the eye could catch, slammed heavily onto Ye Xiuxiu's body. A crisp "snap" sound rang out,

Ye Xiuxiu couldn't help but shiver all over.

Then another "snap" came,

the feather duster again made intimate contact with her body.

"Ah!"

Ye Xiuxiu instantly let out a wail.

Each strike was accompanied by pain,

but also brought a refreshing sensation,

as if the healing potion were rapidly seeping into the skin,

to perform its cure.

The feather duster, soaked in healing potion, strikes while healing!

Truly inhumane!

(End of chapter)