In the hall of the Old Mu Family, Mu Danian knelt before Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu, crying his eyes out:
"Father, Mother, I know I was wrong, I shouldn’t have done such a heartless thing.
I caused Mother to take the bla and be criticized, and Father to worry because of my actions. I am unfilial, please punish ."
Mr. Mu said nothing, but held his dry tobacco pipe tightly.
Occasionally, taking a puff, the smoke exhaled was thick and sowhat choking.
Mrs. Liu, closest to Mr. Mu, coughed a few tis from the smoke, imdiately drawing an angry glare from Old Mrs. Mu.
Mrs. Liu instantly cowered, afraid to move an inch, even her breathing beca much lighter than usual.
After seeing Mrs. Liu calm down, Old Mrs. Mu started eyeing Mu Danian. Although she stared at him, her gloomy eyes didn’t show hatred towards Mu Danian.
In fact, whether Mr. Mu punished Mu Danian or not didn’t matter to her.
On the contrary, she was waiting for Mr. Mu to speak quickly!
Once he talked, she could demand her daughter’s dowry money from her second and fifth sons.
Mr. Mu didn’t respond to Mu Danian, making him feel sowhat guilty.
Bravely, he added: "Father, just hit , no matter how you choose to handle , I won’t complain."
Mr. Mu still didn’t speak, leaving Mu Danian no choice but to turn to Mu Dazhong for help.
Mu Dazhong hurried over, pounding his chest with a look of agony.
He said, "Father, indeed Fifth knows he was wrong. You don’t know, those days at my place, he kept saying he regretted and shouldn’t have done such distasteful things. I believe he is genuinely remorseful."
Fearing these words wouldn’t move Mr. Mu’s heart to spare Mu Danian, Mu Dazhong added:
"Father, Da Lang is my son, Bita is my daughter-in-law. Regardless of who gets hurt, it pains as a father."
"But Da Lang and Bita have already separated from the family because of her, that’s an irreversible fact. Surely, we don’t want to push Fifth to a breaking point and also have him separate from the family, right?"
Mu Dazhong’s words, like stones dropping into a lake, stirred ripples deep within Mr. Mu’s heart.
For the first ti, Mr. Mu found that his second son’s words had so reason, leaving him no grounds to argue.
Da Lang splitting from the family, that’s a fact that cannot be changed.
Yet, if due to that matter, Fifth were severely punished, feeling aggrieved, and also chose to split from the family, would the Old Mu Family fall apart?
But if not punishing Fifth, how to fulfill the promise to Da Lang?
Mr. Mu was conflicted inside, his thick eyebrows furrowing tightly together.
Mu Danian keenly sensed that he still had a chance to turn things around with his father, as long as he presented a better attitude, this matter might just be brushed off.
Mu Danian pretended to be sincere, saying to Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu: "Father, you and Mother have already spent so much effort for , now don’t let my matter trouble you anymore.
The disaster I caused myself, I will solve myself. I will go to Tie Dao Village to apologize to Bita!
Beg her forgiveness! If she is willing for Da Lang to return to the Old Mu Family, that would be great, and our Old Mu Family would be tightly united again!"
Mu Danian’s careless words poured all the dirt onto Huang Bita.
Huang Bita, being an outsider daughter-in-law, was already not as good as the n of the Old Mu Family, now saying the split was her instigation, his parents definitely would not let Huang Bita have a good ti.
Old Mrs. Mu imdiately blew her top, angrily reprimanding: "Apologize? Apologize for what? It was plainly that wicked girl causing trouble behind the scenes, instigating Da Lang to split from the family, I haven’t settled that score with her yet, and she wants to take advantage of our Old Mu Family?"
"Exactly, Huang Bita is nothing good, Father, just let this matter pass!" Mrs. Lin also stood up to speak on Mu Danian’s behalf.
In the past, even though the second house and Mu Danian did not argue, Mu Dazhong and Mu Danian were both the kind to kick soone while they’re down, never helping the other out.
So with Mu Dazhong and Mrs. Lin’s help, Mr. Mu’s heart beca ever clearer about the answer.
"Father..."
Mu Danian called out, just about to say sothing, when the door was kicked open.
Mu Dalang rushed in, landing a punch on Mu Danian’s face.
Mu Danian was stunned, looking at Mu Dalang for a long ti without returning to his senses.
Then ca the second punch, third punch...
"You beast, you still have the nerve to return, watch beat you to death today!"
Hailstorm-like fists relentlessly flew at Mu Danian.
Mu Danian cried in pain, hurriedly extending his arms to block Mu Dalang’s fists, but even so, the fists kept hitting his body.
"Father, Mother, save ..." Mu Danian yelled.
"Da Lang, I know I was wrong, I apologize to you, apologize... Ouch, it hurts!"
The sound of Mu Danian’s screams reached everyone’s ears, and only then did they react.
Mu Dazhong was the first to stop him: "Da Lang, what are you doing? That’s your fifth uncle, stop it now!"
"He’s not my fifth uncle, I don’t have a fifth uncle!" Mu Dalang replied, the force in his hands growing heavier.
Shouts, mixed with curses, and a barrage of unpleasant words erupted from Mu Danian’s mouth.
Old Mrs. Mu ca forward, both scolding Mu Dalang and tugging at Mu Danian.
"You scoundrel, being led by a woman, dare to hit your fifth uncle, have you gone mad!"
"Old man, second, pin this brat down for , I want to see how arrogant he can get!"
Old Mrs. Mu shouted at the two big n behind her.
Mr. Mu and Mu Dazhong stepped forward, one grabbing an arm, the other holding a waist, with Mrs. Lin interfering.
Mu Dalang was forcibly separated from Mu Danian.
He tried kicking, attempting twice to land a kick on Mu Danian, but as the distance widened, both kicks fell short.
Mu Dalang instantly trembled with rage.
"Let go of , let go!" Mu Dalang scread in a hysterical roar.
The sound contained a trace of lant and despair.
Mu Dalang didn’t understand, clearly Mu Danian was the one at fault, why did his grandparents, his parents all co to help this beast.
"Enough! Da Lang, don’t forget your identity, you are a descendant of the Old Mu Family. In our family, it’s always the elders disciplining the juniors, not the juniors disciplining the elders.
Your fifth uncle did sothing wrong, I have already reprimanded him, it’s not your place to interfere!" Mr. Mu said to Mu Dalang.
These words, once spoken, made Mu Dalang stare in shock at the people in front of him.
Initially, it was his grandfather who confidently promised to give him and Bita an explanation, which was why he didn’t chase Mu Danian to the ends of the earth for trouble.
Now, how long has it been, and he already forgot his words, is there any justice left?
"Grandpa, you have let down too much!" Mu Dalang said.
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