Su Family Courtyard.
"You can't touch my son!"
Su Rou lay on the ground, her cheeks covered in red marks and blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. She had clearly suffered inhuman torture. But despite it all, her face was filled with defiant determination.
"Su Dahai, if you dare hurt my son, I swear I won't let any of you off!" Su Rou clenched her teeth, a crazed look in her eyes.
"Heh, still acting tough, are we?" Su Yui stepped forward, grabbed Su Rou's hair, and sneered, "Did you really think I'd let that little bastard off after he hit ?"
"Let tell you the truth, that little bastard is probably a cripple by now!" A triumphant smile spread across Su Yui's face as she laughed brazenly. "Ah, Second Sister, it was one thing for you to run off with so wild man."
She yanked Su Rou's hair hard and said viciously, "But you never should have co back to the Su Family, especially not with a big belly!
"Do you know that because of you, our family beca the laughingstock of the entire county?
"You don't!
"Do you have any idea how much we sacrificed for the Su Family? And what about you? You severed all ties and ran off alone. Since you already left, why did you bother coming back?"
Tears stread down Su Rou's face, her pain imasurable. It wasn't the pain of her body, but the pain in her heart—the weight of what she owed the Su Family, the guilt she felt toward her father.
"Eldest Sister, please let go of Second Sister!" Su Xiaoi rushed over, trying to push Su Yui away. "Eldest Sister, I'm begging you, please spare her."
"Get away!" Su Yui slapped Su Xiaoi across the face. "You two have been joined at the hip since we were children. Are you still defending her now?" she said venomously. "Su Xiaoi, you fool, do you know why you ended up marrying a failure? It's because you were too close to Su Rou. To our family, that's a disgrace!"
Her words instantly made everyone's expression shift.
"Xiaoi..." Su Rou looked at Su Xiaoi, her face etched with guilt. "Xiaoi, I'm sorry. I dragged you down with ."
"No!" Su Xiaoi sobbed, shaking her head. "Second Sister, you've always been good to , really. I don't bla you. I've never blad you."
"What pretty words!" Su Yui scoffed. "Why don't you ask her how her life has been these past few years? No money, no house, reduced to selling breakfast on the street. It's utterly shaful!"
"Su Yui, that's enough!" a voice roared. Xu Xiaotian strode forward, his face flushed crimson. With reddened eyes, he approached Su Yui. "You venomous woman, do you really think I don't know? Before Dad passed away, he divided the family assets. Not only did Xiaoi get a share, but Second Sister did too!"
"Xu Xiaotian, shut your mouth!" Su Dahai stepped forward and grabbed Xu Xiaotian. "When did my family's affairs beco any business of an outsider like you?"
"Ah, Xiaotian, isn't Yaoyao about to go to college?" Lei Chengjun said with a chuckle. "I heard it's a prestigious university. The tuition for a year is no small sum."
Xu Xiaotian's expression changed. Lei Chengjun had grabbed him by his weak spot. It was a clear threat, using his daughter's future to tell him to keep his mouth shut.
"You..." Even a proud man like Xu Xiaotian was so furious his eyes turned blood-red. He gritted his teeth and said, "You'll all get what you deserve!"
Pulling Su Xiaoi with him, Xu Xiaotian moved to stand far off to the side. Su Xiaoi didn't dare say another word, her heart aching with a profound sense of injustice.
For years, their life had been incredibly difficult. They toiled from dawn till dusk just to make a living. Without a permanent stall, they were constantly chased away by city managent and bullied by local thugs. The stubborn pair, Xu Xiaotian and Su Xiaoi, were unwilling to ask the Su Family for help, let alone beg Lei Chengjun, which only made their lives harder. Their only daughter was their sole motivation, the reason they strived so hard. Now that Lei Chengjun and the others were using her future to threaten them, what more could they say? They knew all too well that with the Su Family's and Lei Chengjun's influence, a single phone call could ruin their daughter's chance to attend university.
"Are... are you even human?" Tears stread uncontrollably down Su Rou's cheeks as she cried in agony. "To treat your own family like this, you're worse than animals!"
Gazing at the coffin in the morial hall and the black-and-white photo of Old Master Su, Su Rou's sobs beca inconsolable.
"This is a Su Family matter, so it's none of your concern," Su Dahai said coldly. "Since you've paid your respects, you should leave."
"Leave? It's not that easy." Su Yui sneered. "That beastly son of yours dared to hit . It's only right that I collect so interest. Let's settle all our scores, new and old, today!"
Grabbing a burning candle from the altar, Su Yui let out a sinister laugh. "Second Sister, if this hot wax drips onto your face, how long do you think you can last?"
"Su Yui, you beast!" Su Xiaoi roared, about to charge forward. "How can you do this to Second Sister? She's your own sister!"
"My own sister?" Su Yui scoffed. "I have no such sister!"
As she spoke, she tilted her hand, the molten wax about to drip onto Su Rou. Su Dahai and the others watched with emotionless faces, their silence a form of consent.
BANG!
Just then, a heavy thud echoed as several figures were thrown in from outside, crashing hard onto the floor. The three figures were a mangled ss of blood and flesh, their features unrecognizable. Yet, the faces of Su Dahai and the others twisted in horror.
Because they were their sons!
"Ming Ze!"
"Ming Li!"
Lei Chengjun scrambled over, embracing the third person and bellowing, "Whoever did this to my son, get the hell out here! I'm going to kill you!"
Lei Xinyang's upper thigh was a bloody ruin; he was already crippled. Su Mingze and Su Mingli were in a similar state, both utterly ruined.
"You want to kill ?"
An ice-cold voice ca from outside. Lin Mu walked slowly into the Su Family Courtyard, his eyes filled with undisguised murderous intent.
"I'd like to see you try."
The mont he set foot in the courtyard, the entire surrounding wall instantly collapsed, burying Su Mingze and Su Mingli under a shower of bricks and stone.
"No!" Su Dahai let out a harrowing scream and rushed forward, trying to dig his sons out.
"Lin Mu!" Lei Chengjun stared at Lin Mu with bloodshot eyes. "This is your doing, you little beast!"
Ignoring Lei Chengjun, Lin Mu walked straight to Su Rou, gently lifting his mother and setting her down on a chair. After a quick check, he let out a slight sigh of relief. Thankfully, she wasn't seriously hard.
However, the sight of the wounds on his mother made his blood boil.
"Xiao Mu, you..."
Lin Mu cut his mother off. "Mom, leave this to , alright?"
Su Rou looked at her son's calm expression and gave a slight nod.
Lin Mu slowly stood up and walked toward Su Yui, his tone as piercing as a winter wind.
"A quiet life isn't so bad. Why did you have to choose death?"
In a flash, he appeared before Su Yui, his hand gripping her throat.
"Settle the score, is it?" Lin Mu tilted his head slightly to look at Su Dahai and the others, a corner of his mouth curling up. "Then let's settle it properly!"
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