Chapter 444: It’s Odd if You Didn’t Get Beaten Up
Ye Xiu was originally planning to fight back, but the more he resisted, the harder he got beaten up.
Then, he began just lying there like a dead fish, just letting Xu Cheng have his way.
If one couldn’t resist it, then they might as well just not resist.
But, he realized that Xu Cheng was indeed giving him a heavy beating, and after a few more punches, he let out a scream like a pig getting slaughtered, “Big Brother!! Don’t hit me anymore!”
But it was useless, Xu Cheng’s punches kept on landing.
Just then, Lin Chuxue came back in from watering the plants in the backyard and saw Xu Cheng beating someone up. She walked over and dragged him back. “What are you doing?”
“Sis-in-Law!” Ye Xiu saw Lin Chuxue as if he saw his lord and savior, and he almost cried as he weakly reached out his arm and said, “Sis-in-Law, hold him back. He’s going to beat me to death soon!”
Lin Chuxue looked at the bruises on Ye Xiu’s face and immediately held Xu Cheng back. “Stop it already, what’s going on?”
Xu Cheng said to her, “Don’t get involved in this.”
“Big Brother, come on man, it’s enough.” Ye Xiu hurriedly got up and put his arms out, trying to keep a distance. “If you are going to beat me up, at least let me know why.”
He really didn’t know why Xu Cheng was beating him up, so brutally too.
Lin Chuxue looked over at Ye Xiu and frowned and asked, “Wait, who are you?”
“I’m his little brother,” Ye Xiu pointed at Xu Cheng and said.
Xu Cheng was too lazy to admit it. “No.”
“Yes!” Ye Xiu said to Lin Chuxue, “Sis-in-Law, I’m Ye Xiu. I’m also from the Ye Family, but not the Behemoth Ye Family, just the side branch. But we still share a fraction of the same blood.”
Lin Chuxue pinched Xu Cheng on the waist. “Why are you beating him up?”
Xu Cheng glanced at him. “He deserves it!”
“Sis-in-Law, look at him!” Ye Xiu sounded extremely wronged and immediately said, “Look at what he’s saying! I just moved in today with my luggage, and he just beat me up! I’m a guest though!”
“Yeah, I know.” Xu Cheng walked over and was about to keep on giving him a heavy beating, but Lin Chuxue held him back.
“What are you doing? Xu Cheng, move to the side!”
The empress had spoken, and both sides were immediately separated. Lin Chuxue knew Xu Cheng too well. When they were young, no matter who bullied Lin Chuxue, Xu Cheng would go up and beat them up. And then, even if she were to step in to stop Xu Cheng and grab his arms, it would still be useless, because he could still kick. So, she pointed at the sofa and said, “Go and sit over there.”
Xu Cheng bitterly smiled. This indeed brought back childhood memories.
After Xu Cheng went to sit on the sofa, Lin Chuxue finally looked at Ye Xiu and apologized, “Don’t mind him, he’s not in a good mood these days.”
Indeed, Xu Cheng was not in a good mood after hearing that Lin Chuxue wanted to go to the M Nation to study, and of course Lin Chuxue could feel it. So, that was why she had been changing up her cooking every meal to make it up to him.
But the more she was like this, the worse Xu Cheng felt, being reminded that he could not taste such awesome cooking every day anymore.
“Sis-in-Law, you should discipline him more… I especially came over from Yanjing just to hang out with him, yet I was beaten up by him. I feel so wronged,” Ye Xiu said sadly.
Xu Cheng: “Do you believe that I will chuck a table at you?”
Ye Xiu’s face slightly changed. “Look at him go again!”
Lin Chuxue gritted her teeth and turned around and glared at Xu Cheng. “If you hit him one more time, I’m going to the M Nation and never coming back.”
Ye Xiu’s eyes enlarged right away. “Sis-in-Law, that’s a bit too much though…”
Lin Chuxue: “Don’t worry, he won’t beat you up from now on. He doesn’t have many family members to begin with, everyone counts. Since you called me Sis-in-Law already, then just come over to our place whenever you want. I’m the boss here.”
“Sis-in-Law!” Ye Xiu movingly said, “Ever since you live-streamed that fight to us that day, I knew only you were qualified to be my sis-in-law!”
Lin Chuxue smiled and said to Lin Dong, “Dong, go and set up a room for him.”
Lin Dong nodded and then brought Ye Xiu upstairs.
Xu Cheng bitterly smiled on the sofa.
Right after Ye Xiu entered the room, he immediately called his grandpa and cried, “Grandpa, you threw me under the bus!”
Grandpa Ye: “How is it? Did he tell you what he’s doing going to the States?”
Ye Xiu’s eyes stared wide open. “Shouldn’t you tell me first why I got beaten up by Big Brother Cheng? Shouldn’t you be concerned about my well-being?”
Old Man Ye: “Are your arms and legs broken?”
Ye Xiu paused for a moment. “Uh, no.”
Old Man Ye: “Then so what? It’s already good enough that he didn’t beat you half-dead. It would only be odd if he didn’t beat you up.”
Ye Xiu was speechless. “So you mean, it’s normal that I got beat up? You already knew that I would get beaten up this trip?”
Old Man Ye bitterly smiled. “Kid, this time, I had no choice but to send you over. Among Xu Cheng’s peers in Yanjing, only you have the best relationship with him, and you are also his cousin. No matter how mad he is at you, he wouldn’t hurt you too much.”
“Still not too much? I was almost beaten to death…” Ye Xiu said, “Grandpa, tell me the truth, why did Big Brother Cheng beat me up?”
Old Man Ye sighed. “He indeed already sacrificed a lot for the country. You heard about what happened to his wife earlier, right? It still wasn’t much that he got fired, but this time, feeling that we are monitoring him and not trusting him, he was very angered. But, we also couldn’t just let him leave the country without even knowing what he’s up to, so I could only get you to go and try to get that out of his mouth. If I were to send someone else, they would probably not be able to return with that temper of his. You don’t know this, but he even turned against his comrades briefly because of what happened to his wife. Sigh, you won’t understand his mood. If it was you who had to sacrifice your mother because of the country and then your wife got injured because of the country’s incompetence, and in the end, you didn’t get anything but was still being monitored and not trusted, how would you feel?”
Ye Xiu bitterly smiled. “I would probably go to extremes.”
Old Man Ye: “That’s why I sent you to talk to him. If it was anyone else, they would really have died!”
Ye Xiu wanted to cry. “But I’m not ending up anywhere better, Grandpa…”
“Just be considerate of Xu Cheng. From the nation’s point of view, he broke the rules and it’s only just for him to be punished. But from the human feelings and relationship’s point of view, it’s only normal that he vents his anger. Just treat this as an opportunity for you to sharpen yourself.”
“Grandpa, it’s my first time hearing that being a sandbag can sharpen someone. I read more books than you, don’t fool me on this one.” Ye Xiu didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry. “Can I swear right now?”
Old Man Ye: “You are going to swear at me?”
Ye Xiu: “I wouldn’t dare.”
Old Man Ye: “If you are a true man and you feel that you are wronged, it’s okay to swear.”
Ye Xiu took in a deep breath. “Faack!”
Old Man Ye sighed, “Looks like your dad didn’t teach you good manners, I will go and have a talk with him.”
Ye Xiu felt like crying. “If you go scold Dad now, wouldn’t he also beat me up when I get back?”
After hanging up, Ye Xiu saw Lin Dong standing at the door. He lifted his brows and asked, “Brat, what are you looking at?”
Lin Dong already didn’t like this ‘teacher’s little brother’. “So what if I look at you?”
Ye Xiu immediately jumped him. “I can’t beat up your teacher, but at least I can teach you a lesson! I will show you why you should call me ‘teacher’ too!”