That felt like someone sprinkling salt into an open wound.
His face darkened with anger as he stormed over to Yun Jiu and, without saying a word, raised his hand and slapped him across the face.
Yun Jiu had been standing there absentmindedly. After being slapped for no apparent reason, he hurriedly came back to his senses and looked at Yun Xiaoshu in confusion.
The slap immediately attracted the attention of many people nearby.
Everyone curiously turned to look, only to see a young ge’er glaring furiously at a tall, burly man.
Some people could not help but think, Oh? It’s barely the New Year, and there’s already a love triangle unfolding.
“Yun Jiu, you really have no shame! If it weren’t for Lin Ye protecting you, a shameless ge’er like you should have been drowned in a pond and left to die!”
The people around them gasped when they heard this. They all looked at the person who had been slapped. So this tall, sturdy person was actually a ge’er?
Hearing his own younger brother curse him with such vicious words, Yun Jiu felt a dull ache in his heart. He had thought that after suffering enough pain, he would eventually become numb and nothing anyone said could hurt him anymore. But when he saw his own biological younger brother again and heard words that sounded almost like a curse, Yun Jiu still couldn’t help feeling hurt.
Seeing the sadness in Yun Jiu’s eyes only made Yun Xiaoshu’s anger burn even hotter. He hated the pitiful look on Yun Jiu’s face. He hated even more how Yun Jiu never argued with anyone, always acting as though everyone else owed him something.
Yun Xiaoshu couldn’t help raising his voice. “Stop pretending! Stop acting pitiful! You used that pathetic act to win Lin Ye’s sympathy, didn’t you? Yun Jiu, Lin Ye only feels sorry for you. Who would actually like an ugly ge’er like you?”
Apparently, simply hurling insults wasn’t enough to satisfy him. Yun Xiaoshu raised his hand again, intending to hit him.
This time, Yun Jiu caught his wrist. “Lin Ye said only he’s allowed to bully me, so you’d better not go too far. Making such a scene like this is really ugly.”
Yun Xiaoshu had never seen Yun Jiu fight back before. He was instantly furious, his eyes widening as he shouted, “Let go of me! Who gave you the right to touch me?”
Everyone else from Yunjia Village was stunned by the scene before them. Although they knew Yun Jiu had changed from how he used to be, they never expected him to actually fight back—especially against Yun Xiaoshu, the youngest and most spoiled ge’er in the Yun Dali family.
Yun Xiaohua suddenly felt that staying behind was rather interesting. Watching the two of them turn on each other actually put him in a much better mood.
Seeing that Yun Jiu still refused to let go, several other ge’ers immediately walked over. They confronted Yun Jiu aggressively. “What are you doing? He’s your younger brother! Do you have any sense of what it means to be an older brother? No matter how unpleasant the things he said were, he’s still your younger brother. How can an older brother hit his younger brother?”
“Exactly! Yun Jiu, have you no shame? You’re his older brother, yet you actually hit your own younger brother?”
The commotion attracted more and more people.
Qi Zhou had originally just come over to watch the fun. But when he saw a group of ge’ers blatantly lying through their teeth, he suddenly found the whole thing rather amusing. That little ge’er had clearly been the one to strike first. Yet after everyone started shouting, anyone who hadn’t seen what happened would really think Yun Jiu had been the one who attacked first.
Qi Zhou felt that he had certainly learned something new today. He had always been an unreasonable person himself, but he had never realized there were so many people just like him.
Qi Zhou had followed along after seeing Lin Ye. He had originally wanted to continue following Lin Ye, but there were simply too many people around, and he didn’t like squeezing through crowds. So he had stood to the side, watching with interest.
He had initially intended to wait patiently for an opportunity, but unexpectedly stumbled upon such an entertaining scene. His mood improved considerably as he watched them make a fuss.
Some people who arrived later hadn’t witnessed Yun Jiu being slapped. After hearing the other ge’ers shouting, they immediately assumed that Yun Jiu had been the one who started the fight.
Yun Jiu was already angry, and without realizing it, he tightened his grip around Yun Xiaoshu’s wrist.
Yun Xiaoshu immediately winced in pain, his eyes turning red as he cried out pitifully, “Let go! You’re hurting me!”
Seeing Yun Jiu’s tall, imposing figure and then looking at Yun Xiaoshu’s delicate, pitiful appearance, someone immediately stepped forward to defend him.
A burly man suddenly strode over and glared at Yun Jiu. “What the hell is wrong with you? Why are you bullying a little ge’er for no reason? Look at how big you are! If you want to fight, then come on. I’ll fight you!”
The man hadn’t heard the conversation that came before and assumed Yun Jiu was a hanzi. He rolled up his sleeves and prepared to fight him.
Yun Jiu’s face flushed red and then pale. He immediately released Yun Xiaoshu and said to the man, “I didn’t hit him. He was the one who hit me first.”
Hearing this, the man burst out laughing. He pointed at Yun Xiaoshu and said, “You’re a hanzi! So what if a little ge’er hits you a few times? It’s not like you’re going to lose a piece of flesh.”
Those who knew the truth couldn’t help laughing when they heard this. The burly man thought everyone was agreeing with him and continued laughing foolishly along with them.
A ge’er called out mockingly to the foolish man, “Idiot, he’s a ge’er too!”
But there was nothing kind in the ge’er’s tone—it was full of ridicule.
When everyone heard this, they laughed even louder.
Yun Jiu felt utterly humiliated. He lowered his head, his face turning pale. He knew they were all laughing at the way he looked.
Yun Xiaoshu pretended to lower his head and wipe away his tears, but the corners of his mouth couldn’t help curling into a cold smile.
Once Lin Ye sees how foolish Yun Jiu looks, he’ll definitely feel that Yun Jiu has embarrassed him completely. I refuse to believe Lin Ye will still like Yun Jiu after this.
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