The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu Returns with Boundless Hatred for Revenge

The situation reached a stalemate.

No matter how righteous Yi Zhonghai was, or how pretentious Liu Haizhong was, He Yubing treated them all as nonsense and kicked and stomped on Sha Zhu in full view of everyone.

"Ouch! Big brother! Stop hitting me! I really know I was wrong!"

Sha Zhu rolled around on the ground, clutching his head, his screams growing louder with each breath. His face was bruised, and blood was streaming from his nose. Where was the trace of his former triumphant spirit, of someone reborn and determined to rewrite his destiny?

But the more he begged for mercy, the angrier He Yubing became.

That idiot was tricked to death, froze to death under a bridge, and in the end, no one even came to collect his body. He finally got a second chance at life, and he's still the same! What I can't stand the most is that he still calls everyone "Uncle" and "Sister Qin" so affectionately.

"Fuck your mother! What the hell did you do wrong? Tell me!"

Sha Zhu winced in pain, "I was wrong, I was wrong..."

He was wrong for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation.

"Say it! You fucking say it!"

"Well played!"

An untimely cheer suddenly rang out from the crowd.

Xu Damao's signature horse-like face was full of schadenfreude. "Brother Da Bing! Well done! This idiot Zhu deserves a beating! You don't know how pathetic he's been in the courtyard all these years! When Jia Zhangshi points her finger at him and curses, he doesn't dare to talk back! When Master Yi tells him to go east, he doesn't dare to go west; when he tells him to support the Jia family, he supports the Jia family. He's more obedient than a dog! Haha..."

"Xu Damao! You bastard! Stop kicking me when I'm down! You scoundrel, just you wait! You'll see how I deal with you later!"

"Oh dear, I'm so scared!" Xu Damao sneered, shrinking back behind the crowd and peeking out. "Brother Da Bing, look at him! He's only good at bullying his own kind! What's the use of being tough with me? If he's so tough, why doesn't he go after Jia Zhangshi? Or Master Yi?"

Sha Zhu gritted his teeth in anger, but couldn't refute it. He couldn't very well say that he had already been aggressive towards them; in fact, he had almost charged forward just now, if Yi Zhonghai hadn't stopped him...

"You still have the nerve to call others bad seeds? I think you're a complete idiot! You got sold out and still helped them count the money, you were eaten and still wanted to make soup from their bones! You're not even as good as Xu Damao!"

He Yubing was furious at his son's lack of resolve and wanted to continue hitting him. Anyway, he knew his limits and used skillful force with his feet, so he would only injure the skin and bones and wouldn't break him.

At the crucial moment, the girl who depended on He Yubing for survival couldn't bear to watch any longer. She suddenly opened the side door, rushed out, and hugged He Yubing's waist and back.

"Big brother! Stop hitting him! You'll hurt Brother Sha!"

Hearing his sister's voice, He Yubing's anger suddenly vanished the moment he felt that frail body.

But suddenly I felt something was wrong, and then some bad memories came back, and my anger flared up again.

You should know that He Yushui was only wearing a single layer of clothing when she rushed out, and now that she was pressed against him, she couldn't feel anything at all. It was no different from a man hugging her.

Pulling her younger sister closer for a closer look, He Yushui was as thin as a stick, with clearly defined joints. Her shoulder blades were clearly visible beneath her thin clothes. She was a seventeen-year-old girl, yet her face was pale and her cheekbones protruded. Her face was flat from front to back; it was clear she was malnourished and hadn't developed at all.

"Big, big brother..." He Yushui felt a little uneasy under their gaze and called out timidly.

He Yubing ignored her and kicked Sha Zhu, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, a few more times.

"Ouch! Big brother! What's wrong with you again?!" Sha Zhu covered his head again, adopting a defensive posture.

"What's wrong?! You still have the nerve to ask what's wrong?! Look at the rain! Look at her!"

He grabbed Sha Zhu by the collar, lifted him off the ground, and forced his head to look at the girl in front of him.

"A seventeen-year-old girl! Look at her, does she even look like a girl anymore?! She's as thin as a bamboo pole! I hug her, and it's like I'm hugging a man!"

Don't tell me you can't afford to raise him. It's true He Daqing ran away, but what about his skills, his house, his job? He's a cook who wouldn't starve even in a famine, and you've raised your own sister into this wretched state?!

Sha Zhu's face turned bright red, but he couldn't say a word.

What could he say? That he'd only been reborn a few days ago? That he hadn't had time to change? But Yu Shui was already this thin; that was a fact. No matter what reasons he had, his sister had indeed been raised to be this way.

"Big brother, I know I was wrong, I'll change! I'll definitely change in the future!" Sha Zhu raised his head, looked at He Yushui, and his eyes suddenly reddened. "Yushui, I'm sorry."

Seeing her brother's disheveled state, He Yushui felt a pang of pain and anxiety. She rushed over to help Shazhu, brushing the dust off his clothes as she said to He Yubing, "Big brother, don't hit Shazhu anymore. He's actually very good to me. He's just soft-hearted, and those people..." She glanced in the direction of the Jia family's house, "...got harassed by them. Shazhu is kind-hearted, helping this family and that family, he even skimps on his own food, saving it all for me. It's my fault, I can't gain weight no matter how much I eat..."

As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes again. She walked over, grabbed He Yuzhu's arm, and began to cry, "Big brother, I missed you so much! I thought you'd abandoned us like Father did..."

He Yubing quickly took out a towel from his waist to wipe away Yushui's tears, then burst into laughter, "Why are you crying, little sister? Your brother is back! Don't worry, as long as your brother is here, no one can bully you."

After calming her sister down, He Yubing went straight to the octagonal table where Yi Zhonghai and his two companions sat. "Damn it, you all act like county magistrates, even the provincial governor doesn't have your airs! What kind of bullshit 'manager' are you? I remember the liaison officers were abolished five or six years ago. Who are you in charge of? If you don't give me a satisfactory answer now, I'll go to the street office tomorrow morning and ask if they allowed this courtyard to establish its own organization!"

One sentence scared the three old men half to death. Yi Zhonghai secretly thought to himself that things were not good. You know, five or six years later, they had concealed the fact that the manager had been dismissed, just in order to control this courtyard house. For this reason, they even asked the deaf old lady to tell the director of the street office not to come and announce it. Unexpectedly, He Yubing exposed it directly today.