Siheyuan (courtyard house): My father, Li Yunlong!

As Yi Zhonghai listened to the increasingly offensive discussions around him, looked at the gazes of the crowd that seemed to have already condemned him, and especially felt the obvious alienation from those around him and the suspicion in Jia Dongxu's eyes, the image of "moral exemplar" and "old man" that he had painstakingly cultivated for decades completely collapsed at this moment!

The immense humiliation, anger, and panic of having some deep-seated secret exposed in public instantly overwhelmed his rationality.

"Ah!!! Li Zhenhua! I'll fight you to the death!!!"

Yi Zhonghai let out a beastly howl that sounded inhuman, his eyes bloodshot. He completely lost his usual composure and calculation, and like a mad dog driven to the brink, he pounced on Li Zhenhua, who was standing calmly at the front!

He bared his teeth and claws, as if he wanted to tear the young man who had ruined everything to pieces.

Faced with this chaotic attack, Li Zhenhua merely curled up a disdainful sneer.

He didn't even adopt a defensive stance; just as the gaunt figure was about to pounce, he casually sidestepped and extended his right leg seemingly at the same time.

"Thump!"

A muffled thud was followed by Yi Zhonghai's painful groan.

He charged too fast and couldn't stop in time. Li Zhenhua tripped him at just the right moment, causing him to lose his balance and fall face-first into the ground in a classic "dog shit" style. His front teeth hit the hard ground, and blood flowed out immediately. He lay on the ground for a long time, unable to get up, only able to groan "ouch ouch".

"Master!"

"An old man!"

Sha Zhu and Jia Dongxu exclaimed in surprise almost simultaneously upon seeing this.

Sha Zhu, driven by long-standing awe and reliance on Yi Zhonghai, saw the "old man" being humiliated, and his reckless spirit resurfaced. Coupled with the anger he felt from being insulted by Li Zhenhua earlier, he roared:

"You little brat! How dare you hit an old man like me!"

He swung his fist and charged forward.

Jia Dongxu's feelings were extremely complicated. He was confused and angry about Yi Zhonghai's possible identity, as well as he had an instinct of "master and disciple are like father and son" that he had been instilled with for a long time, and a distorted mentality of "beating a dog to see its owner". With red eyes, he rushed up with Sha Zhu and shouted.

"Li Zhenhua! I'll kill you!"

However, in the face of absolute strength, the advantage of numbers is meaningless.

Li Zhenhua's eyes turned cold. Facing attacks from both sides, he advanced instead of retreating. He first sidestepped Sha Zhu's powerful but somewhat clumsy straight punch, then his left hand shot out like lightning, grabbing Sha Zhu's wrist and twisting it downwards. At the same time, his right knee slammed into Sha Zhu's stomach!

"Ugh!"

Sha Zhu felt a sharp pain coming from his abdomen, as if his internal organs had all shifted out of place. His previous fierceness was instantly replaced by pain. He clutched his stomach, curled up like a shrimp, and collapsed to the ground, rolling and groaning.

Almost simultaneously, Li Zhenhua's right arm swept backward like a steel whip, his elbow striking Jia Dongxu's fragile ribs with precision.

"Snap!"

A slight cracking sound was followed by Jia Dongxu's pig-like scream. He was sent flying by the force, crashing into the wall and sliding softly to the ground, only able to gasp for breath and wail in pain.

In the blink of an eye, all three who rushed forward were taken down!

Yi Zhonghai lay on the ground vomiting blood, Sha Zhu curled up like a shrimp, and Jia Dongxu collapsed against the wall, wailing in agony.

The entire courtyard fell into a deathly silence once again.

All that remained were the three people's painful groans and the suppressed gasps of the neighbors around them.

The gazes of everyone looking at Li Zhenhua were filled with unprecedented awe and fear.

Just as tensions were running high and the entire courtyard was deathly silent, with everyone stunned by Li Zhenhua's ruthless methods and shocking remarks, a series of hurried footsteps and a sobbing cry came from the moon gate of the central courtyard.

"Grandma! You've finally arrived! Come and see! This yard is in complete chaos!"

An older woman was seen helping a deaf old woman with a cane as they walked over, their steps unsteady.

The middle-aged woman's face was full of anxiety and fear, while the deaf old lady's wrinkled face was so gloomy it could drip water, her old eyes sweeping across the scene.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai lying on the ground with blood at the corner of his mouth and a knocked-out front tooth, seeing Sha Zhu curled up on the ground groaning in pain, then seeing Jia Dongxu slumped against the wall with a face as pale as paper, his gaze finally settled on Li Zhenhua, who stood proudly with a cold expression.

The old lady's anger flared up instantly. She slammed her cane down heavily with a thud, pointed at Li Zhenhua's nose, and began to curse. Although her voice was old, it carried an undeniable arrogance.

"Outrageous! Outrageous! You little brat! Where did you come from, you bastard? How dare you cause trouble in the yard! You hit my grandson! And you even hit Zhonghai! Do you have any respect for the law? Do you have any respect for your ancestor?! I... I'll fight you to the death!"

As she spoke, the old lady really disregarded everything, swung her shiny jujube wood cane, and with all her might, smashed it down on Li Zhenhua's head!

The force of the blow was so strong that if it had landed squarely, a head injury would have been the least of one's worries.

A gasp of surprise erupted in the courtyard!

No one expected the old lady to act so suddenly and so ruthlessly!

However, Li Zhenhua showed no panic in the face of this sudden attack, nor did he exhibit the subconscious retreat and apprehension that most people would show towards an elderly person.

In his eyes, there are only enemies and non-enemies, not age or gender.

Without dodging or avoiding, just as the cane was about to hit him, his right hand shot out like lightning and grabbed the end of the cane with perfect precision!

His movements were clean, crisp, and as steady as a rock.

The old lady felt as if her cane had been hammered into iron clamps, and no matter how hard she tried, it wouldn't budge.

With a flick of his wrist, Li Zhenhua delivered a skillful force. The old lady felt a powerful force, her fingers went numb, and her cane was handed over to Li Zhenhua.

"You...you dare to fight back? Give me back my cane!"

The old lady was both shocked and furious, and she was trembling with rage.

Li Zhenhua weighed the jujube wood cane in his hand, sneered, and instead of returning it, he gripped both ends of the cane with both hands, raised his right leg, and thrust his knee down sharply!

"Snap!"

A crisp snapping sound echoed throughout the courtyard!

The jujube wood cane that had accompanied the old lady for many years and symbolized her status as an "ancestor" was kicked in two by Li Zhenhua!

He casually tossed the broken cane on the ground like trash, making two loud thuds.

The entire room fell silent!

You could hear a pin drop!

Everyone was stunned by this horrifying scene!

Even Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu, who were groaning, forgot to cry out in pain and stared blankly at the two broken pieces of the cane.

The deaf old woman was dumbfounded, staring at the cane broken in two on the ground, as if her authority had been broken along with it.

Having lived to such an old age and been used to lording it over everyone in the courtyard, she had never suffered such a humiliating disgrace.

Who has ever dared to treat her like this?