Yonghe Road

Chapter 74 Being Beaten
The enthusiasm of tea BA will eventually fade, and the city’s white tea event will begin the next chapter, as will the lives of Wang Zian and Zhong Ziqi.

For Zhong Ziqi, the next chapter must be Xie Anmin's departure and the shattering of his beautiful love. But now, he has become numb to this sad ending and is no longer frightened.

However, Wang Zian's next chapter is rising like a tide, both in career and love, but Wang Zian himself cannot yet predict it.

At this moment, they, and even the entire Baile Village, were caught up in the turmoil between Lei Sheng and Zhong Chunshui and were shocked.

The star that Lei Sheng was chasing was none other than Zhong Chunshui.

The people of Baile Village were shocked that the little daughter of the old Zhong family who ran away from home had turned into a big star.

This news was spread by Lei Sheng's father Lei Dingwu.

That day, at lunchtime, Lei Dingwu stood at the door of the Zhong family and cursed loudly, which attracted the neighbors.

It was the first time that the people of Baile Village saw Lei Dingwu lose his composure like this.

Lei Dingwu scolded Huifang bitterly, calling her a loser who couldn't even take care of her own daughter. He spoke in the She ethnic minority dialect, which many Han people in the village couldn't understand, but from his furious expression, it was clear that he wanted to kill Huifang.

However, no matter how Lei Dingwu scolded her, Huifang did not leave the house.

The Zhong family's door was locked, further enraging Lei Dingwu. Lan Dafeng, Huang Yunzhi, and the others managed to calm him down. Meanwhile, someone rushed to the tea factory to deliver a message to Zhong Ziqi. Upon hearing that his widowed mother was being bullied, Zhong Ziqi immediately hopped on his electric scooter and rushed home to see what was going on. Wang Zian, worried, naturally followed.

When the two arrived at the Zhong family's door, Lei Dingwu was still cursing, but Huifang had already opened the door and walked out.

Huifang opened the door because she heard her grandson crying outside.

Lin Yingying, as the daughter-in-law, could not sit idly by when her mother-in-law was being bullied. As soon as she heard the news, she returned from her parents' home with her child to support her mother-in-law. She was not good at quarreling, and Lei Dingwu was furious, and his loud voice directly scared the child.

When her grandson started crying, Huifang couldn't sit still anymore and opened the door.

As soon as Lei Dingwu saw Huifang, he immediately walked up the stairs and started scolding her right up to her nose.

Huifang's face was already covered with tears, but she was still stubborn and refused to take a step back. She replied to Lei Dingwu in the She ethnic group: "Chunshui ran away from home, but it can't be considered as running away from marriage. Our Zhong family did not take a single cent of the betrothal gifts from your Lei family. It was your Lei Sheng who was too enthusiastic..."

Lei Dingwu was so angry that he took out his phone, opened a video, and held it up to Huifang's eyes, cursing, "I'm not going to talk about the engagement today. We in the Lei family don't want an uneducated daughter like yours from the Zhong family. Is being famous such a big deal? Just because you're famous doesn't mean you're a member of Baile Village anymore? We're from the same village, and you're treating my Lei Sheng like this?"

Lei Dingwu's voice trembled with excitement. Besides being angry, he felt more distressed about his son being beaten.

Huifang saw clearly that in the video, it was Lei Sheng who was being beaten by a group of people.

The onlookers finally understood why Lei Dingwu was angry: Lei Sheng traveled thousands of miles to watch Zhong Chunshui's concert, but was beaten by Zhong Chunshui's people.

No one spoke up for Huifang anymore. Being a widow was no excuse for not raising her children well. Zhong Chunshui, having become famous, had forgotten his roots. That wasn't how people in Baile Village behaved. According to Baile Villagers, no matter how high your position, how much wealth you made, or how far you'd come, when someone from your hometown came, you had to treat them warmly with a good feast, or at least a pot of hot tea. How could you treat a fellow villager with your fists?
"That's what happens to children without a father."

"To be honest, a child can't be without a father."

"If a child has a father but no one to take care of him, and his mother is useless, won't the child be in trouble?"

"This generation has a daughter who has forgotten her roots, and who knows what kind of grandson she will have in the next generation..."

The people's comments became increasingly harsh, and some even looked at the child in Lin Yingying's arms with tinted glasses. Lin Yingying instinctively hugged the child tightly, her heart clenched, and inferiority instantly surged up. Her child also had no father to discipline him. Zi Wang was already stupid, how could a fool discipline a child?
Zhong Ziwang had already emerged from the house at some point. The noise outside had intrigued and frightened him. He took the small, quick steps of a fool, but didn't dare leave the house. He stood in the doorframe, clapping his hands nervously. The malicious crowd had made him sob.

This made Lin Yingying's cheeks burning, and she felt extremely humiliated. With tears in her eyes, she turned around and went back to her parents' home with her child in her arms.

The daughter-in-law and grandson had been back to her parents' home for quite some time. When they finally came back, Huifang wanted to chase them, but was stopped by Lei Dingwu.

"Lei Dingwu, what do you want?" Huifang asked, wiping away tears. "She hit me so hard! Now I know why Zhong Chunshui is so arrogant. It's all her mother's fault. What do I want? I'm going to report Zhong Chunshui to the police and accuse her of hiring someone to hit me!" Lei Dingwu said angrily, and was about to leave when Wang Zian and Zhong Ziqi returned on two electric scooters.

"Uncle, uncle, there must be a misunderstanding here. I believe Chunshui is not that kind of person." Wang Zian left his electric scooter and came over to stop Lei Dingwu, putting his arm around his shoulders to comfort him. "Uncle, let's ask what the thunder meant."

Yes, Lei Sheng was the one who was beaten. It was up to Lei Sheng to decide whether to call the police or sue Zhong Chunshui.

"Uncle, just give my dad some face. Chunshui was also raised by my dad."

Wang Zian brought up Secretary Wang Kai, and Lei Dingwu's arrogance finally subsided. After three seconds of silence, he uttered, "I'm doing this for your sake!"

Wang Zian didn't think he could have any face in front of Lei Dingwu. If he had any face, it was given by Secretary Wang.

Lei Dingwu left and Zhong Ziqi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Wang Zian coaxed Lei Dingwu away, otherwise he really didn't have the courage to quarrel with Lei Dingwu.

After bringing the tearful Huifang and the sobbing Ziwang into the house, Zhong Ziqi decided to go with Wang Zian to see the thunder.

Lei Sheng had been shut away at the "Tian Mi Mi" beekeeping base for days, refusing to see anyone, not even Lei Dingwu and his wife, and even giving Xiao Li, a staff member, a day off. Without Xiao Li, "Tian Mi Mi" couldn't operate normally. Whether it was team-building or people buying honey and rose cakes, no one was welcome. He didn't even want to see anyone now, so what was the point of running a business? Lying alone in bed, staring at the ceiling, he felt that life was meaningless.

For the first time in his life, Lei Sheng felt a sense of world-weariness. When he heard the sound of a car outside the base again, he was annoyed. He thought it was Lei Dingwu again yelling about how a real man never has trouble finding a wife. However, it was Wang Zian and Zhong Ziqi's voices that rang out from downstairs: "Lei Sheng!"

Wang Zian and Zhong Ziqi knocked on the door downstairs of the villa for half an hour, but there was no sound of thunder knocking on the door.

"Is there anything wrong?" Zhong Ziqi was worried. He could die because of thunder, but not because of spring water.

Wang Zian didn't think that Lei Sheng, with his smooth personality, would get stuck in a dead end on this matter. He looked around the base. In the distance was a field of red edible roses, and nearby, a few bees were flapping their wings in the wind... and an idea suddenly came to him.

Upstairs, Lei Sheng suddenly heard the cries of Wang Zian and Zhong Ziqi downstairs.

Wang Zian said, Ouch, it hurts!

Zhong Ziqi said, "Oh no, Wang Boya, you were bitten by a bee and your face is swollen like a pig's head."

The two men were shouting like this, and less than a minute later, the iron gate of the villa opened. Lei Sheng stood inside the door with a sullen face. Wang Zian and Zhong Ziqi smiled at each other and hurried into the house.

Looking at the hot tea on the coffee table, Zhong Ziqi was a little touched. He was prepared to be hit by Lei Sheng, but he didn't expect to be served with hot tea.

"Are you sure that the female singer is Chunshui?" After drinking a sip of hot tea, Zhong Ziqi's throat felt moistened. Looking at Lei Sheng, whose face was still swollen, he blurted out the question.

Lei Sheng said unhappily, "Don't you recognize your own sister?"

Zhong Ziqi couldn't believe it. Firstly, the female singer's name was "Yi Chi" instead of Zhong Chunshui. Secondly, the female singer's heavy makeup and exposed arms and legs were very different from her previous sister who dressed simply.

Another point is that Zhong Ziqi didn't believe Chunshui could really succeed. He had a stereotype about Chunshui, or the entire rural group, in his heart. He didn't believe that this kind of people could succeed, and he himself was also a member of this kind of people, so he didn't believe in others, nor did he believe in himself. He was inferior, so he had a deep sense of unworthiness in his relationship with Xie Anmin.

Choked by the thunder, Zhong Ziqi lowered his head and asked again, "Are you sure Chunshui hired someone to beat you?"

"When did I say Chunshui hired someone to beat me?" Lei Sheng said in a bad tone.

"Your father said so."

Zhong Ziqi told Lei Sheng about Lei Dingwu's disturbance at the Zhong family. Lei Sheng did not defend Lei Dingwu, but remained silent.

Wang Zian said, "Lei Sheng, you are the person involved. Who hit you at that time? If you don't explain clearly, Uncle Dingwu will report it to the police. He insists that Chunshui hired someone to do it. If he gets into trouble, I'm afraid it will be bad for Chunshui. It's not easy for a girl like her to have her own career outside..."

Wang Zian's persuasion made Lei Sheng feel aggrieved. He was beaten because of her, but now he had to consider her career?
"I don't know if it was Chunshui's order, but the people who beat me claimed to be Chunshui's men." As Lei Sheng spoke, the bruises on his face and body suddenly felt a dull pain.