Courtyard House: She got anxious when He Yushui wasn't licked.

"Silly Zhu! Don't kill him!" Second Uncle Liu Haizhong felt that He Yuzhu should teach Wang Lin a lesson. He had no respect for his elders and was simply lawless.

"Don't worry, Second Uncle! I'll know my limits." He Yuzhu had completely forgotten how Wang Lin had kicked him away last night. Now all he could think about was how to beat Wang Lin down and make that little bastard call him grandpa!

Yi Zhonghai knew he couldn't stop He Yuzhu, so he might as well let He Yuzhu cause some trouble. Someone had to play the good cop while he played the bad cop.

He's a master at using both carrot and stick tactics.

"Hey, Shazhu, the pot..." Second Uncle looked at the dishes on the stove and hurriedly went up to stir-fry them. Without Shazhu, they definitely wouldn't be able to eat.

"Old Liu, are you planning to cook for us? Is your cooking even edible?" Uncle Yan Bugui teased Liu Haizhong.

"Get out of the way." Liu Haizhong picked up the pot and put it aside. Cook? How could a bureaucrat like him possibly cook? It was always his second aunt who cooked and served him.

One of the elders, Yi Zhonghai, said to his two elder brothers, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, with his hands behind his back, "Let's go and see what's going on. What if Sha Zhu really killed someone?"

The three old men strolled slowly toward the backyard, chatting idly.

In the backyard, He Yuzhu arrived at Wang Lin's door with a murderous aura.

Just as He Yuzhu was about to knock on the door, Wang Lin opened the door and poured out a basin of water.

The water was hot, but the taste... something was off.

He Yuzhu smacked his lips; the water had an indescribable taste.

Seeing He Yuzhu soaked from washing his feet, Wang Lin didn't apologize. Instead, he preemptively said, "Silly Zhu! What do you mean by this!"

"What do you mean?" He Yuzhu was dumbfounded by the question. He was the victim, after all.

"I'm going to use this basin of foot-washing water to melt the snow in front of the door, why are you blocking my way?" Wang Lin said with a wicked grin.

"Grandson! This is foot bath water!" He Yuzhu hurriedly spat it out, almost bending over to induce vomiting.

“It’s my foot-washing water!” Wang Lin would never suffer a loss.

He Yuzhu pointed at Wang Lin, looking around for a suitable weapon. "Since I can't beat you with my fists, I'll find something to take care of you."

Seeing He Yuzhu looking for something, Wang Lin picked up a broom from the side of the house and tossed it to He Yuzhu, saying, "Use this."

He Yuzhu took the broom suspiciously. Wang Lin actually offered him a tool? What did that mean? Had he lost his mind?

Wang Lin waved provocatively at He Yuzhu and said, "Come on! You came here to teach me a lesson, right? I'll let you make the first move."

He Yuzhu felt that Wang Lin was definitely up to no good!

But the broom had no hands or feet, which left He Yuzhu completely bewildered as to what Wang Lin was up to.

Wang Lin's main principle was: if the enemy doesn't move, I don't move! I stay still to lure the enemy into making the first move! As long as the enemy makes a move, then I will act in self-defense!

He Yuzhu gripped the broom tightly for a long time without making a move, wondering if there was a trap involved.

Seeing that He Yuzhu was hesitant to make a move, Wang Lin glanced down at He Yuzhu's body and said meaningfully, "Silly Zhu! You're not impotent, are you?"

When had He Yuzhu ever been insulted like this! He raised his broom to strike.

When Wang Lin saw He Yuzhu make a move, he dodged a spinning kick by sidestepping!

He Yuzhu's attack missed, and when he looked up, he saw a pair of size 42 shoes coming at him. Unable to dodge, He Yuzhu was sent flying by Wang Lin's spinning kick.

Fortunately, there was snow in front of the deaf old lady's house, so He Yuzhu didn't slip and fall flat on his face! But a black shoe print was very obvious on his face.

The three elderly men who were strolling by happened to witness He Yuzhu being kicked away by Wang Lin, which completely changed their understanding of Wang Lin!

An elderly man named Yi Zhonghai rubbed his eyes and asked the two elderly men beside him, "Was that Sha Zhu who flew backwards?"

Uncle Liu Haizhong snapped out of his daze and replied, "If the one standing is Wang Lin, then the one who got kicked away is Sha Zhu!"

Uncle Yan Bugui took off his glasses, wiped them, and put them back on. He said with certainty, "That guy who got kicked away is Sha Zhu!"

When Wang Lin saw the three old men appear together, he chose to ignore them, whistling as he carried his basin back inside, since it was too cold outside.

Yi Zhonghai strode forward and called out to Wang Lin, "Wang Lin! Stop right there!"

"What's up, Yi Zhonghai?" Wang Lin said with a nonchalant attitude, calling Yi Zhonghai by his full name without even bothering to address him as "Grandpa."

"How dare you call Yi Zhonghai by his name! You have no respect for your elders! Is this how your parents raised you?" Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he glared and puffed out his beard, provided he had a beard.

"You big son! You keep spouting disrespectful language! Can't you spend some time expanding your vocabulary besides those four words? You need to keep up with the times and learn as long as you live!" Wang Lin, the king of verbal sparring, started to criticize directly and refused to tolerate it.

"You actually took advantage of me! Aren't you afraid of being gossiped about behind your back?" Yi Zhonghai was so angry that his eyes turned red. Wang Lin was too arrogant and didn't take him, the head of the courtyard, seriously at all.

"How scary!" Wang Lin stepped forward, his eyes sharp as knives, and clenched his fists, making a "crack" sound as he asked, "I want to see which blind fool dares to stab me, Wang Lin, in the back!"

This terrifying aura instantly engulfed Yi Zhonghai, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his whole body chilled to the bone.

Wang Lin also dabbled in moral blackmail! Although he wasn't very skilled at it, he could easily crush Yi Zhonghai.

The second uncle, Liu Haizhong, and the third uncle, Yan Bugui, helped He Yuzhu up. Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was fighting alone and was not able to win, the three of them stepped forward to join the battle.

Second Uncle Liu Haizhong raised his fat hand and pointed at Wang Lin, saying, "Wang Lin! With your character, I will report to the factory leaders and cancel your qualification to replace someone else in the factory."

I thought Liu Haizhong would be like a bureaucrat who uses his power to oppress people, but I didn't expect him to actually use the same tactics of moral blackmail as Yi Zhonghai.

To be honest, Liu Haizhong really couldn't hide his intentions on his face; it was as if the words "I'm plotting to take your factory worker's place" were written all over his face.

Wang Lin looked at Liu Haizhong, who was acting like a clown, with a half-smile, and calmly said, "Liu Haizhong! Don't think I don't know what you're up to. You just want to steal my place as a replacement for a factory worker."

When the person involved exposed his secret, Uncle Liu Haizhong's face turned red and he cursed, "Fuck your mother..." Before he could finish speaking, a rotten egg appeared in his mouth.

The smell of rotten eggs is truly intoxicating, especially when you accidentally swallow one in your bangs...

Wang Lin pulled two rotten eggs from his pocket, threw one away and kept one in his hand. His eyes scanned Yi Zhonghai, Yan Bugui, and He Yuzhu, as if searching for a target.

Yi Zhonghai covered his nose and backed away; he didn't want to get covered in the smell of rotten eggs.

The third uncle, Yan Bugui, warned Wang Lin, "We scholars can't be so tasteless! Throwing rotten eggs is a low-class tactic!" As he spoke, the sixth uncle hid behind He Yuzhu, using He Yuzhu as a shield.

He Yuzhu was also quite flustered when faced with rotten eggs!

After all, the smell of rotten eggs is truly disgusting.

Yesterday, while buying groceries, Wang Lin discovered that some eggs in a basket were adulterated with rotten ones. He was furious, but he knew that if he went to confront them, they wouldn't admit it. So Wang Lin had to swallow his anger. Just now, when he saw Liu Haizhong about to curse his deceased mother, a brilliant idea flashed into his mind. He directly extracted the rotten eggs from his spiritual space and threw them into Liu Haizhong's mouth.

"Water!" Liu Haizhong drooled bitterly; the smell of rotten eggs was just too intoxicating!

"Old Liu! There's snow on the ground," Yan Bugui kindly reminded him.

Sure enough, Liu Haizhong didn't care whether his hands were frozen or not, he bent down, grabbed a mouthful of snow, and chewed it.

Looking at the fierce look in Liu Haizhong's hair, Wang Lin couldn't help but admire him. "Your grandpa's still your grandpa!" he thought. "He really eats snow!"

Liu Haizhong felt that the snow in his hands smelled wrong. He reached out and smelled it, and found that the snow was a little yellow, just like urine!

Wang Lin remembered that the prince seemed to have urinated outside. Seeing the way he smelled the snow through his bangs, could he have gotten pregnant?

Yi Zhonghai stayed away from Liu Haizhong; he didn't want to become like Liu Haizhong.

He Yuzhu pointed at Wang Lin and challenged him, "Wang Lin! If you're so capable, let's have a one-on-one duel!"

"A defeated opponent! All you can do is bark like a dog!" Wang Lin scoffed. Would He Yuzhu ever learn his lesson? He'd already been taken advantage of twice and still thought he was some kind of invincible, sycophantic god of the courtyard.

"Looking for a beating, you little bastard!" He Yuzhu, still full of bravado, wanted to take another step forward to cause trouble for Wang Lin.

Wang Lin raised the rotten egg in his hand as if to throw it.

When He Yushui saw this, she was so frightened that she turned around and pushed the Third Uncle Yan Bugui in front of her.

Yan Bugui shouted at He Yuzhu behind him, "Silly Zhu! What are you doing? Is this how you show respect for elders? Are you using me as a shield?"

He Yuzhu pushed the thin Yan Bugui and said in a righteous manner, "Third Uncle! Sacrifice the small for the greater good! I'll let you vent your anger after I capture Wang Lin. Here we go!" After saying that, he pushed Third Uncle Yan Bugui toward Wang Lin.

Chapter 25 Yi Zhonghai backs down, Wang Lin makes exorbitant demands

As the Third Uncle Yan Bugui drew closer and closer to him, Wang Lin stood there dumbfounded.

Yan Bugui fell to the ground at Wang Lin's feet!

He Yuzhu's idea was good: sacrifice Uncle Yan Bugui to attract Wang Lin's attention so he could launch a sneak attack! But he overlooked one problem: there were stone steps!

Wang Lin stood on the stone steps, completely unfazed.

The third uncle, Yan Bugui, looked up, forced an awkward but polite smile, and said, "It was Shazhu who pushed me."

Seeing that his shield, meant to draw Wang Lin's fire, was useless, He Yuzhu didn't continue his charge! After all, the rotten egg was still in Wang Lin's hands.

"vomit!"

Liu Haizhong bent over and gagged. All he wanted to do was take a hot shower and rest properly. He had only been up for a short while, but it was always him, the second uncle in charge of the courtyard, who got hurt.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Liu Haizhong with sympathy and could only comfort him with a few words: "Old Liu! Go back and wash up later, it's not a big deal."

What does it mean to talk without understanding the situation? Yi Zhonghai has demonstrated that perfectly. He can offer you a few words of comfort, but don't expect him to provide any real assistance.

Uncle Yan Bugui got up and, ignoring his pain, quickly moved away from Wang Lin, since the kid still had a rotten egg in his hand.

He Yuzhu's mind started working quickly. He needed to find a way to make Wang Lin lose the rotten eggs so that he could continue to be arrogant without the threat.

Wang Lin seemed to have seen through He Yuzhu's thoughts. He put down the foot basin, reached into his pocket, and pulled out two more eggs that looked like "bad eggs".

"Are you doing magic? You pulled two rotten eggs out of your pocket? Where did you get so many rotten eggs?" He Yuzhu was exasperated and speechless.

The most outrageous one was Second Uncle Liu Haizhong. When he saw Wang Lin take out two more rotten eggs, he decisively slipped away, leaving behind the words, "I'm not going to mess with you anymore. I don't care about the Jia family's affairs."

Yi Zhonghai could only watch helplessly as Liu Haizhong, the second uncle in charge of the courtyard, withdrew from the front line. He wanted to keep him, but the other party was in such a miserable state. If he forced him to stay, he would probably fall out with Liu Haizhong. It was not worth falling out with Liu Haizhong for the sake of the Jia family.

Everyone has a scale in their heart, weighing the pros and cons.

Wang Lin scared one away with a rotten egg. He then looked at Uncle Yi Zhonghai with unfriendly eyes and said sarcastically, "Yi Zhonghai! Even Uncle Er has left knowingly. What, did Jia Zhangshi secretly give you something that makes you so desperate to help her? Don't tell me you also like the old widow?"

"Wang Lin! You've gone too far! You can insult Jia Zhangshi, but please don't insult me! I'm the boss of this courtyard!" Yi Zhonghai was furious, his fiery eyes fixed on Wang Lin.

If he could eat people, Yi Zhonghai would definitely want to devour Wang Lin alive.

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was getting impatient, Wang Lin continued to tease him, "Yi Zhonghai, could it be that I hit the nail on the head? I heard that when you were young, you secretly helped Jia Zhangshi in the middle of the night. I wonder if that's true."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai's heart skipped a beat, and his expression instantly changed. He wondered to himself, could it be that Wang Lin's mother had told him something before she passed away? But then he thought, "Impossible! He always chose to help others in the middle of the night; no one could possibly have discovered it!"

When He Yuzhu saw his godfather Yi Zhonghai being personally attacked by Wang Lin, he immediately lunged forward and accelerated, trying to tackle Wang Lin to the ground.

Wang Lin was observant and attentive to his surroundings. He Yuzhu's every move was within his peripheral vision. As soon as He Yuzhu made a move, Wang Lin took countermeasures and dodged to the side.

"Bang!"

He Yuzhu lunged at nothing, falling heavily to the ground, his head slamming against the door with a loud thud.

Wang Lin stepped on He Yuzhu's back, pressing him down to prevent him from getting up, and said mockingly, "You little brat! Why bother with such a grand ceremony when it's not New Year's and there are no other formalities!"