Courtyard House: Inheriting the Restaurant, the Jia Family Wants to Get It for Free

Cheng Shuhai followed Liu Haizhong at a leisurely pace, maintaining a distance that was neither too close nor too far.

Liu Haizhong was engrossed in his fantasy of making a name for himself and was completely unaware that someone was following him.

He walked with his head held high and his steps light, as if he could already see himself being received by his superiors and being adorned with a big red flower.

As he walked, he excitedly muttered to himself:

"Cheng Shuhai, you little bastard, wait until I report you, then let's see how arrogant you'll be! Wearing a watch? I'll make sure you're handcuffed!"

"The first thing I'll do when I get an official position is transfer that foul-mouthed bastard Xu Damao to shovel manure!"

His voice wasn't loud, but it reached Cheng Shuhai's ears clearly in the quiet morning streets.

Cheng Shuhai's gaze grew colder and colder.

Stupid, and wicked.

Keeping this kind of person around is just a disaster.

He had originally planned to just teach him a lesson and cripple his legs.

In retrospect, it was too lenient.

We must cripple him completely in one go, cripple him so that he can never recover and will never have the ability to harm others again.

Seeing Liu Haizhong turn a corner and head towards the police station, Cheng Shuhai no longer hesitated.

He glanced around and quickly turned into a deserted alley.

The next second, he vanished from the spot.

Inside the blessed space, Cheng Shuhai took out a thick burlap sack from the warehouse and found a wooden stick about the thickness of an arm.

The wooden stick is quite heavy; it's definitely powerful enough to hit someone with it.

Having prepared his "tools of the crime," he vanished in a flash and returned to the alley.

He took a shortcut and got ahead of Liu Haizhong. At a corner he had to pass, he found a secluded spot and waited quietly for his prey to arrive.

Soon, the figure in the bangs appeared.

He was humming a little tune, happily planning how to make demands of the factory leaders after making a contribution, completely unaware of the impending danger.

Just as he turned the corner, a dark sack suddenly fell from the sky and covered him from head to toe!

"Who?!"

Liu Haizhong's vision went black, and he was so frightened that his soul almost left his body. Just as he was about to scream, he was hit hard on the back of the head, and he was completely stunned. All the words he was about to say were spurred back to his throat.

Cheng Shuhai remained silent, the wooden stick in his hand whistling through the air as it rained down on Liu Haizhong.

He didn't hit the head, but instead targeted the limbs and joints—the most painful and least likely to be fatal areas, but which are most capable of destroying a person's ability to move.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The dull thuds, mixed with the cracking sounds of bones breaking, echoed through the alley.

Liu Haizhong let out a bloodcurdling scream, twisting and struggling wildly inside the sack, but all his efforts were in vain.

Every blow from Cheng Shuhai was ruthless, precise, and full of power. He poured all his disgust and murderous intent towards this fool into that wooden stick.

"Ah—! Stop hitting me! Help!"

"My legs! My arms!"

The screams from Liu Haizhong grew weaker and weaker until they turned into painful groans.

Cheng Shuhai felt that it was enough, so he stopped.

He stared at Liu Haizhong, who lay sprawled on the ground like a lump of mud, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

He put the iron rod and sack back into his spatial storage, then carefully checked himself to make sure he hadn't left any marks before turning around and leaving silently from the other end of the alley.

The entire process was clean and efficient, leaving no evidence behind.

……

In the alley, Liu Haizhong lay on the ground for an unknown amount of time before slowly waking up from the excruciating pain and unconsciousness.

"Well……"

The moment he moved, an indescribable, excruciating pain, like a tidal wave, instantly swept through all the nerves in his body.

"ah--!!!"

He let out a heart-wrenching scream.

He felt that his limbs were like smashed firewood, with no part of them intact.

He tried to get up, but found that his hands and feet wouldn't obey him at all.

"Help...help me..."

His voice, hoarse and weak from fear and excruciating pain, was now broken.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps approached.

What was that sound?

"It sounds like someone is calling for help!"

Zheng Chaoyang was on a mission nearby with Bai Ling and Hao Pingchuan when he heard the noise and immediately became alert.

"Let's go take a look!"

Following the sound, the three quickly found the secluded alley.

They were all taken aback when they saw what was happening in the alley.

A man, covered in dirt and disheveled, lay sprawled on the ground, his limbs twisted at bizarre angles, with blood seeping from beneath him.

"Quick! Save them!" Zheng Chaoyang was the first to react and rushed over.

Hao Pingchuan quickly followed, while Bai Ling cautiously observed her surroundings.

Zheng Chaoyang squatted down and examined the condition of Liu Haizhong's hair, his brows furrowing tightly.

"That was ruthless," he said in a deep voice. "All four of his limbs are broken. Even if he recovers, he probably won't be able to do much work."

"Who did it? Was it a robbery?" Hao Pingchuan asked.

"It doesn't seem like it." Zheng Chaoyang shook his head. "He still has his money. This isn't about money; it's about revenge."

As he spoke, he rummaged through Liu Haizhong's pockets but found nothing that could prove the other party's identity.

Zheng Chaoyang said, "Let's go, get him to the hospital first! This needs to be investigated!"

Upon arriving at the hospital, Liu Haizhong was quickly recognized.

...............

The news quickly reached the courtyard house at No. 95.

"Have you heard? Old Liu from the backyard got into trouble!"

"What happened?"

"He got beaten up in the alley! His legs and arms were broken! I heard he's crippled!"

"My God! Really? Who did this?"

This news was like a bomb, causing an uproar in the peaceful courtyard.

The neighbors all came out of the courtyard, gathered together, and started talking about it.

Some were shocked, some were frightened, and of course, some were gloating.

"Serves him right! He's always been so arrogant, now he's got what he deserves!"

Xu Damao was the first to jump out, his face beaming with undisguised joy.

Yan Bugui adjusted his glasses and analyzed, "This is too ruthless; it's clearly a deadly feud. What kind of dangerous person has Old Liu offended?"

Upon hearing the news at the Intermediate People's Court, Yi Zhonghai, who was drinking water, nearly dropped his cup.

The image of Cheng Shuhai immediately popped into his mind.

Liu Haizhong had just made an enemy of Cheng Shuhai yesterday, and today he had all four of his limbs broken...

Could this be a coincidence?

He dared not think any further; a chill ran from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

This Cheng Shuhai is not only cunning, but also incredibly ruthless!

In the backyard, Liu Haizhong's house was in complete chaos.

Upon hearing the news, Sun Dali's vision went black and she fainted.

The two boys, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, were so frightened that they were completely at a loss. All they could do was hold their unconscious mother and cry loudly.

Only Liu Guangqi stood amidst the chaos, his face deathly pale.

He rushed to the door, stopped the neighbor who had come to deliver the news, and asked in a trembling voice, "My dad...where is my dad now?"

"They've...they've taken them to the hospital."

Without saying a word, Liu Guangqi turned around and ran outside.

He was going to the hospital; he wanted to see for himself what a miserable end his foolish father had come to.