The five-and-a-half-year-old baby doctor comes to the city to cure those who refuse to listen.

The entire courtyard was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Only the two people in the bed who had just woken up were still immersed in the ecstasy of their impending fortune, looking around blankly.

The courtyard was eerily quiet.

The wind rustled through the old locust tree in the yard, as if it were weeping for someone.

Lin Jianguo's withered body began to tremble violently.

It wasn't because of illness, nor because of the cold.

He stared intently at the crisscrossing scars on Chu Chen's arms and calves. In his cloudy old eyes, the last remaining light was completely ignited by something called "madness".

"Child support..."

He muttered those three words repeatedly, his voice hoarse as if two pieces of sandpaper were rubbing together.

He suddenly raised his head, his eyes already so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

His gaze, like two quenched knives, pierced straight into Old Lady Chen and Chu Erhai, who were still trying to claim credit.

"Wow...what a wonderful display of hard work!"

Chu Erhai felt uneasy under his gaze, his legs went weak, and he stammered an explanation.

"Dear...father-in-law, this...this was all because he fell by accident. Kids are naughty, they always bump and bruise themselves..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

Lin Jianguo made a move.

This seriously ill old man, who just moments ago needed assistance and was even unsteady on his feet, now resembled an enraged lion.

He suddenly lunged forward, raised his foot, and with all his might, kicked Chu Erhai hard in the stomach!

"Bang!"

A muffled thud.

Chu Erhai was kicked two meters away like a tattered sack, crashing into the courtyard wall and rolling down, clutching his stomach and letting out a pig-like scream.

"ah--!"

Grandma Chen was terrified.

She looked at her son, curled up on the ground, vomiting bile, and then at Lin Jianguo, whose eyes were bloodshot and whose chest was heaving violently. She finally realized that Jinshan was gone.

Not only are they gone, they might even lose their lives!

"It's none of my business!"

Her survival instinct made her kneel down with a thud, crawl to Lin Jianguo's feet, hug his legs and start howling.

"It's all because this little brat is disobedient! He's always running up the mountain and diving into the sea! He got all these injuries himself! It has nothing to do with us!"

"Father-in-law! You have to believe me! I'm his own grandmother!"

Lin Jianguo looked down at her wrinkled old face, which was expressionless, only ashen.

"Someone come here."

He spoke in a hoarse voice.

Two burly servants immediately rushed in from outside the door.

"Hold this old bastard down!"

"What are you doing! What are you doing! Let me go! I'm your master's in-law!"

Old Mrs. Chen struggled frantically, her sharp fingernails drawing blood from the servant's arm.

But her strength was no match for those two strong men; it was like tickling them.

She was pinned to the ground, unable to move.

Lin Jianguo stopped looking at her. He turned around, trembling, and tried to pull down Chu Chen's sleeve to cover the shocking scars.

His hands were shaking so badly that he tried several times without success.

Chu Chen silently lowered his sleeves and trouser legs, covering up the evidence again.

In the courtyard, the dark figure who had been laughing uncontrollably after being pricked by Chu Chen's needle had been dragged to the side, his mouth stuffed with cloth, and was still twitching.

Lin Fu, who was kneeling to the side, rolled his eyes and scrambled to his feet.

He understands now.

The old man is cleaning house!

This is his best chance to prove his loyalty!

"This is outrageous! They've gone too far! How dare they mistreat the bloodline of the Lin family like this!"

Lin Fu's face showed an even angrier expression than Lin Jianguo's. He pointed at Old Lady Chen, who was being held down on the ground, and Chu Erhai, who was still groaning on the ground, and spoke in a fierce tone.

"You two beasts, worse than pigs and dogs! The old man is kind-hearted and won't hold it against you, but I, Lin Fu, can't stand by and watch!"

He waved to the two servants and the surrounding men.

"Beat them!"

"Beat those two beasts to death! I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"

The servants and helpers had long disliked these two country bumpkins, and upon receiving the order, they pounced on them like wolves.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Fists and feet landed solidly on Old Lady Chen and Chu Erhai.

"Ouch! Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me!"

"Oh no! My back! My back is going to break!"

At first, he begged for mercy, but it quickly turned into agonizing screams and curses.

"You damned bastards! You'll all die a horrible death!"

Old Mrs. Chen, with her hair disheveled, rolled on the ground like a mad dog whose tail had been stepped on.

Chu Erhai was beaten so badly that he curled up on the ground, only able to cover his head and make weak groans.

Lin Fu stood to the side, watching this scene. Instead of feeling sorry for him, his face showed a kind of morbid pleasure.

He walked up to Lin Jianguo and bowed respectfully.

"Sir, these two things are an eyesore. Let me teach them a lesson for you. Don't worry, I will definitely get justice for the young master!"

Lin Jianguo didn't say anything. He simply took off his outer garment and draped it over Chu Chen's small body, holding him tightly in his arms.

It's as if this way, all those pains can be shut away.

Chu Chen watched the farce unfolding in the courtyard.

Old Mrs. Chen's wailing, Chu Erhai's groans, Lin Fu's bullying, and the punches and kicks from the men.

He didn't show any expression.

He just thought it was a bit noisy.

He quietly peeked out from Lin Jianguo's arms, looked at the two figures rolling on the ground, and whispered something in a voice only he could hear.

"I really will thank you."

This bloody yet comical scene was nothing more than a belated reckoning for him.

Amidst the excruciating pain, Old Mrs. Chen saw Chu Chen standing in the center of the crowd, being protected in the arms of the old man.

That was her only lifeline!

"My dear grandson... Xiao Chen... save Grandma..."

Tears streamed down her face as she reached out her hand to Chu Chen, her voice hoarse.

"Grandma was wrong...Grandma was really wrong...Please beg Grandpa to stop hitting her...Grandma is going to be beaten to death..."

Chu Erhai also raised his face, which had been swollen like a pig's head, and shouted indistinctly.

"Nephew...good nephew...save your second uncle...I'll never do it again..."

All eyes in the courtyard were on Chu Chen.

Lin Jianguo also lowered his head and looked at the child in his arms.

Chu Chen slowly walked out of Lin Jianguo's embrace.

He walked up to the two men who were still being beaten.

The punches and kicks stopped.

He looked at Old Mrs. Chen, who was lying on the ground, looking disheveled and covered in blood and mud.

Then he looked at Chu Erhai, who was huddled up in a ball, trembling all over.

He didn't speak.

He simply reached out his little hand and turned his tattered trouser pocket inside out.

It was completely empty inside, with only a few loose threads and dust.

Then, he turned out the inside pocket of his worn-out shirt.

It was also completely empty.

"You searched me before I boarded the train, afraid I had hidden money."

His voice was calm, without the slightest ripple.

"You're afraid I'll steal even a single penny from the house."

He looked into Old Mrs. Chen's eyes, which were filled with pleading and fear, and spoke slowly.

"Right now, I don't have a single penny on me."

"I can't give you the child support you want."

"I didn't bring the gold mine you wanted either."

After he finished speaking, he stopped looking at them.

He turned around, walked back to Lin Jianguo's side, and took the old man's withered hand.

He never looked back.

Lin Jianguo understood.

He took a deep breath, as if using all his strength, and gave Lin Fu his final command.

"Throw them out."

"Make them return tenfold the dowry that Xiuer took from her family back then. If they can't return it, they'll pay with their lives."

"From this day forward, my Lin family will have absolutely no connection with them."

He held Chu Chen's hand, looking at the child's face with a calmness beyond his years, and felt a pang of pain in his heart.

"Child, come home with your grandfather."

"From now on, no one will be able to bully you again."