Courtyard House: Starting by inheriting the tradition and suppressing the barbarians.

Monday, at the steel rolling mill.

Jia Dongxu sat in the workshop, idly grinding the parts with a file in his hand.

When I left home this morning.

He saw with his own eyes Li Xuan riding that brand-new old-fashioned bicycle, carrying Li Xiaoyu, who was dressed like a little princess, to school.

That spirited and arrogant demeanor deeply stung him.

"On what grounds?"

Jia Dongxu slammed the file hard onto the workbench, making a loud "bang" that startled his coworkers.

"Why is it that he, a fatherless and childless man, can live a better life than me?"

"New clothes, lots of meat, and two bicycles!"

"And what about me? I failed the Level 2 fitter exam three times, and my family was eating nothing but chaff and wild vegetables."

"And then there's my troublemaking mother and my crybaby wife!"

Intense jealousy gnawed at Jia Dongxu's heart like a venomous snake.

This made his already somewhat sharp face even more distorted.

"No! We can't let him continue to be so smug!"

"This kid is getting more and more arrogant; he doesn't even respect my master..."

"Will the Jia family still have a chance to survive in this courtyard?"

A wicked thought began to frantically grow in Jia Dongxu's mind.

……

After getting off work, Jia Dongxu did not go straight home.

Instead, he sneaked off to Yi Zhonghai's lounge.

"master..."

Jia Dongxu closed the door, knelt down in front of Yi Zhonghai with a thud, tears and snot streaming down his face.

"Dongxu, what are you doing? Get up!" Yi Zhonghai was startled and quickly went to help him up.

"Master, I'm not getting up! I can't live like this anymore!"

Jia Dongxu cried out, "That little beast Li Xuan has gone too far!"

"He really didn't give you any face in the yard yesterday. If word gets out, where will you, a level eight worker, put your face?"

"And...and I heard him say that he also wanted to report us to the neighborhood committee."

"They say we're practicing feudal patriarchy and they're going to strip you of your grandfather!"

"What? He dares!"

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai's face instantly darkened.

His retirement and reputation are his Achilles' heel.

Li Xuan has indeed been dancing too wildly these past two days.

It not only shattered his authority, but also became a sword hanging over his head.

"Master, this kid is a menace!"

"As long as he's around, my son and I will never have a good day!"

A glint of ruthlessness flashed in Jia Dongxu's eyes as he lowered his voice and said, "Master, I want... I want to find someone to teach him a lesson!"

"Let him learn his lesson!"

"Or just make sure he can never be arrogant again!"

Yi Zhonghai was startled. Looking at his apprentice's ferocious expression, he fell silent.

As a seasoned veteran, he naturally understood what "taking care of" meant.

In the past, he would have definitely scolded him.

But now, when I think back to the slap I received in public that day, and the strange looks I've received from my coworkers these past few days...

Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath, took out a roll of money from his pocket, and stuffed it into Jia Dongxu's hand.

"Dongxu, your master is getting old and can't manage anymore."

"What you're planning to do, your master doesn't know. This money is for buying nutritional supplements for Bang Geng, you know?"

Yi Zhonghai patted Jia Dongxu's hand meaningfully, "Remember, keep your hands and feet clean, don't get yourself into trouble."

Jia Dongxu touched the thick roll of "Great Unity" bills, which contained at least a hundred yuan!

Overjoyed, he nodded emphatically, "Don't worry, Master! I know what to do!"

"You have absolutely no connection to this!"

……

late at night.

The night was dark and the wind was high.

Jia Dongxu changed into a dusty old cotton-padded jacket and put on a tattered dog-skin hat.

He covered his face completely and quietly slipped out of the courtyard.

He held the hundred yuan in his pocket, his heart pounding with a mixture of nervousness and excitement.

"Li Xuan, you're finished!"

He deliberately chose to take the most secluded alleyways, winding his way through various bends and turns.

Finally, we arrived near an abandoned City God Temple in the south of the city.

This is one of the famous "ghost markets" in Beijing, a melting pot of all sorts of people.

Of course, it's also a good place to find those who "do things for money".

Although Jia Dongxu had never been here before, he had heard Xu Damao mention that there was a ruthless man here called "Scarface Liu" when he was bragging.

As long as the money is right, breaking hands and feet is commonplace.

He wandered around the outskirts of the ghost market for a long time before finally being stopped in front of a stall selling secondhand goods.

"Brother, you look unfamiliar. What brings you here?"

A burly man with a face full of scars blocked their way.

"I...I'm looking for Master Liu, I have a big deal to do."

Jia Dongxu lowered his voice and said in a trembling voice.

The burly man sized him up and down, noticing that he was cowardly.

But since there seemed to be some goods in his bulging arms, he sneered, "Come with me."

A few minutes later.

In a dilapidated courtyard house, Jia Dongxu met the legendary "Scarface Liu".

It was a bald man with a hideous scar across his face, sitting in a grand chair picking his teeth.

"You mean there's a big deal you were talking about?"

Scarface Liu glanced sideways at Jia Dongxu.

"Yes...yes."

Jia Dongxu's legs went a little weak, but when he thought of Li Xuan's hateful face, he steeled himself again.

"I want to cripple someone! Break their leg! Or their arm!"

"Let him become a cripple in the future!"

"Oh? What's the big grudge?" Scarface Liu asked with interest. "What's their background? Are they a tough opponent?"

"He's just a fifteen-year-old kid! He doesn't have any connections."

"Just an ordinary resident living in Nanluoguxiang!"

Jia Dongxu didn't dare mention that Li Xuan knew martial arts, fearing that the other party might raise the price or refuse to accept the offer.

"Fifteen years old? A teenager?"

Scarface Liu chuckled, "You really are something else."

"Fine, one hundred bucks for one leg."

"Pay half the deposit first, and the other half after the deal is done."

"One hundred?" Jia Dongxu felt a pang of pain; this was all the money Yi Zhonghai had given him.

I wanted to keep some, but now I have no money left.

He gritted his teeth, pulled out five ten-yuan bills from his pocket, and slammed them on the table: "This is a fifty-yuan deposit!"

"As long as we can cripple him, we'll keep everything else!"

"happy!"

Scarface Liu pocketed the money, waved his hand, and said, "Old Ding, take someone to scout things out. We'll make our move tomorrow night."

"Remember, the employer only has one leg; don't kill it."

"Alright, Third Master, just you wait and see."

"I could crush a schoolboy with one hand."

A tall, thin thug stood nearby, sneering.

Seeing this scene, Jia Dongxu revealed a sinister smile.

Li Xuan, you're finished!

Once you're crippled, let's see who'll even give you a second glance!

Your house and car will be mine sooner or later!

......

Meanwhile, in a courtyard house several kilometers away.

Li Xuan, who was meditating and cultivating the Pure Yang Limitless Skill in the Purple Cloud Space, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Um?"

A strong sense of malice, like a needle pricking his mind, triggered his mental senses.

With the improvement of mental strength and the enhancement of physical strength.

His perception of malice had become so acute that it was almost predictive.

In particular, this malice was mixed with Jia Dongxu's familiar aura.

"What is Jia Dongxu doing out in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

With a thought, Li Xuan, though still in the space.

But the spiritual power had already spread out like a tide.

They spotted Jia Dongxu, who had just come out of the ghost market.

The distance is too far to see the image directly.

But in that instant!

They detected the lingering, nauseating smell of blood and murderous intent on Jia Dongxu's body.

That's the scent left behind after just coming into contact with outlaws!

"Fine, I originally thought you were just greedy, lustful, and using moral blackmail."

"I never imagined it had rotted to the core, resorting to hiring thugs to injure people?"

A cold glint flashed in Li Xuan's eyes.

He stood up, his aura surging, and the surrounding spiritual energy vibrated accordingly.

"You choose the path to heaven but refuse to take it, while you choose the path to hell but refuse to walk it."

"Since you want to play dirty, then I'll play along with you to the very end."

"I'd like to see whether your knives are faster, or my throwing knife is!"

Li Xuan did not rush to make a move, but instead closed his eyes again.

He is waiting.

When these fools come to us, we'll wipe them all out in one fell swoop!

As for Jia Dongxu?

Ha ha.

Since you want to cripple my legs, then I'll make sure you spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair!

......