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

The atmosphere in the backyard instantly plummeted to freezing point after Li Xuan's words.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the boy in front of him, who was half a head taller than him.

Looking into those cold, emotionless eyes, a chill I had never felt before rose in my heart.

He's been living like an old man in this courtyard house for so many years.

Even Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong had to treat him with great respect.

When have I ever been threatened like this by a junior?

But the image of that kick that sent Sha Zhu flying is still vivid in my mind, and the blood on the ground hasn't even dried yet!

Yi Zhonghai's Adam's apple bobbed, and he instinctively took half a step back.

This retreat weakened their momentum by three points.

"Li Xuan! What do you want to do?"

"Are you going to hit an old man again?"

Yi Zhonghai roared, his voice stern yet betraying his fear, "Let me tell you, respecting the elderly and caring for the young are traditional virtues!"

"If you dare lay a finger on me, you can forget about staying in this courtyard!"

"Respect for the elderly and care for the young?"

Li Xuan seemed to have heard a joke, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

He stepped forward, staring intently at Yi Zhonghai:

"Yi Zhonghai, how dare you even mention those four words?"

"Where were you when Jia Zhangshi came to our door yelling and forcing my mother to vacate the house?"

Are you respecting the elderly and caring for the young?

"Where were you when Qin Huairu came with a big bowl to steal our family's food rations and accused us of eating alone?"

Are you respecting the elderly and caring for the young?

"Where were you when Sha Zhu kicked down my door, threatening to assault and cripple me?"

Are you blind or deaf?

Li Xuan took a step forward with each question he asked.

That aggressive demeanor forced Yi Zhonghai to retreat repeatedly.

In the end, they were cornered with nowhere to retreat.

"Now that I acted in self-defense and drove away the bully, you're jumping out to lecture me on respecting the elderly and caring for the young?"

"I don't think you're respecting the elderly and caring for the young; you're just taking sides!"

"You're a bully who preys on the weak! You're trying to take advantage of anyone who will leave you without a family

"Our family are relatives of a martyr! My father just sacrificed his life not long ago; his body is barely cold!"

"You've teamed up with Sha Zhu and his gang to bully orphans and widows!"

"Yi Zhonghai, have you lost your conscience?"

"Or are you saying you have no conscience at all?"

Li Xuan's voice was strong and powerful!

The neighbors were all dumbfounded.

Although they were usually overwhelmed by Yi Zhonghai's "moral cudgel," they were also constantly pressured.

But no one dared to openly break off relations.

Li Xuan's words today have completely ripped away Yi Zhonghai's fig leaf!

I even stepped on it twice!

"You...you're talking nonsense!"

"I did that for the sake of unity within the compound! For the sake of harmonious neighborly relations!"

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he was trembling all over, and his finger pointing at Li Xuan was shaking.

"That's slander! That's defamation!"

"I'm calling a college-wide meeting! I'm going to criticize you!"

"Snapped!"

A crisp slap rang out suddenly.

The entire backyard fell into a deathly silence.

Li Xuan slowly withdrew his hand and coldly looked at Yi Zhonghai, who was covering his face.

"Are you awake now?"

Li Xuan said calmly, "This slap was delivered on behalf of your parents."

"Let me teach you a lesson in manners. Stop arguing about trivial matters and making a big deal out of nothing!"

"Does he really think he's the local tyrant of this courtyard house?"

"You dare hit me?" Yi Zhonghai covered his face, his eyes red like a rabbit's, feeling ashamed and furious.

In front of all the neighbors in the courtyard, he was slapped in the face by a junior!

This is worse than killing him!

His dignified authority as an elder shattered in that instant!

"So what if I hit you?"

Li Xuan shook his hand, seemingly disgusted by the dirt, and said, "I'm not only going to beat you up, I'm going to go to the neighborhood committee!"

"I'll go to the steel mill, I'll go to the police station and report you!"

"I'm suing you for condoning violence! I'm suing you for oppressing the families of martyrs! I'm suing you for disrupting unity!"

"Yi Zhonghai, you may be a level eight fitter, but you're still just a worker!"

"Not a feudal official!"

"Believe it or not, if I file a lawsuit, you'll lose your 'Advanced Individual' title?"

"Are you still holding onto your 'big brother' position?"

These words struck Yi Zhonghai like a thunderclap.

He instantly regained his senses.

Fear surged into my heart like a tide.

What does he value most?

reputation!

Retirement!

If what Li Xuan said is true, and the matter escalates to the factory and the neighborhood committee, they could accuse him of bullying the families of martyrs...

In this particular era, this was a serious crime that could ruin his reputation!

They might even lose their jobs and go to jail!

Looking at Li Xuan's resolute and cold eyes, Yi Zhonghai knew that this kid was not joking.

He really dares to do it!

"It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding."

Yi Zhonghai's old face instantly fell, and his tone became as soft as noodles.

Where was the arrogance from before?

He forced a smile that looked worse than a grimace, despite the burning pain on his face.

"Xiao Xuan, look at you, why are you so temperamental?"

"The old man was confused just now and didn't see the situation clearly."

"Yes, it's Zhu Zi's fault! He started it! He deserves to be hit!"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu, who was lying on the ground, almost spat out another mouthful of blood.

"Old man...you..."

"Shut up! Aren't you embarrassed enough?" Yi Zhonghai glared fiercely at Sha Zhu.

He turned to Li Xuan with a fawning smile, "Xiao Xuan, look, we all live in the same courtyard. It would be so embarrassing if we ended up at the police station."

"Our department finally managed to be recognized as an advanced unit..."

"That's your advancement, not mine," Li Xuan said, showing no respect whatsoever.

"Yes, yes, yes... that's it. Today's incident was all Zhu Zi's fault!"

"Make him pay! He has to pay!"

Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth and said, "Fix your door, then compensate me for emotional distress!"

"I'll pay for the medical expenses myself! Is that alright?"

He was genuinely scared.

We have no choice but to sacrifice the pawn to save the king; let's keep this madman calm for now.

Li Xuan did not agree immediately, but looked at him coldly.

Yi Zhonghai was sweating profusely as he watched.

"Okay."

Just when Yi Zhonghai was about to break down, Li Xuan finally relented, "However, it has to be done according to my rules."

"Tell me! Tell me!" Yi Zhonghai was overjoyed, as if he had been granted a pardon.

"First, compensate me for the repair costs of my front door and the shock I caused, totaling fifty yuan."

Not a single point less.

"Fifty?" The surrounding neighbors gasped.

Is this door made of gold?

Yi Zhonghai's lips twitched with pain.

But he didn't dare haggle. "Give it to me! Give it to me right now!"

"Secondly, from today onwards, the Jia family, the He family, and your Yi family, stay away from our family!"

"If I see anyone daring to pry into my window or come to my house to cause trouble again..."

Li Xuan casually picked up a red brick from the corner of the wall and suddenly exerted force with his fingers.

"Snap!"

The hard red brick was crushed into powder in his hands like tofu, falling away in a flurry.

"This is what happens!"

Watching the red brick dust drift in the wind, everyone in the courtyard swallowed hard, feeling a chill run down their necks.

This skill of "crushing bricks into powder" is even more shocking than kicking Sha Zhu away earlier!

If you were to pinch a person's bones...

Qin Huairu was so frightened that her legs went weak and she almost knelt on the ground.

"Did you hear that?" Li Xuan shouted in a low voice.

"I heard it! I heard it!"

Yi Zhonghai nodded repeatedly and quickly took out the money from Sha Zhu.

But Sha Zhu had no intention of giving it to him.

After all, that's fifty yuan!

Just as Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu were shoving each other.

Dao Cang's voice, though aged, carried a hint of authority and came from behind the crowd.

"Who's bullying my Zhuzi?"

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