Courtyard House: Ten-year-old Master Zhu reorganizes the entire courtyard

Three days have passed since then.

The courtyard was peaceful and quiet.

Xu Fugui's gaze towards He Yuzhu changed to that of a dog looking at its master, filled with awe and fawning.

That evening, He Yuzhu knocked on the Xu family's door.

Xu Damao opened the door.

"Brother Zhu!" he called out affectionately.

"Have your father come out for a moment," He Yuzhu said succinctly.

Xu Fugui practically tumbled and crawled out of the inner room, his face plastered with a fawning smile.

"Master Zhu, what...what are your orders?"

"Come with me."

He Yuzhu turned and left without saying a word.

Xu Fugui didn't even have time to put on his coat before following behind eagerly.

The two walked one after the other to the backyard behind the deaf old lady's house.

This is a secluded corner of the courtyard.

The moonlight shone on the wall, casting two shadows, one tall and one short.

"Uncle Xu." He Yuzhu stopped and turned around.

"Hey! Hey! I'm here!" Xu Fugui nodded and bowed.

"I've covered for you by giving false information to the spies." He Yuzhu's voice was very calm, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

Xu Fugui was startled and was about to express his loyalty.

He Yuzhu raised his hand to stop him.

"But this isn't over."

Xu Fugui's heart jumped into his throat again.

"You're walking on a tightrope right now," He Yuzhu's gaze was exceptionally sharp in the night. "One step to the left, and there's the Central Bureau of Investigation's knife. One step to the right, and there's my side... What do you think it would be?"

Xu Fugui dared not even think about it.

He felt a chill rush from his tailbone to the top of his head, and his limbs and bones became icy cold.

He knelt down again with a thud.

This time, he was completely willing and prostrated himself in submission.

"Master Zhu! I was wrong! I was really wrong! I swear! From this day forward, if I, Xu Fugui, ever have the slightest disloyalty, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death!"

He began to kowtow frantically, his forehead hitting the ground with a dull thud.

"Get up." He Yuzhu frowned. "I didn't call you here to see you kowtow."

Xu Fugui stopped what he was doing, knelt on the ground, and looked up like a dog waiting for its master to punish it.

"You're very smart, Uncle Xu. A smart person should know how to choose." He Yuzhu squatted down to look him in the eye.

"You were working for the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and I caught you doing something wrong. That's called 'colluding with the enemy'."

"You did my job by passing on false intelligence to the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. That's called 'colluding with the Communists'."

"Which of these two accusations is pinned on you, you'll be dead without a burial place. Your whole family will be ruined along with you."

Every word He Yuzhu uttered was like an icicle, piercing deep into Xu Fugui's heart.

He understood completely.

He had no way out.

His life, and the lives of his entire family, were in the hands of this ten-year-old child.

Does he want to rebel?

dare not.

He didn't even dare to have that thought.

The boy before him had already demonstrated to him, through unpredictable means, who was the one who could decide his life and death.

"Master Zhu..." Xu Fugui's lips trembled, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"So, you only have one choice now." He Yuzhu stood up, looking down at him. "Behave yourself and be a good knife in my hand. Whoever I tell you to stab, you stab. Whoever I tell you to hide, you'll rot in the sheath."

"I...I'll listen to you! I'll listen to everything you say!" Xu Fugui's voice was filled with despair, but also with a hint of relief.

Yes.

It's better to be a knife than prey being hunted from both sides.

At least, this knife now has a powerful and terrifying master.

"Okay." He Yuzhu was very satisfied with his attitude.

"From today onwards, I'm going to give you three rules."

"First, you must tell me immediately about any slight movement from 'Viper', even if it's just a single extra word he says to you."

"Secondly, your film projection team and your transport fleet. From now on, if I say I need something transported, you have to transport it for me. You can't ask a single question you shouldn't ask. You can't look at anything you shouldn't look at."

"Third, keep an eye on your son, Xu Damao. Tell him to stop causing trouble in the yard and stick with me. He has to do whatever I tell him to do. If I find out he's up to no good again..."

He Yuzhu didn't continue.

But the lingering threat terrified Xu Fugui more than any vicious curse.

"I understand! I understand everything!" Xu Fugui kowtowed repeatedly. "Don't worry! I'll break that little brat's legs when I get back! I'll make him treat you like his own father from now on!"

"Forget about his biological father," He Yuzhu said calmly. "Let him learn something good."

After saying that, He Yuzhu turned and left.

Xu Fugui knelt on the spot for a long time until the moon was covered by dark clouds, and then he stood up shakily.

back home.

Xu Zhaoshi and Xu Damao were waiting anxiously.

"Father, you..." Xu Damao began to speak.

"Snapped!"

Xu Fugui slapped Xu Damao hard across the face.

Xu Damao was stunned by the beating, covering his face with tears welling up in his eyes.

"Dad! Why did you hit me!"

"Hit you? I'll beat you to death today, you little bastard!" Xu Fugui, as if he had gone mad, grabbed a feather duster from the corner of the wall and started whipping Xu Damao all over.

"I'll teach you to be disrespectful! I'll teach you to go astray! I'll teach you to talk badly about Brother Zhu behind his back!"

He hit and cursed at the same time.

"You just wait and see! From today onwards, He Yuzhu is your own brother! No! He's your own father! If he tells you to go east and you dare to go west, I'll break your legs first! Do you hear me?!"

Xu Damao was beaten so badly that he ran around the room crying for his parents.

Xu Zhao was so frightened that she couldn't hold him back even if she tried.

The entire Xu family was in chaos.

From then on, a unique sight appeared in the courtyard.

Xu Damao became He Yuzhu's shadow.

"Brother Zhu, have some water!"

"Brother Zhu, I've saved you a seat!"

"Brother Zhu, that old hag Jia Zhangshi is badmouthing you behind your back again. I spat in her face!"

Xu Fugui, on the other hand, became the most loyal supporter of the He family.

If anyone dares to say a bad word about the He family, he'll be the first to fight them to the death.

Once, Jia Zhangshi was so talkative that Xu Fugui cornered her against the wall and berated her for a full half hour, cursing her so vehemently that he insulted her ancestors for eighteen generations.

From then on, no one in the courtyard dared to provoke the He family.

He Yuzhu watched all this with no expression on his face.

He knew that the Xu family's pawn had come to life completely.

A razor-sharp and absolutely loyal knife was now in his hand.

Next, we need to consider who to stab with this knife for the first time.

His gaze passed through the courtyard wall and looked towards the dark corners of Beiping City.

The guy called "Viper" had no idea that the bait he released had already been snatched away by someone else, hook and line together.