Chapter 22

"Grandpa, Sixth Grandpa, Second Aunt, Third Uncle, Third Aunt, thank you all for taking care of our family over the years! Otherwise, I don’t know if I could have grown up this big!"

Lin Mu was filled with gratitude, serving each of the elders a dish and pouring wine for three of them.

The elders had watched Lin Mu grow up. Seeing his current understanding demeanor, they felt a great sense of satisfaction and smiled as they ate and drank.

From buying the ingredients to now, it had been almost two hours. Lin Changyong should have returned home by now, yet there was no reaction from him.

"These elders know our family’s situation. Today, I also want everyone to be witnesses, so I won’t feel uneasy when I go back to school tomorrow!" Lin Mu patted Lin Ye’s head and got to the point.

"Alright, Xiaomu, even if you didn’t say it, we all know! In the past, your father didn’t stand up, so we outsiders couldn’t say much. Now that you’ve grown up, we few will stand up for you today!" Sixth Grandpa drained the white wine in his cup and said resolutely.

The others clearly guessed Lin Mu’s intentions and all agreed.

Lin Mu nodded, stood up, and walked to the yard, facing the other side of the yard’s wall.

"Hehe, do I need to invite you?"

In the house next to Lin Mu’s, a woman in her forties with thin lips, who looked extremely mean, could no longer bear it and immediately started scolding Lin Zheng.

"Lin Zheng! Do you have any ambition at all! A little brat from their family is pointing at you and naming you, and you’re still enduring it! Look at how fierce he is! See what he did to our Changyong! You won’t go? I’ll go!"

Lin Zheng’s face also showed anger. He had originally planned to endure it and not provoke Lin Mu, but he didn’t expect the other party to directly call him out. How could he still endure it?

The two families were separated by only a wall. Lin Mu’s guests were clearly heard. If he still acted like a coward, he would have no face left in front of others!

"Let’s go! All together! Changyong, Changshan, you stay at home!" Lin Zheng slammed the table and left with the thin-lipped woman.

Upon entering Lin Mu’s house, they saw Lin Mu in the yard, looking at them with a cold smile, not even inviting them to sit down for a meal.

"Lin Mu! What do you mean! Shouting and yelling, after going to school for a few years, you don’t even understand the principles of seniority when you see your uncle?" Lin Zheng didn’t say anything else, just scolded directly.

The elders in the room also stood up, and even Lin Ye and Lin Lin, who were drinking orange juice, put down their cups and ran out.

"Seniority?" Lin Mu laughed, "Who in this yard doesn’t know what kind of person you are! What’s the point of saying these things?"

"Who is your uncle? How could I, Lin Mu, have a uncle like you!"

The thin-lipped woman could no longer bear it, and with her hand on her hip, she started cursing, "You little brat! You’ve been a bad seed since you were young. After going to the city for a few years, you came back and beat up your second brother! Go ahead, beat me! Beat me! No respect for seniors... Ah!"

Lin Mu retracted his hand, pressed his slightly painful palm, and said coldly, "I already beat you, what else do you have to say?"

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth! No backing down!

The other party, upon entering, tried to gain the upper hand in both reason and momentum, a common tactic in arguments. If one’s momentum was slightly weaker, they would always be at a disadvantage, and it would be extremely difficult to turn the tide.

The thin-lipped woman, who had spent her life in disputes, knew this well. Seeing Lin Zheng at a disadvantage, she used her characteristic meanness, thinking Lin Mu would be cautious because she was a woman. But she didn’t expect him to not even bother talking and directly slap her!

Only when the burning sensation on her face hit her did she realize she had been hit. Seeing the elders in Lin Mu’s family looking at her as if she were a joke, she steeled her heart and sat on the ground, slapping her legs and wailing.

"I just said a few words to you, and he came and hit me! No respect for seniority at all..."

Her abusive and shameless words came out in segments, not in a speaking tone but in a singing, wailing tone, extremely exaggerated.

Although he was the one being cursed, Lin Mu found her wailing somewhat amusing.

"Great wailing, quite interesting! Keep going!" Lin Mu showed no sign of being offended and gave her a big thumbs up.

The commotion had already attracted the attention of the surrounding residents. First, children ran into Lin Mu’s yard, then adults, and upon seeing the thin-lipped woman, they all laughed.

"It’s that woman again, always arguing, really annoying." A half-grown boy pouted.

"Indeed, ever since she married into our area, she’s caused chaos, not a decent person at all!" This was an adult.

"Haha, Lin Zheng’s wife, why is she wailing in the middle of the afternoon? Didn’t she get enough at home last night?" This was a shameless middle-aged man, directly making a dirty joke.

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"Stop wailing! Get up!" Lin Zheng, his eyes red with anger, kicked the thin-lipped woman’s leg, stopping her disgraceful behavior.

"Lin Mu! What do you want? Changyong was wrong, but you didn’t have to beat him so hard! If you don’t give me an explanation today, even with everyone here, I won’t let you off!"

Lin Mu sneered, "What do I want? You should be the one to ask! I’m not in the mood for your nonsense! I’m setting a rule here! Anyone who dares to bully my family will regret it!"

As he spoke, Lin Mu took a dagger from his left pocket with his right hand, the blade already polished to a bright shine, almost blinding!

"Xiaomu! No!" The elders were shocked and quickly ran over, grabbing Lin Mu’s arm to prevent him from doing something foolish.

The other elders were also like this, thinking Lin Mu just wanted to use their influence to pressure Lin Zheng, but they didn’t expect him to be so reckless and pull out a knife!

The onlookers also became agitated, buzzing with discussion.

"Damn, what’s wrong with this Lin family kid? He wasn’t like this before!"

"Indeed! Look at that computer on the table in their living room, they must be rich! Does working outside really pay that much? A sixteen-year-old, fresh dropout, seeking an experienced driver, ahh..."

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The words of the surrounding people made Lin Zheng’s face flush with anger, and he clenched his teeth, stepping forward, "I don’t believe you dare to hurt me!"

"As you wish!"

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