Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Chapter 504 Madness

"There are quite a few people here today, among them are the old people who witnessed my grandfather hanging himself. How did my grandfather beg you to let him go at that time? Did anyone agree?" Yi Chi tried to endure it again and again, but the hatred surging in his heart was like a tide, hitting him hard again and again. The more he listened, the angrier he became, and sparks were almost coming out of his eyes.

Zhuang Mingde's mournful cries paused for a moment, but he soon continued as if nothing had happened.

The villagers watching nearby laughed awkwardly, but some of them came up to persuade them with a shameless face.

"Yi family boy, look... what Xiaozhuang said makes sense. You are going to go to college, and it is hard to say whether you will come back to the construction team in the future. There is no point in keeping this house, right?"

"Yes, the Xiaozhuang family is in a difficult situation. You saw how hard it was for the three of them hiding in the shack in such a cold weather last year. We are all from the same hometown, so just do a good deed today. Your Yi family has been well-known for their kindness for generations, so you shouldn't be so petty and bring disgrace to your grandfather's reputation, right?"

"Well, let's not talk about reputation or not. It's just for the sake of Xiaolu. You should give him a hand. At least you can't delay the child. Maybe when he grows up, he will be as promising as you. Then consider it as a good relationship. Yi family boy, you should think long-term."

Zhuang Mingde saw more and more people standing up to speak for him, and he cried even harder. Although his tears were clearly streaming, his eyes were still not calm, and he would steal glances at the people next to him from time to time.

After hearing what those people said, Yi Chi was so angry that he almost fell backwards. He punched the door directly, and the bang scared everyone into silence.

The villagers who had been talking more and more excitedly just now all shut their mouths and looked at the usually taciturn Yi Chi in surprise, somewhat unable to react.

Yi Chi's eyes flashed with ferocity. He glanced at everyone with gnashing teeth. His eyes were ferocious. Finally, he looked at Zhuang Mingde who was lying on the ground and dared not speak. "You are really amazing. Do you all think that I, Yi Chi, am easy to bully? You want to force me to give up my home and make room for the descendants who killed my family in the past with just a few words? You are wishful thinking! Zhuang Mingde, don't forget that your father was the leader back then. It was he who held me hostage and forced my grandfather to die. It was he who took the lead in throwing me into the dilapidated house on the mountain and left me to fend for myself. You actually have the nerve to beg me now? All right! I'm putting it here. If you also find a belt and hang yourself, I can also let your wife and children live! Go ahead!"

When the villagers heard this, they started talking about it, but because of Yi Chi's crazy look, they didn't dare to shout out loud.

Zhuang Mingde stopped kowtowing, raised his bloody head, looked at Yi Chi, and was speechless for a moment.

"Why are you silent? Weren't you very talkative just now? Didn't you want to drag those idiots to put pressure on me? What do you mean by for the sake of your son? Zhuang Mingde, you are not qualified to say such things? When Yang Lijuan remarried you, you two abandoned your son and went to the army without caring about his life or death. Now you are talking about how important Xiaolu is. It's ridiculous." Yi Chi grabbed Zhuang Mingde's hair and pulled his head towards him. "Say something. You are silent now. Are you feeling guilty?"

Zhuang Mingde shuddered with fear when he saw Yi Chi who was like a madman, but he bet that Yi Chi would not dare to do anything to him in public. After all, his family had analyzed it before they came. Yi Chi was going to college, and he would not ruin his future for the hatred with the villagers. So he came with the fluke mentality that he would at most get hurt. He kept mentally preparing himself and saying that he was not afraid, but looking at Yi Chi with bloodshot eyes, was he really not afraid?

Yi Chi snorted and patted Zhuang Mingde's dirty face, dragging him to look at the path hiding by the door, "Speak up, look at that child, didn't you come to me for him? Why don't you say anything?"

Jiang Yu followed and looked towards the path.

Xiaolu is different from other children. When Xue Li was a kind-hearted woman, she always felt sorry for him. Jiang Yu agreed that his experience was indeed pitiful, but Xiaolu did not give her a good impression.

Xiaolu doesn't look like a normal child. He stands there expressionless, his eyelids drooping habitually, his gaze seems to be focused on the ground, woodenly, looking as if he is an outsider.

But Jiang Yu just felt something was wrong.

When Zhuang Mingde looked at the path, he finally mustered up the courage and said to Yi Chi tremblingly, "Yi...Yi Chi, I know that our family has caused you countless harm, but my father is dead, and his death was not very dignified. The money he robbed from your family was also stolen. You see, he didn't end up well. Can you just treat it as retribution, as if our family has repaid part of it, and now for the sake of this child, give me some bricks...just bricks, okay?"

Yi Chi smiled. He was good-looking to begin with, and with the encouragement of Wu Aiqing's herbs and Jiang Yu, he bloomed like a flower. His smile was beautiful, but also scary, because his eyes were fierce and sharp enough. He exerted force suddenly and threw Zhuang Mingde to the ground. His already bloody forehead hit the ground with a dull thud, and soon, blood began to spread out.

The timid ones in the crowd were so frightened when they saw this scene that they screamed, "Murder! Yi Chi killed someone!"

Jiang Yu took a step forward and squeezed into the crowd, caught the two people who were talking nonsense, and slapped each of them, "If you are blind, forget it. If you keep talking nonsense, I will pull out your tongues, believe it or not!"

Those people immediately quieted down, nodded with pale faces, and some could not even stand and fell to the ground, still in shock.

"Retribution?" Yi Chi let go of Zhuang Mingde's hair and looked at the onlookers. "If this is all the retribution is, then you are really too lucky."

A group of men, young and old, drooled and their hearts beat like thunder when they saw him.

"Why do you think that after you have caused me such great harm, I can still have good intentions towards you? Today Zhuang Mingde dared to come to my house to ask for bricks, can you also come to my house for dinner tomorrow? What? Have you all forgotten? My parents were forced to death by you, and you insulted me with sewage, and I myself almost died in the mountains. How could you have such ridiculous ideas? Come on, tell me, should I forgive you?" Yi Chi walked forward with a smile.