Chapter 4 Human Feelings

  For a moment, everyone stopped in their tracks and subconsciously looked at the furious Han Xiaojie, not knowing what would happen next.

  "Big brother, let me handle this! From now on, you're not allowed to say another word. If you do, I won't acknowledge you as my brother anymore!" Han Jiang Xue's voice was stern and forceful, first giving orders to Han Jing without leaving any room for negotiation.

  Han Jing subconsciously wanted to speak up, but was quickly glared at fiercely by his own sister.

  Although extremely reluctant, Zhao Li Xing Ming let out a cold hum but still surprisingly obediently followed his sister's orders and did not speak again.

  "Li Xingming, stop jumping around! You haven't even recovered from your injuries and you've already forgotten the pain. Do you need to get beaten up a few more times before you learn your lesson?"

  Han Jiangxue turned to look at Li Xingming, who was gloating with a pleased expression, and warned him bluntly: "Although my brother was impulsive, you did suffer some superficial injuries, but the whole thing was caused by you! I wasn't killed by you, so I won't pursue it further. You should be grateful to have escaped unscathed and hurry home to burn incense. How dare you hide behind your brother's back and stir up trouble? If you don't behave yourself and continue to cause trouble, even if my brother doesn't take action, I myself can make you suffer more hardships!"

  "Han Jiang Xue, do you think I'm afraid of you and your siblings? Get it straight, I didn't intentionally crash into you, that horse suddenly went crazy on its own, and I almost fell off too! Li Xing Ming was not willing to be bullied by Han Jing like this, and he said with extreme anger, "You're standing here unharmed, but I've been beaten up by your lunatic brother until I'm in this state. Can you just let it go?"

  After hearing Li Xingming's words, Han Jiangxue quickly realized that this matter had nothing to do with Li Xingming directly. Although Li Xingming was a bit muddled, there was no real grudge between them at present, so it was impossible for him to take such a ruthless move.

  These should also be part of Liu's plan, and Li Xingming is just a scapegoat, or even a pawn calculated by Liu.

  The crucial point was immediately understood, but she wouldn't say it out loud in front of everyone. She retorted: "Don't be ridiculous! If you're going to be unreasonable, I'd rather not reason with you. Why don't we just get this over with and then talk about it later? Maybe the horse just went crazy on its own? And how do you know I'm fine and didn't get hurt? Even Doctor Wu said that who knows what kind of illness might linger in the future. If I wasn't worried about my brother getting into trouble, who would leave home to rescue a scoundrel like you?"

  As soon as this was said, Li Xingming was caught off guard and shouted twice before he didn't know how to refute it. He could only repeat pitifully: "Anyway, I mustn't be beaten in vain, can't be beaten in vain! Look at me, look at me..."

  Li Xingming dared to show off with a pig's head on his head, and Han Jiangxue couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  "You, you're still smiling, it's all because of your brother's good deeds, I..." Seeing Han Jiangxue actually laughing at himself, Li Xingming naturally became angry and embarrassed.

  "Alright, alright! You're a grown man and you're making such a fuss after just two hits. Aren't you ashamed?" Han Jiangxue suppressed her laughter and threatened, "Li Xingming, if you don't stop this nonsense, I'll burn down the Yihong Tower and tie up the girl you have a crush on and take her to your father's place. Let's see how your father will break your legs then!"

  "Ah, ah, ah..." Li Xingming was suddenly so angry that he couldn't speak, Han Jiangxue was notorious for being reckless and would never back down from anyone. If she were to take this further, he feared that the vixen would really do it, and when that happened, he would be in trouble.

  Li Xingming hastily looked at his older brother's pale face and felt even more guilty, not daring to make another sound, swallowing the bad air for now.

  As Li Xingming finally calmed down, Han Jiangxue turned to Li Xinghua and proposed calmly: "Young Master, today's matter was your brother hurting me first, my elder brother then lost his temper and taught him a lesson afterwards. To say it, both sides have made mistakes. Since no one is seriously hurt now, why not turn hostility into friendship and avoid further conflict? Continuing the fight won't do anyone any good. Shall we consider this matter settled, Young Master?"

  Han Jiangxue's performance this time was truly beyond everyone's expectations. Li Xinghua looked at the strong and rational girl in front of him with extreme surprise, feeling that she was somewhat different from her usual image for a while.

  "Since Miss Han has said so, I naturally won't be unreasonable. Indeed, my second brother was at fault in this matter, and it's not a bad thing for him to receive some punishment. From now on, let's just drop the matter and not make any more trouble."

  Li Xinghua was not that kind of unreasonable person to begin with, and he also knew his younger brother's usual behavior, so the injuries were only superficial. As long as Han Jing didn't make things difficult for him, Li Xinghua hadn't planned on making a big deal out of it either. Han Jiangxue was right, continuing to stir up trouble wouldn't be beneficial to anyone.

  In this way, the matter was also considered to be reconciled. Han Jing and Li Xingming were both dissatisfied, but they didn't dare say anything more due to the pressure from their own family members.

  Han Jiangxue let out a long sigh of relief in her heart, the trajectory of fate was changed from this moment on, and she would continue to work hard to make everything completely different!

  "Sister, can I speak now?" Han Jing looked at his sister with caution, not daring to offend her, yet still worried: "You fell like that, really nothing serious happened?"

  "Not now!" Han Jiang Xue deliberately replied with a straight face, knowing that her brother did everything for her, but being too impulsive was never a good thing. This was something both her brother and she had to change from now on!

  Han Jing saw that his sister seemed to be really angry with him, so he didn't dare make a sound and could only stare at Li Xingming with a deadpan expression, thinking in his heart about how to appease his sister when they got back.

  "Li Xingming, come over here for a moment, I have something to say to you."

  Li Xingming was indeed beaten up by his brother, and Han Jiangxue feared that this kid would harbor resentment in his heart and play tricks to hinder him in the future. So he thought of sending a favor to dispel the hatred that had not yet fully grown uncontrollable in this kid's heart.

  Li Xingming subconsciously took a step back, warily staring at Han Jiangxue and tensely asked: "What else do you want to do?"

  "What's wrong with you? I call you over and you come, are you afraid I'll eat you?" Seeing Li Xingming's cowardly appearance, Han Jiangxue couldn't help but laugh again.

  On the side, Li Xinghua saw this and didn't know what Han Jiangxue was going to do. However, seeing his own brother's appearance, he couldn't help but shout out in anger as well. The dignity of the Zhuang family's royal mansion had been completely lost because of this useless thing.

  Li Xingming had no choice and reluctantly took a few steps forward.

  Han Jiangxue didn't bother to waste time, and lowered his voice to a level that only the two of them could hear: "From now on, don't go to those brothels like Yihong Tower, they're not worth it! Seeing you got quite a scare today, I'll kindly give you some confidential information. At Huaman Tower, there's a courtesan named Lüzhī who is an absolute beauty, although she doesn't have much of a reputation yet, in reality, she surpasses all the top courtesans in the capital, guaranteed that once you see her, you won't think about going anywhere else!"

  "Is what you're saying true?" Li Xingming's eyes lit up as he asked back.

  "It's true, what would I lie to you for? But first, take care of that face of yours before going, don't scare people off when you turn back. This one thing Han Jiangxue wouldn't get wrong, even if he didn't mention it beforehand as a favor, it wouldn't take long for Li Xingming to fall for that green branch himself."

  "Alright, if it's really as you said, then today's matter is settled!" Li Xingming was indeed a lecherous man. Just hearing the words made him feel like he had been injected with chicken blood - his anger dissipated, his fur smoothed out, and even his pain seemed to lessen.

  Han Jiangxue was very satisfied with this. All the grievances that could be resolved should be resolved as much as possible, and this would also reduce some unnecessary obstacles when dealing with Liu's mother and daughter in the future.

  Soon, the Han siblings rode their horses and left one after another. Only when he saw that the shallow yellow figure had completely disappeared did Li Xinghua come back to his senses. He then turned around with a stern face and took his second brother, who was only good at eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and causing trouble, back home.

  All along the way, Han Xue didn't bother with Han Jing. She wanted to use this matter to teach her big brother a lesson about his impulsive temper, otherwise he would eventually harm himself.

  As soon as the two siblings arrived at the gate, the servant who had been waiting outside immediately turned around and ran inside, shouting loudly: "Master and mistress, young master and young miss have returned! Master and mistress..."