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Chapter 57
“Hit them! Beat them hard, you all have rebelled! You didn’t know how to remember the past mistakes, and you actually broke into that door. Don’t think that you are injured like this, and I’ll you go, this beast, butler, continue!”
Mr. Zhou was so angry that he was about to explode. His eyes were wide open and his skinny hands began to tremble with anger.
One wave after another, Qi Bozhi broke his leg and did not take warning. Zhou Caihua, as the heir of Zhou Zhai, even knowingly committed the crime, and Mr. Zhou was even more angry.
Zhou Caihua seemed to be in a daze, paralyzed on the ground with blurred eyes. His robe was already stained with blood. He didn’t know what he did to make him look like this.
Although Zhou Caihua’s biological mother, Aunt Chen, was half a master, she was essentially a servant in Zhou’s house, and she did not have a strong background in her natal family. She stood beside him with an anxious look on her face, but did not say a word.
Everyone here was very aware of Mr. Zhou’s retributive and selfish nature. He was no better to anyone than a master who likes a docile dog. When he thinks of you, he will reward you with a bone. If he was no longer interested in you, he’ll throw you aside.
If his interests were touched and his instincts were offended, it was like the master could kill the old dog that has been with him for more than ten years. He didn’t care about the blood relationship at all.
Mrs. Zhou stood aside with a pale face and said nothing. Normally, she might have fanned the flames, but this time, as if she had been stimulated by something, she sat quietly in her own position.
Zhou Shengwu and Zhou Meier looked at each other, understanding each other tacitly.
The two of them had heard about Wang Diefeng’s injury a long time ago, and they suppressed the matter for fear of suffering Mr. Zhou’s anger again.
Today, when they heard that Mr. Zhou called them to the ancestral hall, they were terrified for a long time, fearing that the matter would be exposed.
They never thought that what happened this time was indeed related to the mysterious courtyard, but had nothing to do with them, which made them relieved.
The butler held a stick in his hand. When he heard Master Zhou’s order, he did not hesitate to hit Zhou Caihua on the back with this solid wooden stick, which was as long as an adult man’s arm.
Zhou Caihua said an “Ah!” sound, holding back his cry of pain that was almost suffocating, and gritted his teeth.
He could still bear this little pain!
“Bang! Bang! Bang!” People nearby could see more and more blood stains on Zhou Caihua’s clothes from a distance, and could even clearly hear a sound similar to the breaking of bones.
The scene in front of them can be described as horrific.
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Zhou Shengwu’s dislike for Zhou Caihua wasn’t new. Seeing him being beaten so badly, he couldn’t help but curl his lips.
Tsk, he was just a cheap dog.
How could he compare with them?
In the moonlight, layers of light and shadow are cast on the river, making the waves on the lake shine like unicorns.
Late at night, the boatman who was still fishing was sitting on his own boat, waving his hand and spreading the fishing net.
The fat fish that had just been caught were piled on the board of the boat. The fish were rolling on the ground, moving a few times from time to time, slapping against the surface of the boat and making noises.
The boatman looked to be in his early twenties and looked dazed, but his salvaging movements were very skillful. It was obvious that this was not the first time he had gone out to salvage in the middle of the night.
The fisherman looked at the lake from time to time, watching what was going on in the lake.
In the hearts of many fishermen who salvage, the legend of water monkeys had been circulating.
Water monkeys are commonly known as “water ghosts” and are mostly found in mountain ponds and reservoirs. They look like apes, with disheveled hair, and round eyes like pigs, that glow at night like cats’ eyes.
It is said that water monkeys are ghosts transformed by drowned people, wandering in the water, and these drowned ghosts have deep resentments.
Once encountered, the water monkey will forcefully drag the person passing by the river into the bottom of the water, cover the victim’s orifices with mud, and cause him to suffocate to death.
Only in this way can these evil ghosts find someone to suffer for them, so they can no longer suffer the torture of drowning and suffocation.
Although there were very few boatmen who had actually encountered water monkeys, rumors of water monkeys had been circulating in the public, making these fishermen who go fishing at night have to think twice and have some scruples.
The boatman waved his hand and cast the net into the water.
Suddenly, the lake surface, which was originally just a little rippled, began to become unstable, like a tornado that suddenly appeared in the desert. There was something unusual under the water. It was churning extremely hard, but the waves were not too big.
The fisherman couldn’t help but imagine the story of “Water Monkey” in his mind, and his heart tightened. He was so frightened that he simply gave up casting the remaining net, and urgently began to move the oars, preparing to leave the scene.
“Cuckoo.”
Su Jingyan held his breath in the water for a long time, but he couldn’t hold it in anymore. He slowly swam up from the bottom of the water, and half of his body emerged from the lake, exposing his head and shoulders.
It was at this moment that Su Jingyan noticed someone nearby. He opened his innocent doe eyes and slowly turned around to look at the boatman who was fishing at night.
The boatman heard a loud “swish” sound, and then saw something emerging from the water. He was scared to death, and his breathing stagnated. He hurriedly started to move the oars quickly, intending to head back to shore with hands and feet shaking.
After all, he was still young, and he didn’t want to be the scapegoat of some water monkey. He hadn’t married yet and had children, and he still wanted to live a good life.
“Hiss.” He didn’t know what he was thinking. The moment the boatman moved the oar, he subconsciously glanced in the direction of the “water monkey” behind him. It was this glance that completely straightened his eyes and made him look straight. He couldn’t help but take a breath of air and stopped moving his hands.
Although he was far away from the man in the water, he could still vaguely see the hazy facial features of the man in the water.
The hair of the person in the water was all wet, and many strands of hair stuck to the face, and there were traces of water stains on the face. The eyes are very bright, like stars, the face is small, and the facial features are also very delicate, maybe because of being in the water he was breathing heavily because he had stayed there for too long.
The moonlight at night spread over his body, as if covered with a layer of holy light and shadow. His beauty was fresh and refined, not like a real person, but like a siren who seduces people with his singing, too charming for words.
The fisherman was stunned, his mouth opened wide, and the surprise in his eyes was undisguised.
This was definitely the first time in his life that he has seen someone with such beauty.
The fisherman felt that the person in front of him was so beautiful, and in his heart he thought that Su Jingyan was the so-called water ghost, who used his beauty to lure people passing by, and then dragged them into the water.
And those rumors that the so-called “water monkeys” were ugly were most likely based on rumors.
Although the fisherman believed this, he did not continue to move the paddle and started swimming towards the shore. Instead, he paused on the spot, admiring the beautiful scenery in front of him, and even secretly wanted to get closer.
Su Jingyan looked at the man on the boat with some confusion, but didn’t take it to heart.
All he could think about now was Yichen.
He went out to play in the water with the man at night. He had been grinding the man for a long time before he got this opportunity.
It was strange, he had already swam up, where was Yichen?
Su Jingyan was thinking so.
The originally calm lake surface became choppy again and began to boil, but this time the turbulence was not like the slightest wave like when Su Jingyan swam out of the water.
This time, the entire lake began to churn, and the fishermen’s boats began to sway from side to side, teetering on the edge of collapse.
The fisherman, who was originally obsessed with the beauty, suddenly stumbled due to his sudden excitement and fell onto the boat. The fish that were still jumping around on the boat began to jump around excitedly.
Before Su Jingyan could react, he felt something so cold that it grabbed his ankle in the water.
Then the next moment, he fell into a generous embrace.
The man put his arm around Su Jingyan’s waist, glanced in the direction of the ship, showed a sarcastic smile, and let out an insincere sneer.
“Yichen!” Su Jingyan’s eyes suddenly lit up.
The man’s hand patted Su Jingyan’s buttocks painlessly in the water. His tone seemed to be stern, but also a little helpless and indulgent, “Why did you swim so fast and came here?”
Su Jingyan muttered something to herself, then hooked his hands directly around the man’s neck, and leaned his head against the man’s chest, looking aggrieved.
The man chuckled lightly, put his arm around Su Jingyan’s waist and began to walk in the other direction.
The boatman couldn’t stand up at all when the lake water suddenly swelled. He was soaked by the water that was lifted up, and his body rolled over and over on the board with the sway of the boat.
He was panting heavily, unable to breathe, and his body was completely out of control, rolling around.
With a pale face of horror, he dug into the board of the boat with his fingers, trying hard to prevent himself from falling off the boat and to maintain his body balance.
But the big fish and small fish on his boat board used some excuses to seize the opportunity one by one. Just like the crucian carp leaping through the dragon’s gate, they began to jump towards the direction of the lake. The fish in the boat jumped up at the same time, as if they were being influenced by some kind of calling.
The fisherman had long been overwhelmed and unable to stop it. After all, in this situation, his life hung by a thread.
But just like the sudden churning of the lake, the lake calmed down again without warning, leaving only the fisherman slumped on the boat, panting with lingering fear.
He slowly climbed up from the board of the boat. There were only a few small fish left on the boat that had not had time to jump out.
Everything he saw before him indicated that the near-death experience just now was not just a dream.
The fisherman stuck out his head and subconsciously looked in the direction of the man who had just amazed him.
Just like the sudden flood just now, it seems that the person just now was just his imagination, fleeting.
“Have you had enough fun?” The man looked at the beautiful beauty in his arms and asked patiently.
Su Jingyan curled the corners of his eyes, and the tear mole also moved, “Yeah.”
Lu Yichen said solemnly, “Then let’s go home.”
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Thank you for the chapters!! Still confused on what the time line is for this arc 😭😭
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