Chapter 59: We're Done For, the Little Brat Beat Up Bai Yu!

Su An and the other two boys felt as though they were sitting on pins and needles.

The entire third-floor terrace was exceptionally spacious and not very crowded, yet it still made them feel deeply nervous and uneasy. The master of the house sat at the front, while five, six, seven, or eight serving attendants stood behind him—a scene of such magnitude they had never witnessed before.

The three boys secretly glanced toward the baby girl sitting on Poison Grandpa's lap, filled with boundless admiration for her. Not only was the little toddler unafraid, but she also tilted her head to look around, showing no shyness at all.

After taking in the entire third floor, Tianbao lost interest and focused her gaze solely on the dining table before her.

Glittering braised chicken, stewed fish in brown sauce, braised pork trotters, clear-stewed spare ribs, flaky pastries, jujube cakes, and citrus fruits... Tianbao might not have known the names of the dishes, but she knew for certain that they must be delicious, and she wanted to pack them to go.

Grandpa and Grandma would definitely love to eat them.

"What's this? Craving it, are you?" Du Buqin assumed the little tot was longing for the food. He tore a chicken leg from the table, deliberately waved it around in front of the baby, and finally popped it into his own mouth. "A chicken leg! Ah, what a pity you can't chew it yet, so I'll eat it on your behalf! Spare ribs, you can't bite those either. This fish has bones, so you must be extra cautious. It's better for Poison Grandpa to eat it for you..."

The more Du Buqin ate, the happier he became. Teasing this little cub was, goodness gracious, utterly addictive, and watching her thwarted brought him the utmost delight.

Tianbao frowned, ignoring the childish old man, and gave a concise command to her three older brothers: "Eat!"

"Heh heh heh! Eat up, eat up! Poison Grandpa won't hog all the food for himself, unlike your family, who hides all the good stuff away tightly, hmph." Fortunately, Du Buqin wasn't entirely despicable, as he piled the bowls of the three boys high with meat and vegetables.

Fine wine was poured, and good dishes were consumed. For a moment, he forgot all about the little baby in his arms and simply placed her onto the chair beside him.

Her seat happened to be right next to Bai Kui and his son.

Tianbao's eyes locked onto another pair of enigmatic eyes.

Bai Kui swept his gaze across her face and chatted casually with Du Buqin, "Is this the little baby from the Su family of Tubei Mountain?"

Du Buqin was feasting heartily and didn't even have time to lift his head. "That's her."

"She has delicate features, not at all like someone from a farming background."

Viewed from a distance earlier, she had looked like a doll carved from pink jade, and seen up close, she was even prettier.

Every single facial feature and contour was refined, and she was delightfully plump, looking even more endearing than the propitious boys depicted in New Year paintings.

Her little face was as white as porcelain, making one want to reach out and pinch it.

Sitting on his father's lap, Bai Yu looked at the little toddler right before his eyes and smiled.

His smile was arrogant and malicious.

The adults were chatting amongst themselves while watching the martial arts matches and failed to notice this interaction.

Tianbao looked straight at the little boy, missing none of the dark glint that flashed through his eyes.

She was far too familiar with this kind of smile and feeling; she had seen it far too often in the laboratories of her past life.

She tilted her head, watching quietly as the other boy picked up a piece of peeled citrus rind from the table and mischievously shoved it toward her mouth.

"Open your mouth, it's delicious." The boy lowered his voice to coax her, his face full of smiles, his dark eyes shining brightly as he looked at her.

Tianbao bared her teeth and delivered a slap.

*Clap!* The sound was crisp and clear.

The boy's head snapped to the side, and a small, five-fingered print rapidly bloomed on his porcelain-white left cheek.

He froze in a daze, turning his head in disbelief to look at the little girl opposite him, before letting out a delayed, wailing cry.

The conversations on the third floor abruptly ceased.

The air fell dead silent.

Half a chicken leg dropped from Du Buqin's mouth onto the floor. The corner of his mouth twitched once, then twitched again.

For a moment, the only sounds on the entire third floor were the heaven-shaking cries of the child and the oppressive, impending aura of a gathering storm descending from above.

"I—I'll go to his grandmother's..."

Du Buqin tossed away the chicken bone in his hand, snatched up Tianbao with lightning speed, gathered the other three children, vaulted straight over the third-floor railing, and fled in a wild, frantic sprint without daring to look back.

As he ran, the old man roared at the top of his lungs, "You little brat! Did you bloody come here specifically to jinx me?! Even if you had slapped that fellow Bai Kui directly across the face, Poison Grandpa wouldn't have had to run for his life like this! Why on earth did you touch his kid?! That's his late-in-life child, his only precious heir! He guards him more fiercely than his own life, ahhh!! It's over, it's completely over, my lair is going to be raided!"

Only then did Su An and the other two boys snap back to reality regarding what had just happened.

All three of them turned to gaze at their younger sister, who hung casually and innocently from the old man's arm, filled with boundless, prostrating awe.

She actually dared!

Their little sister had actually beaten someone right here in Fengyun City!

The sun overhead remained blazing, the pursuers behind grew increasingly numerous, and Du Buqin wept in the wind.

"If I ever bring you to Fengyun City again, I'll write the three characters of my name, Du Buqin, backwards!"

...

On the third floor of the Liangji Workshop, the servants knelt in a trembling row on the floor, none of them daring to raise their heads to look at the master's expression.

Everyone in Fengyun City knew just how much the young master was doted on at home.

From birth until now, no one had ever dared to lay a single finger on him.

Yet he had suffered a setback at the hands of this little Su family girl.

One could easily imagine the fury of the master of the house.

"Men! Pass down the word: from now on, whenever members of the Su family enter the city, they are no longer to be treated with courtesy!"

Bai Kui stood before the railing, staring in the direction of Du Buqin's flight. His expression was as dark and gloomy as water, and he enunciated each word clearly, "Having touched my son, Bai Kui, how can you hope to escape?! Assemble the men and set off for Tubei Mountain immediately! I shall go there myself! I want to see what kind of tricks are really hidden behind the Su family! Furthermore, tear down that dilapidated temple of Du Buqin's to the ground!"

Bai Kui's son must never be wronged in any way.

This grievance was something he could not swallow, nor would he tolerate it!

Otherwise, the Bai Family would instantly follow in the footsteps of the Twelve Docks and become a laughingstock!

Having cried his heart out, the young boy finally quieted his sobbing. He wiped his eyes with his hand, his nose red and his expression radiating pure malice. "I'm going too! She actually dared to hit me, and I'm going to slap her face ten times!"

"Very well, very well, let's go! Father will take you right now to exact revenge and settle the score for my son!"

"I'll go by myself! So others won't laugh at me for bullying someone smaller than me!"

Kneeling on the ground, the servants continued to keep their heads buried low, not daring to utter a single sound.

*Bullying someone smaller than him...* The young master was nearly four years old, and going to beat up a baby girl only a few months old—wasn't that also bullying someone smaller than him?

The news that the Bai family was mobilizing men to leave the city and slaughter their way to Tubei Mountain spread rapidly throughout the city.

Most people did not know the underlying cause, but the moment Tubei Mountain was mentioned, they immediately associated it with the Su family of Tubei Mountain.

Previously, the Twelve Docks had run into a stone wall at the hands of the Su family. Could it be that the Bai family had also suffered losses from the Su family without anyone realizing it?

Oh, heavens above, this was going to be monumental!

The Su family had repeatedly provoked the major powers of the exiled lands; were they trying to defy the heavens?!

In an instant, countless people followed in the wake of the Bai family just to watch the spectacle.

By the time they reached the foot of Tubei Mountain, the bustling crowd had already formed a massive scale.

The sun was beginning to slant toward the west.

The scattered houses of Tubei Mountain were arranged sparsely, casting long, shallow shadows in the sunlight.

At this hour, most residents stayed indoors, waiting for the sun's heat to subside before venturing out to work. Hearing the noisy commotion outside, the households successively emerged to investigate, only to steal a single glance before hastily retreating back into their courtyards.

The force the Twelve Docks had brought to slaughter them last time didn't even amount to a tenth of this one!

What kind of trouble had the Su family dragged themselves into this time?!

Back in the courtyard of the Su residence, Old Man Du rushed back, dumped the little cubs onto the ground, leaped onto the Broken Saber, and began to wail with a flood of tears and snot.

"Broken Saber, oh Broken Saber! This time we're truly finished! That ignorant, heaven-defying little brat... she went and beat up Bai Yu!"