CHAPTER 53: CHAPTER 53: GROUP FIGHT

At this point, she was definitely here to drive away her newly made friends again.

As for this young boy, he was Mrs. Wei’s maternal grandson and was engaged to Wei Shulan since childhood. However, he didn’t like Wei Shulan and often bullied her with Wei Shulian, even frequently threatening to break off the engagement.

When Wei Shulian heard that her cousin, Zhou Zhenxuan, wanted to break off the engagement with Wei Shulan, she was overjoyed. She gloated, "That’s right, that’s right, Cousin Zhenxuan, you must tell your uncle to cancel this marriage when you go back. Humph!"

Then she yelled at Zhao Zhitong and Qiao Muchen, "You actually dare to play with her? I’m telling you, she’s very lowly! Her mother used despicable means to marry my father. A lowly mother gives birth to a lowly child. No one in our family plays with her. If you play with her, you will become lowly too. Don’t play with her anymore; play with us instead. My father brought me lots of delicious candy; I can share them with you."

Having said that, she looked at Wei Shulan triumphantly, waiting for her to be abandoned by her friends again.

But this time, her plan failed.

Zhao Zhitong really disliked them for saying such nasty things the moment they entered, so how could she be bought off?

So, she put her little hands on her hips, imitated her aunt’s way of scolding, and shouted, "HAH! Who wants your lousy candy? We don’t want to play with you at all! I’m afraid playing with you would make me stupid. The Teacher said, ’Birds of a feather flock together.’ So, I think you should go play with Da Huang and Da Bai from Zhao Yue’s family."

Wei Shulian and Zhou Zhenxuan looked confused. "Who are Da Huang and Da Bai?"

Zhao Zhitong shrugged.

At this moment, Qiao Muchen kindly explained to them, "Da Huang is Zhao Yue’s family dog, and Da Bai is the pig they raise."

It took them a while to react, but they finally realized that Zhao Zhitong was insulting them by calling them pigs and dogs!

Wei Shulian’s face turned red with anger. "You—you dare to insult me!"

Zhao Zhitong couldn’t help but sigh. "Sigh, you’re so slow to catch on."

Wei Shulian and Zhou Zhenxuan were furious and wanted to beat Zhao Zhitong up.

Would Zhao Zhitong, this little monkey, be afraid of them? Clearly not. She immediately said fiercely, "I’m not afraid of you! I can take on both of you!"

With that, she also rolled up her sleeves.

At this moment, Qiao Muchen and Wei Shulan also stood behind Zhao Zhitong, glaring fiercely at Wei Shulian and Zhou Zhenxuan.

Then, the two sides started fighting.

Perhaps because it was her first time resisting, Wei Shulan was a little scared at first. But once she started fighting back, she was no longer afraid. She grabbed Wei Shulian’s clothes and, finally releasing the pent-up grievances in her heart, yelled, "This is for bullying me! And this is for insulting my mother!"

Seeing they couldn’t win, Wei Shulian and Zhou Zhenxuan called over their two young servants to join the fight. Instantly, the three-against-two brawl became three-against-four. With the increased numbers on the other side, Zhao Zhitong’s group was now at a disadvantage.

Seeing Qiao Muchen pinned to the ground by Zhou Zhenxuan, Zhao Zhitong shouted for Sun Daqing, who was playing outside in the courtyard and waiting for her. At the same time, she tried to push Zhou Zhenxuan off Qiao Muchen.

Then, they all rolled into a tangled heap, pushing and shouting, scratching and biting.

Hearing his little cousin’s cry, Sun Daqing rushed in immediately.

When he saw his little cousin being hit, he roared, "You dare hit my little cousin? Watch me crush you like Mount Tai!" He then charged over and slammed into Zhou Zhenxuan.

With Zhao Zhitong’s push and Sun Daqing’s help, along with Qiao Muchen’s continuous resistance, they finally shoved Zhou Zhenxuan off, pinned him down instead, and started pummeling him with their small fists.

While the children were fighting fiercely, a servant passed by the entrance to the courtyard and saw the scene. Shocked, the servant immediately ran to call for help. By the time Country Gentry Wei and Mrs. Wei rushed over with more people, they were still fiercely entangled and difficult to separate.

"Oh my goodness!" Mrs. Wei was scared out of her wits by the scene before her, especially by Qiao Muchen being in the middle of the brawl. Qiao Muchen was the Qiao Clan’s only young heir!

Moreover, when the Qiao Clan had moved in, her eldest son, who was serving as a County Magistrate elsewhere, had written back, instructing them to take good care of the Qiao mother and son.

If anything happened to him, how would their Wei family ever explain it!

So, she hurriedly called the servants to pull them apart. "What are you standing there for? Quickly, separate them! Separate them!"

The children had all lost their tempers. Even after being pulled apart by the servants, they were still kicking and spitting at each other. It took a long while before the fight was finally broken up.

The children, now separated into two factions, were still seething with anger, glaring at each other, neither side willing to concede.

Seeing her Eldest Uncle and Grandmother arrive, Wei Shulian, the perpetrator, tried to play the victim and started crying first. However, Mrs. Wei paid her no mind.

Instead, she hurriedly sent for a physician. Only after checking on Qiao Muchen and finding that he wasn’t seriously hurt did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Country Gentry Wei’s face darkened. "What happened? Why did you start fighting?"

As the head of the family, Country Gentry Wei possessed considerable authority. At his angry outburst, all the children were frightened; even Wei Shulian didn’t dare to cry out loud.

However, Zhao Zhitong was an exception. Not only was she unafraid, but she also stood up and, with a childish fierceness, recounted the entire incident from beginning to end.

Country Gentry Wei’s face grew darker as he listened. He glared at Wei Shulian and Zhou Zhenxuan but didn’t lash out immediately, instead waiting for the physician to arrive.

Before long, a physician hurried over, carrying his medical kit. This physician was none other than Zhao Zhitong’s maternal grandfather, Sun Kang. He was the only physician in the surrounding ten or so villages, well-reputed, and many people sought him for medical treatment.

When Sun Kang arrived with his medicine box, he didn’t initially recognize Zhao Zhitong among the disheveled children. This was mainly because her hair had been pulled loose and was messily covering her face, making her hard to identify at first glance.

But Zhao Zhitong recognized her grandfather and immediately shouted, "Grandfather, Grandfather!"

Hearing the child’s familiar cry and taking a closer look, Sun Kang was startled. He immediately asked anxiously, "My girl! What happened to you?"

Zhao Zhitong, however, was still grinning. She boasted to her grandfather, "Grandfather, I’m fine! I didn’t get hurt at all. They couldn’t beat me!"

Sun Kang was speechless. He couldn’t help but look towards Country Gentry Wei.

Country Gentry Wei sighed. "This is my children’s fault. I will explain it to you later, Old Sir. Please examine the children first and see if they are injured."

Sun Kang wasted no time and quickly examined each child. Fortunately, none of them were seriously injured; they only had some minor skin abrasions, nothing to worry about.

Upon hearing that there were no serious injuries, Mrs. Wei also breathed a sigh of relief. She then began to deal with these little rascals.

This fight among the children was considered an internal affair of the household. Furthermore, since Wei Shulian and Wei Shulan were not Country Gentry Wei’s own daughters, he found it inappropriate to intervene and thus entrusted the handling of the matter to Mrs. Wei.

Mrs. Wei’s expression was stern. "Fourth Miss, you slandered and ostracized your elder sister. At such a tender age, your words are already so vile, constantly harping on about someone being ’lowly.’ If word of this gets out, what will become of your reputation, and the reputation of all the young ladies of our Wei family? As punishment, you will go to the ancestral hall to kneel and reflect on your misdeeds. You are not to rise until I permit it!"