Ye Tian’s home was located in Sanhe Village. It was an urban village, mostly consisting of two-story concrete houses with narrow roads.
At the east end of the village, the entrance of a house was crowded with onlookers. The heart-wrenching cries of a little girl could be heard from the courtyard, along with the sinister laughter of several men.
“Let go! My uncle bought this piano for me, you can’t take it away, sob sob…”
A six or seven-year-old girl, delicate and lovely, clung tightly to the piano lid with both hands. Her knuckles were white from the effort, her nails were broken, and blood was flowing.
Four adult men were carrying the piano quickly towards the exit. One of them, burly with triangular eyes, saw the little girl refusing to let go of the piano and kicked her away, cursing, “Brat, get lost!”
The kick from the man with triangular eyes was heavy. The little girl was immediately knocked to the ground. She clutched her stomach in pain, a thin trickle of bright red blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.
“Yan’er! My dear Yan’er, come here quickly!”
From the main hall, a man paralyzed from the waist down clung to the doorframe. When he saw his daughter kicked down, his eyes widened with fury, and he desperately crawled towards his daughter, propping himself up with his arms.
The man with triangular eyes suddenly sneered. He put down the piano, strode over to the paralyzed man, and spat a mouthful of phlegm onto his face, laughing sinisterly, “Young Master Ye, aren’t you very good at fighting? Back then, you were the only one in Sanhe Village who dared to go against me, Lin Hu! What about now? Try to be tough again, I dare you!”
Ye Shaodong ignored him and continued to crawl towards his daughter, worried about her injury.
Seeing that he was being ignored, Lin Hu was enraged. A wicked thought arose in his mind. He grabbed the little girl by her hair, lifted her into the air, and said with a sinister grin, “Ye Shaodong, crawl between my legs now! Otherwise, I’ll pull out all your daughter’s hair!”
Ye Shaodong roared, “Lin Hu, let go of my daughter! If you dare touch her, I’ll kill you!”
Lin Hu sneered, “Kill me? With you being a cripple?”
Lin Hu was a local bully. His father was the village chief, his elder brother worked at the police station, and his uncle was the head of the neighborhood committee. Because of this, he acted with impunity, and no one dared to provoke him.
However, growing up, he had been beaten by Ye Shaodong numerous times. Ye Shaodong was simply too skilled at fighting; he had served in the army, practiced boxing, and possessed a fiery temperament.
A few years ago, Ye Shaodong’s family had suffered heavy casualties in a construction site accident, and he himself became disabled. Lin Hu immediately became arrogant and had come several times to humiliate Ye Shaodong.
Ye Shaodong’s eyes widened in anger, and he said sternly, “Wang Hu, I, Ye Shaodong, am disabled, but I still have my brother. Aren’t you afraid my brother will come back and kill you?”
Wang Hu laughed heartily, “That kid is still in prison! Don’t worry, when he gets out, I’ll find a way to send him back again…”
Then he said fiercely, “Ye Shaodong, are you going to crawl or not?” He tightened his grip, and Yan’er cried out in pain, large tears streaming down her face.
“Dad, don’t go, sob sob…” Although Yan’er was young, she knew this was an extremely humiliating act, so she desperately waved her little hands, trying to stop Ye Shaodong.
“You dare!”
A thunderous roar from the doorway startled everyone. Wang Hu’s hand trembled, and he loosened his grip. Yan’er fell to the ground.
A figure flashed, and a tall man appeared, catching Yan’er in his arms.
Yan’er was stunned. She looked up at the person holding her. He had sword-like eyebrows, sharp facial features, and his eyes were filled with self-reproach and affection.
Yan’er’s eyes widened, and she exclaimed with surprise, “Uncle!”
The person was Ye Tian. As soon as he got out of the car, he heard the commotion at home and rushed through the crowd, only to witness a scene that made his blood boil. His little niece was being held by the hair in mid-air by Wang Hu, and his elder brother was lying on the ground, subjected to utter humiliation!
He hated, he was angry, he wanted to kill!
But holding his little niece, his heart softened. He said gently, “Yan’er, Uncle is back!”
Ye Shaodong, this man of iron will, saw his own brother and his eyes welled up with tears. He said tremulously, “Xiao Tian…”
Ye Tian, holding Yan’er in his left arm, gently picked up his elder brother Ye Shaodong with his right hand and placed him in the wheelchair in the main hall. He said, “Brother, I’m home!”
Then he turned and stared at Wang Hu.
Wang Hu’s face was grim. How did this kid get out of prison? Didn’t he still have years left on his sentence? Under Ye Tian’s gaze, he felt a pang of guilt and said sternly, “Ye Tian, now that you’re out, be a good person! Your brother owes the village money, and I’m here to collect the debt! If he can’t pay, I can only take this piano!”
Ye Tian pressed forward step by step. With every step he took, Wang Hu retreated, shouting, “Ye Tian, don’t do anything rash, I’m not afraid of you…”
Ye Tian stopped about three meters away and said coldly, “Kneel!”
He rubbed his right hand between two fingers, and a silver needle pierced an acupuncture point on Wang Hu’s leg. The latter’s leg went numb, and he immediately “plop”ped onto the ground.
“Kowtow!” Ye Tian commanded. He rubbed his hand again, and several more silver needles flew out, piercing Wang Hu’s vital points.
His medical skills were extremely advanced. Among his needling techniques, there was a set called “Puppet Needles,” which could control a person’s movements at will, like an extension of his own limbs!
Wang Hu’s muscles suddenly lost control. He bent down and began to kowtow with a series of “thump, thump, thump” sounds. As he kowtowed, he cried out in pain, his eyes filled with terror. What was happening? It was like seeing a ghost! Su Dan Novel Network
As Wang Hu continued to kowtow, Ye Tian looked at the other three men carrying the piano and said coldly, “Kneel!”
These three men were very “obedient” and immediately knelt down. Their scalps tingled, and their eyes were filled with panic. What was happening? Had they been possessed by ghosts?
Ye Tian said coldly, “Kneel for three days and three nights!”
He returned to the main hall, carried his elder brother to the bed in the bedroom, and said, “Brother, I will cure your injuries and illnesses within ten days!”
Ye Shaodong thought his brother was just comforting him. He gave a bitter smile, “I don’t have any expectations. Xiao Tian, it’s good that you’re back. Alas, if it weren’t for Lin Ziyi coming to take care of me and Yan’er every day these past few years, I don’t know what I would have done.”
Ye Tian trembled all over, as if struck by lightning.
Ye Shaodong continued speaking to himself, “Lin Ziyi is a good girl. Xiao Tian, you must treat her well. Our Ye family owes her too much.”
Ye Tian’s heart ached. He asked, “Brother, has Lin Ziyi been taking care of you and Yan’er all these years?”
Ye Shaodong nodded, “Yes. Lin Ziyi also helped pay off some of the millions in debt our family owed. And the money for Yan’er’s kindergarten and my medical treatment was all paid by Lin Ziyi.”
Ye Tian lowered his head and asked softly, “Brother, why didn’t Lin Ziyi visit me in prison all these years? And why didn’t she contact me?”
Ye Shaodong said, “You can’t blame her. She went to prison more than ten times, but her applications for visitation were never approved.”
Ye Tian clenched his fists. He suddenly realized that he might have wronged Lin Ziyi before! He felt immense guilt and continued to ask, “Brother, did you not receive the letters I wrote to you?”
Ye Shaodong said curiously, “You wrote letters? We never received them. Lin Ziyi also wrote many letters to you, but you never replied, which made me so angry… If I weren’t immobile, I would have stormed into the prison and beaten you up.”
Ye Tian sighed to the heavens. He had truly wronged Lin Ziyi!