Chapter 250: Huai Ge’er Was Attacked

Chapter 250: Huai Ge'er Was Attacked

"This is really weird, Third Uncle." Bai Ge'er furrowed his brow, aggravating the wound on his eyebrow. The pain made him grit his teeth and hiss. After a moment, he continued, "Those two men were wearing masks in broad daylight and, without saying a word, dragged us into the alley and started attacking. They looked like they wanted to beat us within an inch of our lives... It's clearly a case of seeking revenge."

But he and Gui Ge'er were still just students in the school. Where would such a deep-seated hatred come from?

Bai Ge'er had been racking his brains all the way, but he couldn't figure out who they had offended.

Yu Sanbao's brows knitted together in deep concern.

Could it be that he had offended someone while doing business?

That was possible. Yujia's business was booming, taking over some competitors' shares. But...

If it was a business grudge, was it necessary to take it out on the children?

Gui Ge'er is just a kid, only ten years old!

The more Yu Sanbao thought about it, the angrier he became.

However, what he didn’t expect was that when he went out to handle some errands in the afternoon, he returned to find the store in a mess.

Two masked men had stormed in and wrecked the place!

Before the clerks in the store could react, the counters and display shelves were already toppled over.

Many delicate items were smashed on the floor.

When the two clerks rushed up to stop them, the masked men had already fled.

Yu Sanbao looked at the mess and fell into deep thought.

In the morning, Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er were beaten up, and in the afternoon, the store was wrecked. Could it really be that they had offended someone in business?

"Third Master, what are we supposed to do now?" The clerk was on the verge of tears.

They had good masters who treated them well, and in the afternoon, Shuang He even cooked for them. The wages were good too, making it an excellent job.

"Don't worry, just clean up," Yu Sanbao consoled them instead. "As long as no one is hurt, the rest are just material things. Check the inventory, note any damages, and document everything."

The two clerks were deeply moved, wiped their tears, and hurriedly began to assess the damage.

Yu Sanbao went out to report the incident to Constable Xie.

When Yu Sanbao returned from the yamen, he still couldn’t shake off his worries.

Huai Ge'er, with his martial arts skills, would be fine, but Liu Ge'er had always been of weaker constitution. What if he encountered those thugs too?

Just then, Huai Ge'er returned from the Wuming Daoist Temple and, seeing his two younger brothers with bruised faces, his eyes flashed with fury and his fists tightened. "Who did this?!"

Yu Sanbao explained the situation to Huai Ge'er, who was also furious.

Business problems should be resolved properly, not with these dirty tricks?!

Huai Ge'er thought for a moment and said, "Let Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er stay home this afternoon. I'll inform the teacher and head out early to get Liu Ge'er from the Liu family villa."

Yu Sanbao nodded. With Huai Ge'er around, he felt at ease.

But luckily, Huai Ge'er and Liu Ge'er didn’t run into any trouble.

Yu Sanbao wondered if this was the end of the retaliation.

Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er hadn’t planned on going home, but when Xingxing showed up unexpectedly, there was no way to keep it from her.

The moment Xingxing saw her brothers’ swollen faces, her big eyes filled with tears, and she let out a loud sob.

Startled, Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er hurriedly tried to comfort her.

Heartbroken, Xingxing wiped away her tears and dug through her waist pouch. After rummaging for a while, she pulled out a small box of bruise-healing ointment and insisted on applying it to her brothers herself before she finally stopped crying.

"They’re so mean! Second Brother and Fourth Brother didn’t do anything wrong. Why…" Xingxing sniffled, "I hope those jerks trip and lose their teeth!"

Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er felt warm inside, hearing how much Xingxing cared for them. When she wished for the bad guys to lose their teeth, both couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

When Fan Xingru heard about this, he went home and asked his parents to look into whether any business rivals were targeting the Yujia family. They couldn’t uncover anything, though.

One day, after his usual martial arts practice at the Nameless Daoist Temple, Huai Ge'er came across some thugs harassing a woman, trying to drag her into the woods.

The woman’s clothes had been torn, and she was crying with red eyes, looking utterly pitiful.

Of course, Huai Ge'er couldn’t stand by; he drew his sword to intervene, driving the ruffians away.

The woman, unable to stop crying, explained that she had come to Mapo County to visit relatives but was accosted before she could find them.

Feeling sorry for her, Huai Ge'er took off his coat and handed it to her to cover herself.

The woman thanked him repeatedly and introduced herself as Yi Wen. She asked Huai Ge'er to escort her back to an inn in the county.

Thinking that he’d already helped this much, Huai Ge'er figured he might as well go all the way. If anything happened to such a fragile woman on the way, he’d feel terrible.

Since he was heading back to the county anyway, he agreed. He led his horse and accompanied Yi Wen back to the inn where she was staying.

Yi Wen was incredibly grateful and personally poured him a cup of tea, presenting it with both hands. "Thank you, sir. Please drink some tea to soothe your throat."

Without a second thought, Huai Ge'er downed the tea in one gulp.

As soon as he finished, he stood up to leave.

But Yi Wen grabbed his sleeve. "Sir, won’t you stay a little longer?"

Huai Ge'er quickly pulled away, sensing something was off. A heavy dizziness washed over him.

He tried to keep his eyes open to see Yi Wen clearly, but everything around him started spinning. With a thud, he fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Tsk," Yi Wen clicked her tongue and kicked Huai Ge'er’s leg. "Sir?"

Huai Ge'er remained unresponsive, like a lifeless pig.

A sly smile spread across Yi Wen’s face as she reached for her waistband and began to undo it...

"Third Master Yu!"

A constable hurriedly ran to the Yujia store, looking quite distressed.

"What's wrong?" Yu Sanbao quickly came forward, but a sense of foreboding suddenly rose in his heart.

The constable lowered his voice. "Third Master, you need to get Fourth Master to find Grand Scholar Liu and pull some strings—your eldest young master, Yu Yonghuai, has been caught in the act with a virtuous woman, and he's been taken to the prison!"

A thunderclap!

A shock went through Yu Sanbao's mind, leaving him dazed and confused, but instinctively, he exclaimed, "Huai Geer is not that kind of person!"

The constable looked troubled and lowered his voice. "Third Master, Constable Xie was present. He personally arrested your eldest young master, and there’s no denying it. Constable Xie also asked me to come and tell you… Third Master, you need to move fast."

Yu Sanbao squeezed his hand to force himself to calm down.