"Don't sleep, something's happened again."
Drowsily, Yi Zhonghai felt someone pushing him, and his wife's voice sounded in his ear.
"What's wrong?"
Yi Zhonghai opened his eyes, looking exhausted.
"Another house's window has been smashed, and the front door kicked down."
First Aunt's tone was urgent: "The sound was very close to us, I don't know if it's the Jia or He family that suffered."
"Damn it."
Yi Zhonghai cursed, got up, and put on his clothes.
Something had happened in the Courtyard, and as First Master, he had to go and see.
Moreover, the people involved had a deep relationship with him.
"Damn your grandma."
Before he even left the room, Yi Zhonghai heard Sha Zhu's curses.
Well, this time it was Sha Zhu's family that had trouble.
Yi Zhonghai turned left out of the door, his flashlight illuminating Sha Zhu's doorway.
The crime scene was highly similar to the Deaf Old Lady's doorstep.
Bah! It was exactly the same!
"Sha Zhu, are you okay?"
Yi Zhonghai continued walking into the room.
"First Master, I'm fine."
"That bastard did the bad deed, and he's already run away."
Sha Zhu's chest heaved violently with anger, and he walked out step by step, clutching his stomach.
Clearly, he was indeed injured.
"Sigh, when will this end?"
Yi Zhonghai went over to help Sha Zhu, sighing.
"First Master, if he dares to do the first day of the month, I'll dare to do the fifteenth."
"Tomorrow, I'll kick down his front door too."
Sha Zhu's eyes shot out with hatred.
"Then he'll kick down your front door again?"
"Why don't you just buy a grenade and blow up his house?"
Yi Zhonghai said grumpily.
"Chen Jianye is going too far!"
"First Master, let's call people from house to house, I don't believe he can beat so many people in our Courtyard by himself."
Sha Zhu clenched his teeth tightly, his gums almost bursting.
"Sha Zhu, besides me, who else do you see coming to see you?"
"Who are you calling? They don't even want to get up and take a look, do you want them to help you fight Chen Jianye?"
"First, get your body well, then we'll talk about other things."
Yi Zhonghai advised.
Sha Zhu realized in despair that, apart from Yi Zhonghai, no one else in the Courtyard came to see him.
Yet, the commotion Chen Jianye caused was very loud.
Loud enough for most people in the Courtyard to hear.
But no one came.
Anyone with a bit of sense could understand the meaning behind it.
Others didn't want to get involved in this mess.
Chen Jianye could destroy anyone's house, it didn't matter, as long as they had no grudge with him.
The method of gathering the young and strong of the Courtyard to take down Chen Jianye was clearly not going to work.
"First Master, why don't we call the police?"
Sha Zhu was truly helpless.
Previously, when he encountered problems he couldn't solve, Sha Zhu relied solely on his fists.
Now, he couldn't fight, and he couldn't call people.
He had no choice.
"Can you prove he did it? What's the point of calling the police, besides ruining our Courtyard's reputation?"
Yi Zhonghai said with displeasure.
"Then what should we do, First Master? Maybe he'll come to your house later too."
Sha Zhu was extremely aggrieved.
"Tsk, you just reminded me."
Yi Zhonghai raised an eyebrow.
The night was long, Chen Jianye had already damaged the windows and doors of two households, and it was very likely he would come to his house later.
After comforting Sha Zhu for a while, Yi Zhonghai was also tired.
"Alright, you rest well. Go to the hospital tomorrow."
"When you come back, find a carpenter Master to fix up the Old Lady's and your own rooms."
Yi Zhonghai patted Sha Zhu's shoulder and comforted him.
Sha Zhu didn't say a word.
Yi Zhonghai strode away.
Back home, Yi Zhonghai drank some tea and simply opened his own front door slightly.
If Chen Jianye came to kick it, at most he would kick the door open, not kick it down.
Then he removed the glass from his own windows.
After finishing the work, Yi Zhonghai lay back on the bed contentedly.
Even if the sky fell next, he wouldn't move.
Come on, I'll lie flat and accept it.
The Siheyuan (Courtyard) was dark at night.
After a while, Chen Jianye, fully equipped, first looked across from his own window.
Confirming that the Yi Family and He family opposite were not moving.
He opened the door, holding a sturdy wooden stick, and came to Yi Zhonghai's front door.
Seeing the 'hospitality' Yi Zhonghai had set up for him, Chen Jianye's mouth twitched, and he turned back into the room.
According to his thoughts, the Deaf Old Lady, Sha Zhu, and Yi Zhonghai's families would all be targeted.
Why?
Because although the one who smashed the Chen Family's glass was the Deaf Old Lady, Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai were also involved.
As the old saying goes, every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its owner.
So Chen Jianye had to retaliate against all three of them.
However, since Yi Zhonghai had already taken action, if Chen Jianye used the same old tricks, the trouble caused to the other party would be limited.
So he was too lazy to act.
"That old bastard is quite sensible."
Muttering, Chen Jianye returned to bed to rest.
The next day, everything was calm.
When Chen Jianye got off work and came home, Yan Fugui, who usually liked to greet him, only smiled at Chen Jianye.
Clearly, Chen Jianye's ferocity yesterday had scared Yan Fugui quite a bit.
Other front Courtyard residents looked at Chen Jianye with a mixture of flattery and wariness.
This was the downside of the Siheyuan (Courtyard).
A small matter could quickly spread throughout the Courtyard, known to everyone.
Moreover, what Chen Jianye did last night was not small at all.
He directly beat the Courtyard's 'Old Ancestor', the Deaf Old Lady, into a bug.
He beat the Courtyard's 'Double Flower Red Stick' into a dead dog.
Who else could do that?!
Chen Jianye was indifferent to the attitudes of the crowd.
Back home, he saw that new glass had already been installed in his windows.
Indeed, the new glass was so clear.
And there was a pile of incense, candles, and paper money at the door.
"Not bad, the old hag is quite obedient."
Chen Jianye took the incense, candles, and paper money home, waiting for the holiday to burn them at his parents' graves.
After tidying up a bit, Chen Jianye carried a chair and sat at the door, sorting vegetables.
Not long after, Xu Damao, who lived in the Backyard, returned.
He didn't rush back to the Backyard but ran to Sha Zhu's doorstep and shouted: "Sha Zhu, Sha Zhu."
"What do you want?"
A voice came from inside Sha Zhu's room.
"I heard you got beaten till you shat yourself last night?"
Xu Damao's words were full of schadenfreude.
"Damn it!"
Sha Zhu roared.
Xu Damao quickly retreated, putting distance between himself and the door.
Soon, Sha Zhu opened the door, his face dark, glaring at Xu Damao: "Don't you dare talk nonsense!"
"I just heard, heard about it, that's why I came to ask you."
"Did you really get beaten till you shat yourself? Tell me clearly."
Xu Damao asked gleefully.
"Beat your Grandpas, you little brat, are you asking for a beating?!"
Sha Zhu was furious, and he quickly glanced at Chen Jianye, who was sitting at his doorstep sorting vegetables.
Seeing that the latter made no move, he relaxed.
"Then I'll have to tell off the person who spread the rumor. Sha Zhu didn't get beaten till he shat himself, I don't know who made that up."
Xu Damao cackled.
"Xu Damao, you son of a bitch!"
Although Sha Zhu had gone to the hospital and gotten medicine during the day, the medicine hadn't taken effect that quickly, and his stomach was still hurting.
He couldn't chase Xu Damao to beat him up.
He took off his shoe and threw it at Xu Damao.
Xu Damao quickly ran off to the Backyard, leaving behind a string of cheerful laughter.
"You bastard, I'll deal with you sooner or later!"
Sha Zhu's face was grim, and he glanced again at Chen Jianye, who was sitting at the Chen Family's doorstep.
It was unclear whether he was saying this to Xu Damao or to Chen Jianye.