Chapter 724: Chapter 728: Beasts Will Always Be Beasts
Fang Yixian led them into the living room, just about to ask them to sit down, when suddenly Mother Fang snatched a teacup from the table, her face twisted in rage, and flung it at Mi Sheng. “Who let you in? Get out of my sight! You are not welcomed here, get out now!”
In a flash, Qiao Zui managed to shield Mi Sheng with his body.
The teacup struck Qiao Zui’s injured right arm, causing him intense pain. His face instantly paled, as cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
Ye Xingbei exclaimed: “Xiao Qiao?”
She hurried over to examine him.
Gu Junzhu also moved forward, looking at Qiao Zui’s arm with a deep frown, he asked in a low voice: “How are you?”
Seeing Gu Junzhu’s solemn expression, Fang Yixian frowned and ordered his housekeeper: “Quickly, bring Dr. Zhang here.”
Ye Xingbei rolled up Qiao Zui’s sleeve.
The tea was scalding hot.
Qiao Zui was only wearing a thin shirt.
His skin was as delicate and fair as a girl’s. Ye Xingbei couldn’t help but notice the swollen blisters forming on his arm.
For Qiao Zui, the worst part was not the blistering pain of the scald, but the nerve-shattering sensation after the teacup struck his arm.
It felt as though a knife was plunged into his nerve, causing his whole arm to feel numb.
Even though he gritted his teeth and tried to bear with the pain, he couldn’t help but shudder continuously.
Mi Sheng was completely stunned when Mother Fang suddenly lashed out at her without warning.
When she regained her senses, she saw the swollen blisters on Qiao Zui’s arm.
Tears welled up in her eyes as her heart ached: “How could this have happened? Is it very painful? This is all my fault…”
“What is all your fault?” Situ Jinse stormed forward and angrily confronted Mother Fang: “Are you out of your mind? We came to convey our respects to Grandpa Fang out of courtesy. How can you lash out without distinguishing right from wrong?”
Mother Fang’s face turned an ashen color. She picked up another teacup from the table and threw it violently on the floor: “You all are not welcome here. My father-in-law doesn’t need condolences from you all. All of you, get out now! And you, Fang Yao…”
She directed her icy, hateful gaze at Fang Yao, “Take your friends and leave this place immediately. We do not welcome you or your friends here! Now that the old master is dead, this house has nothing to do with you anymore. In my lifetime, I do not wish to see you again, get out!”
“Mom!” Fang Yixian called her, his brows furrowed. “Whatever it is, let’s wait until after Grandpa’s funeral is over. We have to let him go peacefully, you…”
Before he could finish, Ye Xingbei walked up to the coffee table, grabbed the teapot, opened the lid, and poured its contents on his mother.
Mother Fang, scalded by the tea, let out a pained scream and slumped onto the sofa.
“Mother!” Fang Yixian cried out, his face turning pale when he saw his mother rolling in pain on the sofa. He glared at Ye Xingbei: “Madam Gu, you’ve gone too far!”
“You better save those words for your mother!” Ye Xingbei’s face flushed with anger as she retorted: “Guests deserve respect. Your mother acted recklessly without any regard for right or wrong. Xiao Qiao’s arm was injured in defense of our country. What right does she have to add insult to his injury?”
Fang Yixian said: “No matter what, she is an elder. Doesn’t Madam Gu understand the simple principle of respecting your elders and cherishing the young?”
Ye Xingbei scoffed, “Haven’t you heard what people are saying? It’s not that older people have become shameless, but that shameless people have grown old! A beast, no matter how many hundreds of years it lives, is still a beast and never becomes a human.”