Siheyuan: Start with a big car

"You are such a jerk, Yan Jiecheng, you actually want to cheat me. Do you think I, Liu Guangtian, am easy to mess with?"

"Hurry up and give me that ninety dollars!"

"You are such a shameless person! We agreed before that I would give you the information and you would give me money. Now you go back on your word and try to put all the blame on me. No way!"

Liu Guangtian became more and more excited as he cursed, and his saliva flew out. He felt like he was being made a fool of.

Yan Jiecheng was completely enraged by Liu Guangtian's accusations and insults. His eyes were instantly bloodshot, like an enraged bull. He suddenly stretched out his hands and pushed Liu Guangtian hard. Liu Guangtian staggered and took a few steps back before he could barely stabilize himself.

"Liu Guangtian, you bastard, how dare you attack me?" Yan Jiecheng roared.

Liu Guangtian was so angry that he was blinded by anger. His eyes were red, and he rushed towards Yan Jiecheng like a mad beast. Without saying a word, he raised his fist angrily. This punch was full of anger and grievance, and it hit Yan Jiecheng's face directly. Yan Jiecheng was caught off guard and felt a sharp pain in his cheek. He was knocked to the side by the blow, and a trace of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

"Ah! You dare to hit me?" Yan Jiecheng covered his cheek, a hint of ferocity flashed in his eyes. After he stabilized himself, he immediately rushed towards Liu Guangtian, and the two of them wrestled with each other in an instant.

Liu Guangtian waved his fists and kept cursing: "You shameless villain, you want to shirk your debt? Today I will fight you!" His fists rained down on Yan Jiecheng, and he used all his strength in each punch.

Yan Jiecheng dodged Liu Guangtian's attack and fought back: "You are a liar. You want to harm me and get my money? No way!"

Yan Jiecheng saw the right moment, a ruthless look flashed in his eyes, and he slammed his elbow into Liu Guangtian's back. The force was so great that Liu Guangtian felt as if his back was hit by a heavy hammer. A sharp pain came over him, and he suddenly threw himself forward. Due to the huge impact, he could not control his body at all and fell directly to the ground. The dead branches and stones on the ground hurt him, and before he could react, Yan Jiecheng had already rushed up and rode on him.

"Humph, Liu Guangtian, you asked for this!" Yan Jiecheng roared, his eyes red, like a mad demon. He raised his fist and punched Liu Guangtian's face hard, again and again, each punch filled with anger.

"I told you to lie to me, I told you to hurt me!" Yan Jiecheng beat and scolded him, his fists raining down like raindrops, and Liu Guangtian's face soon became red and swollen. Liu Guangtian tried to resist, he twisted his body desperately, trying to throw Yan Jiecheng off him, but Yan Jiecheng was very strong at this time, he pressed Liu Guangtian tightly, making him unable to move.

Liu Guangtian could only use his arms to protect his head, shouting, "Yan Jiecheng, you're crazy, you scoundrel!" His voice trembled with pain, and his body trembled with every punch.

Yan Jiecheng's fists rained down on Liu Guangtian, again and again, his anger was like a surging tide, and he couldn't calm down for a while. He was completely immersed in this crazy venting, his eyes were red, veins on his forehead were bulging, and every punch was carried with great power.

However, after several punches, Yan Jiecheng suddenly felt something was wrong. Liu Guangtian, who was still struggling and shouting, was now motionless. His body was no longer twisting, and he had no strength to resist. The original shouting stopped abruptly, leaving only dead silence.

Yan Jiecheng panicked immediately, and his face, which had turned red with anger, turned pale in an instant. He stared at Liu Guangtian, who was lying motionless on the ground, with his eyes wide open, and a strong fear surged in his heart. "Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangtian!"

Yan Jiecheng's hands began to tremble violently. He realized that he might have beaten Liu Guangtian too hard. What if someone died?
He climbed up from Liu Guangtian in a panic, his legs were weak and he could hardly stand.

He didn't dare to stay for another second and looked around in horror.

Then he turned and ran out of the woods.

Zhang Xiuhua was at home leisurely eating fried dough sticks and drinking soybean milk. The fried dough sticks were crispy and delicious, and the soybean milk was sweet and sour, which was appetizing. She ate with great satisfaction and forgot about the fact that Liu Guangtian was called away by Yan Jiecheng. When she finally filled her stomach and burped, she suddenly came to her senses and found that Liu Guangtian had not come back yet.

"Eh? This damned guy, why hasn't he come back yet?" Zhang Xiuhua muttered, feeling a strange feeling in her heart. Normally, Liu Guangtian would not leave for such a long time without saying a word, and what happened today was too strange.

She stood up, brushed off the debris on her body, and decided to go out to look for Liu Guangtian.

As soon as she reached the street corner, she ran into Aunt Zhang. Aunt Zhang was kindhearted. Seeing Zhang Xiuhua in a hurry, she asked, "Xiuhua, what's wrong with you? You look so anxious." Zhang Xiuhua said hurriedly, "Aunt, have you seen Liu Guangtian? He was called away by someone and hasn't come back yet." Aunt Zhang frowned and thought for a while, then said, "I seem to have seen Liu Guangtian following a man to the grove. The grove is very remote, and I don't know what they are doing there."

When Zhang Xiuhua heard this, her heart skipped a beat and she had a bad feeling. She didn't bother to talk to Aunt Zhang and ran towards the grove.

As soon as she entered the woods, she saw Liu Guangtian lying motionless on the ground. The scene made her heart suddenly wrench.

"Liu Guangtian! Liu Guangtian!" She rushed over and squatted beside Liu Guangtian, shaking him vigorously a few times. However, Liu Guangtian did not respond at all, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep. Zhang Xiuhua's eyes suddenly widened, full of fear.

"Don't scare me, Liu Guangtian!" she shouted, and in a hurry, she raised her hand and slapped Liu Guangtian in the face. The "slap" sound was particularly loud in the quiet woods, but Liu Guangtian still didn't react. Zhang Xiuhua became even more anxious, and slapped Liu Guangtian's face several times in a row, each time harder than the last, and the "slap, slap, slap" sound echoed in the woods.

After seven or eight slaps, Liu Guangtian finally moved. His brows knitted slightly, and a faint groan came from his throat.
Liu Guangtian slowly opened his swollen eyes, only to feel a burning pain on his face and a dizzy head. He looked at Zhang Xiuhua, who was anxious and a little angry, and asked with a wronged look on his face: "Why...why did you hit me?" His voice was a little weak, and every time he spoke a word, the muscles on his face were tingling.

When Zhang Xiuhua heard this, her eyes widened and she stamped her feet in anger: "Why did I hit you? Would you wake up if I didn't hit you? Look at you, lying here like a dead person, you almost scared me to death."

Liu Guangtian wanted to argue: "You can't hit me in the face, it hurts so much." Zhang Xiuhua put her hands on her hips and asked him: "Then what do you say? I shook you for a long time and you didn't respond. I slapped you and you woke up. Isn't it effective?"

Liu Guangtian was speechless by Zhang Xiuhua's question. He knew that Zhang Xiuhua was worried about him, but the pain on his face was really unbearable for him. He sighed helplessly and tried to sit up, muttering: "Humph, you only use such a rough method."

Zhang Xiuhua said angrily: "If I don't use force, will you wake up? Stop talking nonsense and tell me what happened? Who beat you up like this?"

While rubbing his painful face, Liu Guangtian told Yan Jiecheng everything about how he cheated. His eyes were full of anger and grievance, and every word he said seemed to be reopening his scars.

"Yan Jiecheng, this bastard, insisted that the information I gave him was fake and falsely accused me of deliberately harming him. In fact, he just wanted to avoid paying us the 90 yuan," Liu Guangtian said angrily. "Then he went crazy and started fighting with me. This dishonest guy."

Zhang Xiuhua listened, her eyes seemed to be spitting fire, her face flushed red. When she heard that Yan Jiecheng was going to refuse to pay the 90 yuan, she was immediately furious and stood up from the ground.

"What? This Yan Jiecheng is going too far!" Zhang Xiuhua was so angry that she was shaking all over. "The 90 yuan is what we deserve. Why is he cheating? We spent so much time and effort to help him get the information, and we took so many risks. Now he actually wants to deny it? Is he still human?"

Although she liked Yan Jiecheng a little, compared with ninety yuan, that little bit of liking was not worth mentioning at all.

Zhang Xiuhua paced back and forth like an angry lioness. She gritted her teeth and said, "No, we can't just let it go. We must make Yan Jiecheng return the money to us and make him pay for what he did today."

"You'd better send me back quickly and apply some red medicine." Liu Guangtian frowned and urged Zhang Xiuhua weakly. He felt pain all over his body. The places on his face and body that Yan Jiecheng had hit him felt like they were pierced by countless needles. Every time he moved, it was painful.

Zhang Xiuhua came to her senses and realized that Liu Guangtian was still injured. She reached out to help Liu Guangtian up and couldn't help scolding him, "Look at you, you are so useless. You were beaten like this by that guy. I thought you were quite capable, but you couldn't even protect yourself at the critical moment." Although she was scolding, her eyes were full of heartache, and her hands were very gentle. She carefully helped Liu Guangtian walk towards the compound.

The two limped to the gate of the compound, but unexpectedly they ran into Grandpa Chen who had just finished his meal and was sitting at the gate basking in the sun.

Uncle Chen frowned when he saw Liu Guangtian's bruised and battered appearance. He put his hands behind his back, took two steps forward, stared at Liu Guangtian sharply, and asked in a serious tone: "Liu Guangtian, did you fight with someone?"

Liu Guangtian avoided Uncle Chen's gaze with a guilty conscience. He didn't want to have another conflict with Uncle Chen. After all, his injuries were already troublesome enough. But Uncle Chen's majestic eyes made him dare not not answer. He stammered, "Uncle, I...I fell accidentally."

Uncle Chen obviously didn't believe it when he heard it. He snorted, "Fall? Do you think I'm a fool? How could you fall and get so many bruises on your face? Tell me, did you have a fight with someone? We can't have such fights in our compound. If I find out that you're causing trouble outside, don't blame me for being rude."

Zhang Xiuhua couldn't stand it any longer. She was already somewhat dissatisfied with Uncle Chen's previous behavior. Now seeing him questioning Liu Guangtian like this, she couldn't help but say, "Uncle Chen, please don't get involved in our family's affairs. Liu Guangtian is already injured like this, and you are still asking questions here. If you have the time, you might as well help those who really need help."

When Grandpa Chen heard this, his face darkened: "Zhang Xiuhua, what's your attitude? I'm doing this for the good of the compound. If he gets into trouble outside, won't the people in our compound be the ones who suffer in the end?"

Seeing this, Liu Guangtian quickly pulled Zhang Xiuhua's arm and whispered, "Xiuhua, stop arguing, let's go back first."

As he said this, he endured the pain and walked into the yard with Zhang Xiuhua, leaving Uncle Chen standing there, looking at their backs with a serious face, secretly feeling that this matter was not that simple.

Zhang Xiuhua helped Liu Guangtian back home and let him sit on a chair.

She quickly searched the cupboard for the red medicine. She turned the cupboard upside down, turning all kinds of things into a mess, but there was no trace of the red medicine.

"What should I do?" Zhang Xiuhua muttered anxiously. She knew that Liu Guangtian's wound had to be treated quickly, otherwise it would be troublesome if it got infected.

Suddenly, she thought of Uncle Chen's house. Uncle Chen usually prepared a lot of things, maybe there was red medicine. But when she thought of the unpleasantness with Uncle Chen at the gate of the compound, she hesitated. But there was no other way at the moment. For Liu Guangtian, she decided to give it a try.

Zhang Xiuhua came to the door of Uncle Chen's house, took a deep breath, raised her hand and knocked on the door. Uncle Chen opened the door and saw Zhang Xiuhua, frowning slightly: "What are you doing here?" Zhang Xiuhua said awkwardly: "Uncle, Liu Guangtian is injured, we don't have red medicine at home, do you have it here? Can you lend it to me?"

Uncle Chen thought to himself that Liu Guangtian must have had a fight with someone outside, which was not a good thing. But after all, they were all residents of the compound, and he couldn't just stand by and watch him die. Uncle Chen was silent for a while, turned around and walked into the house. After a while, he came out with a bottle of red medicine and handed it to Zhang Xiuhua, muttering: "Tell Liu Guangtian not to cause trouble outside. This time it's fine, but if there is a next time, it won't be so simple."

Zhang Xiuhua took the red medicine and nodded quickly: "I understand, uncle, thank you."

Then he hurried home, thinking that he had to treat Liu Guangtian's wound quickly.

Uncle Chen looked at Zhang Xiuhua's back and sighed deeply: "Liu Guangtian must have done something shameful. If something really happens, it will be troublesome. It seems that we still have to find a way to sort out the matter so as not to affect the entire compound." (End of this chapter)