Doted By The Regent King
Chapter 184 Liu Jin Gets Beaten

Chapter 184: Chapter 184 Liu Jin Gets Beaten

Madam Zhou didn’t take the idle gossip outside to heart, believing that in such a small village, nothing could be hidden, and whether her man had come back or not would be obvious to everyone, so sooner or later they would stop talking.

But she was being too naive and underestimated the malice of people too much, what wicked and nasty things couldn’t those envious of you do?

Malice often arises in the blink of an eye from within the heart.

The rumors about the changes in Wufu’s family grew more and more intense, especially after the rush to plant crops was over, the idle talk became even more unpleasant.

Madam Zhou was unaware of this, having not gone to the village to buy tofu or fish since the day she spoke with Tofu Beauty, instead sending Hongyu or Liu Jin with the money to do it.

Wufu was also oblivious, having taken on an order from Shopkeeper Lin and was focused on drawing the draft.

That day, an incident occurred when Liu Jin went down to the village to buy fish.

"Miss, miss, something’s happened." Hongyu ran in with haste to Wufu’s table, her face dark with concern, "Liu Jin has been beaten."

Wufu’s charcoal pencil smeared the drawing as her hand slipped, causing her to frown and look up at Hongyu, "You really need to change this temperament of yours."

Hongyu’s pupils shook, and she immediately stood at attention with a bow, "Yes, miss." Even in her urgency, she didn’t dare to speak out again.

She wasn’t stupid and knew that Wufu, when working, valued concentration the most, and her own reckless interruption had displeased her. Even though Wufu didn’t scold her harshly, she still felt fear in her heart.

Wufu, on the other hand, wasn’t burdened with as many thoughts and simply looked at the skewed lines, put down her charcoal pencil, and stood up, "Let’s go have a look." Who dared to hit her people?

Outside, Madam Zhou was tearfully applying medicine to Liu Jin, mumbling to herself.

But Liu Jin, aside from occasionally hissing, didn’t cry out in pain.

Approaching, Wufu saw his bruised and swollen face and her expression darkened, "Who did this?"

Just a child, yet someone had hit him so hard. His face, which was fine before, was now swollen like a pig’s head; it was truly unsightly.

If the few people present knew what she was thinking, they’d probably roll their eyes.

While applying the medicine, Liu Jin couldn’t reply, but once the medicine was all applied, he knelt down.

Wufu frowned, "Why are you kneeling? Get up and speak." She didn’t like people falling to their knees at the drop of a hat, so she hadn’t made such demands of Hongyu or Liu Jin. Rank and status weren’t things that needed to be demonstrated through kneeling in her eyes.

Liu Jin hung his head and didn’t speak.

"You child, if you have something to say, just say it. How did you end up coming back in such a state?" After spending time together, Madam Zhou cared for Liu Jin as her own child and was pained to see him like this, so she pulled him to his feet.

Liu Jin glanced at Wufu, seeing her lips pressed tightly together in expectation for him to speak, he then lowered his head again and after a long pause said, "I, I got into a fight with Baozi and the others in the village."

Baozi?

Wufu searched her memory and yes, there was such a person; the bully of Wozi Village, a lazybones who had never stopped provoking and harassing her before.

Madam Zhou also knew about this person and asked anxiously, "How did you end up having a conflict with them? Baozi is someone who would even dare to hit his own parents, always sneaking around getting into mischief, how did you provoke them?"

That Baozi, spoiled by his grandma and mother, was wild since childhood and only got worse as he got older, known to be someone who would dare to lay hands even on his own parents.

Liu Jin, just seven years old, had stirred up trouble with a group of older teenagers, how could he have possibly come out on top?

"They were using foul language, speaking venomous words, and I couldn’t stand it," Liu Jin said through clenched teeth, filled with anger.

Foul language?

Wufu’s eyes narrowed slightly.