"Who?"
Upon hearing Liu Guangfu's words, Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangtian simultaneously turned to look at him.
"Father, have you forgotten about that Wang Xiezi in our courtyard? He and his wife earn over eighty in salary alone, and with the leaders often inviting him to cook, his monthly income definitely exceeds one hundred. Plus, there are only four people in their family, so they can't be saving much!"
Liu Guangtian's eyes lit up as he added, "Right! How could we forget him? I heard he cooks for the leaders, and they've given him quite a few nice things!"
Liu Haizhong's expression darkened at the mention of Wang Jiefang. Setting aside the issue of money, it was because of Wang Jiefang that he lost his position managing the courtyard. Initially, seeing Wang Jiefang frequently cooking for the leaders, he approached him hoping that Wang could speak well of him to the leaders and help him secure a minor official position. However, Wang Jiefang completely ignored him! That alone was enough for Liu Haizhong to harbor resentment against him.
Now that Liu Haizhong had become a leader himself, it was the perfect opportunity to deal with this thorn in his side and let him know the consequences of offending those in power!
"Guangfu's suggestion is good! Tomorrow, let's take some people to that brat's house!" Liu Haizhong declared.
With Wang Jiefang's current strong mental fortitude, he would definitely sense if someone was plotting against him. Ever since Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao became minor officials, Wang Jiefang had remained vigilant towards them. Now sensing that someone intended to harm him, he immediately directed his mental energy towards Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao's homes.
From his mental perception, he found Xu Damao was relatively normal; he was just having dinner with Qin Jingru and occasionally chatting about things unrelated to himself.
However, on Liu Haizhong's side, he overheard that Liu Haizhong planned to bring people to raid his home tomorrow!
Wang Jiefang initially wanted to wait until Liu Haizhong arrived with his men to teach him a lesson. But upon seeing his young son who was just over a year old and his elderly grandmother, he changed his mind.
If Liu Haizhong were to come with people and scare his son and grandmother, that would be unacceptable!
Wang Jiefang decided it would be better to eliminate the threat at its root. Seeing the Liu father and son growing more excited as they drank a bit too much, an idea struck him. He subtly used mental hypnosis on the three of them, amplifying their inner resentment several times over!
While they were enjoying their meal, Liu Guangtian suddenly felt as if he had been slapped hard across the face. Then he heard his father's familiar voice: "Eat, eat, eat! You worthless brat think you deserve this braised pork? I'll beat you to death!"
In the past, if Liu Guangtian had been hit, he would have cowered in fear. But now, having been hypnotized by Wang Jiefang, after being struck he first froze in shock before flipping over the table: "I've done so much work for you and taken so many things from you—what’s wrong with eating some braised pork? If you won't let me eat it, then no one gets to eat!"
Seeing Liu Guangtian daring to flip the table infuriated Liu Haizhong so much that he lost all rationality. He swung his belt and continued to strike: "You little brat dare to flip the table? You've gone too far! Today I’ll beat you to death!"
Liu Guangtian endured two painful hits but seized the opportunity to grab the belt. With a sudden pull, he snatched it away from Liu Haizhong! It was simply because Liu Haizhong hadn’t expected Liu Guangtian would take the belt that it was so easily wrested from him!
With the belt in hand and recalling how he had been beaten before, Liu Guangtian felt a surge of courage and lashed out at Liu Haizhong!
Caught off guard by this strike, Liu Haizhong touched the spot where he had been hit and then erupted in rage: "Oh really? You dare hit your own father? I’ll kill you!"
Liu Haizhong grabbed a stool and swung it at Liu Guangtian’s head with all his might fueled by anger! Just as Liu Guangtian tried to dodge away, he felt a sharp pain in his head that made him freeze momentarily. It was this brief pause that allowed the stool to come crashing down on his head!
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