Ye Huohuo had expected the male master of the house to be unreasonable, but she never imagined he would be so bizarre as to splash water on someone the moment the door opened.
Ye Huohuo didn't have time to dodge. She thought her bad luck for the day hadn't peaked yet, and now she was sure to be drenched! Closing her eyes, she braced herself to receive the baptism of whatever water it was.
As the water was about to hit Ye Huohuo, even Qin Chu, who was beside her, hadn't reacted and was still stunned.
At this moment, a person behind her grabbed her shoulders with both hands and lifted her entirely. With a turn, he shielded Ye Huohuo with his own body, taking the splashed water on his back for her.
Fortunately, it was cold water. If it had been boiling water, his back would have peeled off a layer of skin.
Ye Huohuo didn't receive the water she expected. After waiting for a moment, she slowly opened her tightly shut eyes, only to find herself in Li Mohan's embrace.
Water droplets were falling from above. She looked up and saw water dripping from Li Mohan's chin.
His hair was also plastered in strands from being splashed with water.
"Li... Are you alright!" Ye Huohuo quickly broke free from his embrace and rummaged through her bag for tissues to wipe the water from his head and body.
At the same time, her eyes widened as she angrily shouted at the middle-aged man inside the door, "Are you crazy? What did we do to you to deserve you splashing us with water!"
The middle-aged man's eyes were also wide, his face flushed from drinking. His breath reeked of alcohol as he spoke, "You little brat dare to lecture me? You knocked on my door for no reason. This is my house, what's wrong with me splashing you?
Serves you right! It's my good temper that I didn't splash you with boiling water!"
The middle-aged man then let out a burp, the alcoholic breath from which nearly knocked Qin Chu over.
"You splash people with water and you still think you're right? Do you think I'm a pushover!" he said, pointing at Li Mohan's clothes. "Do you know how much this suit costs? It wouldn't be enough to sell your dilapidated house!"
Qin Chu, being someone who never let go of a grievance, could argue his way out of anything, even if he was in the wrong. Besides, he had been standing next to Ye Huohuo and hadn't reacted as quickly as Li Mohan, which was a blow to his pride and ego.
This was a perfect opportunity to vent his frustration on this man who beat his wife.
The middle-aged man sobered up by about thirty percent after Qin Chu's scolding. He rubbed his eyes and finally saw the people at the door clearly.
Each of them, taken individually, looked like someone of high standing, except for Ye Huohuo.
Frightened, the remaining seventy percent of his drunkenness vanished. He quickly retreated a few steps, "Sirs, I was drunk, it was absolutely not intentional. You are magnanimous people, I... I..."
The middle-aged man immediately turned into a cowering dog, retreating and waving his hands, calling out to Li Feng, "Damn it, are you still going to stay with that money-grabbing good-for-nothing? Hurry up and get the money. These esteemed guests are important figures, and you need to compensate them for their clothes."
Ye Huohuo couldn't stand it any longer. She had never seen such a spineless man; he was a complete bully to the weak and a coward to the strong. He was afraid of everyone outside and was a useless wretch.
When things didn't go his way, he would drink heavily and then take it out on his wife and children.
She handed the tissue in her hand to Li Mohan, "Wipe yourself first!"
Then, she squeezed past Li Mohan and raised her hand, punching the middle-aged man on the shoulder. Despite her slender arms and legs, this punch made the hefty man, who weighed at least 170-180 pounds, almost fall to the ground.
"What are you doing?" the middle-aged man wanted to get angry, but seeing the three people behind Ye Huohuo, he felt he couldn't even defeat one of them. So, of the four words, the first two were spoken loudly, but the last two were almost swallowed in his throat.
Ye Huohuo stepped into the house and then saw that Lu Qing had been dragged halfway out of bed, and Li Feng was struggling to move her back onto the bed. The five finger marks from being slapped were still visible on Li Feng's face, and half of her face was swollen.
Ye Huohuo gritted her teeth, "What kind of man are you? Besides beating your wife and daughter, what else can you do? I came today to stand up for them."
"Master Ye, you're finally here! I've finally waited for you. If you were a moment later, Xiao Qing would have been thrown out by her father! This heartless man is simply not human!" Li Feng cried, snot and tears streaming down her face. Seeing Ye Huohuo arrive, she almost crawled out on her knees.
Ye Huohuo first helped Li Feng lift Lu Qing onto the bed, without even looking at Lu Qing's father, who was standing aside.
"What... what are you going to do to my Xiao Qing?"
Ye Huohuo turned her back to him, not even looking back. She knew that with Li Mohan and the others there, this man wouldn't dare to touch her.
She sneered, "What I do to your daughter is none of your business. You don't deserve to be her father."
As she spoke, she took a small bottle from her backpack.
She pulled out the stopper of the bottle, turned the bottle upside down, and placed it on Lu Qing's forehead.
With her right hand, she formed a hand seal and muttered incantations. A gust of wind suddenly appeared in the room, as if pressing down on the bottom of the bottle with Ye Huohuo's fingertips. Then, the small glass bottle flashed with light. Ye Huohuo finally relaxed, taking a deep breath.
She put the bottle back into her backpack.
"Lu Qing, wake up!"
With her words, Lu Qing finally opened her eyes, and her initially pale complexion gradually regained its rosy hue.
Lu Qing, who had woken up, immediately knelt on the bed and kowtowed three times to Ye Huohuo, "Thank you, benefactor! Lu Qing will surely repay your great kindness in the future."
Ye Huohuo bent down and helped her up, "You just woke up, you can't make any strenuous movements. Get some good rest! Just make sure to keep your eyes wide open in the future and don't be fooled by scumbags again!"
"What Xiao Qing was fooled by what scumbag? I'll go find him! Xiao Qing, where is he? Dad will stand up for you! If anyone dares to bully my daughter, I'll beat him until his teeth fall out!" Lu Qing's father, who had been acting cowardly all along, suddenly came alive upon hearing this.
Ye Huohuo's eyes glinted with a hint of mockery, "Oh really? You're going to seek revenge for her? That's great. He's a small-time gangster. If you eliminate him, it would be a contribution to society."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing's father instinctively took half a step back, "Ah, a gangster?" His eyes darted around. "You wretched girl, you don't learn to be good and hang out with those disreputable bad guys! I'll beat you to death!"
After saying that, he actually raised his hand to hit Lu Qing.
Ye Huohuo stepped forward and blocked Lu Qing, "Didn't I just say no hitting daughters, and you're still going to do it?"
"She... she doesn't learn to be good, is it wrong for me to discipline her?"
"There's nothing wrong with disciplining your daughter, but have you clarified the cause and effect of the matter? Lu Qing is the victim; she was deceived. You scold her without even asking. What kind of father are you?
You're not trying to discipline your daughter; you're afraid of offending the gangster, but you don't want to lose face, so you beat your daughter to save face. You're not genuinely concerned about Lu Qing and want to find that scumbag to seek justice for your daughter; you want to extort money from him.
But when I mentioned he was a gangster, you got scared!
I've seen many shameless men, and you are the most shameless!" Ye Huohuo wished the man in front of her was a ghost so she could blast him into oblivion with a single palm strike.
But he was a human, and the rules of the Xuanmen prohibited private use of magic on ordinary people.
Ye Huohuo clenched and unclenched her fists in anger, her fingernails digging into her flesh. She managed to restrain herself from punching him.
"This is our family matter; you don't need to worry about it. You can leave now!" Lu Qing's father, seeing that he couldn't offend any of these people, put on a show of seeing them out.
Ye Huohuo ignored him, and the others showed no intention of leaving.
She looked at Li Feng, "Today I saved your daughter's life. Shouldn't you divorce this man and leave him with your daughter?"