Tong Airui simply recounted the events of that day, then sighed softly, "Since the day of the accident, my dreams have been filled with nothing but blood and Yi Luowa's innocent eyes. Because of my recklessness, another crime was added to her name, and it was then that she was abandoned by her parents. For seventeen years, she didn't receive a shred of fatherly or motherly love.
Also, this injury of mine was initiated by me. I grabbed her foot while rock climbing, and she was so frightened that she fell off the cliff. Something unpleasant happened below the cliff, which big mouth Tong Yuanhang has already told you all about, so I won't repeat it. As for my injuries, they were her doing after Yuan Hang was too slow in stripping her clothes, so she kicked and hurt me."
Mi Chenxuan suddenly sat up in bed, "Fourth Brother rarely explains his actions. My understanding is that you feel guilty and want to repay a favor, right?"
"It's not entirely that." Tong Airui glanced at him, "When your uncle was in Z Country, he always despised the Bai family and the Yi family. He handled the Bai family but left the Yi family untouched until he left Z Country. That was all because of me and Big Brother. Big Brother was just two days away from turning eighteen, and if the matter went to a legal process, he might've ended up in jail, ruining his future.
Xi Meichen suggested settling the matter privately, so my dad gave the Yi family a piece of land on Center Street and told Uncle that he could yield to the Yi family, give to them, but never cooperate. The Yi family, thanks to our family's concession, held the fourth spot on the Z Country wealth list for several years. I know those two elders were always suffocating with anger. Anyway, since I'm on vacation now, I'll mess with them a bit, considering it as giving my dad and your dad a release."
"Is it really that simple?" Tong Aino glanced sideways at his brother.
Tong Airui shook his head, "Simple? No! I underestimated Xi Meichen. This woman is not easy to deal with, and all this investigation hasn't given me anything truly valuable yet."
Tong Aino flopped down on the sofa, looking at his brother while tilting his head, "Don't change the subject. Look into my eyes and answer me: Besides repaying a debt of gratitude and avenging for Dad and Uncle, do you really have no other thoughts about that little blonde girl?"
Tong Airui chuckled as he looked at him, "You've already said she's a little blonde girl. Someone you don't fancy, do you think I'd fancy?"
Yuan Hang, doing push-ups, spoke breathlessly, "Fifth Lord, Fourth Lord often calls her an ugly girl, a damn girl. I also think Fourth Lord doesn't have an eye for her. If he did, he wouldn't have said, 'Fainted? Good!' after she passed out."
Tong Aino pouted, "Should I believe you this time?"
"Believe it or not!" Tong Airui glared at him.
Teng Ai Ni's gaze wandered back and forth between the faces of his two brothers, "Are you talking about the little girl next door? Ha~ A pair of people telling lies with open eyes! Is that little girl ugly?"
"Sixth Sister, you have the best taste!" Mi Chenxuan gave Teng Ai Ni a double thumbs-up.
"Move aside!" Teng Ai Ni shot him a sideways glance. Seeing him make a face at her, she walked over angrily, dragged him to the sofa, and made him sit down.
The three brothers simultaneously looked up at Teng Ai Ni standing before them at a forty-five-degree angle.
Teng Ai Ni snorted, "That little girl next door is so pretty she even makes my heart flutter. And you, as the opposite sex, could have no thoughts? I'd never believe it! But you three listen to me, none of you better have crooked thoughts, or you'll make Dad angry!"
"Tch~ In our family, you're the one who gives Dad the most headaches!" Tong Aino pouted and crossed his legs.
"Right, you're the one who makes my uncle worry the most!" Mi Chenxuan mimicked Fifth Brother's pose and crossed his legs.
"Mm!" Tong Airui nodded in agreement.
Tong Aino and Mi Chenxuan simultaneously looked at Fourth Brother Tong's legs, only to find he hadn't synchronized with them! Mi Chenxuan and Tong Aino reached out to help him lift his legs, when Yuan Hang, who was doing push-ups, "thud," fell back to the ground and lamented, "Have mercy, lords! My Fourth Lord's ribs are still broken!"
Mi Chenxuan and Tong Aino immediately let go upon hearing this, and the leg that had barely lifted off the ground fell heavily.
Tong Airui grunted, slumping into the sofa.
"Brother!" Teng Ai Ni was flustered, and the two brothers also looked anxiously at Tong Airui.
Tong Airui raised his hand slightly, "It's okay for now, but sooner or later, you all will get me killed with your antics!"
"Silly Xuan, go call the seventh one," Tong Aino said hurriedly to Mi Chenxuan, fearing to touch his brother.
Mi Chenxuan hurriedly stood up.
Tong Airui pulled him back, shook his head, then looked at Yuan Hang lying on the ground, "Do you still have strength left?"
Yuan Hang nodded and pushed himself up.
"Really still have strength?" Tong Airui emphasized.
Halfway up, Yuan Hang instantly understood what he meant and "thud," he flopped back, "No more, exhausted."
Tong Airui glanced at him sideways, "Leave the room."
"Brother, should I have the seventh one come take a look?" Teng Ai Ni half-squatted in front of her brother, wiping the sweat off his forehead with a tissue.
Tong Airui shook his head, "Number Seven still has a surgery at one-thirty, don't distract him."
Teng Ai Ni paused slightly, and after giving her brother a deep look, slowly stood up, "Fifth Brother, Xuan, help Fourth Brother onto the bed."
Tong Airui lay comfortably on the bed, but Yi Luowa sat on hers, battling the sheets, clawing! Clawing hard! Until she tore a hole in it and then calmed down.
"Tong Airui, you damn beast!" Yi Luowa silently cursed, "After you help me find out, I'll break your ribs on the other side, then do it again so you can't be a man forever!"
After cursing, a scene of a certain beast being inactive appeared in Yi Luowa's mind, and she laughed until her shoulders shook.
"Miss?" Two people stood by the open door.
Yi Luowa looked at them dazedly, one with purple eyes! One burly black guy! Where did these two foreigners come from?
"Miss, may I ask if Tong Airui is in this ward?" the one with purple eyes asked.
Wow! This Mandarin is more standard than mine.
Yi Luowa shook her head with a smile and quickly wrote on paper: He moved to the room on the right-hand side of the basement!
"Thank you!" The gentleman with purple eyes read her writing, thanked her, and left the room.
"Basement, right-hand side?" The black gentleman shrugged, "How could Duke Airui possibly be living in a basement?"
In a glance, the gentleman with purple eyes noticed the ward's navigation map on the wall, hurried over, "OMG! The room on the right-hand side of the basement is the mortuary!"
"Duke Airui has passed away?!" The black gentleman's face fell instantly, "How will I report this to our Chieftain?"