After applying the ointment, Xiao Mo ate dinner and took a hot bath. By the time he was done, the Hour of Xu had arrived.
After a full day of martial arts practice, Xiao Mo was indeed a bit tired and wanted to go back to his room to rest.
But just then, a commotion erupted from outside the courtyard.
Zhou Ruoxi looked up to see seven or eight women, each pulling a child along, storming toward the courtyard.
Xiao Mo's heart sank. 'This isn't good,' he thought. 'They're almost certainly here to complain.'
"Good evening, ladies. Is there something I can help you with?" Zhou Ruoxi asked as she stepped forward.
"Is there something you can help us with, Zhou Ruoxi?" one of the women shot back, her chest heaving with anger. She yanked her child forward. "You just look at our Xiao Fu! Look what your Xiao Mo did to him!"
"And our Xiao Gui! Look, his eye is all swollen!"
"My Xiao Miao lost a tooth!"
