"Younger Brother Su, be careful! Their leader is a man named Hu Hu, and he's skilled at the first gate-crash!" Village Chief Wang Yuechi leaned in close to Su Yu and whispered.
Su Yu gave a slight nod. His gaze swept over the trashed courtyard, and his eyes turned to ice.
'I don't care about the others, but I can't ignore my older brother, Su Hong, and his family!'
Su Hong was sprawled on the ground, his hands clutching fistfuls of dirt. A desperate glimmer of hope ignited in his eyes. "Second Brother... save Third Aunt!"
He knew Su Yu had broken through the first gate-crash. 'Even if he can't beat all three of them, at least he can keep our family safe. I can't just stand by and watch my own kin die because of me!'
Su Manjiang struggled to his feet and leaned against the bottom step. When he saw Su Yu arrive, a flicker of something stirred in his cloudy old eyes, only to quickly fade away.
'It's over. It's all over.'
'The IOU is real, and so is the compounding interest.'
