"Big brother, he's just too much of a bully."
Jiang Jie, who had also left the house, began to explain the situation to Yu Huai.
To be honest, if he had just caused trouble in their home, even if they were unhappy to see each other in the future, it wouldn't have been a big deal.
But during the Lunar New Year, getting drunk and causing a scene in their hometown, that changed the nature of the matter entirely.
Who was Zhou Shuo? His maternal grandfather was Yu Zhou's great-uncle. No matter what, they were still relatives.
Under such circumstances, even if he was extremely displeased, he shouldn't have caused trouble in their hometown, with neighbors and all the relatives present.
What's more, Yu Zhou had never provoked them from beginning to end. If Zhou Shuo hadn't uttered words that were almost a curse to their family when they were at their own home, Yu Zhou wouldn't have resorted to violence.
And now, look at what happened. Less than a month has passed, about twenty days. And on Lunar New Year's Day, he's throwing bricks into someone else's yard. What does he want?
"I'm going to teach this guy a lesson right now."
Yu Zhou decided not to indulge Zhou Shuo any longer and immediately opened the courtyard gate.
He saw that outside, not only was Zhou Shuo being supported by someone, but also his paternal uncle, cousins, and their group.
They all glared at Yu Zhou as if he were the disgrace of their Yu family, which only made Yu Zhou angrier.
"Yu Zhou, I watched you grow up. You should call me Uncle, shouldn't you?"
"My nephew, who is also your cousin, how can you just hit him whenever you please?"
Yu Zhou's paternal uncle, Yu Honglong, initially didn't want to get involved in such trivial matters.
After all, he knew very well what kind of character his nephew was.
However, today, after entering the house, his nephew began to accuse Yu Zhou of being unfeeling and unjust, which made him, as an uncle, lose face.
Were the maternal relatives of his own sister already resorting to violence?
Even though Yu Zhou had been known as a reckless person before, he decided to confront his nephew. At least he had to seek justice for his nephew.
"Uncle! I have no intention of disowning you!"
"However, do you know what your nephew did at the factory that day?"
"Do you know why I took action?"
Yu Zhou's face was ashen, but he didn't immediately resort to violence.
Since the elders of the family were all present, there was no need for him to spare the other man's feelings.
"What else could it be? You've become rich and look down on your poor relatives!"
"At that time, I was in a difficult situation. I just wanted to borrow some money from you. You didn't lend it to me and then hit me. Is that justified?"
Drunk, Zhou Shuo could barely speak clearly, but he still looked at Yu Zhou with resentful eyes.
Back in the Yu family's courtyard, he felt that he would never be more humiliated in his life.
Although he was in the wrong, Zhou Shuo hadn't intended to tell his maternal uncle.
However, he had drunk a lot today, and coupled with losing a lot of money playing cards at his uncle's house that morning, he couldn't control himself and started to complain tearfully.
Of course, Yu Honglong, as Yu Zhou's paternal uncle, was not someone who was completely unreasonable.
But Zhou Shuo only spoke about Yu Zhou's faults, completely omitting the cause and effect of the matter.
This made Yu Honglong feel that Yu Zhou was bullying others. It was his freedom not to lend money, but to hit someone for not lending money was a disgrace to the entire Yu family!
"Oh? Did you not mention why I hit you?"
Yu Zhou found it amusing and was somewhat at a loss for words because of this idiot.
Could this matter be kept a secret? It wasn't just his own family and their mother and son present at that time.
If it couldn't be kept a secret, why would he find his uncle to intervene? What a fool!
"Zhou Shuo! Are you done talking?"
Upon hearing Yu Zhou's words, Yu Honglong's expression changed.
Although he didn't think highly of his nephew, it was the same as how he felt about his nephew.
In his eyes, Yu Zhou and Zhou Shuo were birds of a feather, even if Yu Zhou had become rich.
After all, Yu Zhou's reputation in the factory and in their old neighborhood was not very good.
Now it seemed, there was more to this story?
"If it were just about borrowing money, Uncle, do you think I would unreasonably hit someone?"
"And this was at my home, with my neighbors watching."
"That's right, I didn't lend them money then. They asked for three thousand at once. The money I earned then was all from painstakingly setting up a stall."
"Uncle, be honest, if it were you, would you have lent it to him?"
Yu Zhou slowly began to explain the truth of what happened.
He didn't exaggerate, nor did he embellish the story at this moment.
However, when he finished speaking, the expressions of the clan members who had come to cause trouble all changed.
So that's what happened?
It was bad enough for a junior to spit at an elder's home, but then to throw a tantrum and act like they wouldn't leave unless they got the money.
Who could tolerate that?
If Yu Zhou hadn't returned home, would these mother and son have forced the widowed mother and son at home to death just to borrow money?
"Uncle, do you think my beating was undeserved?"
"Does your nephew even respect his second uncle? In this day and age, do people force others to lend them money?"
Yu Zhou said coldly. Ever since he saw his paternal uncle, Yu Zhou hadn't planned to make a move.
However, he hadn't expected Zhou Shuo to come knocking on his door when he wasn't going to trouble him.
This was for the best. If these relatives were to try and take advantage of their family in the future, this time they would be deterred.
"You, you're spouting nonsense! I never disrespected my second uncle."
Zhou Shuo, still reeking of alcohol, continued to argue.
With his already muddled mind, he had been counting on his uncle to stand up for him.
How could he have imagined that Yu Zhou would expose everything with just a few words?
If this continued, wouldn't he be the one to suffer?
Yu Zhou sneered and leaned against the courtyard gate, saying leisurely, "You came to my door three days in a row to borrow money."
"Zhou Shuo, did you ever call me Uncle?"
"Did I owe you something? Or did I owe you? You didn't even call me Uncle, and you expected me to lend you money?"
"If you hadn't gone too far, would I have beaten you?"
There was no fault in his words, so much so that Yu Honglong's expression turned extremely ashen the next moment.
He had originally intended to bring his nephew to teach his disobedient nephew a lesson.
Now, he had become the one caught in the middle...