Yi Zhonghai forced back a laugh and put on a stern face. "Xu Damao, what the hell is wrong with you?"
"Ah?! I... I didn't mean to! I didn't know! Am I supposed to just let it go after getting beaten this badly?"
Silly Zhu rolled up his sleeves and roared, "Of course it's not over! I still need to beat you!"
"Brother Zhu, Brother Zhu! Spare me! I-I... I was talking nonsense."
Just then, Qin Jingru brought over Xu Damao's clothes. The moment she saw him like this, she screamed in fright.
"Ah! He's going to kill someone! Report this! Arrest Silly Zhu!"
Liu Haizhong said coldly, "This matter has indeed risen to the point where it should be handled by law."
But Silly Zhu and Xu Damao spoke in unison. "No, we'll settle it privately!"
Lin Zhen could not help laughing. "That beating gave them mutual understanding. That's what they call two hearts beating as one."
Yan Jiecheng snickered quietly. "More like one beating knocked it through."
Silly Zhu did not want this matter brought into the open. It was far too humiliating.
Xu Damao wanted even less to be arrested.
Both of them wanted to settle it privately.
As Xu Damao got dressed, he curled his lip. "I really was sleepwalking. Even if you lent me the guts, I wouldn't dare mess with you!"
"Fine! Kneel and apologize to me, and we'll call this over!"
Xu Damao had been scared half to death just moments ago, but now that everyone in the courtyard had arrived, his courage rose again.
He glared and said, "You still have to pay for my medical treatment with all these injuries!"
"You deserved it, Xu Damao! Are you kneeling or not? If you don't kneel, I'll beat you again!"
"You dare? Everyone