In the courtyard.
The commotion kept escalating, and people had started throwing punches.
But after Dong Xuebin casually waved his hand and knocked the guard down twice, the man no longer dared to approach. Instead, he stayed protectively beside Fang Wenping.
"Sister Ping." The guard looked to her for instructions.
Fang Wenping snapped, "What am I paying you for!"
Fang Shuiling was furious too. "Auntie! Just go back already! I'm begging you, okay?"
Fang Wenping looked at her niece. "You ungrateful little brat! Not only are you refusing to help your aunt, you're helping outsiders!"
"I'm not refusing to help you!" Fang Shuiling stepped forward to block them. "But don't fight! Why did you have to start throwing punches? You're a leader at the Zhengting Level!"
Dong Xuebin snorted at Fang Wenping. "You even had someone lay hands on me? Didn't you bother finding out who I am first?"
Xie Ran hurried over to stop them too. "Brother-in-law! Please say less!"
Dong Xuebin was seething. "They already attacked me! It's merciful enough that I didn't beat the hell out of them!"
"Brother-in-law!" Xie Ran cried. "Just give me some face and stop talking, all right? Let's talk this out properly. We're all people of status!"
Xie Jing also did not want things to spiral out of control, so she quickly went to Dong Xuebin's side. She was afraid that, in a moment of rage, Dong Xuebin might hit Fang Wenping too. That would be a disaster. Who didn't know how formidable their brother-in-law was? If he wanted to hit someone, no one in the courtyard could stop him. Xie Jing was terrified that things would head in a direction none of them wanted to see, so she simply used her body to separate Dong Xuebin from Fang Wenping. But Xie