Gathering Memories (6)

When True Person Yu Qing heard Lin Huaixu say this, anger surged into his heart. Yet he did not rise at once. Forcibly suppressing his rage, he decided to first learn the whole course of events before making any plans.

He said in a deep voice, "Tell me in detail. What exactly happened yesterday?"

Only then did Lin Huaixu take a deep breath and recount, from beginning to end, how Shen Liangxian had brought several lackeys to corner and beat Shen Yuxi the day before.

He spoke with great animation, imitating perfectly even Shen Liangxian's vicious expression when he cursed "little bastard" and Shen Yuxi's clenched fists when he was shoved to the ground—though naturally, he had not held back from adding fuel to the flames.

"Senior Brother's face went white at the time. He bit his lip until it bled without making a sound," Lin Huaixu said, deliberately stressing his words as he painted a vivid picture. Hearing this, True Person Yu Qing felt a sharp pain in his heart. His fingertips tightened unconsciously, nearly sinking into his flesh.

After hearing Lin Huaixu lay out the matter in such detail, True Person Yu Qing finally learned that this disciple of his was actually a descendant of the Shen Family, one of the Eight Families.

Thinking of Shen Liangxian's unbearably arrogant face, he could not help but piece together part of the truth—this child must have lived as though walking on thin ice in the Shen Family. Otherwise, why would he endure such humiliation without saying a single word, silently bearing it all alone?

Naturally, Lin Huaixu described Shen Yuxi's suffering in the most miserable terms possible. True Person Yu Qing's brows drew together slightly, and anger had already surfaced in his eyes.

But after pondering for a moment, he