Who Dares Call Me by Name?

Xin Lin had not told the truth. Qiu Lili had put him up to it.

Poor Xin Lin did not dare say "no" under Qiu Lili's thumb. Right or wrong, he had to do as she said, or she would throw a fit.

A woman?

Old Master Qiu's first thought was that it was a petty squabble between women. They had torn into each other. It was nothing serious.

"I'm getting old..." Old Master Qiu sighed. "You still have your whole lives ahead of you. Don't get worked up over little things. It isn't worth it."

Old Master Qiu intended to let the matter cool down and blow over.

"Grandpa..." Qiu Lili heard that he meant to leave it there. Then she would have taken a beating and knelt to apologize for nothing.

"Grandpa, they didn't just hit us. They made us kneel and apologize. They slapped the Qiu Family in the face."

The grandfather and granddaughter knew each other well. Qiu Lili's words struck Old Master Qiu where it hurt. He sprang to his feet, eyes wide with fury.

"They were that brazen? Who was it?"

Most disputes could be settled by looking at the facts. But making someone kneel went too far.

"Zhang Yang, the Cheng Family's live-in son-in-law. And Cheng Dongxue, Lin Cheng, and Lin Dongqiang of the Lin Family."

Qiu Lili finally saw a chance for revenge, one she could never achieve on her own. She had to coax her grandfather into stepping in and use the family's influence to pressure the Cheng and Lin Families into restoring her dignity.

To that end, Qiu Lili embellished the story and even lied.

"Zhang Yang?"

Old Master Qiu had long since stopped involving himself in family affairs and settled into retirement. Naturally, he had never heard of someone