Niu Dali was still recounting what had happened when Niu Tingxuan interrupted him:
"Niu Dali, stop making yourself sound so noble. You're filthy.
You were hanging around brothels at such a young age. Who can guarantee you're clean?
I've heard some rich people like to toy with little children. You probably lost your purity long ago.
If I hadn't been too young to support myself back then, do you think I would have wanted the money you earned?
Using your money made me feel dirty!"
Consumed by rage, Niu Tingxuan hurled out those words without restraint. He knew exactly how to stab someone through the heart, and every word pierced Niu Dali's!
The pain left Niu Dali unable to breathe!
Niu Dali had thought his younger brother merely despised the money he earned from the women at the brothel. He had never imagined his brother thought so little of him!
Niu Dali stared at Niu Tingxuan in disbelief and asked with trembling lips:
"Is that really what you think of me?
I always thought you only despised my job at the brothel. I quit it long ago so it wouldn't affect your official career.
I never imagined you thought of me as someone so vile."
Niu Tingxuan had actually asked around about Niu Dali's work at the brothel. He really had only run errands and done nothing else. But the argument had escalated to this point, and in his fury, Niu Tingxuan had started spouting nonsense.
Still, he stiffened his neck defiantly and said:
"Yes, I despise you! I think you're filthy!
What decent person goes in and out of a brothel every day?
You probably caught some filthy disease long ago!
Giving you two hundred taels of silver was already a concession to all our years together.
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