At Fu Wenzi's last remark, the corner of Fu Wenli's mouth twitched.
Not one of the people around them stepped forward to help, even those who did not know what was going on.
After all, there were far too many people staging accidents to extort money these days.
But every one of them pricked up their ears and listened intently.
Go on. They loved hearing this.
The old man had clearly been hit where it hurt. Forgetting that he was still in the middle of his scam, his eyes reddened with anger, and he grabbed a stone to throw at Fu Wenzi.
Fu Wenzi did not dodge. The stone would not hurt him anyway. He was a man covered in protective talismans.
He even gave as good as he got, taking the opportunity to collapse to the ground.
Fu Nanshan, whose clothes he was gripping, stumbled as he was dragged along.
Fu Nanshan: ...
"Ow! He hit me! It hurts so much! This unreasonable old man is beating me up..."
Qin Yan was genuinely worried. She hurriedly asked Fourth Uncle to put her down and ran over.
"Third Uncle, where does it hurt? Yanyan will blow on it for you."
"You're a b-bad guy!"
The little scaredy-cat found her courage, puffing out her cheeks in anger as she shouted at the old man.
She looked fierce in a babyish way.
So adorable.
The people around them all wanted to steal the little one away.
"Didn't you say you were injured?" Fu Wenli asked.
His gentle voice carried a sense of pressure.
"Sir, no one saw whether they knocked you down, and you look perfectly fine right now. But everyone saw you hit my brother with a stone. So tell me, how are we going to settle this?"
Fu Wenzi gave