Itbecame a pattern of three days one small fight, five days one big fight, so Su Jiaojiao liked to live at the Old Residence.
Days passed by beautifully.
Meanwhile, Old Man Wang looked at the son he had raised and loved to the end, and his second wife felt resentful towards his eldest son.
That's right! Resentment made Old Man Wang crouch under the eave smoking silently, while his second wife stood inside the sect door coldly staring at his stepson, her eyes occasionally sweeping towards the father-daughter duo with two heads visible on the wall.
Since the stepson was brought back that day, the once peaceful life became a mess. He wasn't the only one who had mentioned it to his husband, but whenever he did, the husband remained silent!
He remained silent, and the stepson would always find his son to beat up. After many times, she gave up. "What can I do?" she thought. "Let him be." But the resentment in her eyes towards the stepson and her husband who did nothing grew colder.
This side's drama wasn't for Su Jiaojiao to comment on. Anyone who had cultivated to a certain level knew that interfering with or changing others' fate, or touching others' karma, would bring no benefit to oneself.
This Old Man Wang had once been a soldier who had made meritorious contributions for the country, yet his life had become like this... Su Jiaojiao thought, "This is interesting indeed."
"Why say that?"
"First: his parents!"
"His parents gave birth to him, which is a merit in itself. How did this merit come about? It came from his stepson, Old Man Wang! Whether passive or active, they gave birth to him, but he never raised them to old age. That's Old Man Wang's debt to them!"
"Second: his former wife"
"Even if their separation was passive, she had taken on the responsibility of raising the parents that should have been his, and had continued his bloodline. That's also Old Man Wang's debt to her!"
"Therefore... he owed so much, so he lived like this."
"Old Man Wang's future... hmph!"
"Therefore! Family members! Be filial to your parents! Taking care of your spouse is stronger than anything else! There are exceptions, though. Not all parents love their children. Those who gave birth to you but treated you badly or abandoned you directly—that was their own karma. When you grow up, regardless of them, that's the fruit they reaped."
"But I still want to say one thing: regardless of whether they cared for you or not, giving birth to you means you inherited their karma. If you don't repay them with a fruit... that karmic thread will continue, in this life or the next!"
"Ah... digressing!"
"Enough!"
As the two brothers were about to fight, Old Man Wang finally couldn't bear it and shouted angrily. When they both quieted down, he slowly stood up with his walking stick.
His face, already wrinkled, was now filled with resentment and compromise. His eyes sweeping towards the two-headed father-daughter duo on the wall made his already dark face even darker. If not to avoid more disgrace in the courtyard, he sometimes really wanted to call the police.
"Old Second, give him that house."
"Wow~ Su Jiaojiao saw Old Man Wang's white chicken eyes turn red at that sentence. She was about to protest, but before the eldest son could raise his triumphant smile, Old Man Wang spoke again!
"Since the eldest son took the house assigned in the factory, this house should go to the second son."
This was blatant favoritism!
Factory-assigned houses couldn't compare to houses in the courtyard. Besides, no one knew when those factory houses would be reclaimed.
"Impossible!" The eldest son clearly understood the implications and immediately jumped up to protest.
Old Man Wang ignored his words and shouted at him: "You chose that one, so you can't have this one. You're my child, but he's also. That house was originally his by his own efforts. Since you took his, you can't take anything else!"
Hearing his father say that, the eldest son's face flushed red with anger, his expression turning grotesque and resentful as he roared, "You're saying I have no ability now? Then why didn't you teach me when I was young? You never paid attention to me, but now you're complaining I have no ability? I was a ruffian in my hometown!"
His resentment couldn't be directed at his father, so he swung his fist at the white chicken.
"Ah~ you dare hit me?" He cried out in pain from the sudden punch.
Immediately, he didn't even care about his own pain and counterattacked.
The white chicken wasn't a match for the eldest son, who had grown up fighting. Meanwhile, the mother saw her son being beaten and also lost control, grabbing a broom from the corner and rushing out to beat the eldest son.
She fought and cursed, and in a moment, the Wang family courtyard became a chaotic brawl.
Su Jiaojiao noticed with sharp eyes that several pairs of eyes were watching the commotion through the tightly closed sect door.
...
"I said enough, did you hear me?" Old Man Wang clenched his chest and shouted again.
No one paid attention to him!
He could only clench his chest, hold his walking stick tightly, and breathe heavily, watching the chaos helplessly.
Retribution! All retribution! A few strands of tears appeared in his eyes, already somewhat blurred.
This fight finally ended with the white chicken lying on the ground groaning and her mother kneeling on him crying.
On this side, the two mothers groaned and cried, while on that side, the two fathers glared at each other with red eyes, neither willing to back down.
"You'll see, that Old Man Wang will eventually drive his eldest son out." Su Father leaned close to his daughter Su Jiaojiao's head and whispered.
Su Jiaojiao nodded in agreement. She saw the resentment and hatred in the eldest son's eyes as he looked at his father, perhaps realizing it himself.
Su Jiaojiao also moved her head closer to her own father and whispered softly, "These past few years, this family has been noisy, and Old Man Wang might have reached his limit."
Su Father, seeing his daughter lean in, also bent down to listen to her gossip.
Su Father fully agreed with that.
"Old Second, you're not that young anymore, and you're a father of three. I'm old too, and I know I've wronged you and your mother. So these past years, I've been lenient with you. But look at what you've done these years! I'll give you some money and a ticket to move out." Old Man Wang spoke with a firm tone to his eldest son.
A man in his forties, about 1.88 meters tall, was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes at his father's words.