The Fatty was in a hurry to order. "I'm starving just smelling the food. Boss, two baskets of steamed dumplings, please."
The boss responded cheerfully and rushed back to the kitchen to make the dumplings. Eating just dumplings definitely wouldn't do. There was a good lobster restaurant nearby. While waiting for the dumplings, I went to order some lobsters and also bought some spicy hotpot. Then I returned with a full load.
The Fatty looked at the food I brought and was so happy that he almost overturned the table. With all the food on the table, our sumptuous breakfast - cum - lunch began.
Just as I was enjoying my meal, my phone rang with the tune "I'm in love with the shape of you～". The caller ID showed it was my second uncle. He had only replied to the text message I sent yesterday today.
I quickly answered the call. It was very noisy on my second uncle's end. I could hardly hear what he was saying. He seemed to be trying to blow through the phone receiver. "Mu'er! Something's wrong!"
My mouth was stuffed with dumplings, and I said in a slurred voice, "Calm down first." After swallowing the dumplings, I asked, "What happened? It's so noisy."
My second uncle on the other end was out of breath. "Something's wrong with the Chen family! Something's wrong with the ancestral mansion!" Hearing my second uncle's words, it was my turn to lose my cool. I'd only been away for a few days, and something like this happened?!
"Don't worry, second uncle. I'll go to the ancestral mansion right away. You stay calm first." I put down my chopsticks and tried to soothe my anxious second uncle. "I'll be there soon. I'll hang up first."
After hanging up the phone, the Fatty was still enjoying his food. "Something's wrong with the ancestral mansion. I have to go back." I looked at the Fatty and said. The Fatty paused his eating.
The Fatty quickly swallowed the food in his mouth and took a sip of water so as not to choke. "What's going on? What happened?" The Fatty had grown up with me and knew quite a bit about my family.
He packed up the uneaten food on the table and followed me out. We had walked here, so we had to walk back. The Fatty carried a bunch of food and trotted behind me.
"Don't cause any trouble when we get there. Just listen to me." I couldn't trust the Fatty, who had a history of causing trouble. I remembered that once, because of a trivial matter, he almost got into a fight with my family members.
Don't think the Fatty is timid in the tomb. In fact, he has a really bad temper. He might start a fight with someone if they don't get along well in just a couple of words. After all, his family is rich and can settle any trouble he causes. To prevent this guy from demolishing my family's mansion, I still had to give him a warning.
However, since I heard what the old Stone expert said, I found that the Chen family was really in a complete mess. Where was the so - called "blood is thicker than water"? To these people, as long as it didn't concern them, they didn't care.
The Fatty stared at me all the way. Maybe he was afraid that I'd be in a bad mood and drive the car straight out and take him with me to die.
"Brother Mu, your face keeps changing. It's kind of scary." The Fatty looked at me and said cautiously, not forgetting to stuff food into his mouth.
I turned to look at him. "I just have a lot of things I can't figure out. I was already really annoyed, and now this sudden thing happens. It's really a case of misfortunes never come singly."
The Fatty continued eating. "I thought so. Relax. Why think about those things? There's nothing to think about."
I shook my head. "You were born into a good family. There are some things you can never really understand." I was really envious of the Fatty, who had such a good family environment. Looking at myself, I was really a complete failure.
Now it was the Fatty's turn to be jealous. "I'm envious of you too. You have a high education, you're free as a bird, and you're good - looking. Look at me. I have nothing."
"Pfft." The Fatty's words really made me laugh. Two jealous people here envying each other. There was really no one like us. I patted the Fatty on the shoulder and just smiled without saying a word.
The Fatty was really a happy - go - lucky guy. My anxious mood was instantly relieved. We walked and chatted all the way. When we reached the ancestral mansion, the atmosphere froze.
The front of the ancestral mansion was really bustling. Relatives we rarely saw on normal days were all here. It was really a rare sight.
The Fatty and I got out of the car. The people at the door stopped what they were doing and walked towards us. This was the first time I'd had such close contact with these relatives. The experience was really bad.
My second uncle rushed out and stood in front of me. "Don't go too far! This isn't Mu'er's fault!" My second uncle glared at these people. But those people ignored him and pushed him aside. The person in charge of the family was just being jostled around like this.
Seeing my second uncle trying to protect me, I instantly got angry. "What on earth do you want! Is there no family rule left!" I roared in one breath.
Those people looked at me coldly. "You're the bad luck star of the Chen family. As long as you're around, the Chen family will never be at peace." A distant cousin - uncle looked at me angrily and said, "Just like your parents, a bad luck star!"
Someone below echoed, "That's right! A jinx!" "Get out of the Chen family!"
Oh, I was really getting angry. "Do you people have any conscience at all! They were your own brothers and sisters." "We don't have a jinx for a brother." Those people seemed to know something, and every word they said implied that my parents were jinxes.
My second uncle alone couldn't stop so many people. He could only look at me anxiously, afraid that something bad would happen to me. These people were really going too far.
The Fatty pushed one of those people aside. "Who are you? What are you babbling about? Did you eat shit this morning and forget to brush your teeth?"
That person was so angry that he pointed at the Fatty and scolded, "I'm dealing with family matters! Who do you think you are! A kid who hasn't even grown up, daring to make a fuss in front of me. Don't you know how to respect the elders and care for the young?"
The Fatty clapped his hands and sneered at him. "Respect you? No way."
That person was so angry that his finger pointing at the Fatty kept shaking. Someone beside him held him up, or he would have fallen. I pulled the Fatty's arm, signaling him not to care and not to fight.
The Fatty nodded and stepped back, looking at that distant uncle out of the corner of his eye. I roughly understood that since things hadn't been going smoothly recently, these people blamed me and thought I was the cause.
Those people were shouting for me to get out, and some even wanted me to disappear from the world. Didn't that mean they wanted me dead? I smiled. These people were really interesting.
"I'd like to ask all of you, have you ever regarded my parents as family? Have you ever regarded me as family? You only care about yourselves and nothing else."
"You even killed your own relatives. What right do you have to teach me? Who gave you the power? Have you thought about the consequences of saying such things to me?" I really couldn't be polite to these people.
"You ungrateful brat, talking to your elders like this." A woman shrieked. "You're really a disaster."
"Who are you, auntie?" The Fatty pushed her, and the woman sat on the ground and wailed. The people around started scolding the Fatty again. The words they said were really ugly.
The Fatty kept smiling. Then, he started fighting. The scene instantly turned chaotic. The crowd was in a melee, and everyone was fighting someone.
Someone grabbed me and started hitting me. Later, more and more people joined in. I was completely unable to fight back.
"Someone's going to die!" a man shouted.