Xia Lin didn't want to let down his mother's deep love for him, so he forced himself to eat the food. As expected, he overate.
"Master, Xiaoyuan, and Qiuzi, let's take a walk in the garden. I'm so stuffed," Xia Lin said. Qiuzi was delighted. "Young master, it's been ages since I last took a walk in the garden. I wonder if the flowers in our general's mansion garden are still as beautiful?"
Xia Lin tapped Qiuzi on the head. "Are you stupid? What season is it now? Winter! Where are the flowers in winter? We're going to the garden just for a walk, not to look at the flowers. Master, Xiaoyuan, let's go. Ignore this idiot Qiuzi!"
"Hey? Young master, wait for me! Wait for me!"
After the walk, Xia Lin slept soundly that night. The next day, he got up early and planned to go to the market with his master and the others.
"Hurry up. There's a magic show over there. Let's go and have a look."
Xia Lin was extremely excited. He ran ahead while Jiang Yun and the others chased after him. Compared with the leisurely Jiang Yun and Ling Yuan, Qiuzi was out of breath, as he had no martial arts skills or internal energy.
Just as Xia Lin was running forward, he heard the miserable cries of an animal. Following the sound, he saw a wealthy young master abusing a puppy.
The puppy was surrounded by the young master's lackeys and couldn't escape. It endured the kicks and beatings from the young master, crying pitifully. Xia Lin even saw tears in its eyes.
Animals are spiritual too. Seeing this cute but dirty puppy being abused like this, Xia Lin couldn't bear it. He picked up a bamboo basket and threw it hard at the wealthy young master.
"Ouch! Who? Who threw that at me? Do you want to die?" The young master kicked the basket away and looked around at the onlookers. They all shook their heads, indicating they weren't the ones who threw it.
Then the young master saw a delicate 15 - or 16 - year - old boy walking towards him and saying, "It was your grandpa who threw it. So what?"
Qiuzi saw this and commented, "When did the young master start talking so... so casually?"
Ling Yuan gave him a glare and looked at Jiang Yun. "Master, shouldn't we go and help the young master?"
Jiang Yun shook his head. "No. Let Xiaolin try to solve the problem independently. That way, if there's ever a time when we're not around him, he can be more self - reliant and brave. If he can't handle it, we'll go and help him later."
"You... How dare you! All of you, go and beat him to death!"
Xia Lin used his light - body skill to dodge the lackeys and pointed at the wealthy young master. "Hey, it's so despicable of you to gang up on me. If you have the guts, fight me one - on - one! Otherwise, I'll look down on you. You're just scared of me. You're a piece of trash!"
Xia Lin handed the puppy to Qiuzi to take care of and continued to provoke the wealthy young master. According to the onlookers, this young master was a bully who had previously forced several civilian girls to be his concubines. Xia Lin was extremely angry. Lustful, violent, and fond of abusing dogs. What a scum!
Xia Lin's provocation worked. Unfortunately, the wealthy young master didn't know any martial arts, but one of his lackeys did. That lackey didn't seem to like the young master very much, but he had to follow his orders for some reason.
"If you lose, you'll crawl under my crotch!"
Xia Lin wasn't afraid of him. "If you lose, you'll kneel down and kowtow three times to me!"