“Enough of your nonsense,” said the bearded man. Then, he shouted in a rage, “Do you guys even have a brain?! Why did you step into the trap of the Longquan Villa?”

This man really is a jerk! My first reaction was to beat this guy up. However, Senior Shu looked very scared of the bearded man. He looked at him with respect and ignored the insults.

“Will our Zhang family take action?” asked Senior Shu.

The bearded man’s tone eased. “You two are the last descendants of two branches of the Zhang family. If something bad happened to you, it would have affected the Zhang family as a whole. That’s why I had to save you.”

Then, the bearded man looked into the distance with icy cold eyes. “The Longquan Villa provoked us first this time. They better not blame me for being ruthless…”

He then asked us to wait for him in the cottage and left.

“Li Mazi, what about the villagers? How is the situation?”

“The villagers are under control. That bearded man brought a group of experts with...