Chapter 237

I knew that if I confronted that old gentleman head-on, I would certainly be no match for him. Thus, I seized the opportunity to bow out, pretending I had been shoved aside by Ding Mo. Once outside the main gate, Ding Mo shut it behind him and turned to apologize. He explained that his second brother—the one known as Stubborn Donkey—was a genius among the younger generation of the Ding family. He had been groomed by the family since childhood, yet he had been gone for so many days that there hadn’t been a single word from him, and he hadn't even come home for the New Year. Since the two of us had suddenly shown up to report a death—and the death of Stubborn Donkey at that—and given his grandfather’s volatile temper...