Guan Xubai sat on the tricycle, listening to the faint, intermittent wails and pleas for mercy coming from the small grove. The corner of his mouth twitched. He didn't need to see it to imagine the brutal beating the old man was receiving at the hands of his Brother Nan Yu.
Guan Xubai smiled in the direction where Nan Yu had disappeared and comfortably smoothed out his clothes. To be honest, Guan Xubai felt that the current Nan Yu was doing just fine. In the past, Nan Yu had lived too constrained a life; even Guan Xubai had felt stifled on his behalf. Although Nan Yu was quite violent now—resorting to physical action at the slightest disagreement—he no longer had to put up with being pushed around. It was a good change.
Guan Xubai sat quietly, watching the scenery while listening to the sporadic wailing from the woods. It wasn't until the cries grew increasingly faint that Nan Yu emerged from the grove. Dusting off his clothes as he walked, Nan Yu approached the tricycle and said to Guan Xubai with a smile, "Did you get bored waiting?"
Chapter 72