Ms. Diviner: The Prodigal Daughter's Return-Chapter 1053: Resolving the Misunderstanding with Money
Seeing Fang Zijun and others wearing the Holy Dragon Academy’s sword robes, Qiu Pinghao and the rest quickly put away their fists.
"What is going on here?" Fang Zijun asked with a serious expression.
"Brother Fang, please stand up for us! These people claim to belong to the Qiu Family of East State County and the Wu Family of Anyang County. Relying on a bit of influence in the county, they completely disregard our Beijing Families, and even dare to attack people." Mu Zexian said, clutching his chest with a pale face.
"Oh no, my leg is broken! Someone, come quick, my leg is broken." Another Mu Family’s disciple cried, rolling around on the ground holding his leg.
"Oh dear, my organs are shattered, my meridians broken, I can’t survive, can’t survive, puh..." Mu Zeran exaggerated further, spitting out a mouthful of bright red... bright red watermelon juice. Yes, watermelon juice. Didn’t you see the watermelon seeds still stuck to the corner of his mouth?
Fang Zijun felt a headache coming on. He was from the Fang Family, one of the Eight Great Families, though only a side branch, he recognized Mu Zexian and the others, knowing their nature.
If it were anyone else causing trouble during the admissions selection, he could have them kicked out immediately. But it was this bunch of small playboys from the Mu Family making trouble, so he couldn’t act rashly. Moreover, they were the victims, one by one with "broken arms and legs," and one with shattered organs and broken meridians, spitting watermelon juice all over.
Seeing those black watermelon seeds, Fang Zijun felt a chill. He wasn’t blind; how could he not see that this bunch of playboys from the Mu Family were pretending? If they’re going to pretend, at least make it convincing, right? At least spit out the watermelon seeds?
Previously, the Mu Family only had a porcelain doll, Jade Baby, Mu Hanyan. Now, it turned out they had all learned it!
"You, you’re slandering us! Clearly, you attacked us first." Seeing Mu Zexian and others being the villains, Qiu Pinghao cursed with his two panda-like eyes.
"Who said we attacked first? Which eye of yours saw us attacking first?" Mu Zexian retorted.
"With so many people around watching, you still dare to deny it?" Qiu Pinghao said, looking around the crowd, only to be dumbfounded.
The crowd that had gathered to watch the drama had for some reason all retreated two zhang away, all looking at nothing with a face that said, "I didn’t see anything."
What a joke. They were all citizens of the Capital; it was impossible for them to offend nobles like Mu Zexian and other playboys. Previously, before Mu Hanyan came to the Capital, this group of small playboys from the Mu Family was a major scourge. It was only after Mu Hanyan came that they were outshone and became a bit more honest.
Besides, the other parties were not good people either. They lost the bet yet dared to renege, and tore up the betting slip in public. They were clearly treating the citizens of the Capital like fools.
The playboys are all playboys, after all, they would prefer the Capital playboys to keep face rather than let outsiders make them lose face. With this in mind, they were actually hoping that Qiu Pinghao and his group would suffer a little.
Only now did Qiu Pinghao remember that this wasn’t East State County, nor was it Anyang County, but the Capital. Even a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake; how could the ordinary citizens dare to speak for them?
"Brother Fang, you saw just now as well. These people, relying on their family power, dared to injure my Mu Family’s disciples severely. If you cannot provide justice for my Mu Family today, we will seek justice ourselves." Mu Zexian chuckled and said.
Fang Zijun felt even more troubled. Although he knew the nature of Mu Zexian and others, from what he saw, it was indeed Qiu Pinghao and others starting the fight; he couldn’t exactly claim otherwise.
"You... you’re from the Mu Family?" Qiu Pinghao and the others’ faces changed. They initially thought Mu Hanyan was unwelcomed in the Zong Family, abandoned by all, so they dared to disregard him. But unexpectedly, just a few taunts led to being besieged by Mu Family’s disciples, and things seemed not as expected.
Mu Zexian, head held high, ignored him.
"Take them into custody first, and deal with it after the admissions selection ends." Fang Zijun pointed at Qiu Pinghao and the others and ordered.
At the end of the day, he was just a side-branch disciple of the Fang Family, although he was a disciple of the Long Yan Academy, his talent was only average. Sooner or later, he would have to leave the Academy. Why would he offend a group of Mu Family’s small playboys over such a minor issue? Besides, the "facts" were that a few noble family’s sons from an outer county had blatantly injured Mu Family’s disciples, and the people present were clearly siding with the Mu Family, certainly not speaking for the other side. Why should he bother? Why seek trouble?
"Sir, it’s a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding." Qiu Pinghao and his group finally panicked. They were just here with their seniors to watch the fun. If they were taken back by the Dragon Academy and only released after the selection, it would surely be ridiculed by other families. At that time, it wouldn’t be a surprise if their own Family Head broke their bones.
"Is it really a misunderstanding?" Fang Zijun snorted coldly, looking at Mu Zexian. Evading trouble is better than inviting it; he hoped it was a misunderstanding, but whether it was or not depended on what Mu Zexian and the group of playboys said.
"It really is a misunderstanding. We merely wanted to spar with Brother Mu and others; didn’t expect to lose control, we ask Brother Mu to forgive us." Qiu Pinghao said pleadingly, looking at Mu Zexian.
"Lost control? My third brother has his leg broken, my fourth brother his arm, and my second brother has shattered organs and broken meridians. You want to brush it off with ’lost control’?" Mu Zexian persistently argued.
Hearing this, the Mu Family’s disciple with a broken arm screamed even more melodiously, while the one with the broken leg rolled even more enthusiastically. If no one pulled him up, he might roll from one end of the square to the other.
As for Mu Zeran... the seeds of watermelon around his mouth grew in number.
"I’ll compensate, isn’t that enough?" Qiu Pinghao said with an expression of despair.
Is there no justice? Clearly, we’re the ones beaten to resemble pig heads; we hadn’t even landed a punch, yet they’ve already collapsed. Now we have to compensate them?
Even a fool would realize that they were being tricked.
Capital playboys are so shameless, aren’t they?
Unfortunately, they had been in the Capital too short a time to hear about the reputation of the Big Playboy Mu porcelain doll, Jade Baby, otherwise they would have known what true shamelessness is.
As they spoke, Qiu Pinghao and others took out silver notes. Since they were brought to the Capital by their family elders, these playboys naturally held a high status within their clan, and since it was a rare visit to the Capital, they certainly brought plenty of silver notes; each carried hundreds of thousands of taels.
"It really is a misunderstanding. Alright, Brother Fang, you’re off the hook, go about your business." Mu Zexian gleefully grabbed the silver notes from Qiu Pinghao’s hands and said.
