The Liu Family had been searching for Liu Junxing, as he would never be gone for so long.
Especially after asking everyone and finding that no one knew his whereabouts, Liu Yici and the others began to panic.
Fortunately, just as everyone grew anxious, there was finally news.
—Liu Junxing was at Shi Family!
"When did my father go to the Shi Family? Why didn't he inform the family?" Liu Yici didn't understand, but she had no time to think further and immediately rushed to the Shi Family to bring her father back.
Thus, she didn't notice the strange looks on others' faces.
After following her mother and brothers to the Shi Family, she saw an absurd scene.
—The third young master of the Shi Family was holding Liu Junxing tightly, shouting "This is my wife", occasionally kissing him, then grinning foolishly.
That wasn't all. From time to time, he would slap Liu Junxing hard.
After slapping him, he would continue hugging and kissing Liu Junxing, looking both mad and foolish, contradictory and terrifying.
Liu Junxing was left with only tattered clothing barely covering his body. The exposed parts were covered in unspeakable bruises, and his face bore various marks from being sucked on.
Moreover, his hands and feet were clearly broken. His expression was full of pain, yet he couldn't move at all.
"Father!"
Liu Yici gasped in shock.
The others also wore expressions of disbelief.
Especially Liu Junxing's wife, Lü Jiayue, who gasped, turned pale, closed her eyes, and collapsed to the ground.
"Mother!" The eldest son, Liu Yizhe, hurriedly caught her.
"Mother!" The younger son, Liu Yifeng, panicked as well.
"S-save me…"
Held tightly by the third young master, Liu Junxing could only hoarsely call for help.
"Let go of my father!" Liu Yici shouted at the third young master in anger and shock.
But as soon as she stepped forward, the third young master's expression changed. He glared viciously at her and bared his teeth like a beast guarding its food, looking extremely ferocious.
At the same time, he tightened his hold on Liu Junxing, who felt as if his bones were creaking.
"Father!" Liu Yici panicked and looked to her elder brother Liu Yizhe for help.
Liu Yizhe looked at the members of the Shi Family, his chest heaving, his face dark and grim, "Let my father go!"
He could've never imagined that his father would suffer such humiliation!
The parents of the third young master also came out, their faces full of helplessness.
"It's not that we won't release him, it's that Tianjie simply won't let us get close!"
Madam Shi looked distressed and at a loss, "If we approach, he'll keep attacking the Liu Family elder. We also have no choice!"
Liu Yizhe's face grew even darker, "What exactly is going on? When did the third young master become this insane?!"
Madam Shi's expression stiffened for a moment, she didn't want to hear others call her son insane after all.
But given the situation, the Shi Family was in the wrong.
She sniffled, "I don't know how this happened. When we woke up this morning, we found the Liu Family elder already in Tianjie's room."
"How could you not know!" Liu Yizhe's expression was extremely grim. "This is your own home!"
Master Shi, Shi Zhiying, held his wife and said gravely, "Someone bypassed the Shi Family's defenses and sneaked in!"
Liu Yifeng exclaimed, "Wasn't your Shi Family's defense supposed to be very strong? Now someone can actually sneak in?! What if one day someone malicious enters, wouldn't your whole family be wiped out?!"
As soon as he said this, everyone's expressions turned ugly.
Especially the Shi Family, whose faces became twisted.
What did he mean by the whole family being wiped out? That was too harsh!
Shi Zhiying glared at Liu Yifeng, suppressing his anger as he explained, "Whoever managed to enter our Shi Family without a sound must be a very powerful array master!"
The Shi Family had a protective formation, set up at great expense by a master, meant to keep ill-intentioned intruders out.
But last night, they had detected nothing at all.
Anyone capable of this must be an array master, and they must be a very powerful one!
"An array master?" Liu Yizhe frowned. "Did your family offend an array master?"
"Shouldn't it be your family that offended one?" the second young master of the Shi Family, Shi Tianyan, said coldly.
Shi Tianyan and Shi Tianjie were twins.
"Tianyan!" Shi Zhiying frowned and glared at his second son.
Shi Tianyan looked unwilling, "If we offended an array master, why would they bring Liu Jun…Uncle Liu here?"
Glancing at Liu Junxing being tightly held by his brother, Shi Tianyan averted his gaze, unable to look at the sight.
A grown adult man treated like this, it was simply too miserable.
But responsibility needed to be clearly assigned, this should be the work of the Liu Family's enemies.
"If we offended an array master, why wouldn't they go to our house?" Liu Yizhe's face also darkened.
He could hear their attempts to shift responsibility.
"Maybe they did, and you just didn't know?" Shi Tianyan said.
After all, that was an array master.
If they truly wanted to avoid detection, who could notice?
"You!"
"Enough, stop arguing!" Shi Zhiying stepped forward. "Now is not the time for this, let's separate them first!"
Everyone's gaze returned to Shi Tianjie and Liu Junxing.
"Knock him out!" Liu Yifeng urged anxiously.
"No!" Madam Shi immediately refused. "You can't be so rough! Otherwise, Tianjie will become even worse than before…"
Every time Shi Tianjie was knocked unconscious, he would become more violent upon waking up and might even harm himself.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been stuck in this stalemate for so long.
"If we don't knock him out, what do we do?" The Liu Family grew frantic. "Can't you see how much my father is suffering?! My father's life matters too!"
The two families nearly started arguing again.
In the end, after exhausting every idea, they finally coaxed Shi Tianjie into releasing Liu Junxing.
By the time they rescued Liu Junxing, he was barely breathing.
The Liu Family looked at Shi Tianjie with complicated expressions.
Especially Liu Yici, whose heart was filled with fear.
She knew Shi Tianjie was mad, but she hadn't expected him to be this crazy!
She must stay far away from such a lunatic!
No one had the time to worry about anything else, and they quickly sent Liu Junxing to a medical hall to find a physician.
Both families fell into chaos, especially the Liu Family. Many people saw Liu Junxing's condition and couldn't help but spread the news outside.
With Chu Jingzhuo and the others fanning the flames and exaggerating the story, soon, rumors of a "scandal" between the Shi and Liu families spread everywhere.
By the time the Liu Family learned of it, it was already common knowledge.
They were furious and declared that they would find the mastermind behind it.
But before they could take action, while the Liu Family was in turmoil, a guard reported, "All the spirit poultry and spirit livestock at the breeding grounds are gone!"
"Gone?!"
Everyone was nearly driven mad with anger.
But before they could investigate, Liu Junxing suddenly vomited.
Seeing him clutch his mouth and retch, everyone fell silent.
Then, they all sucked in a breath, their expressions turning horrified.
—He wouldn't be pregnant, right?!