Chapter 578
The next day, Ouyang Duo showed up at Commoner Residence with some gifts and requested to see
Nan Zhengde.
Due to the close rtionship between the two families, Nan Zhengde had no reason not to see him.
The gifts he brought included famous calligraphy art, wild ginseng, and some high-quality bird''s nest.
Besides, with the Lunar New Year just around the corner, it made perfect sense for Ouyang Duo to pay
Nan Zhengde a visit before returning to Pearl City for the celebration.
Seeing as Ouyang Duo hade with such expensive gifts, it was only natural for Nan Zhengde to
give them an equally generous wee.
Because Ouyang Duo brought his wife and daughter over, Nan Zhengde summoned Nan Chen and
Nan Xing back home to apany them.
Just like that, Nan Chen and Nan Xing were both called back home on short notice to prepare a feast
for their guests.
Ouyang Duo was nning on observing the Nan family members'' reactions before deciding on his
approach.
Hostile behavior from Nan Zhengde would indicate that the rtionship between the two families has
been ruined. If that were the case, Ouyang Duo would immediately go on the offensive and demand an
exnation for letting Ouyang Qing get hurt.
However, Nan Zhengde''s friendly attitude suggested that everything was all right, so Ouyang Duo
adjusted his strategy and reminisced about old times with Nan Zhengde instead.
As the two families have been close for generations, they had plenty of topics to talk about.
They were in the middle of having a pleasant conversation when Nan Xing came home, and the
atmosphere in the house changed instantly.
Despite Nan Chen''s reminders to y it cool, Nan Xing''s anger still got the better of him. He ruined the
mood by ignoring Ouyang Duo and Ouyang Qing when he saw them.
“Xing!” Nan Zhengde called out to him and motioned for him to greet their guests politely.
“What is it, Nan Xing?” he asked deliberately.
“What''s the matter, Nan Xing? Are you going to pretend that you don''t know me? Or are you just going
to ignore my presencepletely?”
Being the cunning person that he was, Ouyang Duo initiated the conversation to make things less
awkward.
“Oh, hello, Mr. Ouyang,” Nan Xing greeted him with a nod, his tone as cold as ice.
“You won''t even call me ''Uncle'' anymore? I haven''t done anything to offend you, have I?” Ouyang Duo
asked with a smile.
Nan Xing simply kept quiet and refused to respond.
“My dad is talking to you, Nan Xing.” Ouyang Qing couldn''t stand it any longer.
If this is the kind of attitude you show my dad, then it''s obvious you don''t have much respect for me
either!
“Oh,” Nan Xing mumbled as he poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip of it.
“Xing, pour Mr. Ouyang some tea as well,” Nan Zhengde said.
“I''ll go to the kitchen and check if the food is ready, Grandpa.”
Not wanting to serve Ouyang Duo tea, Nan Xing got up and prepared to leave the living room.
“I have a question for you, Nan Xing.”
Ouyang Duo was getting a little angry at how rude Nan Xing was being.
“We can talk about itter. I''m a little busy right now,” Nan Xing replied.
“Stop right there, Xing! What on earth has gotten into you today? Why are you being so rude?” Nan
Zhengde shouted angrily.
Although he could afford to disrespect Ouyang Duo, he couldn''t afford to do the same with Nan
Zhengde.
As such, Nan Xing had no choice but to pause in his tracks.
“I''m sorry, my grandson has been rather irritabletely. Please don''t take offense at his attitude!” Nan
Zhengde apologized with a smile.
This is strange... I know that Nan Xing is usually carefree and irresponsible, but he isn''t the kind to be
so rude to people! Did something happen to him?
Ouyang Duo let out a chuckle. “It''s fine! Young people like him tend to be a little hot-headed at times,
after all!”
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“Please, feel free to ask him anything. If he knows the answer to it, I will make sure he answers you
honestly!” Nan Zhengde said.
“Qing went out on a dinner date with youst night, Nan Xing. Would you mind exining to me why
she came home with so many wounds on her face?” Ouyang Duo asked.
What? Did Nan Xing hit Ouyang Qing?
Nan Zhengde was shocked to hear that. Although he didn''t like Ouyang Qing after that stunt Erbao and
Dabao pulled, hurting her was still something he could not ept.
“Why don''t you ask her what happened? Besides, I''m pretty sure you know very well what happened,”
Nan Xing replied coldly.
“I asked Qing about it, but she just kept crying without saying a word. While it isn''t my ce to interfere
with the affairs of your generation, I believe I deserve an exnation for how she got injured. Wouldn''t
you agree?” Ouyang Duo responded in an equally cold tone.
Nan Xing was about to go off at him, but held himself back when he recalled Nan Chen''s reminder to
control his temper.
“You sure know how to put up a good act!” he muttered.
“You haven''t answered my question. What on earth happened to my daughter?” Ouyang Duo pressed
on.
“Answer the question properly, Nan Xing! What happenedst night?” Nan Zhengde chimed in as well.
“I''ll exin this to you at ater time, Grandpa. I''m not in the mood for this right now,” Nan Xing said
impatiently.
The mere sight of the Ouyang family members disgusted him to the core, and he wanted nothing more
than to kick them all out of the house.
“Hey, Nan Xing! You wouldn''t happen to be the one who gave my sister these wounds, would you?”
Ouyang Qi, who had been silently scrolling through his phone the whole time, interrupted the
conversation all of a sudden.
D*mn it, why would you butt in now? I want to hear from Nan Xing what he thinks aboutst night''s
incident! Ouyang Duo thought to himself when he heard that.
He wasn''t nning on bringing Ouyang Qi over at first, but it would be strange for him to visit them with
just his daughter. As such, Ouyang Duo had no choice but to bring Ouyang Qi along for the sake of
maintaining a normal appearance.
Ouyang Qi had been silently ying a video game on his phone the whole time, but decided to join in
the conversation after ending a match in the game.
Ouyang Qi walked up to Nan Xing and red fiercely at him as he continued, “Well? Say something,
Nan Xing! Did you really hit my sister? You could''ve just said so if you don''t like her! How dare youy
your stinking hands on her like this, huh?”
“F*ck off! I didn''t hit her!” Nan Xing shouted angrily.
“Then exin those wounds on her face!” Ouyang Qi pressed on persistently, much to Ouyang Duo''s
dismay.
D*mn it, why did you have to speak up and ruin my perfect n? Have you not done enough?
“I told you, I didn''t hit her! I don''t want to discuss this topic any further! If you want answers, go ask her
yourself!” Nan Xing snapped back at him angrily.
Realizing that something was definitely fishy about this whole incident, Nan Zhengde asked Ouyang
Qing, “What happened, Qing? Let me know if Nan Xing has done something to wrong you. I won''t let
him off the hook easily!”
“Nan Xing and I were having dinner at a restaurant, and then a bunch of men came in and attacked us.
One of them stabbed him in the arm with a knife, so I panicked and tried to help him out. They beat me
up and threw Nan Xing into the river. I kept looking for him along the river, but I couldn''t find him
anywhere. I tried calling him today, but he wouldn''t answer my calls either!” Ouyang Qing replied while
sobbing.
Nan Zhengde gasped in shock. What? Someone tried to stab a member of our family?
“Why didn''t you tell me about something this serious?” he asked anxiously.
“Don''t worry, Grandpa. I didn''t tell you because it wasn''t a big deal.”
It was Nan Chen''s idea to keep it a secret from Nan Zhengde so as to not worry him, but Ouyang Duo
foiled his ns by showing up and exposing everything.