Tian Jing looked down at him and said coldly, "Of course not. Tian Lixiang is under my protection now. If you dare to scold him, you're not giving me face. If you don't give me face, why should I give you face?"
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"With so many of you coming to the home of someone you've severed ties with, with such disgusting intentions, you think you can leave here intact? No way."
"The Li family gate is not a place you can enter and leave as you please. If you want to leave, you must have my permission, regardless of age or gender."
Tian Ligui helped his elder brother up. "Tian Jing, don't brag. Are you really sure that you alone can stop us? What if one of us manages to escape the courtyard gate safely?"
"Oh ho," Tian Jing said sarcastically, "I didn't expect the Tian family to produce a clever opportunist like you. You don't need to provoke me. If even one person escapes the courtyard without being beaten by me."
"I guarantee I will explain to the commune that the kudzu powder and sweet potato vermicelli are the Tian family's secret recipe. I will apologize to the Tian family and compensate them."
"Your purpose in coming here isn't just for money? Without the lure of profit, no one could have persuaded you."
Tian Ligui's face was calm. "It's a deal."
"Of course, I'm not like you untrustworthy Tian family members. When you stamped your fingerprints on the severance agreement, you were all smiling. How long has it been? You've already pretended it never happened."
"Good, then..."
"Wait." Tian Jing raised her hand to stop him. "Li Zhengguo, hold down Tian Lixiang. That kid isn't exactly trustworthy either."
Li Zhengguo immediately grabbed Tian Lixiang. Earlier, he thought Tian Tian had some feelings for this kid. It turned out he was just a tool to provoke discord within the Tian family.
Tian Jing looked at Tian Ligui's darkening face and smiled. "Let's begin. You can all try to break through together."
Tian Ligui squeezed his elder brother's hand and gestured to the Tian family members behind him. "Tian Jing agrees we can charge together, so let's charge. Let's see if we can get out of the Li family gate."
Tian Lifu and Tian Ligui both lunged at Tian Jing.
Tian Wen and Tian Wu led the charge, shielding their mother and two aunts as they walked out.
The villagers outside the courtyard watched the Li family courtyard gate with excitement and tension. However, after a burst of screams, the thrilling scene didn't appear. Only a group of Tian family members lay on the ground in the courtyard.
Tian Wen and Tian Wu felt something trip their feet and immediately fell backward, landing squarely on the three female elders behind them.
As for Tian Lifu and Tian Ligui, who were sacrificing themselves, Tian Jing grabbed them one by one and slammed them to the ground. This time, she used eighty percent of her strength.
Tian Lifu and Tian Ligui felt like their internal organs had shifted, lying on the ground, unable to even cry out in pain.
Tian Wen and Tian Wu quickly got up. "Tian Jing, you're cheating! You didn't even lay a hand on us, you used something to trip us!"
"Are your brains malfunctioning?"
Tian Jing looked at her two older cousins, who in the original owner's memory had always been inscrutable, with surprise. "With seven of you and only me, am I not allowed to use my limbs? I didn't agree to only use my hands and not my feet! Unless I have seven hands."
Hahahahaha.
Laughter erupted from outside the courtyard at the opportune moment, making the two brothers furious. They exchanged glances and attacked in unison.
The next second, they lay side-by-side with Tian Lifu and Tian Ligui, and of course, alongside Ding Aihua and her two sisters-in-law.
If she hadn't been afraid of crushing Tian Lifu and Tian Ligui and preventing them from leaving, and perhaps even using the opportunity to tarnish Li Min's reputation, Tian Jing would have surely made them form a human pyramid.
Ding Aihua, Chen Yun, and Zhang Mei stared blankly at the four strong young men lying beside them.
Had Tian Jing really defeated four strong young men by herself? And she looked so calm and collected.
Should they fight?
The three sisters-in-law looked at each other, got up, and said, "Jing Yatou, we concede."
"Alright, you can concede, but you have to leave something behind."
Tian Jing seemed very accommodating. Ding Aihua and her two sisters-in-law walked closer to her. "Tell us, what should we leave behind?"
As they spoke, the three women approached Tian Jing. Once they were close, they attacked Tian Jing from the high, middle, and low routes.
Tian Jing chuckled lightly and swung her body. Without even using her hands, the three women fell into a tangled heap.
"I said, Tian family members have no credibility. You concede and then try to cheat. Lixiang, I was genuinely going to give you something to eat, but I didn't expect you to be a traitor."
Failing to escape and being held down by Li Zhengguo, Tian Lixiang, who was struggling, immediately shouted, "Sister Jing, it was Brother Ligui who taught me. I really didn't want to betray you."
"A wretch, without any principles."
Tian Jing said to Mother Li, who was spacing out in the main hall, "Mother-in-law, please bring out a piece of chicken cake and a piece of shortbread."
"Oh." Mother Li snapped back from her daughter-in-law's power and immediately went into the east room, quickly returning with two items.
Tian Jing took the items from her mother-in-law and handed them to Tian Lixiang. "I promised you, if I met someone with money by chance, I'd treat you to something delicious. Now, I'm keeping my promise."
"From now on, like all the Tian family members, don't acknowledge me again. I won't acknowledge you. Just like these Tian family members on the ground, don't come in front of me again calling me Sister Jing affectionately. I can't afford to have a brother like you who repeatedly betrays me."
Tian Lixiang happily took the two items. "Thank you, Jing..."
Seeing Tian Jing's expression change, he quickly corrected himself, "Thank you, Miss Tian Jing."
Tian Jing sighed. If Tian Lixiang were properly cultivated, he would definitely be a master flatterer, best at reading people's expressions.
Tian Jing waved her hand disdainfully. "Stop lying on the ground, all of you. Hurry up and leave. I'll count to three. If you don't leave, then you'll 'never leave'!"
She emphasized the words "never leave," which terrified the seven people on the ground, who quickly scrambled up and rushed out of the Li family gate.
Tian Jing pulled Tian Lixiang to the entrance of the Li family courtyard. "Zhang Mei, you don't want your son?"
Zhang Mei finally steadied herself. "Didn't you say..."
"You didn't agree when I said it, and Tian Lixiang also disappointed me. So... do you want him or not? If you don't, someone else will."
Zhang Mei reached out and pulled her son, then quickly chased after the Tian family.
Tian Jing looked around at the villagers watching the commotion outside the courtyard and released a bit of her aura. "Do you understand the meaning of 'killing the chicken to scare the monkey'?"
With that, she turned and entered the courtyard, closing the gate.
The loud bang of the closing gate startled the villagers, who had been stunned by Tian Jing.
They touched the cold sweat on their backs, filled with apprehension. Who was this wife of Zhengguo? Her aura was so terrifying.
Outside the crowd, Li Aiguo and Er Laizi shivered in unison and stood up straight.
When Tian Jing's gaze swept over them just now, they felt as if they were facing the pressure of a great mountain, causing their knees to bend, almost forcing them to kneel.
Er Laizi glanced at Li Aiguo and immediately turned to run home. Tian Jing was too terrifying. He had a wife now, and he wanted to live a good life.
Li Aiguo, however, grinned. Good, if he could conquer a woman like this, wouldn't he surpass his cousin?