Signing In At The Civil Affairs Bureau, I Was Rewarded With A Gorgeous Wife

"Wei Lao... Wei Lao... would you please reconsider?"

Bai Jingbing dared not obstruct him and could only follow while pleading, "Causing such a fuss later will just provide entertainment for the younger generations!"

"Committing such despicable acts and yet afraid of others talking?"

Wei Lao glanced sideways at Bai Jingbing and said, "Stop your useless babbling, otherwise, you'll be the first I beat!"

Realizing the gravity of the situation, Bai Jingbing immediately clamped his mouth shut tight.

Upon reaching the front courtyard, they first encountered Bai Haoxue aimlessly wandering about. Wei Lao marched up and grabbed the collar of his clothes. Bai Haoxue, having been shocked beyond measure that day, shivered. His neck stiffened as he turned around, and upon seeing it was Wei Lao, his face twisted into a bitter smile.

"Wei... Wei Lao, what matter requires your illustrious presence..."

"Cut the nonsense, where is Bai Lao Daren!"

"Not... I don't know..."

Bai Haoxue stammered, "He should be back in his room resting, I guess..."

Wei Lao, bristling with murderous intent, dragged Bai Haoxue all the way to Bai Weiguo's room.

Bystanders from the Bai family froze, stunned by the scene before them. Wei Lao typically didn't receive visitors at this time and would have secluded himself in his courtyard for cultivation. Today, he looked furious!

Upon reaching the door to Bai Weiguo's room, Wei Lao didn't even consider knocking, instead, he kicked it open like some overlord. Explore hidden tales at empire

At that moment, Bai Weiguo was at the table, practicing his brush calligraphy, almost finishing the character for "endure" when the loud kick startled him, causing his hand to twitch and ruining the entire character.

"Who dares to be so bold!!!"

Bai Weiguo cursed angrily, but was dumbstruck as he turned around, "Wei Lao, what brings you here?"

"If I didn't come, your prodigal ways would soon ruin the Bai family!"

Wei Lao, in a rage, snapped a tree branch down on the table, and it instantly split in two with a thunderous crash.

Bai Jingbing hurriedly closed the door, thinking this would look bad with a crowd of juniors outside watching. If the elder brother got beaten up, wouldn't it completely undermine the family head's dignity!

"Wei Lao... I haven't done anything wrong recently..."

Bai Weiguo involuntarily took a couple of steps back. With the old man away, Wei Lao held the highest status in the household.

"You still have the face to say that?"

Wei Lao snorted coldly, "What are you planning to do about this boy's matter?"

Bai Weiguo, seeing Bai Haoxue hiding behind, felt a pang in his heart. Damn it, could it be that the second brother, discontent with his actions, went to complain to Wei Lao???

This was going to hurt him badly!!!

"Bai... Bai Haoxue's behavior was improper. Punish him by having him reflect behind closed doors for half a year..."

"And then what?"

"There's nothing... else..."

"Nothing else?!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Lao's eyebrows shot up, and he railed against Bai Weiguo, "Bai Haoxue is your brother, isn't Bai Qiu your sister? Why should Qiu'er be punished upon returning home while you let off this bastard so easily after stirring up so much trouble!"

"I also have my difficulties..."

"Nonsense! It seems your heart has completely gone to your grandmother's house!"

Wei Lao lifted the tree branch and lashed it across Bai Weiguo's back, "This lash is for your abuse of the family head's power!"

Bai Weiguo instantly felt a surge of pain engulfing his body, and he stood grimacing in place, not daring to dodge; running away or fighting back while being beaten, if the old man found out, he would likely be beaten even harder!

There was no helping it, Wei Lao had special privileges in the Bai family!

"The second lash is for your blindness! For failing to distinguish right from wrong!"

"Old Wei...I know I was wrong! Bai Haoxue is all yours to deal with, do as you please with me, and I won't say a word!"

Bai Weiguo hastily begged for mercy.

Yet, Old Wei's third lash had already descended, "The third lash is for your indecisiveness! You have no stand at all! As the head of the family, even if there's an abyss ahead, you must steel yourself and push through! If your father had been as cowardly as you, the Bai Family would have been devoured down to the last crumb long ago!"

"The fourth lash...I can't think of a good reason for the fourth, it's just because I find you disagreeable!"

After four lashes, Bai Weiguo was sprawled on the ground, breathing heavily in pain, it hurt so much!!

This was pain that a normal person could not possibly endure!

At this moment, he felt a bit of admiration for Song Yun, a man who had taken fifty lashes from Old Wei and was hopping around the very next day, truly frightening!!!

"Bai Haoxue!"

Old Wei bellowed, and Bai Haoxue fell to his knees with a thud, quaking as he shouted, "Junior knows his wrongdoing..."

"You do nothing productive all day, loitering away your time, but my Bai Family can afford to support a useless person. Yet, you had to cause such a big mess! How could you bear to do it!"

Old Wei's tiger-like eyes widened, and he lashed out at Bai Haoxue with the whip as if it cost him nothing.

Bai Haoxue writhed in pain on the ground, continuously emitting wails.

After an unknown number of lashes, the branch finally broke from the strain. Old Wei snorted coldly and casually threw away the branch, saying, "Once your injuries heal, you'll be under house arrest for a year! You are to copy the Four Books and Five Classics a hundred times! If you offend again, you'll be expelled from the family! Do you have any complaints?"

"Junior…has none…"

Seeing that Bai Haoxue was barely breathing, yet he still managed to reply softly.

"Hmph, Bai Weiguo, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're acting as the head of the family. If you continue this nonsense, I'll come to whip you every day!"

"Junior understands..."

Old Wei dusted off his hands and pushed open the door; the Bai Family members outside who had been enjoying the spectacle scattered in an instant.

"Someone come and take Bai Haoxue to the hospital!"

Bai Jingbing yelled out, and soon several tall and strong members of the Bai Family came in, lifted Bai Haoxue, and ran off, thoughtfully closing the door behind them.

Nobody dared to provoke Bai Weiguo at a time like this.

"Big brother, do you see now? Everything you've done these past few days has been wrong!"

Bai Jingbing sighed and said.

"So you brought Old Wei here? Damn it, it hurts so much! Ouch..."

Bai Weiguo struggled to get up from the ground and sat down on a chair with a thump, wiping the sweat from his face, he said, "Old Wei's lashing was well-deserved, I was too self-righteous. Sigh, once dad gets better, I'll step down as the acting head of the family, and from hereon, I'd better just study and observe more earnestly..."

"That's more like my good big brother!"

Bai Jingbing stepped forward to hug Bai Weiguo.

Bai Weiguo flailed his limbs and shouted, "Get off, get off! Are you trying to kill me with pain!!!"

"Oh, oh, oh..."

Bai Jingbing carefully helped his big brother to the bed. Bai Weiguo, pointing at Song Yun, said, "I heard you know a bit of medicine, come and have a look at your eldest uncle."

Song Yun stood still, arms crossed, showing no intention of moving forward.

"Ha, you're still holding a grudge, huh? Okay, okay, I was wrong before, I apologize to you, my nephew."

"Yes, yes, he's admitted his wrongs, come and help him out a bit."

Bai Jingbing said as he tried to smooth things over from the side.

Song Yun unwillingly stepped forward, looking at the crisscrossing wounds, he said indifferently, "Apply some medicine and rest. Don't even think about getting out of bed for half a month."