Chapter Five: Humiliation

  "What's going on?" Leng Xiao Yao opened his eyes to find himself lying on a luxurious bed, with a young maid not far away, her head bowed as if she was sleeping.

  Leng Xiangyao opened his eyes and gazed at the ceiling, beginning to sort out the data in his mind, combining it with the memories of this body. After several hours, Leng Ao Tian finally understood where he was.

  "Haha, unexpectedly still a bastard? Interesting." Leng Xiao's mouth corner revealed a hint of a smile. It turned out that the original owner of this body was just the illegitimate child of the second son of the Leng family. If it weren't for the fact that the Leng family didn't have many descendants, he wouldn't even have had this opportunity to enjoy life. What an irony.

  Leng Xiao Yao suddenly felt his mouth was very dry, he saw a cup of clear water on the bedside table, so he propped himself up to get the water to quench his thirst. However, when his body moved, it pulled at the wounds on his body, and he couldn't help but let out a hiss of pain, before falling back onto the bed.

  Leaning against the chair, Xiaoyu was startled awake by Leng Xiao Yao's loud voice. She opened her blurry eyes to look at Leng Ao Tian, and when she saw him staring at her, a joyful expression appeared on her face. She quickly stood up and walked to the bedside, saying: "Young Master, you're awake, that's great! You must be hungry, I'll go get some food for you."

  "Wait a minute..." Leng Xiao Yao called out to stop the little servant girl who was about to leave.

  "Young master, do you need anything else?" The little girl returned to the bedside, thinking that Han Sanping still needed something.

  With great difficulty, he slowly raised his finger and pointed at the cup on the bedside table, saying in a weak voice: "Water."

  The little girl saw Leng Ao Tian pointing in a direction with his finger and heard this, so she hurriedly asked: "Young Master, are you going to drink water?"

  "Uh-huh." Leng Xiao felt that even speaking was a chore at this moment, so he simply used a nasal "uh-huh" to convey his meaning.

  "Gululu" coldly drank a large glass of cold water, only now did he feel his body start to recover some energy, and so opened his mouth to say: "Xiaofeng, how did I get back?"

  She was called to Xiaofeng's room, it was the little maid who had just dozed off earlier, only 15 years old this year, she was sold by her family to Leng's house as a maid at the age of 10, because of her young age, plus Leng Xiao Yao being an illegitimate child, so she was assigned to serve together with him.

  "Young master, I heard the several uncles outside say that it was the old master himself who went to the Zhao family to demand your return. It seems they also said that the old master and the Zhao family's old master had a big argument, only then did he finally get you back." Little Feng recounted all the rumors from the past few days.

  "Is that so?" Leng Xiao Yao fell into deep thought after hearing what Little Phoenix said.

  Xiao Feng saw her young master looking like this and thought he was sulking, so she quietly retreated from the room, seemingly to prepare a cold dish to soothe his stomach.

  "It seems that this Cold family isn't as cold-blooded as I thought! They're quite protective of their own!" A thread of affection rose in Leng Xian's heart. In his previous life, he had been an orphan and never experienced the warmth of a home. Yet, in this life, he was given a family, even if he was just a illegitimate child, at least he was someone with roots.

  "Little Phoenix, what are you doing?" A playful voice rang out, with a hint of teasing tone.

  "Master, Master is hungry, so Feng'er went to the kitchen to get something to eat." Little Feng's voice conveyed a sense of fear, as if she was extremely afraid of the person she was speaking to.

  "Hey, big brother, it seems that our little brother is living a more and more luxurious life now, even eating needs to be served by others, unbelievable, unbelievable..." Another sarcastic voice rang out.

  "Little master, it's not like that, Master he..."

  "Alright, no more nonsense. That bastard is just an illegitimate child, I really don't understand why Grandfather wants to bring him back. Just abandon him at the Zhao's and let him fend for himself, it's a waste of food."

  Lying on the bed, Leng Xiao Yao heard these words outside and felt both angry and excited. He was angry at his two legitimate brothers for being so cold-blooded and heartless, despite sharing the same blood as him, a illegitimate child. He was excited that little Feng, this little servant girl, actually defended him like this, it seemed he had to find an opportunity to repay her kindness.

  "Slap!" A loud slapping sound came from outside, and the next moment, Xiaofeng's little maid burst into tears: "Young Master, Young Master, please spare these dishes, don't smash them."

  "You're just a lowly servant, how dare you disobey us? Believe it or not, I'll have you kicked out of the Leng Manor tomorrow!" A loud scolding voice rang out.

  "Damn it." Leng Xiao Yao cursed in his heart, hating those who bullied the weak and small. He struggled to prop himself up and slowly moved towards the door.

  Leng Xiao Yao had just barely made it to the door when, perhaps due to his body still recovering, he was caught off guard by the high threshold and lost his balance, falling directly into the courtyard.

  "Hey, isn't that the great hero of our Cold family? The big toad? So awesome! And he even dares to try and rape Miss Zhao!" A sarcastic voice rang out.

  Originally shrinking to the side and crying, Xiao Feng saw Leng Xiangyang fall to the ground and quickly ran to his side, wanting to help him up. However, a dead camel is thinner than a horse, so how could Xiao Feng's small body lift Leng Xiangyang's?

  "Hey, big brother, look at this little girl and that mongrel's feelings aren't bad, huh!" Leng Ao said with a cold smile on his face, his tone full of sarcasm. The several attendants following behind the two also echoed their master's meaning, bursting into loud laughter.

  "Shut up." Leng Xiao Yao shouted with all his might.

  "Huh!" Leng Ao and Leng Mo were stunned by the sudden shout, and in the next moment, they wiped off the smiles on their faces. With gloomy expressions, they said: "You little bastard, what did you just say? Have the guts to say it again."

  "Big brother, it seems that we haven't disciplined this little bastard for a long time, and his wings have hardened again." Leng Ao's face was filled with anger, but he couldn't do anything. Although the Leng family had begun to decline, as long as Old Master Leng was still around, others would show respect, so they had cultivated the arrogant personality of these young masters like Leng Ao. Suddenly being yelled at by a illegitimate child made him feel like he had lost face.

  Lengmou's face was gloomy, and he heard his younger brother's words. A faint smile appeared on his face: "Younger brother, you're right, come here!"

  "Big Young Master." Three sturdy house servants stepped forward.

  "Give this little bastard a good lesson, remember, don't beat him to death, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to my grandfather."

  "Yes, young master." The three servants replied in unison.

  Xiao Feng saw the three house guards rushing in and hurriedly pounced on Leng Xiao Yao's body, seemingly wanting to protect Leng Ao Tian.

  "Get out of the way, little girl." Leng Xiao Yao saw Xiaofeng's action and was secretly moved. He had already made up his mind that if these three servants dared to move against him, he would fight to the death and take down all three in front of him.

  "Young master, Feng'er won't let you, otherwise you'll be beaten to death by them." Little Phoenix said with a firm expression.

  "Hey, big brother, look at that, what a wonderful master and servant!" The cold and arrogant voice sounded again.

  "Are you three dead yet? Still not making a move." A cold voice rang out.

  "Xiao Feng, move aside and help me up." Leng Xiao Yao quickly ordered Xiao Feng to lift himself up. If he continued lying on the ground, he would inevitably be beaten to a pulp. But if he stood up, perhaps there was still a glimmer of hope for him to strike back.

  In the blink of an eye, perhaps due to Cold Xiao's resolute tone, Little Feng surprisingly did not disobey his words and quickly helped him up. With Cold Xiao exerting himself and Little Feng's assisting strength, Cold Xiao leaned against the door frame with a tilted body, coldly staring at the three approaching house servants.

  "Young master, we've offended you." The three house servants said in a low voice, from their tone, they were also very helpless, after all, one day the emperor and one day the minister, they were just underlings and had to do things that went against their conscience.

  "Heh, come on! As long as you can bear the consequences." Coldly and calmly responded, tightly clenched his fist, gathering the remaining strength in his body, taut like a leopard, he was waiting for the moment when the three of them would make their move, ready to use up his remaining strength to quickly end the battle.

  "Hurry up." The indifferent tone was full of discontent.

  The three men looked at each other and nodded, then split into three directions, rushing towards the Cold Blooded Handsome Guy who was leaning against the door.

  "This is too rubbish." Leng Xiao Yao saw the three people's punching posture and secretly said a sentence in his heart. This was simply full of flaws. If it were his body from the previous life, he could have solved the three people in front of him with just three moves. But this life's body was really too weak, and he couldn't burst out any explosive power.

  Suddenly, a small figure blocked Cold Ao Tian's path, startling the three family servants and Cold Xiao Yao. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be Little Feng, the little maid, standing in front of Cold Ao Tian with her eyes closed.

  "Xiao Feng, go away." Leng Xiao Yao was worried that this little girl would get hurt.

  "No, young master, I won't leave." Little Feng's face was stubbornly set.

  "Xiao Feng, trust me." Leng Xiao Yao's face was firm and resolute as he gazed at Xiao Feng, his eyes exuding confidence.

  Xiaofeng gazed at her young master, with an inexplicable feeling in her heart. She seemed to feel that her young master had changed a lot, but specifically what had changed, Xiaofeng couldn't quite put into words.

  "Are you three dead? If you don't take action, get out of the Leng family tomorrow. If anyone blocks your way, beat them together." The cold voice sounded again.

  "Yes, young master." The three servants also sensed the dissatisfaction in their young master's tone and were frightened to the point of trembling all over. This time, for the sake of their own future prospects, they no longer held back and directly punched him.

  "Master..." Little Feng's tender cry of surprise rang out.