Chapter 7: Big ones can't be hit, small ones can be hit!

Duan Zhineng was indeed very angry.

Even the gate of the courtyard was directly ordered to be removed, and he entered Hanchan Courtyard with a fierce look.

Avoiding things was not Duan Yingning's style.

She instructed Li Pozi to take care of Tuanbao and not to come out no matter what happened outside.

She went out alone.

Duan Zhineng stood in the courtyard, his face terrifyingly gloomy.

Seeing her coming out, without saying a word, he slapped her, but he didn't expect to be caught by Duan Yingning's wrist. "Dad, what are you doing?"

"We haven't seen each other for five years. Shouldn't we catch up?"

"Why does Dad hit people as soon as he meets? Is it itchy?"

Duan Yingning smiled, ready to cause trouble.

"Daughter hasn't seen Dad for five years and hasn't been filial. If Dad really feels itchy, then daughter will scratch it for Dad."

She exerted force, and Duan Zhineng grimaced in pain!

"Duan Yingning! How dare you! I am your father!"

She had heard this before.

Today in the main hall, didn't Mrs. Zhou say the same thing: "I am your mother"?

But so what, they were the original parents, not her parents!

Moreover, the original body was their own, not her own parents!

Since that's the case, why should she be nice to them?!

"You should be grateful that you are my father. If it were someone else, this hand might have been disabled by now."

Duan Yingning slowly let go of her hand.

Looking at Duan Zhineng, who was holding his hand in fear and retreating cautiously, she asked satisfactorily, "What is Dad here for?"

"Is it because of the guilt of not seeing my daughter for five years, so I came specially to visit?"

Duan Zhineng: "… What are you talking about?!"

Visit her?

In his dreams!

"If it's not a visit, is it because you know that this Hanchan Courtyard is too shabby and want to prepare a new bedroom for your daughter?"

Duan Zhineng frowned, looking at Duan Yingning as if he didn't recognize her, scrutinizing her from head to toe.

The look in his eyes was very unfamiliar, and it didn't seem like the gaze he should show to his own daughter.

After not seeing each other for several years, why did this brat seem to have changed so much?!

In the past, Duan Yingning was weak and incompetent, but now...

How could she have any trace of weakness and incompetence?!

"Are you Duan Yingning?"

He asked uncertainly.

"Heh, Dad, this question is really ridiculous! If I'm not Duan Yingning, then who am I? Could it be that after not seeing your own daughter for five years, you don't even recognize her anymore?"

Duan Yingning casually reached out and tucked the stray hair behind her ear.

There was a mole the size of a sesame seed on her left earlobe.

Duan Zhineng keenly saw that mole, and his suspicion was dispelled.

Indeed, it was Duan Yingning, no mistake.

But why did her temperament seem so different from five years ago?!

Duan Zhineng suppressed his anger, "What have you done today?! I confined you to Hanchan Courtyard, who let you out today?!"

"Dad, Rong Shizi came to withdraw the marriage proposal today, saying that he had heard that I was already dead."

Facing Duan Zhineng's questioning, Duan Yingning calmly said, "If I don't show my face outside again, I'm afraid the whole capital will think I'm dead!"

"Whether you show your face or not, it's all the same."

The former Duan Yingning was timid and didn't dare to interact with people, and couldn't go out or show her face.

In order not to disgrace the Duan family, Duan Zhineng never took her out again.

Whether she was alive or dead, no one cared!

Facing Duan Zhineng's strange tone, Duan Yingning sneered, "I know, in the past, I was weak and couldn't bear to see people, which disgraced the Duan family."

"So I decided that from now on, I will be as bold as I want to be."

"What do you think, Dad?"

Duan Zhineng hadn't realized that he had fallen into the "trap" set by Duan Yingning.

He furrowed his brow, "How bold?"

"Just like... today I ordered someone to forcibly send Mother back to her room to rest, and had a few words of argument with my third sister, and casually cut off her hair."

Duan Yingning smiled, "I'm just trying to test my courage. Dad won't blame me, will you?"

Duan Zhineng: "…"

He came to Hanchan Courtyard today to vent his anger at Mrs. Zhou and Duan Qingyun, but he didn't expect to be countered by Duan Yingning!

Listening to her, he was at a loss for how to respond.

"Since Dad doesn't speak, I'll take it as you don't blame me."

Duan Yingning continued, "Today Rong Shizi also said that he didn't know I was still alive. So tomorrow, I will personally go to the Duke's Mansion to pay respects to the Duke and the Duchess."

"So what?"

Duan Zhineng gritted his teeth and asked.

Duan Yingning looked up, and Duan Zhineng brought several servants in.

There were also two servants holding paddles, indicating that they had intended to beat her...

She smiled lightly, "So if I can't go to the Duke's Mansion tomorrow unscathed, I wonder how the Duke's Mansion will view our Duan family?"

Duan Zhineng narrowed his eyes.

He was, after all, a marquis, and just now, he was so angry that he didn't understand what this brat wanted to do.

But now, listening to her explanation, he suddenly understood her intention!

This brat was quite cunning, using the Duke's Mansion to threaten him!

But because Duan Zhineng's mind was not completely muddled, he also knew that Sun Qingyan's words were not wrong.

Although Rong Shizi came to withdraw the marriage proposal today, the marriage was still in place...

At present, Duan Yingning was still Rong Shizi's fiancée. If he disabled her, how would she go to the Duke's Mansion to pay respects to the Duke and the Duchess tomorrow?!

But he was unwilling to bow down like this!

"Your mother is one thing, but why did you have to cut off your third sister's long hair during your argument with her?" Duan Zhineng angrily shouted, "Don't you know that hair is as important as flesh and blood to a person? How do you think your third sister feels?"

"Your third sister hasn't even been married yet, how will she face people in the future?!"

Duan Yingning also knew that in this era, hair was very important and would not be easily cut off under normal circumstances.

It was precisely because she knew this that she deliberately did it!

She wanted to make Duan Qingyun feel uncomfortable, to make her unable to face people!

"Father, hair will grow back after being cut, so what's there to be angry about?"

She was indifferent.

"Nonsense!"

Seeing her nonchalant attitude, Duan Zhineng was trembling with anger!

"Setting aside the matter of your third sister, I heard that today you also fought with Bao Yu again. You even hit Bao Yu's face and made it swell, is this true?!"

Just after returning home, he heard about these three incidents from the servants.

His beloved siblings in this household had both suffered at the hands of Duan Yingning and that illegitimate child...

How could Duan Zhineng not be angry?!

He didn't even have time to check on the condition of Duan Qingyun and Duan Baoyu, and immediately came to hold Duan Yingning accountable!

"I allowed that illegitimate child to bear the Duan surname because he shares our family's blood. Therefore, Bao Yu is his uncle. How could he treat his own uncle like this?!"

As Duan Zhineng repeatedly referred to the illegitimate child as such, Duan Yingning's expression gradually darkened.

"What do you want then?"

At this moment, she was like a hedgehog, raising all her defenses to protect herself and Tuan Bao.

Duan Zhineng narrowed his eyes, his gaze sharp.

"If you don't teach him properly at a young age, how will he turn out when he grows up?!"

He snorted coldly, "Bring that illegitimate child out to me. Today, I will teach him a good lesson!" Duan Yingning threatened him with the power of the Duke's Manor, saying that he couldn't hit the older one, so he would hit the younger one!