Chapter 1078: Chapter 1082: The Hero Loses His Mettle Chapter 1078: Chapter 1082: The Hero Loses His Mettle Ye Xingbei nodded.

Indeed.

The creation of new terms for such matters shows that these repulsive acts aren’t isolated incidents, but have become a widespread phenomenon.

“Why do those women act with such impunity? Isn’t it because the cost of their mistakes is too low?” Xie Jinfei said, “Take Jiao Tao, for instance. She’s ignorant, unaware of our aristocratic family’s rules. She’s carrying a child, and she must have a DNA test before birth, and again after the baby is born. Yet, she still hopes to deceive her way through, the fool! But imagine if she were to succeed, she and her child would leech off the Xie Family for life, drinking and eating at our expense, and even claim a share of our inheritance. Isn’t that disgusting?”

Ye Xingbei nodded, “It couldn’t be more disgusting.”

“Exactly!” Xie Jinfei continued, “But the most revolting part is, even if she succeeded and was eventually exposed, no law could punish her. At most, she’d get beaten up, scolded, and morally condemned. What good is that?”

Ye Xingbei nodded. “Yes, such a punishment is indeed too light.”

“That’s why Grandpa can only rely on those who lend money at steep interest rates to punish them,” Xie Jinfei snorted. “They dared to covet our family’s assets; they will have a tough life ahead!”

Ye Xingbei nodded silently, choosing not to comment further.

“Oh right, there’s something else. Grandpa and Grandma moved out with my uncle today,” Xie Jinfei said, “They moved into Xiang’s ancestral mansion. Before they left, uncle grabbed mine and Big Brother’s hands, his eyes brimming with tears, remorsefully saying that he didn’t fulfill his responsibilities as an uncle before and didn’t care for us properly. He deeply regrets it and promised to care for us like his own children from now on–to love and look after us. It sent shivers down my spine. Look, I’m getting goosebumps just talking about it!”

Xie Jinfei rolled up his sleeve, showing Ye Xingbei the hair standing on his arms.

Ye Xingbei couldn’t help but chuckle. “It’s good that uncle is willing to change his ways. Although he’s a bit muddled and self-interested, at least he isn’t malevolent. After all, he is Grandfather’s own son. Grandfather already had one granddaughter lose a limb and another suffer a miscarriage. If anything else were to happen to uncle, Grandfather surely couldn’t bear it.”

“He’s not malevolent?” Xie Jinfei scoffed disdainfully, “He’s just too cowardly to be malevolent!”

“By your words, being cowardly is a virtue,” Ye Xingbei said with a smile. “If everyone in the world were as timid as our uncle, there would be far fewer prisoners in jail.”

Xie Jinfei pondered for a moment, then nodded, conceding with a wave, “You’re right. Although he’s quite irritating, and always secretly trying to compete with us for things, he indeed never truly harmed us. For Grandfather’s sake, we’ll forgive him.”

“That’s the right way to think,” Senior Master Gu said. “We elders just hope that the younger generation can live safely and happily. Whether you’re extremely wealthy or not is of little concern to us anymore.”

He looked at Xie Yunlin and Xie Jinfei and said, “Your grandfather was a hero of his era, dignified and decisive, brave and strategic, and he did many great and good deeds. However, he was too busy with his work to raise his children. He left them all to your grandmother, a good person but somewhat naive, who didn’t know how to raise children. By the time your grandfather realized that the children were going astray, it was too late to correct them.”