Chapter 287: Filing a Complaint

"Family Head!" a shout came from outside the door, and an old man pushed the door open and walked in.

"Elder Lian, is there something the matter?" the Qu Family Head smiled and said upon seeing the old man enter.

This man was the steward who managed the entire Qu Family; he was also an Expert at the ninth layer of the Great Martial Master realm. He had made great contributions to the Qu Family and was highly respected by its members.

Cupping his hands toward the Qu Family Head and greeting Qu Shengtao, the old man said hesitantly, "The Second Young Master has just returned."

"He's back? Then he's back. There's nothing much to say about that!" the Qu Family Head said.

"The Young Master… he came back naked! He's not wearing a single thing!" the old man said.

The Qu Family Head's brow furrowed. "What's going on? Does he not know that streaking in the streets has a huge impact on the Family's reputation?"

"According to the servants who went out with him, the Second Young Master went to the Zhang Family and was stripped bare by Zhang Wan of the Zhang Family," the old man said.

"The Zhang Family, the Zhang Family, it's the Zhang Family again!" The Qu Family Head rubbed his temples and waved his hand. "Alright, I know. Go attend to your other duties first."

The old man departed respectfully.

Just then, the Qu Family's Second Young Master, Qu Shengtao, came running in a panic. He knelt before the Qu Family Head, crying hysterically with snot and tears, "Father, you have to help me! Those people from the Zhang Family are monsters! I took a few Family Servants to reason with them, but they actually stripped me naked and made me the laughingstock of all Chenyang City!"

"Why did you go to the Zhang Family to cause trouble?" the Qu Family Head asked angrily.

Qu Shengtao looked at his angry father and whispered, "I just couldn't stand that the Zhang Family robbed our Qu Family's Ziyun Auction House and shops, so I went to reason with them."

"And then?" the Qu Family Head roared. "And then you were stripped naked and came running back! Use your brain, will you? Going to 'reason' with them so rashly—regardless of whether the Zhang Family robbed our shops or not, they would never admit it! What's the point? If you had even half the intelligence of your younger brother, you wouldn't do such foolish things."

Hearing his father compare him to his younger brother, Qu Shengtao felt bitter. He said, "When the Ziyun Auction House was robbed, didn't you also go to reason with them, Father? And you didn't find anything either."

*Bang!* The furious Qu Family Head slammed the table. "Use your pig brain! Did I go there to search the Zhang Family? Was I searching the Zhang Family to find the treasures lost from the Ziyun Auction House? That was just for show! My real purpose was to test Old Man Zhang's strength to plan our next move. But you, you…"

Qu Shengtao lowered his head and remained silent.

"Forget it, scolding you is a waste of effort. Go back and think about it yourself!" the Qu Family Head said.

Qu Shengtao stammered, "Then… regarding the matter of me being stripped naked, is it just going to be left at that?"

Hearing this, the Qu Family Head angrily threw a book from the table at him. It hit Qu Shengtao, causing a sharp pain.

"If we don't leave it at that, what else do you want? To rush back and get stripped naked again?" the Qu Family Head barked. "Take this as a lesson and don't do such foolish things again. If the Zhang Family were that easy to deal with, they wouldn't have survived in Chenyang City for over three hundred years; they would have been wiped out long ago."

Qu Shengtao was furious, but he didn't dare speak further. His father's authority was deeply rooted in his heart.

"Get out!" Seeing Qu Shengtao's cowering appearance, the Qu Family Head became even angrier.

Upon hearing this, Qu Shengtao hurriedly ran out of the study.