Unfortunately, his joy soon turned to sorrow, as he had no sooner stepped through his front door than his father, having just returned from the provincial city on business, rushed up and gave him a severe beating. On the day of the incident, his father had been away and upon his return, after hearing how Wan Dazhong had single-handedly taken on six opponents and given them a thrashing, he was furious.
His father was beating him with a stick when Qian Yijin arrived, and only then did his father stop. Otherwise, he would surely have been beaten so badly he wouldn't be able to get out of bed for days. In hindsight, he felt a wave of fear; he had grown too comfortable in the peaceful Xiaoshan village and nearly made a grave mistake that could have spoiled everything. He deserved the beating.
