"Exactly, Second Sister is right. Yang Lichun, you little wench, get your ass back home! If you ruin our family’s reputation and drag me and second sister down, I’ll make you pay. Now you don’t have your Cultivated Talent father to back you up," said.
Yang Ruoqiu and Yang Dongzhi took turns taunting Yang Lichun, causing her to tremble with anger and start arguing with her two sisters. Ye Zi’an used this opportunity to slip into the third branch of the family, while Yang Chuxia followed and closed the door behind them to avoid the noise from outside.
As Ye Zi’an and Yang Chuxia entered their room, the fight between the three Yang sisters continued.
"Yang Ruoqiu, you bitch, just because my dad is in jail doesn’t mean I’m afraid of you. My uncle is still a Cultivated Talent, and my cousin is studying too. My other uncle’s family even owns a store. My maternal grandparents love me the most. Hmph, even if I’m useless, I still have a bunch of good relatives to back me up, unlike you sisters with your poor family members. You can’t even stay with them for too long before getting kicked out. And you dare to mock me?"
Not only were the adults in the Yang family notorious, but the younger ones were also hardly better. They loved to show off and constantly tried to outdo each other in petty matters, seizing any opportunity to step on their rivals.
Now, Yang Ruoqiu and her sister were seizing the chance to scold Yang Lichun for being shameless, but Yang Lichun was well aware of her elder aunt Liu’s family background.
She suspected that her elder aunt’s family had kicked them out due to their freeloading and wasting resources, which was why they had returned so soon.
In contrast, whenever she visited her maternal grandparents’ house, she stayed for at least half a month. With this comparison, the sense of superiority that comes from having good relatives immediately surfaced. Unable to find any other way to suppress her two sisters, Yang Lichun brought up this issue.
"Sure, we don’t have good relatives, but we’re still better off than having a jailed father and a murderous brother. A whole family of criminals, and you still dare to be arrogant? I warn you, right now you’re just a lowly bastard without a father’s protection. If you make one more peep, my sister and I will slap you to death," said Yang Ruoqiu, raising her hand threateningly.
But even though she’d raised her hand, she hadn’t actually slapped Yang Lichun, who began to scream.
"Mother, grandmother, father, save me! My cousin is trying to hit me!" Yang Lichun shouted as she ran toward the principal wife’s room, tears streaming down her face. "Grandma, you must stand up for me. My father has just gotten into trouble, and now our second branch of the family is being bullied in our own home. How can we live in the future?"
It must be said that Yang Lichun was a bit more skilled at stirring up trouble than Yang Ruoqiu and her sister. What had initially been a squabble between the girls had been quickly escalated by her into a power struggle between different branches of the family. Old Lady Hua had always favored Yang Xiao’an, even though he was now in jail. Consequently, she was also more partial to the second branch’s widow and orphan.
Hearing Yang Lichun’s cries, she shot a glare at the first-branch couple, Liu and Yang Da’an, who were rendered speechless.
Had they done anything to deserve this? It was an unwarranted disaster! Still, that Lichun wench was a hateful one. When had their first branch ever bullied the second branch? It was merely a little quarrel between sisters, and Liu decided she’d teach the wretched girl a lesson when the opportunity arose.
"Enough! What are you all yelling about!"