"Buns?" Yang Ruxin frowned, "Where did these buns come from?"
"The buns you brought back earlier, Mother didn’t have the heart to eat them, she wanted to save them for Sini and Xiaofeng today, but then..." Erni choked up as she explained, "then they were seen by our fourth cousin..."
"It was Grandma." Sanni wiped away her tears and lifted her swollen little face, "She said our family was unfilial. Not only did we take the buns without asking, but she also hit us..."
"And my second aunt was in on it too..." Erni’s face was also swollen, "Rufeng was pushed down by our fourth cousin..."
Yang Ruxin couldn’t help but close her eyes for a moment, "They’ve gone too far." Then she turned around and headed for the door.
"It’s nothing..." Xun Hui quickly shook her head, but the motion aggravated her injury, causing her to inhale sharply from the pain, yet she still hurried over to hold onto Yang Ruxin, "Dani, don’t..."
Yang Ruxin’s expression darkened, and she pushed Xun Hui away: "If you can’t stand up for yourself, does that mean I’m not allowed to either?"
"I..."
"It’s your choice to take a beating, but they are my siblings, and I will not stand idly by and watch them get hurt." Yang Ruxin was truly furious, "Over these years, I’ve had enough..." Xun Hui, as big as she was, couldn’t even protect her own children, what right did she have to be a mother?
"Big sister, Mother did try to protect us," Erni quickly spoke up, "But..."
"No matter what happens later, you all must not come out." Yang Ruxin took a deep breath, knowing she had been harsh just now, but she couldn’t stand being bullied, especially when it involved her family, "If we are to make a scene today, then let’s make it big..."
"Big sister." Sanni came over, "I’ll go with you."
"No need." Yang Ruxin shook her head, "You take care of them." Saying this, she turned and left the room.
Inside the main house, Yang Anshi was still muttering and cursing.
Yang Ruxin didn’t head for the main house but instead went straight over and kicked open the door of the second branch’s room.
Yang Anshi was her grandmother; she couldn’t act against her for the time being, otherwise, she would face public censure. Feng Caie was also her elder; she had to be mindful of the implications, but Yang Ruban was her peer. She would start by taking this kid down.
"Ah..." Feng Caie, who had just been gloating inside the room, jumped in fright and couldn’t help but scream. She had seen the first branch’s family eating buns and immediately went to tattle to her mother-in-law. Look, the buns had now made it into her son’s mouth, hadn’t they?
Yang Ruban had just taken one bite from a bun he got from his grandma when the door was suddenly kicked in, scaring him abruptly, "Yang Dani, what are you doing?"
"Did you hit Xiaofeng?" Yang Ruxin glanced at the bun in his hand, her voice very calm.
"I didn’t hit him, I just pushed him a bit..." Yang Ruban had previously been disarmed by Yang Ruxin, and seeing his cousin again now made him inexplicably nervous.
"Yang Dani, what are you doing in our room? You��ve broken the door; you’re going to have to..." Feng Caie jumped up to push Yang Ruxin.
"Very good." Yang Ruxin deftly dodged her hand, then stepped forward and kicked Yang Ruban into the courtyard, following up by pouncing on him and raining down punches from both sides.
Although the boy was taller than Yang Ruxin, he had been taught a lesson before, so now he was already intimidated, left with nothing to do but take the beating.