Xun Hui’s brow furrowed, "She’s a stranger in a strange place, where could she go? What if something happens? How can we explain it to the family at home?"
Yang Ruxin’s gaze suddenly sharpened, "Was it my idea to bring her here?"
"I..."
"She’s not Lanlan, not a child, she’s even more cunning than your own daughter, and I," Yang Ruxin’s tone was unpleasant, "would I have brought her to the Fang Family if she hadn’t tried to be smart and sling mud at me? Now she wants to go out by herself, and you blame me too? Then why didn’t you stay here to watch over her?"
"I’m not blaming you, I’m just..."
"Let me tell you, even if she really did go out and got killed, raped, or sold, you can’t blame me..." Yang Ruxin’s eyes were icy, "Yang Baichuan and Feng Caie can’t lay the blame on me either..."
"Xinxin, mother didn’t mean that, mother..."
"Why don’t you be a mother to Yang Ruyu?" Yang Ruxin stared intently at Xun Hui, "I can cut ties with you too..." Dammit, am I really supposed to take this again and again without getting angry?
Xun Hui’s face instantly turned pale, "Xinxin, how can you say that? You..." Tears began to fall like raindrops.
"Then what should I say?" Yang Ruxin’s face looked even uglier, her eyes colder, "Time and again you doubt me for the sake of outsiders, time and again you blame me for outsiders, do I owe you? Don’t forget, you may have given birth to me, but I saved your life, and now I’m the one providing for your children, you live off what I provide, why do you doubt me every so often?"
"I..."
"Xun Hui, the former Yang Dani is dead, I am now Yang Ruxin, you treat me well, I can consider you my mother, but if you have other alliances, I’d rather have no father nor mother... I don’t want to have raised someone who sides with outsiders..." Yang Ruxin’s eyes narrowed slightly, her whole body exuded such a chill that made everyone shiver involuntarily.
Xun Hui’s body suddenly swayed.
Yang Ruxin, however, snorted and turned to leave.
"Mother, you really are..." Erni quickly supported Xun Hui, but couldn’t help feeling angry, "Do you really think Yang Ruyu is good? Really..."
"I don’t, no." Xun Hui didn’t even know what to feel inside, "I’m just afraid if something happens to her, we’ll be talked about when we go back, I..."
"Mother, what could happen to her? If something happens, she has only herself to blame." Sanni stamped her foot, then hurriedly went after Yang Ruxin.
Fang Tianze and Zhou Xiao exchanged glances and also seemed helpless, but it wasn’t a good time to speak, so they just made sure to keep an eye on the children.
Seeing that Yang Ruxin had already left the inn, Xun Hui also came to her senses and hurriedly followed, "Xinxin..."
But just as she reached the door, she saw Yang Ruyu cheerfully walking over from a distance, seemingly in a very good mood. As she lifted her head and saw Yang Ruxin, she quickly tempered her smile, "Eldest sister." Seeing the people coming out from the inn one after another, she hurriedly said hello, "Mengmeng, Auntie..."
"Where have you been?" Xun Hui’s face was not looking good; she had been worried, and it had even annoyed her eldest daughter, but Yang Ruyu seemed as if she had just been out shopping, and quite happily at that.
"I... I didn’t go anywhere?" Yang Ruyu was startled, "I just... just went for a walk..."