Xun Hui sighed softly, "When you go out, you should at least leave a word. Just leaving without a sound like that, don’t you know that we’ll worry?"
"I’m sorry, Auntie," Yang Ruyu hurriedly stepped forward and took Xun Hui’s arm. "You were all not around, and I was so bored by myself..."
"So now you’re blaming us for not taking you with us?" Sanni scoffed coldly. "You don’t look bored to me." She clearly hummed a tune on her way back just now, and now she says she’s bored? Do they look like they’re blind?
Xun Hui looked towards Yang Ruxin.
Yang Ruxin had already calmed down by now, and turned to walk in front of Yang Ruyu, "Wandering around, huh..."
Yang Ruyu clenched her teeth and stepped back two steps, nodding guiltily.
But Yang Ruxin just smiled faintly without saying a word, her eyes watching her with a seeming smile.
Yang Ruyu felt extremely guilty, and her hand instinctively moved upwards, but she quickly realized that was inappropriate and lowered it again.
Yang Ruxin laughed softly and then turned to leave, knowing without looking that she must have met someone and probably got something good. The question, however, was whether to expose her now. That was the issue.Yang Ruyu let out a sigh of relief, perhaps her actions had been too obvious, even Xun Hui noticed something was amiss and looked at her with surprise, furrowing her brows slightly.
"Auntie..." Yang Ruyu called out in a hurry. But just then, Yang Ruxin, who had walked away, suddenly came back, moving so quickly that almost no one had time to react, and then in the next moment...Yang Ruyu looked at the purse that had landed in Yang Ruxin’s hand in an instant, her mind hadn’t yet caught up, but her body had reacted, reaching out to snatch it: "My purse..."
However, Yang Ruxin stepped back, avoiding the touch, and opened the purse with ease, and the contents immediately fell into her palm, dazzlingly bright gold shimmering in her hand.
"This..." Everyone stared wide-eyed.
"These Gold Leaves are finely crafted, clearly not ordinary items," Yang Ruxin held the two Gold Leaves, looking at Yang Ruyu, "Setting aside their craftsmanship, one tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of Silver right now, and these two Gold Leaves weigh around half a tael, almost five or six taels of Silver... Yang Ruyu, with so much money, you better explain yourself."
Xun Hui was also shocked. Could this child have done something wrong? Where would she get gold otherwise? She had just...
Yang Ruyu’s face turned pale, but she kept her lips tightly sealed and said nothing.
"Yang Ruyu, what have you done? Don’t drag us into this," Sanni accused, her face filled with indignation.
"What have I done?" Yang Ruyu then looked up, "I simply helped a noble madam while I was out strolling, and she rewarded me on a whim..."
"Who would believe that?" Sanni made a face.
"Auntie, you don’t believe me either?" Yang Ruyu looked at Xun Hui, tears beginning to well up in her eyes.
Xun Hui’s expression twisted slightly, but instead of looking at Yang Ruyu, she turned to Yang Ruxin.
"Do you believe her?" Yang Ruxin asked, smiling at Xun Hui.
"I..."
"Very well." Yang Ruxin nodded, then stuffed the purse into Xun Hui’s hand, "Do as you please." Then she truly left.
"Xinxin..." Xun Hui hastily pushed the purse back into Yang Ruyu’s embrace, then hurriedly chased after Yang Ruxin.