785: Chapter 785: Hidden Circumstances (4)_1 785: Chapter 785: Hidden Circumstances (4)_1 âFather, Iâm going back first,â Yang Baichuan glanced at his bloodied younger brother and turned to leave Yang Baixiangâs room, finding the sight disturbingly eerie.
âOld Five?â Yang Peili called out to his youngest son.
âHow are you?â
Yang Baixiang opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
âDonât blame your mother.
She didnât mean it,â Yang Peili sighed.
âYou should rest well.â After saying this, he stood up and left the room.
Meanwhile, Yang Ruyu tugged at Feng Caieâs sleeve in the courtyard.
Understanding the cue, the two women excused themselves to the backyard under the pretext of needing the outhouse.
âMother, this is an opportunity,â Yang Ruyuâs eyes gleamed with anticipation.
âWhat opportunity?â Feng Caie frowned.
âAn opportunity to get on their good side,â Yang Ruyu whispered.
âYou should know that Uncle Xiaowu is the one Yang Dani cares about the most.
Now that Uncle Xiaowu is like this, if anything should happenâŠâ She halted, then continued, âWhen Uncle Xiaowu was poisoned last time, Yang Dani was furiousâŠâ
Feng Caie pondered for a moment and then nodded.
âThen who will inform her?â She clearly couldnât go out.
âIâll go,â Yang Ruyu smiled.
âItâs not appropriate for you to go right now.â
âThen hurry, donât let him die,â Feng Caie nodded, and then peered into the side room, âI saw a lot of blood, that handful of ash couldnât possibly stop itâŠâ She felt disheartened by the familyâs coldness to fairness, thinking if even their own son could be treated this way, what would happen if it were her turn?
She began to entertain the idea of separating from the family.
Inside the room, Yang Anshiâs face was a mask of gloom.
âIâll tell you, old woman, thatâs our son,â Yang Peili said in a displeased tone.
âHow could you be so heartless?
If anything should happen to him, youâŠâ
âIf he died, then he died,â Yang Anshi suddenly interrupted Yang Peili sharply.
âHeâs my son.
Even if I beat him to death, it should beâŠâ
âWhat are you saying?â Yang Peili was also angry.
âIf you wanted to kill him, you might as well not have given birth to himâŠâ
âYou think I wanted to give birth to him?â Yang Anshi seemed to grow angry with embarrassment.
âBack then I would rather it had been him who diedâŠâ
Yang Peili was suddenly at a loss for words, then sat with his head in his hands, silent.
Outside the room, Feng Caie furrowed her brows slightly.
Could there be some secret?
She hurried into her own room and pulled Yang Baichuan aside: âWhat happened to Old Five?â She didnât mind when her in-laws were unkind to Xun Hui and the others, but this harsh treatment toward Yang Baixiang felt wrong.
Yang Baichuan frowned: âWhat do you mean what happened?â
Feng Caie recounted the conversation she had overheard just now at the window between Old Yang and his wife, then smacked her lips: âCould it be that Old Five isnât from the Yang Familyâs lineage?â
âDonât talk nonsense,â Yang Baichuan glanced at Feng Caie disdainfully.
âHeâs definitely my brother, no doubt about the Yang Familyâs bloodlineâŠ
I was there when he was bornâŠâ
âBut your motherâŠâ
Yang Baichuan sighed: âPerhapsâŠ
Anyway, letâs not get involved.
His fate is his own, whether he lives or dies.
Who told him to be born into the Yang Family?â Then he turned around and climbed onto the kang; his second eldest had been injured and still hadnât recovered, leaving him unable to stir, so these days he often went to bed as soon as it turned dark.
The doctor said he needed lots of rest if he wanted to heal, so he just wanted his second eldest to recover.
The life of a eunuch was not easy to endure.
âTell meâŠâ Feng Caie, sensing that Yang Baichuan knew the truth, poked him restlessly, not willing to give up.
âHurry upâŠâ