Chapter - 95 - Be Tougher

However, before Yi Wanjing could reach the door, Yi Minghuan swiftly chased him down and delivered a powerful kick, sending him sprawling to the ground.

The only applause came from Tang Li, while Father Yi and Yi Xiu looked on in astonishment. Father Yi hurriedly intervened, trying to prevent further blows from Yi Minghuan.

"Dad, Eldest Sister, look at younger brother! He's become so strong by staying in the army but hits me without holding back every time!" Yi Wanjing, still on the ground, clutched his stomach,crying miserably.

"Sooner or later, he'll beat me to death! Aren't you going to do something about it?!"

"You used to beat Minghuan even harder when you were young," Yi Xiu remarked, unfazed. "Is it not shameful for you to be sitting on the ground crying and complaining like this."

Yi Wanjing, infuriated by Yi Xiu's nonchalance and being talked back, pointed at her and yelled, "You're still defending him...you are not afraid of mother beating you?!"

Yi Xiu pursed her lips and kept a tight hold on her frightened daughter, to avoid escalating the argument.

Anyways if it weren't for Minghuan's return, she wouldn't have come back to her parents house even if she was invited.

Now witnessing Minghuan's newfound strength and Third Sister-in-law's assertiveness, she felt reassured.

In her mother's eyes, her worth had always been eclipsed by her second son, Wanjing, and younger sister Yuexin.

When she was not married, although she was not as bad as to her as she was to Minghuan, she didn't like her. If she didn't help her mother's family occasionally, her mother would have stopped recognizing her long ago. 

Even when she faced a life-threatening situation giving birth to Jiaojiao, her natal family had shown no concern nor had they visited her even once since then. Her heart had already gotten cold at that time.

She mused on the truth of her sister-in-law Xiao Li's words: to be tougher and to refuse when necessary!

"I don't have time to argue with you. Steam the steamed buns yourself! I'm leaving! The father of the baby is still waiting for me to go back," Yi Xiu declared as she carried her daughter as she left.

Surprised by her departure, Yi Wanjing was stunned before attempting to drag her back as he got up from the ground. He arrogantly demanded:

"First, make the buns, and put the steamed buns in the steamer before you leave! If you don't do it, it's because you want to leave Mother and me starving!"

"Sister, Dad, let's go! Let's see if we don't do it or if he and Mother-in-law will starve to death!" Tang Li was really pissed off, and this time she wanted to drag Father Yi along with her. 

"Old man, I dare you to leave!" Yi Wanjing stomped his feet in anger, glaring at Father Yi.

In the next moment,

"Awww...!"

Yi Minghuan kicked him in the knee, causing him to fall to the ground, screaming in pain.

"If you dare to scold or yell at Dad again, I will beat you so hard that you can't get up," warned Yi Minghuan, his fists clenched in anger.

However it was Father Yi's plea for Yi Minghuan to refrain from further violence that fueled his anger as well as made him feel powerless.

"Minghuan, don't hit him! If you hit him again, I'll be angry!" Father Yi broke away from Tang Li's hand, went to help Li Wenqiang, and said angrily.

Yi Wanjing, still on the ground, gloated, "The old man is willing to let me scold him. Even if you want to take care of him, he doesn't care too much about it! See, you bastard, Dad only treats me as his son! You beat me, but it's him who hurts!"

Yi Minghuan stood there with a gloomy expression, his fingers crunching as he fisted his hand. The anger in his heart had turned into a wild beast, rampaging in his heart, but he couldn't vent it. 

'He felt really ridiculous!'

'Ahhhh!'

'Fuck this shit he's out!'

Yi Minghuan, his fury building, punched the mud wall ferociously, causing dirt to cascade down.

He gave Yi Wanjing a dark look, then turned and walked away, his anger simmering beneath the surface.

The punch and the intense gaze left everyone frozen, especially Yi Wanjing, who trembled so violently in fear that he almost wet his pants.

"Minghuan!" Tang Li snapped out of her stupor, shouted and hurriedly chased after him.

Yi Xiu, hugging her daughter, followed with a worried expression, unsure of the storm brewing in Yi Minghuan's heart...