Chapter 261: Self‑Inflicted Sin, No Survival

Yun Wenkang said it very heavily, and even Yun Ruofeng couldn't help but let out a light cough and interrupt him.

"Father, this punishment is still too severe for A Jin.

Seeing Yun Ruofeng unconditionally turn toward Yun Ruojin, Yun Wenkang became even more incensed.

"Shut up! If any of the things she has done from childhood onward were proper, I wouldn't be treating her like this now! You are my son, and also the Yun Family's future heir; you should set the entire Yun Family above your own interests, not her!"

Yun Wenkang thus unabashedly belittled Yun Ruojin in front of her, and the surrounding servants dared not breathe, only silently watching Yun Ruojin being scolded.

"You look down on others, think everything we do is wrong, yet you confined my mother for over a decade; what do you think you are, some good thing?"

Yun Ruojin suddenly lost control, collapsing as she said to Yun Wenkang.

Yun Wenkang wore a gloomy face, "So you're dissatisfied with me?"

Yun Ruofeng easily sensed the smell of gunpowder lingering in the air, and also knew that Yun Ruojin could not outwit Yun Wenkang.

He looked at Yun Ruojin and whispered, "A Jin is too agitated today; go back to your room to rest."

Angering Yun Wenkang brings them no benefit.

Yun Ruojin merely stood up, further unabashedly accusing Yun Wenkang.

"Yes, I think you're the most failed person in the world, yet you insist on flaunting your uniqueness over others."

The Yun Family's vast estate, when passed to Yun Wenkang, turned into this state.

Yun Ruojin had bottled up these words for a long time, only speaking them now.

"You think everything you do now is for the Yun Family, but why has the Yun Family become like this? You know better than anyone!"

The atmosphere between father and daughter was tense, and Yun Ruofeng let out a helpless sigh.

Such scenes are common in the Yun Family, but Yun Ruojin's agitation today was a first.

"A Jin, go back quickly."

"Who dares let her go back!"

Yun Wenkang's complexion turned terrible; even though the Yun Family is fallen, outsiders still must treat him with utmost respect, and few dare publicly tease him like Yun Ruojin does.

Yun Wenkang thought his most important face was completely torn apart and trampled underfoot.

He walked up to Yun Ruojin with a cold expression, "If you truly despise the Yun Family, get out and never return, and don't rely on the family's power to save face!"

After speaking, he raised his hand and slapped Yun Ruojin's face, causing her face to tilt to one side.

Even after being hit, Yun Ruojin remained unyielding and still did not bow to Yun Wenkang.

"What else can you do besides hitting me?"

No one else dared to intervene, and Yun Ruofeng's words were ineffective; the Living Room fell into silence.

Yun Wenkang glared at Yun Ruojin, "I've raised you all these years, and all I got is an enemy."

"Besides raising me, what else have you done for me?" Yun Ruojin had completely stripped her façade, her eyes full of resolve as she stared at Yun Wenkang.

Yun Wenkang was so infuriated he laughed, flopped onto the sofa, and remained silent for a long while.

"If you have the ability, you can even discard your mother now."

Yun Ruojin only pretended to be tough; she had no way to deal with Yun Wenkang.

"You may leave the Yun Family now and never return. I won't send anyone after you; consider our bond completely severed."

Yun Wenkang took his words that far, and Yun Ruojin panicked.

Yun Ruojin could ignore her own situation, but she knew Yun Wenkang would not let go of her mother.

In the end she silently swallowed her anger and stiffly said to Yun Wenkang, "I'll go apologize to A A Jue now, but I have one condition: you must not vent your anger on my mother."

This wasn't Yun Ruojin's first attempt to rebel against Yun Wenkang, and of course it wasn't the first failure.

Every time ends the same way; Yun Ruojin faces repeated disappointment.

Sitting in the car, Yun Ruojin couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

Since the day Yun Wenkang seized her, he has never thought of letting her go.

Yun Ruojin had no way out and could only advance step by step like a puppet, following Yun Wenkang's instructions.

Even with a thousand, ten thousand objections in her heart, Yun Ruojin still climbed the stairs step by step and knocked on Fu Sijue's door.

Through the crack she saw Lu Xiwán sitting on the sofa, and felt a pang of bitterness.

Compared with Lu Xiwán, she looked utterly disheveled.

No matter what she faced, Lu Xiwán always had someone by her side, but she could only ever be a pawn and stepping stone trampled by Yun Wenkang.

Yun Ruojin's face bore a clear slap mark and reddened eye sockets, making it easy to imagine what she had just endured.

"Come in first, then we'll talk."

Even now, the last pride Yun Ruojin possessed would not allow her disheveled state to be seen by others.

Lu Xixi carefully applied medicine to Lu Xiwán, her hands wrapped in thick bandages.

The moment she saw Yun Ruojin, Yao Yao sprang to her feet, watching her warily; Fu Sijue said nothing, but his actions in protecting Lu Xiwán already chilled Yun Ruojin.

"Last night's incident was my fault; I shouldn't have had someone bring her to the Yun Family, and I shouldn't have used her to threaten you all. I'm sorry."

She forced the words out with difficulty, Yun Ruojin bowed her head.

Lu Xixi carefully applied medicine to Lu Xiwán's bruised ankle, "If it weren't for you, my mother wouldn't have been injured."

And the injury was severe, with many glass shards embedded in her hand.

Just seeing the wound, Lu Xixi already felt the pain.

"A Jue, please save me. If you don't, I'm truly finished."

Tears welled in Yun Ruojin's eyes, her voice thick with sobbing as she grabbed Fu Sijue's arm.

Fu Sijue looked at Lu Xiwán, who merely turned her head away.

"Miss Yun is pleading with you; what do you see me doing?"

Even though Fu Sijue helped rescue her, Lu Xiwán's anger remained; aside from thanking him, she gave Fu Sijue no kind look.

"Yun Wenkang locked my mother up; whenever I disobey him even a little, he will hurt my mother. I really have no way out."

These years, Yun Ruojin has done a lot to rescue her mother, but each time she returns empty‑handed.

She has no idea where Yun Wenkang has placed her mother.

Fu Sijue's gaze was extremely cold; based solely on Yun Ruojin's actions these past few days, he already harbors the desire to kill her.

How could he possibly help her just because of those pitiful words?

"Miss Yun, have you heard the saying 'one who brings disaster upon oneself cannot live'? Yun Wenkang forces you, so you hurt others."

Lu Xiwán finally couldn't hold back and interjected; her gaze was also extremely cold, tinged with sarcasm.