Let the Cousin Fall Down the Stairs

The cousin did not really care whether Bai Yunsheng replied to him. He had never taken Bai Yunsheng seriously in the first place. But that was only when no one else was around. Today, Feng Tingfan happened to be standing nearby.

This kind of harmless disregard felt like contempt to the cousin.

He had been compared to others ever since he was young.

Compared to Feng Zhiyou.

Compared to Feng Tingfan.

Every time, he had been the worst one.

Bai Yunsheng had finally appeared, inferior to him in every way, yet today he had inexplicably risen above him.

Wu Shanye?

Who was that?

He had never even heard of him.

And he had supposedly won some exclusive award. Who knew whether it was legitimate, or whether it had been bought with money.

Wasn't he just that person's student? Was there any need to make such a big deal out of it?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Then he met Bai Yunsheng's calm, utterly unruffled eyes, and an inexplicable rage flared up inside him.

The cousin's attack was not unexpected, so Bai Yunsheng had long been prepared. When that fat body lunged at him, Bai Yunsheng merely shifted slightly aside. The cousin had used great force when he tried to push him, which sent him charging forward with equal force. Bai Yunsheng only needed to give him a subtle, gentle touch...

In what felt like slow motion, the cousin's face was filled with terror, the fat all over his body shaking wildly from inertia. The cousin did not even feel Bai Yunsheng touch him. Then, accompanied by terrified screams, his round body rolled down the stairs. In just a few seconds, he was clutching his hand and shrieking like a pig being slaughtered.

Feng Tingfan rushed downstairs.

"Ahhh! My hand! It hurts! It hurts so much! I'm dying!"

"What are you doing, Bai Yunsheng? He's your brother!" Feng Tingfan rebuked him.

Bai Yunsheng looked at his cousin's face, streaked with snot and tears. Even from that far away, he took a disgusted step back. "I didn't do anything. He lunged at me himself. I merely stepped out of his way."

The cousin's piercing cries attracted a crowd, even forcing Old Master Feng, who had just gone to bed, to get up.

The eldest aunt's soul nearly left her body when she saw her son lying on the floor. She immediately rushed over. "Baby! Wh-what happened?"

The cousin cried and cursed at once. "Mom, my hand, my hand is broken! My hand is broken! It's all Bai Yunsheng's fault, that bitch! He wanted to hurt me! Break his hand too! Sob, don't let him get away with this!"

When the eldest aunt saw her son's slightly bent hand, her expression changed completely. In a panic, she ordered a servant to call the doctor. "Bai Yunsheng! What did you do?"

The eldest uncle glanced at Bai Yunsheng. "What happened here?"

Feng Yanshan arrived late.

Old Master Feng stood at the stairway entrance and said anxiously, "Help him up first. Has the doctor been called? Where's the doctor?"

Bai Yunsheng had chosen his position carefully. Standing in the middle, he could clearly see the family downstairs while speaking to Old Master Feng upstairs.

"Don't worry, Grandpa. Someone has already gone to call the doctor."

Old Master Feng pressed a hand to his chest. "Wh-what happened?"

Bai Yunsheng answered honestly, "He fell down the stairs. Luckily, the stairs are carpeted. Otherwise, he might not have merely broken his hand." His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for both groups above and below to hear.

Seeing her son like this, the eldest aunt had completely lost her head. "What do you mean by that? You have to give me an explanation today." Then, with reddened eyes, she looked at Feng Yanshan. "Yanshan, I know you've always looked down on our family. We can't compare to you, but... but no matter what, you can't indulge your child in doing something so vicious!"

Bai Yunsheng said, "Something vicious? What vicious thing did I do? Why not let your son explain?"

The eldest aunt shot Bai Yunsheng a vicious glare and raised her voice, afraid Old Master Feng upstairs would not hear. "Baby, don't be afraid. Tell everyone. Grandpa will stand up for you."

The eldest uncle also put on an act from the side. "Yanshan, tell me, what should we do about this?" His tone was mild, without a single harsh word, yet he had placed Feng Yanshan in an impossible position.

The groups fell silent for several seconds.

The cousin did not speak. Having just been overwhelmed by pain, he had now calmed down enough to suddenly remember that there were cameras here. What if Bai Yunsheng demanded to check the surveillance footage?

The cousin's face turned pale.

When the eldest aunt received no response for so long, her heart ached even more. She thought her child had been frightened stupid. "Baby, don't be scared. Tell us. Your father and mother are here."

Another stretch of silence followed.

Then Bai Yunsheng's snort of laughter broke it. He slowly held the railing and descended a few steps. "Second Brother was also there when the accident happened. Why not let him explain?"

The eldest uncle knew Feng Tingfan disliked Bai Yunsheng. "Tingfan, you tell us."

Hearing his eldest uncle call him, Feng Tingfan frowned.

Can these idiots stop talking already?

Jiang Li, who had remained silent all along, was about to speak when she saw Feng Tingfan being dragged into this, but Bai Yunsheng spoke first. "Since none of you will speak, I'll explain."

"It's actually nothing serious. My cousin wanted to push me down the stairs, but I dodged." Bai Yunsheng's face remained calm, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

The eldest aunt instinctively looked at the person in her arms.

The cousin's face was pale, and he did not deny it.

The eldest aunt's heart sank.

Bai Yunsheng continued, "There are surveillance cameras. You can't lie your way out of this." He raised a hand and pointed at the camera overhead.

Upon hearing that, Old Master Feng said to the person beside him, "Go check the footage."

The eldest aunt reacted fastest. "Forget it, forget it. A Yan is already like this. Let's leave it at that. It's not a big deal anyway."

The eldest uncle said, "Yes, yes. It's late at night. No need to trouble you over this."

Bai Yunsheng's gaze swept over the couple.

Originally, this matter could have been left alone.

After all, the cousin had already suffered for it.

It would take a hundred days to recover from broken bones and torn muscles.

That was enough.

Yet they insisted on smearing him.

And they had to drag Feng Yanshan into it.

Then he had no choice but to make use of it.

Bai Yunsheng said, "We can let this matter go. I don't care either. But what about my father's matter?"

The eldest uncle and aunt looked completely confused.

Feng Yanshan?

What did this have to do with Feng Yanshan?

When Feng Yanshan heard Bai Yunsheng say this, he looked over as well.

Bai Yunsheng said, "You can slander me or call me vicious. But my father has never wronged the Feng Household, much less either of you."

"Right in front of my father, you can say that he looks down on you. Who knows what stories you make up outside."

"Someone who didn't know better might think Father became rich, forgot his family, and kept bullying you all. Otherwise, why would you think Father looks down on you?"

Bai Yunsheng lowered his gaze slightly. His eyes carried a dimness as he looked at them, and under the overhead light, they seemed to hold a faint dark green gleam.

The eldest uncle said, "I-I didn't. I was just too worried about A Yan."

Bai Yunsheng did not care. "If I remember correctly, the house you live in, the cars you drive, and the money you spend aren't yours, are they? With Eldest Uncle's meager salary, could you afford a two-hundred-and-forty-square-meter apartment downtown?"

Bai Yunsheng seemed to glance carelessly at Feng Yanshan, but he had actually taken in every change in Feng Yanshan's expression.

Bai Yunsheng continued, "You say he looks down on you and put on pitiful faces, yet your bodies are quite honest about spending our family's money. If you have any backbone, then return everything our family has given you, including the company shares my father gave you."

With those words, he had thoroughly offended the eldest uncle and aunt.

Unable to save face any longer, the eldest uncle could no longer maintain his image as a good man. "Yunsheng! What kind of thing is that to say? I'm your elder. How can you be so disrespectful?"

Old Master Feng said nothing. He wanted to say something, but he also felt that his younger grandson, Bai Yunsheng, made a great deal of sense.

If this had happened before, Old Master Feng would definitely have stopped such insubordinate talk.

But today, Bai Yunsheng had played chess with him and happened to mention Bai Zhi. That suddenly stirred up a long-lost sense of guilt within him.

Perhaps he was getting old. Or perhaps when Bai Yunsheng spoke of Bai Zhi, his pitiful appearance made Old Master Feng think of another grandson, Feng Zhiyou.

That child who had lost his mother at a very young age, and had been exceptionally obedient and hardworking.

Whatever the reason.

Today, he simply could not bring himself to stop him.