Chapter 364: A Biased Fool
Chapter 364: A Biased Fool
Though she did not say anything against Meng Yunhan, everyone could see the bitter expression on her face. It was clear that Han Ruochen was not happy with her mother, but as her daughter, there were some things that she could not say about her to them.
"Ruochen, don’t worry; we will not talk nonsense to others." They were not idiots. Whether Meng Yunhan lost her mind earlier because she was shocked after seeing Han Yichen’s condition or whether she was just acting like a hooligan because she did not want to return the money, they were very clear about this one thing. They did not speak much because they did not want to make things difficult for Han Ruochen.
In fact, they pitied Han Ruochen and her siblings. Even though they were quite dissatisfied with Meng Yunhan, filial piety was weighing heavily on them, and they could not join them in scolding Meng Yunhan and her actions. They could only come up with ways to repay the debt that Meng Yunhan owed others. They felt sorry for Han Ruochen, but at the same time, there was nothing that they could do to help her.
One of the men reached out and patted Han Ruochen on the shoulder before saying to her, "Ruochen, we are sorry. There is nothing that we can do to help you and your family, but we promise that as long as we live, in the future if you and your siblings need our help, we will do everything in our power to help you." They could not return the money for the time being; after all, they needed the money. But if Han Ruochen asked for their help in the future, they would definitely do their best to help her.
"Thank you, uncle." Han Ruochen bowed in front of the colleagues of her father once again. She felt sorry for their experience, but there was nothing she could do. After all, who asked her to be the daughter of an unreasonable woman? She could only apologise to the men in the hopes that they would not take this incident to their hearts and break their relationship with her father.
She recalled her past life, where her father was in trouble and reached out to these men for help, but they actually turned him away. Back then, Han Ruochen hated these men and thought that they had turned arrogant and forgotten how much her father had helped them, but now, after realising that her mother had actually borrowed money in the name of her father, Han Ruochen started to have second thoughts.
Maybe these men were never in the wrong. With her mother’s virtues, she must have tried to squeeze the remaining value of her father after the pig farm ran into trouble. She must have used the name of her father and borrowed money from these men before her father could ask them for help. With so many debts piling up and no repayment, these men were bound to feel upset with her father. But how was her father supposed to know that her mother had borrowed money from his colleagues?
Just the thought alone made Han Ruochen clench her fists in anger. She long knew that Meng Yunhan was not a good woman, but she had underestimated her again and again. That woman was not only blind; her eyes were also covered in lard! Shameless, despicable woman.
"There is no need to apologise, Ruochen. It’s not your fault or Boss Han’s fault. Everyone has their own trouble." They could not say much but they cleared their stance. What happened today had nothing to do with Han Yichen and this was something that they knew and understood clearly. At most they could only feel sorry for Han Yichen for marrying such a despicable woman, who did not know how to count her blessings and was causing trouble everywhere.
Once Han Ruochen heard their words, she heaved a sigh of relief. Though she had already planned on taking care of her father’s farm once it ran into trouble, she still wanted to leave some leeway for her father to escape in the future. If these men turned against him, then she was worried that her father would never be able to escape bankruptcy, like he could not in her past life.
"Then I will take my leave, uncles. I don’t know how my father’s surgery went." Han Ruochen took her leave in a hurry. She knew that these men were only staying in the county because they were waiting for her family to return the debt. At least now that she had cleared up the debts, these men could return home without any worries.
With the money returned to them, they did not need to stay in the county for two days and waste the money by paying for the inn for two days. They could return home after cancelling the booked rooms. After all, it had not been long since they opened the rooms and they could always get their refund.
Sure enough, once Han Ruochen left, these men packed up everything and then went to cancel their rooms. Now that the money was returned, they wanted to go back and take care of the urgent matters that were waiting for them at home.
After settling the matter, Han Ruochen rushed back to the hospital almost immediately. When she returned to the hospital, she ran into her elder brother, who was squatting on the side with his hair clutched in his hands. Seeing him like this, Han Ruochen frowned and walked over. "What’s the matter, eldest brother?"
"Ruochen?" Han Yong heard her voice and lifted his head up. His eyes were filled with hot tears and he looked so defeated that Han Ruochen felt sorry for him from the bottom of her heart. "Ruochen, I went to borrow money from my colleagues and friends. But in the end, I could only get three hundred yuan back."
When he thought about how he only received some help from his old master, and none of the people in the business sector helped him, Han Yong felt like he had failed everywhere.