Chapter 496: Playing Rogue (II)

Just as everyone thought that Meng Yunhan would put some sense into Han Ziyan, they heard something even more ridiculous.

"What a remark to make? I know that you are used to following after your elder sister. But you cannot always rely on your elder sister for everything. After all, one day you will get married and have your own family. How long will Han Ruochen be with you? You need to take care of some things on your own..." Meng Yunhan also realised that there was something off with Han Ziyan’s words.

"But Mom, I am still recovering—"

"Alright, alright." Meng Yunhan was quite pleased when she saw that her daughter was finally acting sensibly. She turned to look at Zhao Mingzhu and smiled at him coaxingly. "Mingzhu? Can you go with Ziyan and buy some mangoes with her? I am sorry for the trouble, but my daughter just got discharged, and the doctor has asked her to be careful. I am afraid that something might happen if she goes alone."

As long as Han Ziyan could take this opportunity to establish some sort of connection between him and her, Meng Yunhan would love to see how Mother Zhao would refuse.

Her expression was too smug for Mother Zhao to ignore. Her expression darkened. If not for the fact that she was not a shrew, she would have scratched Meng Yunhan’s face. Did she think that she was the only one smart and everyone else was a fool? Meng Yunhan’s calculations were so loud that the beads were almost falling on her face.

She immediately pulled her son back. She was worried that Zhao Mingzhu would not be able to understand the underhanded scheme of the mother and daughter. A man’s reputation was as important as a woman’s in the current era. What was more, her son was at a crucial point. He would soon be promoted; how could she allow a woman like Han Ziyan to ruin him?

"Mrs Han, I am sorry. But my son just returned from a mission. He must be very tired after coming in a hurry... just look at his sweat. Let him have a good rest. I will go with your daughter if you don’t mind." She turned to look at her husband and remarked, "I mean, it’s just buying some mangoes."

Meng Yunhan: "..."

Han Ziyan: "..."

What was the point of Mother Zhao going with them? Was Han Ziyan going to accuse Mother Zhao of playing rogue with her?

Han Ziyan especially felt that Mother Zhao and her son were looking down on her. She gritted her teeth angrily. After what happened to her, she was already suffering from low self-esteem, and after listening to the repeated rejection from the two people, she was filled with anger. What did Mother Zhao mean? Who was she looking down at?

It was just a small matter of accompanying her to the fruit stand. Her son was not going to lose anything. If anything, he was going to gain a wife like her. What was there to be worried about? What was more, she felt that the people from the Zhao family were really ungrateful. They had eaten a lot of things from the Han family. So what if she took a little advantage of them?

Han Ziyan was used to being admired by men; thus, she could not accept being rejected. She, in fact, did not like Zhao Mingzhu at all. It was all her mother’s doing. What a mess. Just because she was pregnant before marriage, now she was reduced to accepting any tom, dick and harry. It was too much.

What was more, Zhao Mingzhu was clearly unwilling as well. Because if the man liked her, then he would have gone against his mother and agreed to follow her.

Han Ziyan pursed her lips and returned the money to her mother. "Mom, I am not feeling well. I just got discharged two days ago; I don’t think I am in a condition to walk so far. Let Sister Ruochen help you buy the mangoes." She was not going to be as foolish as Han Ruochen, who would serve someone like Zhao Mingzhu and his parents, who did not even have the courtesy to stay polite with someone who had fed them for more than a month.

Shameless!

"Ziyan." Meng Yunhan was embarrassed and angry when she heard her daughter’s rejection. What was wrong with her? Could she not see what kind of situation she was in at the moment? She was pregnant, and if their plans did not work, then she would have to marry someone like Yang Jianming. Rather than taking that risk, it was better for them to trap Zhao Mingzhu.

Though she understood that Han Ziyan was embarrassed due to the attitude of the Zhao family, she knew that Han Ziyan’s attitude was indeed inappropriate. Meng Yunhan did not want Han Ziyan to embarrass herself in front of the Zhao family.

"What kind of accident did you get into?" Han Yichen, who had been silent till now, could not help but ask when he saw that Han Ziyan indeed looked a bit sick.

Han Ziyan parted her lips, but before she could make an excuse and make it sound like she had ended up in a major accident, Han Ruochen spoke up, "It’s nothing. She just sat on a firework because she was startled by a dog."

"..."

"..."

Everyone turned to look at Han Ziyan, as if they could not believe what Han Ruochen was saying. How could a person as big as her get scared by a dog?

Han Ziyan glared at Han Ruochen. This woman! She was truly her nemesis. To think that she would actually tell everyone that she sat on a firework! Clearly, the one who sat on a firework because he was a scaredy-cat was Han Yong! Why did she push the pot on her head?

"Sister Ruochen—"

"I will go and buy some mangoes." Han Ruochen stood up. She walked over to where Meng Yunhan was standing and took the money from her. She could no longer listen to Han Ziyan’s green tea talk; it was better to take her leave.

"I...I will go with you."

As soon as she stood up, Zhao Mingzhu also jumped to his feet. However, maybe he realised he was being too expressive and turned red in the face. "I...I mean..."