Chapter 552: Losing Temper (II)

Han Yichen pursed his lips. He wanted to tell his mother that he did not want to get married to Meng Yunhan either, but he had no other choice. Back then, the village chief and the rest of the villagers caught them together. If he hadn’t married Meng Yunhan back then, he would have been shot to death. So he had no other choice but to agree to marry her. What was more, as a man with values, he just could not think about abandoning her.

"Mom, please don’t bring this matter up. It’s in the past, and there is no point in discussing these matters," said Han Yichen with a sigh. He then glanced at the scrambled eggs that were laid out in front of him and his children and sighed. "Ah Yong, go and bring some meat buns. I don’t think that this little scrambled egg will be enough to fill our stomachs."

His children had their own things to do and Han Ruochen was heading out to deal with the mess at the docks. They needed as much energy as possible to deal with the troubles that he and Meng Yunhan had left for them as their parents, and yet this was what Meng Yunhan came up with. He sucked in a breath and sighed again.

"There is no need to lie to me," Old Madam Han sneered without giving Han Yichen any face at all in front of Han Ruochen and the rest. "I still remember that you used to help her around in the fields when she first came, and then there was the matter of you chasing her around like some little lost puppy. You can lie to everyone but not me. It will be better if you just accept that you have made a very bad choice when it comes to making such decisions."

Han Yichen: "..."

"Mother, can you please leave me some face in front of my children?" What did she mean by telling everyone that he acted like a lost puppy in front of Meng Yunhan? What might his children think about him after hearing such a thing? Would they not feel angry and upset with him when they think about how he married such a woman and gave them such a twisted mother?

Speaking of which, he could not feel aggrieved. He had treated his wife better than most men in the village; in fact, he was sure that no man even in the county could treat his wife in the same manner as he had treated Meng Yunhan and yet the woman was not satisfied. What did she mean by saying that he forced her? She even disowned their children. All these years when they were together, she was actually resentful toward him? And here he thought that she actually accepted him gradually.

Thinking about the words that Meng Yunhan said, he could not help but feel disappointed.

On the other hand, Han Ziyan dragged Meng Yunhan behind the house, right where the outhouse was. Once the two of them were quite alone, she could not help but snap at Meng Yunhan, "What were you even doing inside just now? Are you trying to tell Han Ruochen that you are still eyeing her money? Do you want her to move the money as soon as possible?"

Han Ziyan felt frustrated when she thought about how her mother had caused such trouble, and that too in front of Han Yichen. With Meng Yunhan causing such a fuss, he would only feel even more dissatisfied with the two of them. What if the matter of them stealing the money came to light? Would Han Yichen even give them a way out? Her mother was just fooling around for no reason.

Meng Yunhan was still furious at what the old woman had said. She could not help but say in a snappy voice, "Why won’t I fight with her? I did not say a word wrong. That wretched girl is my daughter, and she was the one who earned that fifty thousand yuan. If I want that sum of money, then Han Ruochen will have to take it out. Who is that old woman to tell me that I cannot ask for money from Han Ruochen?"

"Mom! This is not the time to emphasise what you can and cannot do, and what do you think? Will that wretched girl give you even a single penny? Even if you fight to death with that old hag, Han Ruochen will not take out even a yuan for you. So why were you even messing around? Have you lost your mind?" Han Ziyan was going crazy. "Han Ruochen is already on guard against us; if you keep acting up like that, she will only become even more suspicious of you. Why can you not understand such a simple thing?"

When she thought about Han Ruochen’s gaze as she looked at her, Han Ziyan had a feeling that she was already wary of the two of them. "Mom, if we fail to steal that sum of money, then you can forget about your dream of catching a good son-in-law. Without a good and substantial dowry, I will not be able to find a decent man. Forget about a rich one. Do you want me to get married to someone like Yang Jianming?" Han Ziyan could not help but stomp her feet.

"Calm down, Mom is sorry. I was just upset because of what that old woman said." When Meng Yunhan saw that Han Ziyan was getting angry, she immediately went to the backfoot. Her expression also turned a little apologetic. "Mom is really sorry. I completely forgot about what you said to me. I will keep my temper in check until we are done stealing the money."

Han Ziyan narrowed her eyes and stared at her mother with a frown. "Mom, you better remember. We need to keep our temper in check for the time being. If we lose our temper even in the slightest, Han Ruochen will end up becoming suspicious."