Chapter 574: Kidnapped

Pa!

A sharp, resounding crack echoed through the entire room as Han Yichen struck Meng Yunhan’s cheek with full, trembling force. The violent slap sent Meng Yunhan stumbling back; her hands clutching her burning face as she fell against the wall. The entire room fell into a dead, suffocating silence.

Meng Yunhan stared at her husband in absolute shock; tears of disbelief welled up in her eyes. "You...you... Old Yichen, you actually hit me?"

"I ought to have slapped you years ago!" Han Yichen’s voice trembled with intense, heart-wrenching rage, his chest heaving as he leaned on the bed railing. "I cannot even fathom how you can think of hitting your own daughters. What did Ruochen say wrong? She is right. Jianyou is your own son! Your biological son. He worked hard and managed to get second rank. Yet someone blamed him and accused him of cheating. Jianyou is lucky that Ruochen went to his school today."

"I am even terrified thinking about what would have happened to Jianyou if Ruochen hadn’t arrived at the school today."

He stepped closer, his fierce gaze digging into Meng Yunhan’s soul.

"And yet here you are! I don’t know who this girl is to you, and I have no intention of asking either, because you have always sided with outsiders more than your own family. She tried to frame our son, ruin his reputation, and strip away his hard work! And you—his own mother —is standing here like a madwoman. You are beating your own daughters and demanding that they apologise to a liar! You also want Ruochen to go to the school and take her complaint back."

"Do you even know how it will humiliate our son?" Asking to take the complaint back would be equivalent to admitting that Han Jianyou had cheated. That would be really too much.

Han Yichen’s voice cracked with deep agony and shame as he raised his hand and pointed a trembling finger at her. "Tell me, Meng Yunhan! Why are you endlessly supporting a stranger over your own flesh and blood!? What kind of mother are you!? No, tell me, what kind of mother does such a thing?"

"Why are you always like this!? I also want to ask you the same question as Ruochen did today. How much do you hate our children? No, how much do you hate me? And why? What have we even done to you? If I have wronged you, then tell me! We will sort this matter out."

Meng Yunhan shrank back against the railing, her jaw trembling violently. Under the combined piercing gazes of her injured husband, Han Xuehan and Han Ruochen’s icy glares, she felt completely suffocated. She opened her mouth to make another excuse, to spout another lie. But no words came out; even her voice seemed to have been stolen away.

"Tell me!" Han Yichen roared, his anger reaching its peak. He stared at the woman, wanting to know what was going on in her mind. Because why else would she do such a thing?

Meng Yunhan flinched, but she refused to say anything.

"Meng Yunhan...you—" Han Yichen was tired of going back and forth with Meng Yunhan. He sighed and finally said, "Let’s get a divorce." His eyes were pierced after seeing the blood that was coating Han Ruochen’s back.

"Since you hate me so much, there is no point in staying together. Let’s get divorced. You live your life, and I will live mine. I will keep the children since you don’t want to have anything to do with them." After he finished speaking, Han Yichen felt really tired. However, at the same time, he felt liberated as if he had finally stepped out of the cage where he was tied.

"Divorce?" Meng Yunhan’s eyes widened. "Han Yichen, do you even know what you are saying?"

She always thought that the man was threatening her with divorce, but he actually said that he wanted to get divorced today?

"Yes, divorce." Han Yichen nodded. His voice was thick as he recalled the words that Meng Yunhan had told his mother a few days ago. "Since you hate me so much ... despite knowing that I was also a victim and it was you who did the plotting with your friend—you still blame me, since that is the case, let’s end this marriage. I will free you of the bonds that you hate so much."

"Han Yichen! I am not divorcing! You can forget all about divorcing me," snapped Meng Yunhan. Her voice trembled with fear. She had no place to go if Han Yichen divorced her. "You married me, and I have given birth to five children for you. You will have to stay with me till the end! We are already so old; how can you even speak of divorce? Are you trying to make people laugh at us?"

After she finished speaking, she clutched her cheek, which was slowly getting swollen. Her eyes were filled with dark bitterness and fear. She was really worried that Han Yichen would drag her out of the room and take her to divorce him. Realising that she could no longer continue with this quarrel, she turned on her feet and then ran out of the room.

However, as she ran out, Meng Yunhan was filled with hatred and anger in her heart. She could not believe that Han Yichen would do such a thing. He actually asked for a divorce! This was all Han Ruochen’s fault. She was the one who had made her father go against her. If Han Ruochen had not poisoned Han Yichen against her, then he would have never threatened her with a divorce! It was all Han Ruochen. She was the one who was bent on ruining her happiness.

Look at what she did to Yun Xirou! How was she going to face Yun Xinye?

Meng Yunhan was really worried and because she was lost in her thoughts, she did not even know where she was going and ended up bumping into someone.

"You—" Before she could even scold the person, her mouth was clamped shut.