Chapter 113: If only she never existed!
They were such a big family, but Han Ruochen only prepared breakfast for four people. Of course, Meng Yunhan and Han Ziyan had no share in this, which was not at all comforting, as she knew that Han Ruochen actually cooked sea urchins with eggs. Those things were really good and nutritious, yet she had none of them. It made her frustrated and heartbroken, but there was nothing she could do; at that moment she knew how helpless she felt at that very moment.
In the past, Han Ruochen used to do all the work and help around the house. Back then, Meng Yunhan didn’t feel like she was helping much. Moreover, she felt that Han Ruochen was supposed to work hard at both home and school.
But when Han Ruochen stopped helping, Meng Yunhan realised that there was not a single moment for her to rest. Just with the household chores alone, Meng Yunhan wished she had more than ten arms to complete the work at home. Meng Yunhan wondered what would happen if she went out to get a job. Who would do all the household work?
"Ziyan, you should also wash up. I need to go and look for a job; there are several household chores that I need to do. Why don’t you help out?" Meng Yunhan was worried about the number of tasks that were waiting to be done. When she thought about how she was the only one doing all of these tasks, Meng Yunhan wanted to die. How would she be able to do so much work on her? So she could only hope that her precious daughter would help her.
"Mom," Han Ziyan’s face was full of displeasure. "I don’t even know how to do these jobs. Can’t you let Sister do these things?"
Last night, she clearly intended to pester Han Ruochen until she agreed to give her money. She was not willing to let Han Ruochen sleep even a wink last night. But who would have expected that she would end up being the first one to fall asleep? She was so mad!
Han Ziyan was unwilling, but even if she was unwilling, what could she even do? Could she drag Han Ruochen back into bed and pester her again endlessly?
"What do you mean by letting her do these tasks? She does not even know how to come home before it’s late in the evening."
During the last few days, every morning after Han Ruochen was done eating her breakfast, she would take her brothers out with her and only come back home when Han Yichen returned home. Thus, Meng Yunhan no longer had any hope for her second daughter.
That wretched girl had become more emboldened, and Han Jianyou and Han Beijiang were no better.
Yesterday, Han Yichen forced her to take out the money and then paid Han Jianyou’s school fees. That was not all; he even took out some of his personal savings and handed it to Han Jianyou for eating at the school mess. At the thought of this money, she couldn’t help but feel pinched.
"Mom–"
"Alright, today you are going to be home alone, and I will be looking for a job. Ziyan, I know that you hate doing this kind of work, but you already heard your father say that he wants to divorce me. I don’t want him to give any more reasons. If that happens, neither you nor I will have a good ending. Your father is upset with me, and he is just as upset with you. Please be careful these days and try to win him over..."
Previously, Meng Yunhan was willing to grit her teeth and steal all the savings and spend them on Yun Xinye because she thought that the man would be able to turn the situation around; as long as he made it through, she would have pestered him relentlessly until he took her in as his wife, but the situation was no longer the same.
Yun Xinye failed in business once again, and if she was not wrong, he was still being hounded by the moneylenders. The reason he called her a few days ago was to get the remaining two thousand yuan. Where would she get the extra two thousand yuan when she had used all her savings on him already!?
Han Ziyan’s expression changed. She smiled thereafter. "Mom, I know that you are troubled. Don’t worry; I will be on my best behaviour. I will definitely try to please Dad. Mom, you can go and find a job with peace of mind. As for the chores, I will try to do whatever I can do without making a mess. As for the ones I don’t know, I will leave them alone."
Staying in the line? That was simply impossible for Han Ziyan. In recent months, she had focused all her energy on getting close to the socialites. Where would she have the patience to work on her father?
All her energy was on getting money from Han Ruochen so that she could somehow manage to climb up the ladder. All she had in her mind was how to step on the Han family’s members and make a better living. How could she have had the mind to go and please the Han family members? In her heart, she even looked down on her mother for giving so much importance to the Han family members. Instead of focusing on them, it would be better if she tried to win the heart of some high-ranking official or his wife.
Han Ziyan walked to the door with Meng Yunhan and waved her goodbye. Once she returned, she couldn’t help but throw the pillow on the couch. "Damn that wretched Han Ruochen! She thwarts my plans every time. If only..."
If only her mother had never given birth to the Han family children, and only had her, then she wouldn’t have to live like this.
