Chapter 175: I want the Money (II)
Meng Yunhan also felt that she was suffering way too much. She clearly did her part as Han Yichen’s wife, but he was a ruthless man who did not have the slightest bit of feeling for her. He was really too much! He even started treating her as an outsider and stopped giving her any money. That man was simply ruthless!
"Mom, this won’t do. I really need that sum of money. And there is also the matter of clothes for the Dragon Boat Festival. Mom, just ask Han Ruochen. If Dad doesn’t agree, then Han Ruochen has to agree. After all, you are her mother; she cannot act unfilially toward you. You can just ask her to return the motorboat and then hand the money over to you; as for the motorboat, she can always buy it a second time, as she had bought it once."
Han Ziyan wanted to keep her head up high in the army canteen and did not want the chef to look down at her because she did not have enough money in her hands. She wanted to take the money down and smash it all in the face of the man, such that he wouldn’t take her as some pauper. But when it came to ruining Han Ruochen or making her feel embarrassed, Han Ziyan did not think that there was anything wrong.
Even if she ruined Han Ruochen’s connections, so what? That woman was so skilled in making men fall for her that she could always seduce another man, right?
"Han Ruochen is a wretched girl. She has become so stubborn now; I am willing to bow down in front of her, but is she willing to listen to me? She is no longer as submissive as she used to be. I can bring myself to beg her, but will she be willing to listen? No!" Meng Yunhan was no longer as foolish as before; she understood that there was no point in trying to make Han Ruochen listen to her.
She never liked Han Ruochen to begin with, as the girl was even prettier than her and Han Ziyan, and that made her unsettled. The old villagers of their village used to say that Han Ruochen was born lucky and that she would one day become the wife of a mighty officer. While they did not say such things to Han Ziyan at all. All because Han Ziyan was not as fair as Han Ruochen.
And she hated it.
And she still hated Han Ruochen.
But when she thought about how Han Ruochen used to be obedient to her, she couldn’t help but miss her. In the past, if she dared to say ’east’, Han Ruochen would not dare to go west. She would listen to her obediently. Even if Han Ruochen used to stay silent and gloomy, she did not have the guts to defy her.
But now, if she said one sentence, Han Ruochen would retort with ten sentences. Even her temperament had changed. In the past, she would never complain to her father, but now? She would run straight to Han Yichen every time she was wronged. She would rather fight to the death than listen to her own mother’s words.
"Mom, Sister has changed so much. She was not like this in the past. Why did she change so much just after she found out about my affair with Brother Jianming? Did you not say that she would have no choice but to accept whatever we do to her?" Han Ziyan asked with a frown on her face. She really missed the obedient Han Ruochen who would listen to whatever her mother said to her.
"Now that you have mentioned it, it seems like she has really changed." Meng Yunhan puckered her lips and looked at her daughter with a suspicious look in her eyes. "Did she hear something that she should not have?"
Han Ziyan stomped her feet in anger and said to her mother, "I have told you that I did not say a thing to dad. I know very well that I should not call him dad when everyone is at home. Even if Han Ruochen found out something, it has nothing to do with me."
"Alright, alright, it’s okay if you were careful. But ever since that night, Han Ruochen has become weird. How come she even found out about your affair with Yang Jianming? Has she really been possessed or something? How come her temperament has changed so much in just a matter of time?"
"That’s true, but the old witch said that there is no ghost..." said Han Ziyan with a frown on her face. In the past, Han Ruochen was so foolish that she would listen to Han Ziyan’s instigations and always act as the middleman whenever their parents quarrelled. Even when she had to give up on her own benefits, she would do it without hesitating. But ever since that day, Han Ruochen had changed so much that she did not know what to say.
"Mom, what is wrong with sister?" Han Ziyan asked her mother as if trying to get an answer. "If she were still like she was in the past, then she would have listened to us, and everything would have been fine." Han Ziyan had a firm belief in the Han Ruochen of the past, who used to listen to them without question.
"How would I know what is wrong with her? That wretched girl is not listening to anyone. You better not mess with her, or else she will cause trouble by going straight to your father. You already have enough trouble with your father at the moment. Don’t let her cause the rift to get any bigger, do you understand?" Meng Yunhan couldn’t tell Han Ziyan that Han Yichen had quarrelled with her once again.
"Then what should we do now?" Han Ziyan frowned angrily. She couldn’t make do without those three thousand yuan! Why did her mother give birth to five more children when she said that she clearly loved her father alone?
If her mother had never given birth to any of the Han children, then she would be living her dream life!
