Chapter 97: Fumbled the Ball at the Wrong Turn
"I...I didn’t...Dad....I was just...I just got this book from someone else, it’s not me...how can I..."
Naturally, Han Ziyan refused to admit that she was the one who came up with the wretched ideas written at the back of the book. She was, after all, the adopted daughter of this family. If she dared to have such ideas, then her father might as well skin her alive. She could never admit that she was the one who wrote those stories at the back of the book.
"We can always find out the truth after a quick check." Han Ruochen was unwilling to let go of the opportunity that she had finally gotten after so much trouble. Didn’t Han Ziyan like causing trouble for her at every turn? Then she would give her a taste of her own medicine.
She turned to look at Han Jianyou and ordered, "Go and bring one of the notebooks on which she has written."
Han Jianyou turned around on his feet and was about to bolt out of the room when Han Ziyan screamed. "No!"
Her sudden shout startled not only Han Jianyou, who was about to run out of the room, but also Meng Yunhan and the rest. After seeing the expression on her daughter’s face, what else did Meng Yunhan need to know? Her face turned pale, and she glanced at her husband. Sure enough, his expression was not at all good. His face had turned dark, and he looked rather angry, seeing this Meng Yunhan was not at all comfortable and knew that things were only going to head south for her from here on.
She turned to look at her daughter and didn’t know what to say to her. Why did she fumble the ball at such a crucial moment?
Han Yichen sucked in a breath and said in an imperious tone, "If you dare to give her money from now on, then you are on your own! Don’t bother me with your ridiculous troubles."
After he finished speaking, he didn’t give Meng Yunhan a chance to say anything and turned around on his feet before heading out of the room. Once he left, neither Han Ruochen nor Han Jianyou wanted to stay in the room as they were worried about getting caught in the crossfire. Meng Yunhan watched them leave, and her face turned twisted as she turned to look at Han Ziyan angrily.
"Ziyan, what are you doing? How could you let me down like this?" Meng Yunhan didn’t care about what the Han siblings did, but the one thing that she cared about the most was Han Ziyan. She wanted her to become even more excellent than Han Ruochen, and here Han Ruochen was out there scavenging the beach and finding snail caviar worth ten thousand yuan and her daughter? She was cooped up in her room and reading a book with such a disgusting premise.
Han Ziyan was still reeling from the shock of being caught.
She snapped out of her daze after a very long time and said to her mother, "Mom, it’s not what you think. I was telling the truth. This was the first time I read that book, usually I just lend it to my friends."
At that moment, Han Ziyan’s mind had gone blank. She had no excuses left in her head, and she didn’t know what to say to her mother. She wanted to say that she didn’t read that book, but how was she supposed to do that when she was caught red-handed?
"Ziyan, you disappoint me too much! I always told you that you have to be better than every single child of the Han family, especially Han Ruochen. But that woman found a ten-thousand-yuan worth of snail caviar, and what were you doing then?"
Hearing the disappointed tone of her mother, Han Ziyan knew that her mother was gravely upset with her. But more than that, she was shocked to find out that Han Ruochen actually found a ten-thousand-yuan-worth snail caviar!
She turned to look at her mother and asked, "Mom, Mom...are you sure that it was snail caviar?"
When Han Ziyan heard that Han Ruochen had caught snail caviar, she was green with envy. She never thought that her stupid and dimwitted sister would be so lucky that she would catch snail caviar. Her eyes turned green with jealousy. Why was Han Ruochen so lucky? Not only was she well-loved by her father, but she was also lucky when catching seafood. Look at this. Just one turn, and she ended up getting more than ten thousand yuan.
This was too much.
Why did the heavens favour her? The woman who had a father but no mother.
Because of Han Ruochen and her family, she had to suffer so much humiliation. She could have been born as a legitimate daughter of the Yun family, but she ended up becoming the adopted daughter of the Han family. Every time she stepped out of the house, she was treated like a joke. Everyone kept talking about how she ate her mother just as she was born, but the truth was that she clearly had her mother, who was alive and kicking.
She was suffering so much; couldn’t Han Ruochen give in to her a few times? She was treating her as if she were her enemy.
Clearly, she was enduring because of the Han family. If Han Yichen hadn’t been shameless, then her mother could have become the legitimate wife of her father, and then she wouldn’t have to bear the shame of becoming the adopted daughter of the Han family. In turn, what did the Han family gain? A glorious reputation for adopting the daughter of a dead woman.
Sure, that woman was dead, but she was not her mother!
"Of course. Widow Wang saw it with her own eyes. Can it be false? Ziyan, I am no longer asking you to become a college student, but the least you can do is get a decent job instead of staying at home and doing nothing but reading those nonsensical books of yours."
Meng Yunhan had no expectations from any of her children, but she wanted Han Ziyan to be the best!
