Free Web NovelChapter 324: Biased Heart (II)
"Ruochen, don’t you think that Dad is very useless? I wanted kids, but I cannot raise even one of them properly. Your elder brother’s life was ruined because I was not clear-headed, and he hates me... Your elder sister is the same. Jianyou and Beijiang too." Han Yichen’s voice was laced with bitterness. It seemed like his youngest daughter was aware of what was happening in the house but never said a word out of respect for her elders. It seemed like they had suppressed her way too long. "Ruochen, were you suffering?"
"Initially? Yes. I am sure everyone in this family was suffering. When I was young, I could not understand why my mother wanted us siblings to give way to Han Ziyan. After all, we are her biological children and Han Ziyan was at most an adopted daughter, but after getting used to my mother’s biased attitude, I no longer feel anything. I guess my siblings are the same." freewebnøvel.coɱ
The more indifferent Han Ruochen pretended to be, the guiltier Han Yichen became. He could not help but blame himself. The child had suffered for so long that she was already numb to it. He did not even want to think about what Han Yong and Han Xuehan felt. Even Han Ruochen, who stayed with them, did not have much affection left for her parents; then what could he expect from his two older kids? They were the ones who suffered even more than Han Ruochen! It would be good enough if they did not hate them.
No wonder Han Ruochen had been paying less and less attention to whatever was happening at home; she was hardly trying to stop him and Meng Yunhan whenever they quarrelled. If anything, she was now acting like an outsider who did not have any connections with her family.
"Dad, you should get ready for work. You do not need to worry about my marriage for the time being. We first need to deal with Brother Yong and Sister Xuehan’s matter. Don’t forget that you owe them too." At the thought of how her mother was manipulating her father using the financial situation of their home, Han Ruochen had a headache.
Actually, she could tell her father that she had enough money to last for years without doing anything; however, she did not want her father to become lax. If her father found out that she had millions of yuan in her bank account, then he would stop worrying about her, and that would only lessen the guilt that he had for her, allowing her mother to manipulate him with her words once again. If that was not enough, the family might even start asking her for money whenever they ran into financial problems.
She had already had enough of serving her mother and Han Ziyan in her previous life.
What was more, if her mother had this thought firmly planted in her mind that their family had no money, then there was a good chance that she would slip up. But if she found out that Han Ruochen had three million yuan in her account, she would only cling to their family even tighter.
"Okay, I will go to work. You should rest at home as well; it’s not good to run out to the sea every day." Han Yichen was quite worried about Han Ruochen. Though the sea was fruitful, it was also dangerous. What if his daughter were caught in danger? He patted her on the shoulder and then went to take a bath. However, just as he left the room, he ran into Meng Yunhan, who, from the looks of it, was waiting for him. She raised her head and batted her lashes at him. "So? What did that girl say?"
Han Yichen sucked in a breath. He recalled what Han Ruochen said to him and then sneered coldly in his heart. He looked at Meng Yunhan and said, "There is no need to worry. I will look for two honest men in the village and let Ruochen and Ziyan get married to them."
When Meng Yunhan heard that Han Ruochen had agreed, she was about to be happy, but then she heard Han Yichen say that Ziyan would have to marry a mud-legged person just like Han Ruochen, and her heart lodged in her throat.
"What? What did you say? We are talking about Han Ruochen; how come you are suddenly dragging Ziyan into this mess?" Her Ziyan was going to marry someone rich and influential from the county. How could she get married into a poor family?
Han Yichen still had some hope when he said those words, but after seeing how Meng Yunhan was reacting, his heart turned cold. Hah. It seemed like his daughter understood Meng Yunhan better than he did. Look at that panic in her eyes. It was as if Han Ziyan were getting married to a simple and honest man tomorrow.
He curled his lips in a disdainful sneer and said, "What? Ziyan is not any younger than Chenchen. Since I am looking for someone for Chenchen, then I will arrange someone for Ziyan as well. Did you not say that it did not matter that the man was poor as long as he was honest? Since that is the case, then I will look for two honest sons-in-law for our daughters."
"How can that be?" Meng Yunhan was scared silly. She was really worried that Han Yichen would actually go and find a poor man for her Ziyan and immediately shrieked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She was so angry that her eyes turned bloodshot. "How can my Ziyan marry a poor man? She is such a good girl; she is destined to marry someone from the capital. How can she marry someone from the village? If you dare to look for a poor man for her, I will hang myself in front of you! Don’t you dare ruin my daughter’s life—"
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