With that she turned around on her feet and left the docks.

Zhai Heng watched her leave and turned to look at the rest of the crowd, who also disappeared when they saw that the young master was looking at them with that fierce gaze of his. Once they were quite alone, Zhai Heng turned to look at Han Ruochen with a frown on his face. With a look of disbelief on his face, he questioned, "Is she really an adopted daughter? Her attitude is more like that of a young mistress. The way she was speaking, it’s as if she is going to deal with you once you go back. Why would she settle scores with you? I was the one who spoke rudely to her."

So you did know that you were rude? Han Ruochen thought. She sighed and turned to stare at her motorboat; with a heavy feeling in her heart, she stated in a calm voice, "It’s nothing. She has always been a bit self-centred and believes that she can make everyone like her. Since you did not get along with her right away, she has the impression that I spoke ill of her in front of you. Since that is the case, she will naturally complain to our parents about this."

Han Ruochen knew that after Han Ziyan snatched Yang Jianming successfully from her, her nose had stretched high up in the air. She now firmly believed that as long as she tried hard, she would be able to snatch any man near Han Ruochen. After living with this woman for more than two decades, how could Han Ruochen not understand her?

"Aren’t you worried that she will cause trouble for you?"

"There is no point in worrying. If I get angry, it will only harm my body; it’s not like she is going to change her actions or thinking. My adopted sister has been spoiled rotten by my mother, and every time things don’t go according to her, she blames someone for it. Even if I don’t pay attention to her, she would still kick up a fuss. And if I responded to her, then she would only create an even bigger uproar. No matter what I do or say, in the end, she is the one who has the final say in who is wrong and right. Which is basically her being right, while everyone else is in the wrong."

Han Ruochen then turned to look at Zhai Heng, who was still frowning hard, and said to him, "Why don’t we go and take a look at the crab cages that I left in the waters?"

"Aren’t you going to take the motorboat to the sea?" Zhai Heng asked with a frown.

"No." Han Ruochen shook her head and stated, "I first need to arrange a priest to bless the motorboat; only then can I take it to the sea." She was not a staunch believer of the supernatural in her past life but after her rebirth, she wanted to thank the heavens for every opportunity that they were giving her. "I also need to arrange for a banquet or else the villagers will say that I am not a good person and forgot them after I earned some money."

Han Ruochen knew that if she wanted to take the boat to the sea without any fuss, then she would have to treat the villagers. Earlier she had no intention of doing such a thing and only wanted to bless the motorboat but after the fuss that Widow Wang created, it was impossible for her to just ignore the villagers altogether.

If she did that, then there would be a lot of villagers who would be upset with her.

When Zhai Heng heard her response, he did not know what to say at all. It was such a simple thing but those two women made it so complicated. As he thought about it, he turned and glared at Widow Wang, who was not far away.

Noticing his glare, Widow Wang immediately jumped in the air and went inside her house. Once inside her house, she patted her chest and scolded Han Ruochen fiercely, "That sly vixen, she is really her mother’s daughter. Seducing men left and right." Though Widow Wang said that, she was quite upset over the fact that she could not snatch the boat from Han Ruochen. This won’t do, she had to think of some other way. In this entire village, she could only bully Han Ruochen and make her give up her boat or else she could forget about owning one!

Zhai Heng had no idea what the woman was thinking, as he couldn’t possibly chase after a woman as well, so he could only purse his lips and sigh silently. Since Han Ruochen wanted to take him to collect crab cages, then he might as well go with her.

Tong Zhaodi did not say anything. She had long noticed that Zhai Heng treated Han Ruochen quite differently but Han Ruochen pretended not to care and Zhai Heng did not say anything; if anything, he insisted that he treated her like a little sister. Since that was the case, what could she as an outsider even say? She pursed her lips and followed the two of them like a silent follower, not daring to utter a peep, as she was worried that she might end up blurting out something that she shouldn’t!

"Han Ruochen, where are you going?" Old Master Luo had finished admiring the motorboat and was sighing with emotion. Finally someone from the village was working hard toward the development of the village. "Are you not going to take the boat to the sea?"

Han Ruochen smiled and said, "The auspicious time has passed, Uncle Luo. And after what Aunt Wang said, I am a bit afraid to take the boat to the sea, so I might as well call a priest to bless it before arranging a banquet for the villagers." After she finished speaking, she waited for Old Man Luo to finish processing her words and enjoy the reaction.