If only Meng Yunhan knew that Father Yun did not need any investment. It was Han Ziyan, who wanted that sum of money because she had been eyeing a dress in the county and wanted to buy it along with a pair of shoes, as well as a set of pearl jewellery. Though these things alone didn’t cost two thousand yuan, Han Ziyan just didn’t feel settled with Han Ruochen having so much money in her hands.

That woman had always been a pauper, while she had been the rich princess. That was how it had always been, but all of a sudden, Han Ruochen changed. She had become bolder and more courageous; even when their mother used all of her wits, she couldn’t defeat Han Ruochen. This flustered Han Ziyan, who had always had Han Ruochen putty in her hands.

She wanted to go back to the time when she used to command Han Ruochen, and the latter used to listen.

"Ask her where she has kept the money after selling her job? Our family is in such dire straits should she not put the money in the family account?" Meng Yunhan didn’t think she was doing anything wrong. At that moment, she only cared about one thing, and that was her dear lover needed money for an investment. She didn’t care about Han Yichen’s anger at all.

Han Yichen was stupefied with the shamelessness of this woman; on the other hand, Han Ruochen turned and looked at Han Ziyan, whose eyes were looking everywhere but at her and Meng Yunhan. She curled her lips into a sneer and said, "Dad, there is a matter that I have been keeping from you. You remember the night I had a fever? I remember someone talking on the phone. I don’t quite recall who it was, but in the middle of the night, I vaguely heard someone talk on the phone. They were talking to a man and told him that he should look for a drug that could make my mind all muddy. They didn’t want me waking up when Yang Jiangming’s elder brother was taking me as his wife! Dad, tell me what that person meant by it?"

The only person who had been scheming against her was her mother, so naturally, Han Yichen knew against whom Han Ruochen was complaining.

Han Yichen was shaken, and his whole body started to shiver. He looked at his daughter with disbelief in his eyes, "Ruochen, you...What you said... is it all true?" He knew that Yang Jianming had an elder brother, but he was an idiot! And what did they mean by drug and not letting Han Ruochen wake up? Did they mean that they would get Han Ruochen to marry Yang Jianming but let his elder brother take her as his wife? If that was the truth, then what was teh difference between this and ruining the life of his daughter!

"It is indeed true, dad—"

"You are talking nonsense!" Meng Yunhan’s eyes were red, and her face became even redder. She was angered by Han Ruochen to death. "You are a heartless thing. When did I do such a thing? I might be a bit biased, but I am not so cruel that I will push you into such a treacherous life."

"You were the one who wanted to marry me off to an old man—how can I trust you?"

"You, how can you malign me. I ...I...I am your mother!"

"Old Han, we live in the same room. You can think about it. When have I ever left the room in the middle of the night at that?" Meng Yunhan was worried that her husband would believe Han Ruochen’s lies. It was bad enough that she had caused him to be wary of her when it came to money matters. The last thing she wanted was for him to think that she was talking to a man at night!

This had happened four months ago, and Han Yichen couldn’t remember anything.

Han Yichen was indeed a light sleeper, and whenever Meng Yunhan woke up to do anything at night, he would naturally wake up a little. This was why Meng Yunhan never dared to play any tricks on Han Yichen in the middle of the night. But it had been too long, and even if Meng Yunhan was indeed honest, Han Yichen couldn’t remember it.

As Han Yichen was trying to rack his brains to remember what happened that night, Meng Yunhan was so angry that she fainted then and there. She said angrily, "I didn’t do it! I didn’t. You think I will do such a thing in the middle of the night? I already handed the task of finding a match for you to the matchmaker. Why would I bother myself by scheming against you? What’s more, why would I hand you over to the Yang family like that? Wouldn’t it be a waste? If I wanted to marry you to that idiotic man, then I would have asked for more bride price."

Meng Yunhan’s inappropriate words made everyone embarrassed, and Han Yichen didn’t know what to say to her.

What was more, she indirectly confessed that she was indeed looking for another match that would pay a higher bride price for Han Ruochen.

Listening to this, Han Jianyou couldn’t help but say, "Mom, did you give birth to children or assets? You made elder sister marry a man from a faraway place because they were paying a higher bride price. Even when she refused to get married, you forced her by threatening suicide. Now you were doing the same to my second sister. Just how much do we need to give in to Han Ziyan? Is she the daughter of a king or something? Thats why we need to give up on our lives to make hers better?"

"You—what nonsense are you saying?" Meng Yunhan quickly glanced at her husband and saw his face turning ashen. She had told him that it was their eldest daughter who wanted to marry the man, but now Han Jianyou was slapping her face by telling everyone that she threatened her eldest daughter!