Chapter 545: Planning To Steal Money

"Ruochen, I–" Han Yichen began to speak, but as soon as he parted his lips, he was stopped by Han Ruochen, who shook her head and said to her father, "Dad, I know what you are trying to say. But I hope you will understand that I also have some limits. The fifty thousand yuan that I was rewarded with – I am afraid we cannot touch it for the time being. I need that sum of money for something important, and then there are Jianyou’s college fees and residential troubles."

"Once he graduates from high school, we need to send him to the capital and buy an apartment for him. Only then will he be able to study in college with ease. As for the twenty thousand yuan, we can only work hard to pay it back." She paused and sucked in a breath before saying, "But I hope you will be able to talk this thing through with Mother. I took care of her affairs this time around because you were injured and we needed to take care of you. But if Mom does such a thing again, I will surely call the police on her."

Han Ruochen knew that calling the police on her own mother was terrible, and it might even ruin her reputation, but at the same time she knew that her mother was not scared of her or her father. She would definitely make another mess. After all, now that she knew that Han Ruochen had fifty thousand yuan in her hands, it was impossible for her mother to sit still.

She might as well tell the truth to her father, lest her father stop her from doing it.

Han Yichen wanted to tell her that there was no need to go this far, but then he heard Han Ruochen say, "Dad, I know it is too extreme, but you also need to understand that if you owe something to Mother, then it is your responsibility to repay and make up for her. If you want to use your life savings to feel less guilty toward her, then I will not say anything. But Dad, we are also your children. We need money everywhere."

"You cannot just focus on Mother because you feel sorry for her!"

Though she knew she was being harsh on her father, Han Ruochen knew that she needed to speak to him clearly about her mother’s attitude of snatching what did not belong to her. In her previous life, her mother was thoroughly corrupted by Han Ziyan. In their twisted logic, whatever the family had, including their lives, belonged to them because Meng Yunhan was the victim!

She could not allow her father to spoil their mother anymore. She had already done enough damage to the financial condition of their family, and she could not allow it to happen anymore. She had to stop it before her mother could develop her bad habits even further.

As soon as she finished speaking, Han Yichen’s face turned pale. He wanted to say something, but he could not bring himself to say another word. What was he supposed to say at this point? Han Ruochen was correct. His children had done nothing wrong, so why should they pay for his sins?

Seeing that her father had fallen silent, she turned on her heels and walked out of the room. Behind her, Han Xuehan glanced at her father, whose expression turned sombre and troubled. When Han Xuehan saw him like this, she could not help but grow worried. She immediately chased after Han Ruochen and asked, "Why did you say such things to Dad?" He is already injured and recovering. If you say such things to him, he would only feel even more troubled."

Han Xuehan pursed her lips when she thought about how her father was being treated in such a way even when he was injured.

"Then are you going to continue paying for mom’s debts in the future?" Han Ruochen did not spoil her elder sister just like her father; she treated her with harshness. There was room for everything but not this matter. She stopped and turned to look at her sister and asked in an exasperated and angry tone, "Sister, Mom is not going to change. This is something that we already know. And I am human too. Just because I was able to come up with money every now and then doesn’t mean that I can continue spoiling Mom like Dad."

"My money comes from risking my life. There is no guarantee that when I leave for the sea, I will be able to return. That fifty thousand yuan was not handed to me for no reason." Han Ruochen felt a bit choked up saying these words; she knew that her elder sister cared for her father, but at the same time she wished they would look at her and not at what was wrong and right. "I placed my life on the line. I could have died... I could have been blown up into bits, or worse, maybe I could have been lost in the sea. Do you even know how strong the winds are at sea? I can easily fall over and drown; worse I—"

"Enough." Han Xuehan could no longer listen to what Han Yichen was telling her. She, of course, knew that her sister had won that money with her life at risk, but—she sucked in a breath and said to Han Ruochen, "I was just trying to say that you are being too harsh on Mom. Maybe she might not even touch the money that was given to you by the magistrate."

"Do you want to bet?" Han Ruochen spoke. She had her head lowered, and no one could see the utter despair in her eyes. Her mother wouldn’t touch her fifty yuan? Hah! That was the biggest joke she had heard in her two lives. In her previous life, their mother had squeezed the last bit of benefit from each of her children before abandoning them. "I bet that the money would be moved in three days."