Chapter 571: Meeting Yun Xirou

Meng Yunhan was quite angry when she staggered backwards. But the moment her eyes landed on Yun Xirou’s familiar face, her harsh tone instantly vanished. "Xirou?" She immediately went forward and took the hand of the little girl before saying, "Are you okay? What are you doing wandering around out here all by yourself? Look at you, your clothes are all dirty, and you look like you are going to be sick any moment now."

Yun Xirou stopped and looked up in surprise. She knew Meng Yunhan; after all, her father had once introduced her as his friend. Though she did not understand why her father was so nice to Meng Yunhan, Yun Xirou had never paid any attention to the details. She only knew one thing, and that was that Meng Yunhan was very kind to her. This was all that mattered.

Thus, when Meng Yunhan helped her up, she could not help but burst into tears. "Aunt Meng! Wuuuu...you have no idea what happened to me. They are all such bullies. Every single one of them is a monster! They are nothing less than monsters." She was desperate for someone to tell her that she was not in the wrong, and something told Yun Xirou that Meng Yunhan would be that person. Her mother would definitely blame her. But Meng Yunhan would not.

She let out a shaky breath just as her eyes started to well up with fresh tears. "Auntie Meng, I ... I know that I did something wrong, but was there a need to do such a thing? I am still young, and she still did such a terrible thing to me." As she spoke, she told everything that had happened to Meng Yunhan. She knew that if she told these things to her mother, then she would be scolded to death. Her mother had always been strict toward her when it came to studying; naturally, she would be upset if something like this happened.

She could only turn to someone like Meng Yunhan, who doted on her no matter what. "Auntie Meng, tell me...what am I going to do? With such a thing happening —my mom will kill me. And if my dad finds out what happened and sees the demerit on the report card...he is going to be so angry with me. I don’t know what to do."

"If only they had shown just a little bit of mercy to me, then nothing like this would have happened."

Hearing Yun Xirou mention her father—the very man Meng Yunhan loved and had a secret affair with —Meng Yunhan’s chest tightened with a painful mix of nostalgia, guilt and intense affection. She looked at Yun Xirou’s delicate features, seeing so much of the man she had loved when she was young and still loved in the young girl’s face—she could not help but feel a surge of emotion in her heart.

Without even thinking, Meng Yunhan gripped Yun Xirou’s hands tightly in her own soft hands. "Don’t cry, Ah Rou. There is no need to shed your precious tears for those people. Those siblings were simply too heartless! I am embarrassed on their behalf; how can they drag this matter on like that? You did something wrong, and you have already admitted that you are in the wrong. What more did they want?"

"They are simply too vicious!" Meng Yunhan was furious when she found out that the mess was due to Han Jianyou and Han Ruochen. The two of them were truly a cruel duo. How could they ruin Yun Xirou’s future over something so small? Han Jianyou was completely fine, so what if he was accused? Yun Xirou was young and had made a mistake. Was there a need to make such a fuss over nothing? Those two ruined Yun Xirou’s future!

How would she even look at Yun Xinye in the eyes once he found out that his daughter’s future had been ruined by her children? He would be so disappointed in her. After all, Han Jianyou and Han Ruochen were her children, and she did not even have the slightest bit of control over the two of them. Those two brats! They did not even tell her that they were doing such a terrible thing. What were they even thinking!? Were they trying to cause trouble for no reason? It was such a small thing, and they had to make a fuss over it.

Was Han Jianyou a damsel in distress? Why did he have to demand an apology from Yun Xirou? As a man, he should know how to back down when the situation called for it.

Yun Xirou blinked. She was startled when she heard how angry and upset Meng Yunhan was on her behalf. Even her own mother would not take her side so intensely. Countless times, she had seen her own mother scolding her while Meng Yunhan doted on her. It would be so good if her mother was Meng Yunhan.

"Auntie Meng..." Yun Xirou began speaking; her voice was laced with worry. "What am I going to do? With the demerit in my record, I am afraid that things will only get worse from here. Everyone in the school might already be discussing me, and they must be praising Jianyou for being smart and talented while spitting on me and saying that I am petty and jealous. I am scared to go to school and ...my college...what will I do about it? My mom will kill me once she finds out the truth."

Meng Yunhan was also worried about this. If this were before, she would be sure that she could deal with Han Ruochen and make her take the complaint back, but now—however, when she saw Yun Xirou looking at her with dependence, she could not help but puff out her chest. She patted her on the shoulder and said to her, "Don’t think too much; I will make sure that the two of them apologise to you instead! You are such a good and obedient child; even if you made a mistake, everyone deserves a second chance."