Chapter 582: The Height of Shamelessness

Meng Yunhan looked at the policemen and then turned to look at Han Ruochen with a hint of anger in her eyes. "What nonsense are you spouting? How can you not be my daughter? How can I not be your mother?"

"Then why would you do such a thing?" Han Ruochen pushed angrily. Even though she held no hope for her mother, she could not help but lose her temper when she saw how her mother was going to stoop so low for Yun Xinye and Yun Xirou. For those two, she was even willing to become a thief. She had never seen Meng Yunhan being so devoted to her father and their family.

Even when they had given their all to her, this woman had never shown them a good look, but Yun Xinye, who treated her like she was a rug beneath her feet, was willing to go all out for him. For what? Just because he followed her to the countryside? Was it really worth it? Han Ruochen could not understand the thought process of her mother at all.

"Mom! This is the money that I earned by risking my life, and you stole it behind my back," snapped Han Ruochen while suppressing her rage. She honestly wanted to smack her mother in the face, but she held herself back because she did not want to lose her position as the victim. With tears in her eyes, she cried, "Mom, tell me, why are you doing this to us? First, you accumulated a debt of twenty thousand yuan, and now you stole the money that I earned by going to such a risky channel."

"Do you not feel bad when doing such a thing? What do you want me to do after you have stolen the money? Where will I get the money to pay the debts that we owe? We also need money for our family affairs. Mom, are you really going to be this cruel?"

As she spoke, Han Ruochen turned to look at the two police officers. "Officers, you saw it with your own eyes. I am not being cruel or unfilial toward my mother. But it is she who is leaving, with no way out for me and my family. My dad just returned from the hospital, and she actually stole the money that I earned after putting my life on the line."

"Who does not want to live in peace? But because of the debt that she had incurred, I had to go to that dangerous place. And now that I have earned the money, she actually tried to steal it behind my back. Even if she was not a thief, as I originally thought, I am ashamed to admit that it was my mother who stole the money. Tell me, officers, what am I going to do now?"

"What am I supposed to do now?" Han Ruochen cried as hard as she could, which wasn’t hard. She thought of the days when she had lived under the torment of the Yang family and Han Ziyan. The helplessness that she felt back then, along with the anger and hurt, she tried to suppress. Only Han Ruochen knew how she felt at that very moment. If she had known that things would become like this, she would have never...never listened to her mother.

She would have never stayed docile and obedient.

At the same time, she could not help but question why her mother was treating her like this. Why she wouldn’t leave her alone? Why did she do such a thing? Why did she ruin her like that?

With those thoughts, her sobs became even more heart-wrenching.

At that very moment, Han Yichen stepped inside the house. When he heard Han Ruochen’s cries, his heart dropped to the pit of his stomach, and he hurried upstairs with Han Xuehan. The two of them walked up the stairs as fast as they could. When they arrived at the scene, the two of them sucked in a breath when they saw the mess that was scattered all over the floor in Han Ruochen’s room.

"What happened here?" Han Xuehan gaped at the scene in front of her and could not help but turn to look at Han Ruochen and her mother. What happened when she and their dad were gone?

"Meng Yunhan!" roared Han Yichen. Han Xuehan might still trust Meng Yunhan and did not think too much. There was a possibility that maybe it never occurred to Han Xuehan that her mother had actually stolen Han Ruochen’s money, but Han Yichen’s trust in Meng Yunhan was cracking bit by bit. When he saw the mess in Han Ruochen’s room, with two policemen and Han Ruochen’s tears, he knew what had happened, and his expression wasn’t good.

Meng Yunhan flinched under Han Yichen’s roar. She was no longer as excited as she was before; she was now like a quail in the rain. She was shivering and looking scared while looking around the room, as if looking for an escape.

"Yichen, I..."

"Shut up!" Han Yichen screamed so loudly that the veins in his throat bulged. "I knew that you were shameless, but I never knew that you were this shameless. How can you steal the money that Ruochen received after putting her life on the line? Where is your honour!? Where was your conscience when you made such an audacious decision?"

These were the words that Han Ziyan heard when she returned home. Realising that her mother was caught, her face turned pale. She could not believe it. She had stalled Han Yichen for three hours, and yet her mother was not able to find the money in those three hours.

What she did not know was that Meng Yunhan had always lived a delicate life; she was not used to working. Every time she did something, she would pause and then rest. Thus, she had actually wasted the entire three hours.

"Answer me!"