Chapter 583: I Want To Divorce You

Han Ziyan flinched when she heard Han Yichen’s roar and immediately took a step back. She wanted to go inside the house but she realised that she couldn’t possibly enter the house when her father was this angry. She might not have stolen the money but she had helped Meng Yunhan in stalling Han Yichen. If she stayed behind, then she would possibly be taken as a partner in crime.

No, she couldn’t enter the house just yet. If she went inside the house right now, she would be beaten again. So, Han Ziyan turned on her feet and then ran away without looking back. She had to hide a few days in the workers’ dormitory or else she would be in trouble.

Upstairs, Meng Yunhan was in the same condition; she wanted to run and hide, but she was not as lucky as Han Ziyan. Even if she wanted to run away, she knew that she would not be able to escape. With the police officers standing in front of the door, the chances of her running away would be close to zero.

"I—" Meng Yunhan wanted to say something but no matter how hard she tried to come up with an excuse, she realised that she could not think of anything. "I... Yichen, I–"

"What do you want to say?" Han Yichen sneered as he stepped inside the room. "I would love to hear what you have to say." As he spoke, he stared at Meng Yunhan as if waiting for her to say something, anything that could explain what she was even doing in Han Ruochen’s room.

"I was just... I was just cleaning—" In the end, this was all she could come up with, making everyone, including the policemen, roll their eyes. What did she mean by saying that she was just trying to clean the room? Was there a need to turn the entire room upside down just because she was cleaning? It was clear that she was looking for something. And what was she looking for? It had to be money!

Han Yichen sucked in a breath. If Meng Yunhan had accepted her mistake and apologised, he would have given her a way out. He would have sent the policemen away and talked with Han Ruochen. As a father who had received her help, this was something he shouldn’t do, but as Meng Yunhan’s husband, he had no other choice.

But after listening to her making excuses, he could not help but become furious. If only she had apologised then he would have not said a word to her.

"Officers take her away!" Since Meng Yunhan refused to repent, he was not going to help her out. No wonder Han Ruochen and Han Yong refused to forgive her. She had not an ounce of regret over what she was doing. He was sure that as long as she was not caught, she would have spent the money that Han Ruochen received after putting her life at risk and that too quite happily. "Since she has committed a crime, it is only right that she gets the sentence that she deserves."

"Old Han! What are you doing?" Meng Yunhan thought that this matter would certainly be over; at worst, Han Yichen would lose his temper with her and say a few words but she never thought that he would actually ask the police officers to take her away. "I—I am her mother and even if I took her money, there is nothing wrong with it. How can you ask the police officers to take me away?"

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Han Ruochen with a blaming look in her eyes and scolded her fiercely. "You too, what do you think you are doing? You actually called the police officers for such a small matter. What will the villagers say if they find out that you called the police on your own mother? Be a little tactful."

After she was done scolding her daughter, she turned around and looked at the police officers with a hint of embarrassment on her face. "I am so sorry about this, officers. My daughter is insensible and doesn’t know any better. You can go back; we do not want to report any case."

"I want to!" Han Ruochen stepped forward and spoke firmly. She knew that if she let this matter slide, then she would lose the chance to teach her mother a good lesson. Anyway, she knew that she could not send Meng Yunhan to the police station, but she could at least scare her off. "Mom, you might be my biological mother, but even you don’t have the right to steal my money. I am an adult nearly thirty; this money is my private savings. Unless I give it to you, you cannot touch it. If you take this money without my permission, it will be counted as stealing!"

"I have my rights as well, and I wish to exercise them!"

"She is right." One of the policemen was young and a little hot-headed. His parents were just as biased, and he understood Han Ruochen’s predicament better than anyone. He glared at Meng Yunhan as if she had stolen his money and glared at her with a hint of rage in his eyes like he was looking at his own biased mother. "Children above the age of sixteen are considered adults, and they have the right to keep the money to themselves, especially if they earn their own money."

"Unless the parents are old, jobless and relying on the children, they cannot take the money of their children without asking them."

"If they do such a thing, then it would be considered an act of stealing."

After the policeman finished speaking, the senior officer tugged at his sleeves. Though he agreed with what his junior said, this was a family matter, and they could not speak too much.

However, he could not openly scold his junior, so he simply agreed and said, "What he said is indeed correct. Even if you are her parent, you do not have the right to take her money unless she gives her permission. Even filial piety is something that a parent can only take when their children give it to them. They cannot just barge into their house and snatch the money without facing the charges of trespassing."

"Unless the court finds your matter serious and your testimony honest, even the court will not agree to let you take the money of your daughter without her permission first, madam."