Chapter 577: No Shame In Following A Woman
“Dad, why don’t you come with me?” The next morning, as soon as Han Yichen finished washing his face and brushing his teeth, he heard Han Ziyan’s voice. He paused and turned to look at his adopted daughter with a frown on his face. “Where do you want me to come with you? I have no money.” These days, other than Han Ruochen, Han Yong and Han Xuehan—no one bothered him. Even his autistic son would come and see how he was doing, but he had never seen Han Ziyan come to see him.
Now, all of a sudden, she came to meet him and even asked him to come out with her. He could not help but think that the girl wanted money from him, and that was the only reason she came to see him.
When Han Ziyan heard his response, she choked, feeling troubled all of a sudden. She shook her head and then smiled at her father while trying to suppress her inner turmoil. “Dad, you have misunderstood me. I am pregnant, and I feel really stuffy these days. Sister Ruochen and Sister Xuehan don’t have a good attitude toward me either. I am worried that they will refuse even if I ask them to take me to the park.”
“Dad, I just want to take a walk in the park. It will be good for my baby and me. I know that I have done a lot of wrong things, but this baby is innocent.”
Han Ziyan was polite and courteous, with a hint of pleading in her voice. She looked like she was going to cry if he refused.
Han Yichen pursed his lips and dropped his gaze at Han Ziyan’s still flat belly. He did not know what to feel about this child. Not only was this child proof of betrayal, but it also belonged to Han Ruochen’s ex-fiancée. He knew that the child was innocent, but when he thought about how this child came around, he shook his head and simply said, “You can ask your mother and ask her to bring you to the park. I don’t think that it will be nice of me to take you out.”
He did not want to have anything to do with Han Ziyan and her child. Even though she was right, the child was indeed innocent—he could not forgive the fact that she was carrying Yang Jianmin’s child. That boy had ruined Han Ruochen’s life and wasted her youth. What was even worse was that these two had tried to harm Han Ruochen, and that too for the sake of getting her job. This was something that he could never forgive!
With a heavy sigh, he thought about what a mess this family had become. If he knew that this woman was going to become such an ungrateful white-eyed wolf, he would have never adopted her in the first place. He did not have many feelings for Han Ziyan, but he still felt sorry for her. But now that he knew what kind of good things she had done behind his back, he could not even summon the energy to feel sorry for her. What kind of woman would do such a thing?
They adopted her out of kindness, and she, because of sheer jealousy, actually went after the fiancé of her own sister. How could she do such a thing?
“Dad!” As soon as he finished speaking, Han Ziyan knelt and hugged his thighs. “Dad, please…I just…I just …I know that you are upset with me, but please listen to me —I know that I was wrong, but I want to become a member of this family again. wuwwuwu…I know what I have done is really shameless, but I —I am also young and foolish, Dad.”
“Yang Jianmin flattered me and seduced me with his words, and I foolishly believed him. I know what I have done is simply unforgivable, but I hope you can find the heart to forgive me. If you forgive me, then Sister Ruochen and everyone else will also start talking with me.”
She sobbed insistently. “Dad, I cannot… I cannot live like this, where everyone looks at me like I am a criminal. I know I made a mistake, but I also got my comeuppance; look at what Yang Jianmin had done to me. I am neither alive nor dead. My life is ruined! Is it not enough?”
Han Ziyan cried quite pitifully.
Han Yichen tried to free his leg, but he could not; in the end, he could only sigh and help the girl up before saying to her, “Fine, if you want to go to the park, I will take you.”
However, as he helped her up, he missed the smile that was lingering on her lips.
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Han Ruochen was at the docks at that very moment. She was using the sea scanning system to note down the coordinates of the route that she had taken earlier this morning. She mapped it out just as her boat touched the docks.
Her eyes fell on the men who had arrived at the docks, and sure enough, she did not see many fishermen. It seemed like they were unhappy with a woman taking over and moved to another dock. Even if it meant paying extra fees. Seeing this, Han Ruochen was really amused. She came down the boat with Tong Zhaodi and looked at the three or four fishermen who had decided to follow her.
“Are you sure that you want to follow me?” Joining her on the docks meant that they were going to hand over their seafood to her and let her sell it.
“We have thought it through,” said Old Man Long. “Compared to Old Scar, I think you are more reasonable, and you also have a lot of skills. You were able to sail in the troubled waters of the Devil’s teeth; if you were able to set down a path in that channel, I think there is nothing wrong with following you.”
She was the only one who could break through that horrendous channel and come back alive— if they did not follow her, who would they follow?