Chapter 584: I Want To Divorce You (II)

Meng Yunhan’s face turned red after being rebuked. She could not retort to the police officers, but she could always glare at Han Ruochen, and that was exactly what she did. When she saw that Han Ruochen was not speaking up, she turned and looked at her as if she wished to eat her alive. “Are you happy now? Are you glad? Just wait until the entire village finds out that you have harmed your mother like this; I bet they would love to see how filial you are!” Since Han Ruochen was not willing to listen to her reasons, she could only threaten her; maybe she would stop for the sake of saving her reputation.

When Han Ruochen heard her mother’s words, she was not fazed at all. She was no longer the naive girl, nor was she the simpleton who used to listen to the words of her mother like they were imperial decree. Seeing that her mother was threatening her, she simply rolled her eyes and said in a low voice, “Mom, do you think the villagers are as unreasonable as you? If you tell them that you were sent to the police station, they will definitely ask you why.”

“Can you tell them the truth? This reward money is from the government! If you are found stealing it, no one will support you.”

Everyone in the village knew what Meng Yunhan had done and how she had treated the siblings since they were children. They also knew what kind of virtue her mother had; after all, the things she did while her husband was admitted to a hospital were something that everyone knew. Unless someone had eaten their conscience, they could never say that what Meng Yunhan did was right! Who did not know that this sum of money was something she received after she placed her life on the line? A sum of money that was exchanged for one’s life – how could Meng Yunhan, as a mother, do such a thing?

“You–”

Before she could say anything more, Han Yichen pulled Han Ruochen behind him and glared at Meng Yunhan. “Who are you scolding and threatening? Ruochen has nothing to do with this; I am the one who wants to send you in. Why are you yelling at Ruochen?”

“Old Han, I know I was wrong. But do you really have to do such a thing?” Meng Yunhan could lose her temper with Han Ruochen, but she could not lose her temper with Han Yichen. This man’s temperament had changed more and more, and it had become unstable to the point that she did not even know when he might raise his hand and slap her in the face. She softened her tone and said in a low voice, “I did not want to do it either, but Ziyan is going to get married very soon. We need to arrange a dowry for her, and she doesn’t even have a single piece of good fabric in her dowry. I…I just wanted to take some money out and arrange a decent dowry for Ziyan.”

“I swear I had no intention to take even a penny out for myself.”

She lied. She knew that if she told the truth to Han Yichen that she wanted to take all the money for herself, he would beat her until she cried for her mother. In the end, she could only lie about that she only wanted to take a little bit from it.

But who was Han Yichen? He knew Meng Yunhan’s virtue. He knew that the woman was like a red-eyed beast when it came to matters of money. If something ended up in her hands, she would definitely keep it for herself and would never take it out. The fact that she was just going to take a little from the entire amount was nothing but a lie.

He swallowed all the words that he angrily wanted to throw at her and turned to the officers, “Please bring her to the police station. I will arrange for a divorce lawyer till then.”

When Meng Yunhan heard that the man was going to bring a divorce lawyer, she was stunned. She looked at Han Yichen as if he had popped a second head and gaped at him. “Why are you …what do you mean you want to bring in a divorce lawyer?” Yes, she wanted to divorce Han Yichen, but only when Yun Xinye had made it big and had divorced his wife. Only then would she be able to trample on Han Yichen and tell him that marrying him was the biggest mistake she had ever made.

And that she had always loved Yun Xinye.

But this scenario only played out excellently when Yun Xinye became rich and influential.

Yun Xinye was in a really poor condition right now. She could at least eat meat every three days, but if she married Yun Xinye, then she could forget about eating meat for months! If she got together with Yun Xinye now, there was a good chance that the one who would laugh in the end would be Han Yichen!

“What do you think?” Han Yichen sneered. “Since you don’t want to live a good life with me, then we will simply separate from one another. I don’t think I will die if you leave me.” Han Yichen did not want to escalate matters to this point, but the woman was simply too unreasonable.

“No, I don’t want to divorce!” Meng Yun shook her head like a rattle.

“It is not up to you,” snapped Han Yichen. “I have had enough. Have you ever thought about what I am facing or how our family is living at the moment? You only care about Ziyan; since that is the case, you might as well leave and start living with her. Since you are so done with living with us, then we might as well go our separate ways. Anyway, you already find our kids and me a burden.”

“No! You cannot do it!”