Han Ruochen shrugged carelessly. It was indeed unreasonable, but when had Han Ziyan ever been reasonable? She was the kind of person who would do anything and everything to get what she wanted. A woman like her was not someone who would understand what was wrong or right. It was better to leave her alone, or else she would only throw an even bigger tantrum.

When Han Xuehan saw how casual Han Ruochen looked, she felt heartbroken. One had to know that Han Ruochen had been truly kind to Han Ziyan. Among all the siblings, Han Ruochen treated Han Ziyan the best. To think that Han Ziyan actually stole Han Ruochen’s fiancé. This woman had really lost all morals! No matter what, Han Ruochen had treated Han Ziyan better than she had treated her, her elder sister. To think that Han Ziyan would actually still hold a grudge against her.

"Ruochen, do not overthink. There is no need to worry because of her," said Han Xuehan. She felt really upset when she thought about how Han Ziyan did such a disgusting thing.

"I am not worried." Han Ruochen shook her head. Why would she be worried about Han Ziyan? In her past life, she spent most of her time worrying about Han Ziyan. Back then, as long as Han Ziyan even furrowed her brows, she would rush to help her. Of course, it was all thanks to her mother; it was that woman who told her that Han Ruochen needed to take care of Han Ziyan, as her youngest sister was pitiful and she had no one to take care of her.

Her mother repeated these words in her ears so many times that even if Han Ruochen wanted to resist, she knew that there was no way she would be able to refuse her request.

Han Ruochen thus followed her mother’s command and carefully took care of Han Ziyan because she had been taking care of Han Ziyan like she was her little ancestor; that woman’s temper had become more and more stubborn and arrogant. Look at this; she even dared to raise her hands at her without caring about the consequences.

It must be either because Han Ziyan did not care about her or maybe she knew what might happen to Han Ruochen but was not worried about the aftermath, because she knew that their mother would protect her.

Han Xuehan, however, did not believe Han Ruochen’s words. Han Ruochen had always cared about Han Ziyan, but now the woman had not only backstabbed her by stealing her fiancé, but she had also tried to scheme against her in her own home. How could Han Ruochen not be upset? If Han Ruochen were not to get upset, even after being schemed against to this point, then would she be a human? Of course not. She would be a reincarnation of an immortal!

Han Xuehan decided to treat Han Ruochen better in the future.

"Let’s sleep." Han Ruochen had no idea what her sister was worrying about, but she had a feeling that Han Xuehan might be worrying about her for no reason.

Han Xuehan nodded. She was truly tired after travelling for four days by train.

The trains were not only slow, but they also lacked all kinds of comforts compared to the trains in the future.

Thus, the two sisters felt like they had been jostled around for the entire four days. At first, when Han Ruochen’s head hit the pillow, she thought that it would take a long time for her to fall asleep, as she had been rocked along with the train for so many days. But as soon as her head hit the pillow, she ended up falling asleep.

*

"Good morning," Han Yichen greeted Han Ruochen and Han Xuehan when the two sisters woke up the next day. He had already prepared breakfast for the two of them and had arranged the table neatly. "You should eat before going to the docks, Ruochen."

Han Ruochen nodded. However, her attention was fixated on the two empty chairs. Her mother and sister were missing, and that too at such an odd hour. Seeing this, she could not help but frown as she asked her father, "Is something the matter? Did something happen?" Where did the two of them go so early in the morning?

Han Xuehan helped Han Beijiang into a chair and looked at the empty chairs as well. She blinked her eyes with a frown on her face before saying in a low voice, "Did mom leave—go to work early?" Han Xuehan wanted to ask if her mother had gone to look for their maternal grandmother, but then she changed her words. This matter was between her parents, and she could never interfere between the two of them. So what if her mother went to look for their maternal grandmother? What could she even do about it?

"I don’t know. They have not been here since early morning," Han Yichen replied with a frown.

He did not ask where the two of them had gone, and he did not care about the two of them either. If the two of them did not want to tell him where they were going, then there was no need for him to go out of his way to find out what the two of them were up to.

"What about the compensation?" Han Ruochen asked with a frown, suddenly feeling a sense of foreboding. She knew Han Ziyan very well; after all, that woman had the kind of arrogance that she would rather fight to the death and quit her job than return without compensation.

"I don’t know. Maybe she borrowed money from someone." Han Yichen took a fierce bite of his rolled omelette. He was still upset with the mother and daughter when he thought about how the two of them were looking around his room because they wanted to steal his savings again. Even though he changed his room, Han Yichen couldn’t sleep through the night at all.

"Where did they get the money from?"