Listening to her words, Han Yichen also turned a bit worried. Han Ruochen had indeed attracted the attention of the people in the village; what if someone with bad intentions tried to harm her?

Seeing that Han Yichen had been more or less hooked by her words, Meng Yunhan was quite satisfied. She put on a ’I am only doing this for your own good’ look and continued, "Ruochen is still young. I know that what happened with Yang Jianming was not good, but it was no one’s fault. Even Ziyan was fooled by him. That man was a scumbag through and through. But there are also good men in the village; we can always comb for one and then marry Han Ruochen to him. We don’t want another scumbag to ruin our daughter’s life, do we? As long as the man is honest and hard-working, what else do you want? He will keep Han Ruochen happy, and that is good enough for us."

"..." Han Yichen looked at Meng Yunhan with a look of speechlessness in his eyes. "It seems like you still know that Yang Jianming was not a good man, so why were you determined to let your two daughters be ruined by him? Even when the truth came to light, you insisted that there was nothing wrong with what he did and that there was no man who did not cheat."

"..." Listening to Han Yichen’s words, Meng Yunhan wanted to pinch her mouth. What nonsense was she spouting? Why did she insult Yang Jianming? Did she not want Han Yichen to marry Han Ruochen to Yang Jianming such that he would stop pestering Han Ziyan? She must have lost her mind! There was no other explanation. She sucked in a breath, trying to calm her uneasy heart.

Meng Yunhan’s face was pale, but Han Yichen did not take it to heart. He said, "It’s alright. You probably did not realise that you were aware of the truth in your heart. See, you actually know that Han Ruochen is a good girl and she is better than Han Ziyan. It is we who cannot do anything for her. She can earn her own money and has the ability to make it big. If you know that Ruochen is promising, why don’t you treat her better? It is our blessing that Chenchen is our daughter, but why are you making noise every day? Do you really want Chenchen to stop treating you like her mother and sever ties with you?"

"She dares to disown me? I gave birth to her!" Meng Yunhan shouted stubbornly. She did not believe that Han Ruochen would dare to reject her.

Han Yichen, however, noticed the alienation in Han Ruochen’s eyes. Even though she was respectful toward Meng Yunhan on the surface, that was only when outsiders were present. In the house, she treated Meng Yunhan as if she were a stranger to her. She either did not talk to her, or even if she did, Han Ruochen hardly called Meng Yunhan ’mom’. It was clear that Han Ruochen had created a sort of boundary between herself and Meng Yunhan.

He shook his head and remarked, "You do not understand. Our children do not owe us anything; instead, it is us who owe them. If you continue acting like this, Chenchen might really start distancing herself from you."

Meng Yunhan gritted her teeth and said, "We are not discussing this matter. Just tell me what you think about what I said just now? Han Ruochen is not young anymore; if you keep her at home for a few more years, with our conditions, we can only marry her off to an old bachelor. Do you want to do that?"

She really did not want to give Han Ruochen a chance to marry someone influential. If she married someone powerful, then it would be troublesome for her and Yun Xinye.

"I need to discuss this matter with Chenchen; you cannot expect me to make a decision." Han Yichen did not want to make a decision right away, as he knew that Han Ruochen was someone with a mind of her own.

"Fine, you are the head of the household. I just hope that you will not dump the remaining money on one daughter alone; after all, we have three more kids to take care of." Meng Yunhan heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that her husband had agreed.

As long as her husband’s heart wavered, there was nothing she was worried about. Even if Han Ruochen were unwilling, as long as her husband was willing to talk to her, he would somehow convince her.

Knowing that Han Yichen was willing to persuade Han Ruochen, Meng Yunhan was happy to save her breath. Regardless of what he would say to Han Ruochen, let Han Yichen be the bad guy in front of that wretched girl. Even though Meng Yunhan was not worried that Han Ruochen would sever ties with her, after what Han Yichen said to her, she could not help but turn a bit worried. What if that woman really stopped considering her as her mother? That would be really troublesome!

It was not easy to give birth to that jinx and then raise her up. She was now earning a decent sum of money, and in a few years, Han Ruochen had to pay her filial piety. Even if she married Yun Xinye, it did not change the fact that she gave birth to Han Ruochen. So she had to pay her filial piety. That money could even help Yun Xinye. After all, she was planning to take at least five hundred yuan from Han Ruochen.

It was not a small sum!

But if that wretched girl severed ties with her then how would she be able to fling Han Ruochen’s money into her hands in the future?

After investing so much into this daughter of hers for so many years, she had to take some money back.