"Oh, what did they do?" Zhou Ziming was not someone who liked to gossip, but he was rather curious about Han Ruochen’s family dynamics. The woman was too smart, so smart that if he were being honest, it was a little terrifying. It was a good thing that Han Ruochen was on their side; if she were standing against them, then it would be really too problematic.

"Humph, the two of them schemed against her and wanted to ruin her reputation for her job. That rotten adopted sister of hers actually stole Xiao Ruochen’s fiancé and even wanted to take her job! Because of the two of them, Han Ruochen had no other choice but to sell her job. It is a good thing that Xiao Ruochen is lucky, and she never returns from the sea empty-handed, or else she would have been ruined by her sister." Zhai Heng told everything that he knew about Han Ruochen to his uncle, and his tone was quite vociferous as he spoke.

He sighed heavily and added, "However, Xiao Ruochen is too good-tempered. She actually sold her job to keep the peace at home. If I were in her place, then I would have fought to the death! Why should I be the one to back down?"

Zhou Ziming: "..."

No wonder you were fooled by Yun Tao.

He speechlessly looked at his nephew and did not know what to say. How was he supposed to tell his poor nephew that Han Ruochen did not retreat to keep the peace at home? But because she knew that it was the only way out for her, and she placed her safety as her top priority. Never mind, he would not ruin the image of that lady in the eyes of his nephew.

"Alright, calm down. We need to go back; your grandfather must be waiting for you." Zhou Ziming had a lot to say about the parenting abilities of the Zhai family, but he did not want to intervene too much in his sister’s family.

"Why wait for me? I bet he must have listened to Aunt’s tearful words and will only blame me for wronging Yun Tao. Everyone keeps blaming me just because I used to be a little wild. But compared to me, Yun Tao is even more scheming and merciless. He actually thought of injecting the water of sleeping pills into the fruits! This kind of person should be working as a spy or something; he is wasting his time by trying to inherit the family business!"

"Alright, do not bring this matter up in front of your grandfather when you return home." Zhou Ziming could not help but shake his head. He had to admit that the two of them were really different. Han Ruochen was calm and collected like a sixty-year-old lady, and his nephew was as impulsive as a teen. The two of them were quite a match.

What Zhou Ziming did not know was that Han Ruochen actually looked at Zhai Heng like she was looking at her junior; after all, even though she was a young lady, her spirit was an old soul.

"Alright, I won’t bring it up. But I am telling you, you need to clear one thing up with grandfather. Tell him that I am not going to take Yun Tao along with me on any business dealings from now on to broaden his horizons like Uncle Yun wanted me to. I might be a fool, but I know that Yun Tao is sticking with me because he wants to take my connections as his own. I will never allow that to happen. I am the one who found them! Why should I give those connections to a mean and deceptive man like Yun Tao?" Zhai Heng snorted.

Everyone might think that he was too naive and did not understand anything, but he knew that the Yun family was thinking of taking advantage of their family, and he was the least willing to let them succeed!

Zhou Ziming glanced at his nephew. "You really need to learn a thing or two from your friend. Did you not say that even after being schemed against like that by her adopted sister, she has never torn off her face with her?"

"That’s because she is too filial and stupid!" Zhai Heng rolled his eyes; he did not think that he was in the wrong. "Her sister stole her fiancé, and she sold her job instead of fighting with her. Xiao Ruochen did it because her mother supports that adoptive daughter quite a lot, and her mother is quite a character as well. Uncle, tell me: if she didn’t earn any money, why did she spend ten thousand yuan on her cousin, who did not have the ability to do business? But what is even more shocking is that even after spending all the money, that woman does not think that she has done anything wrong; instead, she still spends the money on that adoptive daughter."

He crossed his arms and continued, "I swear I think that the girl is her illegitimate child, but Xiao Ruochen doesn’t believe me."

"Stupidly filial?" Zhou Ziming shook his head with a meaningful smile on his lips. "Ah Heng, I think you need to learn more. Have you never heard about how no eggs can remain unbroken if the nest is upset?"

That young lady was not stupid. On the contrary, she was really smart. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

The current situation at home was not good. They had lost all the savings, and there were many mouths waiting to be fed. Currently, Han Yichen and Han Ruochen were the only ones who were earning money at the moment, and even if Han Ruochen earned a lot of money, she was not disclosing the truth to her family, which showed that she was on guard against her mother.

She did not showcase her wealth, but at the same time, she made sure that her father had it easy. That way, she had won the heart of her father; compared to her mother, her father’s opinion mattered more.

In short, she had paved the way for her future. At least, if she were to disclose the supposed affair of her mother, her father might believe Han Ruochen.