Meng Yunhan’s face turned stiff when she heard Old Madam Han’s response. She raised her head and asked worriedly, "Mom, what do you mean? I haven’t done anything. If you are upset about me hitting Ruochen, then I was really just looking after her. She is young and naive. What if someone with bad intentions tries to harm her? The entire village now knows that Ruochen has earned a decent sum of money. She is bound to be targeted, as her mother, I am only looking after her and nothing more." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"The only person I see with a bad intention here is you! Meng Yunhan, don’t try to fool me. I am not my son, who will listen to your sweet talk and believe whatever comes out of your mouth. I know what is going on in your mind," said Old Madam Han. She was a woman, and a woman understood another woman the best. Meng Yunhan could say whatever she wanted to, but Old Madam Han knew that she was just eyeing Han Ruochen’s money.

In fact, after seeing how much Meng Yunhan was determined to get her hands on more and more money, Old Madam Han had started to get suspicious. Just why did this woman need so much money? Old Madam Han glanced at Meng Yunhan with a wary look in her eyes. She had a feeling that there was more to the eye than she could see. No matter how greedy Meng Yunhan was, there was no need for her to harp about not having money so much.

Of course, Meng Yunhan sensed that Old Madam Han had noticed something amiss and was getting suspicious. Her heart jumped in her throat, but she still suppressed her fear and lowered her head. "I understand, Mom. I will not make things difficult for Ruochen." Meng Yunhan knew that if she dared to make any more fuss, her mother-in-law would only become even more suspicious. However, in her heart, she hated Han Ruochen to the bones; that woman was so stubborn.

In the end, she was her mother. Her biological mother. So what if she took some of her money? Did she even know how much she had to suffer when she gave birth to Han Ruochen? So what if she took her money? This was what Han Ruochen owed her. But that damned wretched girl. She just does not listen to her.

Though Meng Yunhan did not get the upper hand this time around, she was unwilling to give up. She was determined to make Han Ruochen cough up the money.

Yun Xinye had talked to her about adding more pigs to his pig farm; however, that would require at least five thousand yuan. He had been quite worried about this matter in the past few days, and there was also Han Ziyan’s matter. Though she somehow managed to arrange a new job for Han Ziyan, only Meng Yunhan knew how she had done it. She was worried that the truth would come to light before she could deal with it.

Meng Yunhan was worried about this, and every day, but her daughter humph! That heartless girl, she did not even stop her grandmother from beating her.

If Han Ruochen knew what Meng Yunhan was thinking, she would have rolled her eyes. The reason she was worried was because of her good daughter, Han Ziyan. Since that girl knew that she was not good at working, why not stay at home? Why was she determined to get a job and fight with Han Ruochen? She was clearly asking for trouble for no reason.

"What are you kneeling on the floor for?" Old Madam Han was not an unreasonable woman; since Meng Yunhan had settled down for now, she was not going to hit Meng Yunhan anymore. They had already created quite a fuss if she were to hit this woman anymore, then she would alert the village head. Even though that man was an honest and hard-working person, he would still have something to say if she were to beat her daughter-in-law. "Go and cook dinner for the family."

"Me?" Meng Yunhan was stunned when she heard Old Madam Han’s command. Usually, she only cooked when Han Ziyan was at home; if not, she would simply make do with the leftovers. Even if Han Ruochen did not want to cook for her, she couldn’t finish everything. There would be enough rice and soup left in the pots for her to eat. Meng Yunhan had the same plan for tonight as well; she was going to sleep until Han Ruochen finished cooking, and once she was done, she would steal some leftovers when it was late at night. Anyway, Han Ruochen had never said anything to stop her. Since that was the case, why would she even bother cooking for herself?

"Who else?" Old Madam Han sneered. "If you won’t cook, then are you waiting for me, an old woman, to cook for you and my son? Get up and go to the kitchen. Yichen has been working hard these days, so make sure that you cook at least a pot of fish soup and a meat dish."

Meng Yunhan was heartbroken. She wanted to take the meat back to the county, so she gritted her teeth and bought a catty of pork belly. Yun Xinye had complained to her that he had not eaten any meat for a while. Why else would she bother to buy meat? She would never waste a penny on this heartless family. But now her mother-in-law had commanded and asked her to cook the pork belly that she had bought along with the fish that Han Ruochen had brought back.

"What? Are you thinking of taking this meat to the county?" Old Madam Han knew Meng Yunhan like the back of her hand. When she saw the woman looking troubled, she knew that Meng Yunhan was unwilling. She slammed her fist on the armrest of the chair and said angrily, "You better not think about handing this piece of meat to your maternal family."

"But mom, I bought it with my own money!"