Rebirth: I became rich by farming

Chapter 665: Chapter 665: I Won’t Leave You Behind (1/2)

Mei Mengzhen’s words became increasingly impolite, so much so that Mei Yifan immediately became angry, "What do you mean by that? Are you cursing us or Qiuhe, being so vicious at such a young age?"

"Vicious? We’re nothing compared to the three of you, with your eyes and minds always fixed on others. I still remember the nonsense you and Jiang Xiumei were spewing in front of Chenchen," Mengzhen retorted.

"Mei Mengzhen, don’t think that just because you’ve come of age, you can spread your wings. Your brother isn’t of age yet." Wang Gaofeng threatened, but his words hit Mei Yinan’s sore spot, who exploded on the spot and shouted, "Wang Gaofeng, what are you implying? Haven’t you caused enough trouble with Zhenzhen, and now you plan to stir things up with Chenchen, too? What exactly is your family trying to do?"

Right, what was their family trying to do? It all boiled down to money, didn’t it? But who would give them any? They must be joking.

They could put up with bullying Mei Mengzhen’s entire family, but once it involved the only child of the fourth child of the Mei Family, Mei Yongfu’s family, even Mei Yifang couldn’t help but speak up, "Yifan, aren’t you going to do something? What, do you really intend to harm Chenchen?"

"How could we possibly want to harm Chenchen? But what’s wrong with bringing her to our home to live for a while and bond, I am her blood aunt, after all."

Before anyone else could argue, Mei Mengchen spoke for herself: "I don’t want you, I don’t want to stay at your house, I want to be with my sister."

"Your sister is still young, she needs to go to school. How would she have time to take care of you? Even if it goes to court, your sister would not win," Yifan said. She indeed had her mind set clearly on the money and believed that once Mengchen was with them, there was no way Mengzhen could defeat them.

But Mengzhen was speechless. "Go to court? Are you going to sue me for my brother’s custody? Do you think you can win, not because you think I’ll make a lot of money in the future and you’ll be able to hold me back because of my brother, regularly sending you money? And you seem to have forgotten, my boyfriend is a lawyer, his father is a very famous lawyer. Do you really want to spend the money to fight this in court? And auntie, there are many people above you; even if it came to caring for Chenchen, it wouldn’t be your turn."

Mei Yinan stood in front of Chenchen, clearly opposing Yifan’s antics, and the support of Mei Yongan was a given. On the other hand, Yifan’s family was left isolated without support.

Yifan was naturally not content and now it was time to find an ally. She threatened, "I don’t ask for much, just give me that one million and this matter will be settled. Otherwise, I’ll inform Yongfu and get her to join me, and then it won’t just be a matter of settling with one million."

"You really are shameless to say such a thing," blurted out Qi Yongwang’s father, Qi Hua, who could no longer contain himself.

Qi Hua was the one who least liked to be involved with the messy affairs of the Mei Family; he usually stayed as far away as possible, not even responding to Yifang’s mentions at home, but he could not hold back when he heard Yifan’s words and spoke out without thinking.

However, it was Mei Yinan who furrowed her brow and said, "Yongfu once talked to me about adopting Chenchen into his family; I rejected him straight away."

Yinan’s words not only stunned Yifan but also everyone else present. Yifan asked, "When did this happen?"

Yinan replied indifferently, "Was it on the day Jiang Xiumei was buried or was it Feifei’s funeral? I forget, but I outright rejected him. If you have the same request, my answer is the same. If it comes to adopting Chenchen, there are elder brothers and sisters above, and any of them has a much better condition than your two families. Even if the court were to decide, they wouldn’t award custody to you. Just give up on that idea."

Giving up was necessary, but they were not willing to let go. The key was that Mei Yongfu had actually considered this, and right away, Yifan felt Yongfu was sly and that he must have seen something, or else with his personality, he would have never considered adopting someone else’s child.

Regarding the issue of Yongfu wanting to adopt Chenchen, firstly, Mengchen would not agree, and secondly, although Mengzhen seemed to be poor on the surface, her situation was still innumerable times better than their family’s. Rather than suffering with Yongfu, it was better to be with Zhenzhen, at least living more comfortably. Initially, Mengzhen had refused, but once Yongfu remarried so quickly after that, she immediately felt relieved and was glad she had not agreed. Otherwise, Chenchen’s position in the family would have been more awkward in the future."

For Mengzhen, this news was different; she always suspected something was off with Yongfu, possibly involving Chenchen, and to think her misgivings were now justified.

Hearing this news, Mengchen became very nervous and stormed back to his room, closing the door tightly behind him. From inside, he shouted, "You evil people, just wanting to separate me from my sister. I don’t want to go with you, bad people, all of you are bad!"

Mengchen was genuinely frightened by the earlier conversation, and at this moment, no one had the mind to deal with Yifan’s family. Mengzhen knocked on the door and comforted him, "It’s okay, Chenchen, your sister will never abandon you. No one can take you away from me. Don’t be scared, just unlock the door."

"I trust you, sister. You have always kept your promises to me, but these people are too bad; they always bully us. I’m really scared they’ll take me away from you, sister."

As Mengchen spoke, he started to cry. It was a rare sight to see him cry; the last time had been back in Xincheng. Not just Mengzhen, who had been taking care of him all year, but even Yinan had not seen Mengchen cry like that. Mengzhen was frightened, and so was Yinan.

Yinan hurried over and tried to push the door handle down, but it wouldn’t budge. She looked at Fan Tianyu, who quickly got the key to the room, opened the door, and a group of people rushed in. Behind the door, they saw a little figure, curled up and sobbing heart-wrenchingly, looking pitiful.

The sight touched everyone’s heart.

Mengzhen quickly went over and held her brother, comforting him softly, "Don’t cry, Chenchen. I’ve always kept my words. I said they can’t take you away, and they definitely won’t be able to."