CHAPTER 684: CHAPTER 679: THE SECRET THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN KEPT

(I’m sorry, I’ve been feeling unwell the past few days and took a couple of days off. Apologies.)

Hearing Yun Mei say this, Dashan couldn’t help but recall the things Yun Mei had done to Haohao before.

Although Dashan was indeed happy for a long time after knowing that Haohao was indeed Luo Zhiming’s child, and he also wished Haohao could acknowledge his ancestors and ideally take the Luo Family surname, that was just the kind of thinking an old-fashioned person would have.

If Haohao were really to be handed over to Yun Mei to take home, he would actually prefer Haohao to stay as he is now, being raised by the Fang Family.

At best, when Haohao grows up a bit, and Fang Xiu and Zhou Guangsheng also have children, then they could discuss with Fang Xiu’s side about letting Haohao take back the Luo surname.

Anyway, Dashan has now come to realize one fact, that if the child were really handed over to Yun Mei, it would definitely ruin the child.

So after hearing Yun Mei’s words, Dashan frowned and retorted, "You didn’t mistreat him? Who then did those beastly things before, how much did Haohao suffer under you? Have you forgotten?"

Previously, Dashan typically would not speak to Yun Mei in this manner. Furthermore, Dashan’s words struck Yun Mei precisely where it hurt. Hearing this, Yun Mei immediately got angry, she glared at Dashan and snapped, "Dashan, don’t be ungrateful. I spoke to you nicely, why are you lashing out verbally?"

"If you don’t like listening then leave, this is my house, I didn’t invite you." Dashan said coldly, then added, "Moreover, Zhiyong has said it too, we’ve made ourselves clear, we have nothing to do with each other anymore, you don’t have to keep coming here over any little thing."

Seeing Dashan’s firm attitude, Yun Mei’s expression darkened, wanting to argue. However, remembering the purpose of her visit today, her expression changed.

Then, she took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, then peeked outside to see if anyone was coming. Seeing no one, she lowered her voice slightly and with an insinuating tone said, "Dashan, Luo Zhiyong doesn’t know what exactly happened, I don’t blame him, but for you to speak like this, aren’t you being terribly conscienceless?"

Dashan wasn’t stupid, seeing Yun Mei’s bearing and hearing the implied meaning in her words, he knew it was not simple. His expression changed, then he went to close the door and asked Yun Mei in a heavy voice, "What do you mean by that?"

"What do I mean?" Now that they were alone, Yun Mei stopped hiding her intentions and directly revealed, "This matter was something we agreed not to disclose initially. These years I have been keeping to the promise I made to you, keeping it a secret, and even treated Luo Zhiyong, who is completely unrelated to me, as my own son. Thinking as you said, that this matter was only known to us, even Zhiyong himself didn’t know. I raised him as my own son, and he always treated me as his real mother, expecting that he would be filial to me in my old age."

After saying this, Yun Mei paused and then slightly curled her lips, her tone slightly mocking, "But it seems sometimes when there’s no blood relation, there indeed is no blood relation. No matter how much heart and soul I poured into treating him well, he still doesn’t feel close to me. In the end, he even said he wanted to sever ties with me. These few times I went to beg him, even knelt before him, wanting him to take me to see Haohao, but he completely ignored me."

As Yun Mei recounted past events, Dashan’s mind flashed with the face of a woman. His eyes softened a bit, but his expression also showed helplessness.

After nearly half a minute of silence, Dashan finally spoke again, but his voice was much lower, "Yun Mei, if we really want to talk about these things, you should also ask yourself, have you really been heartfelt in your treatment of Zhiyong these years? Have you treated him the same as Zhi Ming?"

Speaking of these years, Yun Mei’s eyes flickered.

She knew deep down that she was good to Luo Zhiyong with ulterior motives. Not to mention when Luo Zhiyong was younger, but since Luo Zhiyong joined the army, the reason she was good to him was because he sent a good amount of money home every month. Naturally, she would be good to him to coax the money from him without letting this intention be noticed.

Moreover, she always thought of Luo Zhiyong as her unconditional cash cow, so she always thought of keeping this secret until death. What she didn’t expect was that after Luo Zhiyong got married, he would marry someone as formidable as Fang Pingying, shattering all her dreams.

So, speaking of these years, Yun Mei almost clenched her teeth as she made excuses for herself, "If we really must talk about what’s gone wrong in the house these years, it’s also because of Zhiyong’s restless wife who stirred up all this trouble in the family. Wasn’t our family doing pretty well before?"

"You ..." Upon hearing this, Dashan shook his head in disappointment and then replied, "Yun Mei, don’t overdo things yourself, and then blame others in the end. Let’s say you’re right, that the conflict between you and Pingying is her fault as the daughter-in-law, but what about that time you drugged me? Was that also her doing? And what about the way you treated Haohao, making him afraid to see you come near, was that also her doing?"

"I ..." Faced with these accusations, Yun Mei had nothing to say.

Seeing her like this, Dashan sighed and said lightly, "So, if you’ve done wrong, just admit it’s wrong. Don’t blame others. Pingying is a good person and a good daughter-in-law, competent and capable. If she hadn’t married Zhiyong, another woman might not have been able to handle you, the mother-in-law."

"You ..." Yun Mei knew that if she tried to explain these matters, it wouldn’t become clear in a moment, and ultimately the blame would likely fall on her. She simply cut it short and directly said to Dashan, "Forget it, I don’t want to argue about these matters with you. I’ve come here today to ask for one thing."

Dashan looked at her, indicating her to speak, although he was pretty sure she was going to talk about Haohao.

Indeed, Yun Mei immediately said, "Dashan, no matter what method you use, steal Haohao back for me from the Fangs, let me take him, and in the future, I won’t disturb the Fang Family or you for anything."

Dashan, upon hearing it was indeed about this matter, didn’t engage with her, just helplessly advised, "Yun Mei, at your age, stop dreaming. You better just go back and stay in the countryside."

Seeing Dashan’s attitude, Yun Mei got up from the stool with a ’swish’, looking at Dashan with a threatening tone, "Dashan, I’m telling you, I’m not just saying this casually today, I came prepared. If you can’t handle this matter, don’t blame me for being ruthless."