"Have you forgotten how Han Ruochen caused trouble the last time we tried to get money from her? And your dad has already said that I have to take care of your expenses and also save for your dowry. If I am not able to save enough money for your dowry, then I can forget about getting money from him. He will not pay me a penny from now on, and I have to settle all your expenses. Do you want to get married with a dowry, or do you want me to get twenty thousand yuan for you now?"
"Dad really said that? Impossible! You told me last time that Dad feels guilty for me because I have no parents, and even blames himself for not doing enough for me. Now you are telling me that he will not give me any dowry, how could this be?" Han Ziyan frowned hard. She knew her mother's skills; though this woman was not good at anything, she knew how to coax a man. All these years, she had done a damn good job in controlling her adoptive father.
