“No.” Jiang Tingzhou gave a decisive conclusion, then paused and added, “If her parents were willing to adopt her, it would be much easier.”

Xu Wan was not familiar with the Adoption Law.

Before she could ask anything, Tang Lu had already gotten into the car with Jin Qi.

The two sat together in the back row, holding hands.

After getting into the car, Xiao Jinqi politely said to Xu Wan and Jiang Tingzhou, "Thank you, Aunt Xu, thank you, Uncle Jiang."

"Thank you for lending me Xiao Jinqi. I haven't been to an amusement park in many years." Tang Lu brushed Xiao Jinqi's hair aside and smiled. "We've made a promise to go to Disneyland in Nancheng together in a while."

Xu Wan: "No problem."

On the way to St. He Hospital, Tang Lu kept sharing the interesting things that happened that day, and almost forgot that the driver was Jiang Tingzhou.

When the car arrived at the hospital, the group of people took Xiao Jinqi back to her ward.

Upon reaching the entrance of the inpatient department, Tang Lu asked, "Xu Wan, actually, I've been thinking about something all day: can I adopt Xiao Jinqi?"

Xu Wan glanced at Jiang Tingzhou and said honestly, "I don't know much about adoption law; my husband knows more about it."

Jiang Tingzhou repeated his point of view, adding, "However, Jinqi is not an orphan. In principle, she should be adopted by her immediate family. If you adopt her, you must also notify Jinqi's father. After Jinqi's father is released, she will still have to fulfill her parental obligations."

Tang Lu frowned angrily, "Jinqi's father abducted and raped Jinqi, who was born to her mother. He and Jinqi's mother didn't even have a marriage certificate. Why should Jinqi have to support her?"

Jiang Tingzhou said, "That's how the law stipulates it."

"If my parents are willing to adopt her, would that be fine?"

"Going through the procedures shouldn't be a problem."

Tang Lu, having snapped out of her reverie at the amusement park, remembered what had happened as soon as she saw Jiang Tingzhou. Not daring to ask any more questions, she could only say, "Thank you. I'll go back and discuss it with my parents."

Xu Wan knew how difficult it was to persuade her parents to adopt the children of incarcerated individuals, so she could only say, "Talk to your parents nicely and don't act impulsively. Not everyone can accept this kind of thing."

Tang Lu agreed.

Jiang Tingzhou drove Tang Lu home.

On the way, the two talked about the divorce proceedings the next day.

After Tang Lu got out of the car, Jiang Tingzhou said to Xu Wan, "Have Lü Wei take you to the divorce hearing tomorrow."

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Friday morning.

Lu Weixian went to pick up Tang Lu, and then went to the law firm to pick up Xu Wan so they could go to court together.

The trial begins at 10:00 AM.

When the car arrived at the courthouse, a large crowd had gathered there.

Tang Lu sat in the car looking out the window and asked, "Why are there so many people? Is there some kind of event?"

Xu Wan was also puzzled, "I've never seen so many people in front of the courthouse before."

As soon as the two women got out of the car, the group of people who had gathered saw them and someone immediately shouted, "Ms. Tang! We're here to support you! We wish you a speedy divorce from that scumbag!"

One person took the lead, and the others immediately followed suit, shouting, "I hope you get rid of that scumbag soon!"

Tang Lu was taken aback, "You, you..."

Someone explained, "We saw your story online and knew you were in court today, so we came to cheer you on!"

This was the first time Xu Wan had ever seen anything like this.

While several people were cheering for Tang Lu, Zhou Kun sat in the car watching the whole time.

Since the pre-trial mediation was reported online, his company has been receiving wreaths and funeral clothes from netizens every few days, and he has been heavily criticized online.

He suffered even more humiliation at Tianwei a few days ago.

Zhou Kun looked at the netizens a dozen meters away, who were encouraging Tang Lu while also cursing him. Xu Wan, who was beside her, was the culprit who had caused him to fall into his current predicament.

The veins on Zhou Kun's arm, gripping the steering wheel, bulged as the humiliations of the past few days replayed in his mind.

His hands and feet suddenly seemed to be out of control; he shifted the car into drive, floored the accelerator, and charged straight toward the crowd.