The little girl hid behind and called out in her childish voice, "Daddy."

Children have good memories; she still remembered Xie Ning kicking her a few days ago, and she wanted to go back but didn't dare.

"My dear girl," Xie's mother said with a loving expression, "come to Grandma's."

Xie's mother hadn't taken care of Nannan for more than a few days since she was little, so Nannan wasn't close to her to begin with. Seeing Xie Ning standing to the side, she was even more afraid to go over.

“I have nothing to say to you. Let’s wait until the trial in a month,” Yu Shuangshuang said firmly.

She had long since given up on Xie Ning and had no intention of giving him any chance.

Mother Xie grabbed Yu Shuangshuang's hand and said gently, "Shuangshuang, I know Xiao Ning is a bad person. He did things that hurt you and lied to you. But Nannan is still so young. She should grow up in a healthy family. When she goes to school, all her classmates have fathers. When she comes back and asks you why she doesn't have a father, how will you answer her?"

"I……"

Yu Shuangshuang was immediately stumped by the question.

As a mother, her child is her Achilles' heel.

No one wants their child to be discriminated against.

Especially in a small place like Yinyi Town, gossip spreads easily on the wind.

Seeing that Yu Shuangshuang was wavering, Xie's mother quickly said, "No matter what, children need their parents by their side to grow up healthily. Xiao Ning was just confused for a moment, but he is a college graduate with a decent job, so he will definitely be a good father."

"Yes, yes, I will definitely be a good father and make up for the mistakes I made in the past."

Xie Ning reached out to pull Yu Shuangshuang.

The moment their hands touched, Yu Shuangshuang immediately snapped back to reality. "No! I will never agree. You have HIV. If word gets out, Nannan will face even greater discrimination! This kind of discrimination is much worse than not having a father."

This is what Xu Wan just told Yu Shuangshuang.

In the year she's been a lawyer, she's encountered far too many such examples.

Because the father contracted HIV through promiscuity, the parents of one of the children in the kindergarten, upon learning this, joined forces with all the parents in the kindergarten to demand that their child be transferred to another school.

"No one else will know about this!" Xie's mother quickly said.

"Yes, once Nannan starts school, there are only a few kindergartens in our town. If even one person knows, it will spread to the other parents. What if one parent insists on us transferring schools..."

"How could any parent be so vicious!"

Xie's mother quickly interrupted her.

Yu Shuangshuang asked directly, "Then let me ask you, if one of your classmates who eats, plays, and naps with your daughter has an HIV-positive father, would you want that child to transfer schools?"

One question immediately stumped Xie's mother.

But she quickly realized that Yu Shuangshuang had never been to school, so how could she know so much!

She glared at Xu Wan, who had remained silent throughout the room, and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Did your classmate teach you to say that? What good could she possibly be up to? She has no parents of her own, and she can't stand to see others doing well!"

"Why are you talking about her? It's your son's own fault for being dirty, sleeping with men, that's why he got the disease!"

Yu Shuangshuang hates nothing more than getting Xu Wan involved because of her own problems.

What are you saying!

These words struck a nerve with Xie's mother.

She didn't care about pretending to be a good person anymore, and raised her hand to slap Yu Shuangshuang across the face!

"Mommy...don't hit my mommy!"

The little girl standing nearby was instantly frightened and burst into tears.

Xu Wan, who originally didn't want to get involved in Yu Shuangshuang's family affairs, finally couldn't help but stand up. She took out her phone, turned on the recording function, and went over to protect Yu Shuangshuang.

"What right do you have to hit me? There are security cameras in the house. I'm taking Shuangshuang for a full-body checkup now. Not only will you have to pay for the checkup, but you'll also have to pay for any medical treatment if there are any problems. If you don't agree, we'll call the police or take legal action!"

"Don't give me that! She's insulting my son! My son got this disease from donating blood. He has absolutely nothing to do with men!" Xie's mother said, hands on her hips like a shrew. "Don't think you're so great just because you're a lawyer. We know the law too. We'll sue you for defamation."

Jiang Tingzhou stood up and said, “Go ahead and sue. I have solid evidence that Mr. Xie has had sexual relations with multiple men, and these men are probably unaware that Mr. Xie has been diagnosed with HIV. Two of them are powerful people. If they find out, the consequences will be unimaginable.”

Xie Ning and her mother's expressions grew increasingly grim as they listened to Jiang Tingzhou's words.