Hospital, ward.

"How dare she not come?" Xu Xiuzhen was furious, her face turning red. "Where's my phone? Give me my phone, I'll call her!"

"Mom! Can't you just shut up? Wouldn't it be better to hire a caregiver? They're obedient and professional, much better than her clumsy self!" Liao Nanxing pinched her brow, feeling a splitting headache.

Su Mu, who was sitting on the sofa next to Xu Xiuzhen, handed her the phone from the bedside table and then sat back down on the sofa to wait and see what would happen.

As Xu Xiuzhen dialed Zhou Chunhua's number, she prayed that Zhou Chunhua would anger Xu Xiuzhen to death over the phone, otherwise it would be a disservice to Xu Xiuzhen's heart condition.

The next second, the phone rang once and then went through a busy tone.

Xu Xiuzhen looked bewildered, while Su Mu was dumbfounded.

It's quite obvious that Zhou Chunhua has blocked Xu Xiuzhen.

Xu Xiuzhen dialed and dialed again, making more than a dozen calls, but none of them went through.

In the end, Liao Nanxing took the phone away. Xu Xiuzhen's face turned redder and her breath became more labored as she scolded Xu Xiuzhen.

"Mom, you have a heart condition, you mustn't get angry." Su Mu came over, patting her back and soothing her, acting like a dutiful daughter-in-law.

"Look at our Mumu, this is what a daughter-in-law of the Liao family should be like!" Xu Xiuzhen patted her chest, heartbroken: "Son, it's not that I'm being nosy, but if you had listened to me earlier, you wouldn't be in this unpleasant situation today."

Nanxing, let me tell you, you really need to change your temper! Especially with Zhou Chunhua! You have to take action when necessary! Domestic violence isn't illegal, just beat her until she leaves on her own!

Think of Mumu, think of my grandson! Even if Mumu loves you, she can't stay with you forever without any status or recognition, can she? And my grandson, he can't be without a complete family! I don't care what methods you use, you must get Zhou Chunhua out of here as soon as possible!

"Mom! You don't know anything, so please stop making things worse! Do you even know who Zhou Chunhua's lawyer is? You're telling me to take action!"

"She hired a lawyer? Where did she get the money?" Xu Xiuzhen seemed to remember something, and clenched her teeth even tighter: "I knew it! How could the family's monthly expenses be so high! It turns out, she's been diverting it all into her own secret stash!"

Liao Nanxing was already used to Xu Xiuzhen's tendency to listen to the important points but not the important ones. He stubbed out his cigarette, rubbed his temples, and sat down in a chair.

Su Mu abandoned Xu Xiuzhen, turned around and came behind Liao Nanxing. As always, he pressed Liao Nanxing's head down with the force he preferred.

"Anan, she hired a lawyer. What about you? Are you planning to hire a lawyer?" She suppressed the urge to smile.

Xu Xiuzhen, who had been muttering to herself, also fell silent.

Liao Nanxing sighed, "Of course we should invite them. But I'm afraid... it won't be of much use."

"You mean, the lawyer she hired is very capable?"

"Gu Yao! Don't you think he's amazing?" Liao Nanxing retorted.

"How...how is this possible? Who is Gu Yao? How could she possibly get Gu Yao to come?" Su Mu's hand froze in mid-air.

"Gu Yao? Gu Yao from Jiang University?" Xu Xiuzhen exclaimed in surprise.

Liao Nanxing nodded.

Xu Xiuzhen almost choked on her breath and couldn't get up.

I've heard that no case handled by this person has ever been lost.

People in the family compound say that he treats lawsuits like a game, always venturing into the gray areas.

Xu Xiuzhen panicked immediately.

She glanced at Su Mu's slightly protruding belly. If she weren't carrying a son, she would have wanted to abort the child right now and make them break up.

But what she was carrying in her belly was the continuation of the Liao family line, her precious grandson!

"What should we do then? Son, have you thought of a solution? If this isn't handled well, it could affect your job." She didn't want to lose either the fish or the bear's paw.

“I’ve asked around, and it’s not like there’s no way.” Liao Nanxing held Su Mu’s hand, looking guilty. “I’m afraid I’ll have to make things difficult for Mu Mu. As long as the child is born, I can transfer my assets to Mu Mu and the child through a will.”

As for Zhou Chunhua, let her wait and see! She won't get a single penny from me anyway.”

"Yes!" Xu Xiuzhen nodded with a look of relief: "Nanxing, you've finally woken up for once! If you had made this decision earlier, she would have been crying and begging you to divorce her! But it's not too late now. I want to see how many days she can endure this suffering and humiliation!"

However, Su Mu was already seething with hatred at this moment.

What she wanted was not only to transcend social class, but also to show those poor relatives who had bullied her that the orphan they spoke of was a superior person whom they looked up to!

But as long as she remains labeled a mistress, she cannot stand tall and return home in glory.

She had worked hard for this day for seven years, and now the duck that was almost in her mouth had flown away...

“But…” Su Mu’s eyes reddened.

Liao Nanxing gently comforted her with heartache.

"Mumu! You're almost a mother, don't act like a child! You have to listen to us on this. We're all doing this for your own good, would we ever harm you?" Xu Xiuzhen said sternly, adopting the airs of an elder.

Su Mu didn't say anything, but cried even harder.

Before she even entered the door, Xu Xiuzhen was already using the same tactics she used on Zhou Chunhua.

She is not Zhou Chunhua!

Her body went limp, and Su Mu collapsed into Liao Nanxing's arms, sobbing.

"Sweetie, don't cry." Liao Nanxing said with heartache, "I really made you suffer. How about this, last time when I went shopping with you, I saw you really liked a set of jewelry, I'll go buy it for you later, okay?"

"But... it's a bit expensive," Su Mu said, choking back tears.

"It's not expensive if it costs less than 100,000."

Liao Nanxing gently pinched Su Mu's cheek.

But Xu Xiuzhen's face fell.

One hundred thousand! Her son earned all that money through hard work, from nine to five; it didn't grow on trees!

Zhou Chunhua has been married into their family for over twenty years and has never bought a piece of clothing worth two thousand yuan. This Su Mu only shed two tears and it's worth ten thousand? Those tears are worth way too much!

She coughed twice and called Su Mu over.

“Mumu, you’re almost a mother, not a child anymore. You need to think more about the child and the family. Look, once you have the baby, you definitely won’t be able to work anymore, right? Then our family will have to rely on Nanxing to earn money and support us all…”