On July 25th, the custody battle was decided.

The judge rejected the plaintiff's claim and upheld the judgment made four years ago, awarding custody of Liang Kaile to Liang Xiujie.

Outside the courtroom, Zhou Wei changed her aggressive approach to taking the child and instead showed weakness to Liang Xiujie, her eyes red-rimmed: "Ah Jie, let's talk alone."

Upon hearing this, Ni Tianzhen took Xiao Le's hand and prepared to get into the car first.

Liang Xiujie grabbed her wrist, turned his head to look at her, and said, "There's nothing you can't hear."

Ni Tianzhen paused for a moment, then stopped and stood beside him, holding Xiao Le's hand.

Zhou Wei's face instantly fell, her eyes filled with venomous envy as she looked at Ni Tianzhen. She regretted abandoning this man a year after leaving him, but she couldn't turn back. She understood how unforgivable being cuckolded was for a man, and she knew that Liang Xiujie's personality wouldn't tolerate this stain, so she had stubbornly maintained this marriage.

Back in Yihai City, seeing how well he was treating another woman, her heart felt like it was being burned by fire. What had this woman done to completely replace their years of love and marriage in just one year?

"Just say what you have to say," Liang Xiujie said in a deep voice, frowning as he shielded Ni Tianzhen from his ex-wife's resentful gaze.

Zhou Wei turned her attention back to Liang Xiujie, her eyes reddening even more, tears welling up but she held them back. She knew best how to use her strengths against him; she had deliberately gone without makeup today, calculating how to appear pitiful and sympathetic to gain his pity and compassion if she lost the case.

"Ah Jie, please give Xiao Le back to me after all these years together. Otherwise, my marriage won't last. You can't bear to do that, right?" Zhou Wei choked up, her eyes filled with tears, making her look quite pitiful.

Liang Xiujie looked at her silently. He even wondered how he could have fallen for this kind of woman when he was blind in college, and how he could have married her against his parents' wishes.

"Ah Jie, do you still remember the promise you made to me when we got married? You said you would treat me well for the rest of your life. This is the only thing I want to ask you now. Otherwise, let Xiao Le stay with me for half a year each. I beg you, I beg you." Zhou Wei said, tears streaming down her face, looking particularly pitiful.

Ni Tianzhen tightened her grip on Xiao Le's hand and looked anxiously at Liang Xiujie, afraid that he would be moved and agree.

“Zhou Wei, what do you take Xiao Le for? A mere object that can be moved around?! He’s a person, he has his own classmates and friends. Have you considered the impact of constantly changing environments on his life? You’re still the same as before, utterly selfish, only ever thinking about your own perspective.” Liang Xiujie’s voice turned cold, and his gold-rimmed glasses gleamed with a chilling light.

"You're not my mother, I won't go back to live with you, go away, I don't want to see you!" Xiao Le said, her eyes red, as she slapped her.

Ni Tianzhen squatted down and hugged him, coaxing, "Xiao Le, don't cry. Mommy and Daddy won't give you away to anyone else."

"I am Xiao Le's mother, who do you think you are!" Seeing her son getting close to Ni Tianzhen, Zhou Wei's jealousy burned even brighter, revealing her true nature, and she even forgot to pretend to be pitiful.