Sanmao's face was so dark it could drip water. Although his grandmother was strict and demanding, she never neglected them.

Without his grandmother, the Li family would not have become so wealthy; without her, countless people in their village would have died.

Although his grandmother wasn't perfect and was a bit selfish, she was the pillar of the Li family.

“You eat the food of my Li family, while my Li family eats the food of the Ma family. You spend the money of my Li family, while my Li family spends the money of the Ma family. I once told you that this jade pendant has been passed down through generations of our Ma family and cannot be taken away. Why did you still take off Qiang’er’s jade pendant?” Sanmao’s eyes seemed to see through her disguise and hypocrisy.

"What else could it be? Isn't it just betraying her own people? She thinks Qiang'er eats and uses the best things, while her brother's child isn't so lucky, so she thinks it's okay to lend out a little bit of Qiang'er's things. Bah! Ungrateful wretch! Shameless." Ma Hehua's words were like daggers to the heart.

Shan Jianjian's family wasn't very wealthy. All the money she earned from boxing at the club went to her brother's wedding and buying a house, all so that he could marry Li Sanmao.

What made the Shan family grit their teeth in hatred was that the Li family was very rich, but they refused to spend a single penny on getting married. They didn't spend money on the wedding banquet, nor did they spend money on hiring people. If the bride's family could hold a banquet, they would; if not, so be it. In Jiangcheng's wealthy circles, this was practically the pinnacle of stinginess.

She never expected things to be so serious. Her brother had told her everything would be alright, so why did this happen?

“If the jade pendant is gone, just discard it and get a new one,” Ma Linghua said meaningfully.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, she pulled out a jade pendant, and looked at her eldest daughter, saying, "Pear Blossom, thank you for your hard work!"

The jade pendant fell into Ma Lihua's hands. She used a sword the size of a toothpick to recarve the two characters "Li Qiang" onto it. After the jade pendant was finished, Ma Hehua put it on him.

"Ah...squeak...ah..."

Li Qiang let out a roar like a wild beast, and Li Yuan's jade pendant emitted bursts of green light. Then, a thin, yellow weasel emerged from Li Qiang's body.

"You beast, die!" Ma Hehua swiftly swung her curved blade and killed the weasel.

She turned to Shan Jianjian and said disdainfully, "You think your Shan family can produce good offspring? You even want to borrow the life of my Ma family? Don't you know what my Ma family ancestors did? They borrowed the life of Huang Daxian and used the jade pendant as a medium to let that beast steal my grandson's life. I don't know if it can bear the consequences."

"Third Brother, the matter is resolved, why don't you hurry up and get a divorce?" Ma Lihua disliked this woman.

She seems kind and generous, but this incident reveals that she is a traitor.

Xiao Yingying's eyelids twitched as she watched from behind the door, as did Da Mao and Li Xin. The five of them could see everything clearly through the crack in the door.

Ma Lihua's status in the Ma family was absolute; Shan Jianjian, whom she disliked, would never be allowed to enter the Ma family in his lifetime. (The Li family were the adopted family, hence the Li family was also referred to as the Ma family.)

Sanmao, with his tall and strong body, dragged Shan Jianjian out the door. There was no sadness or reluctance in his eyes. His personality was most like Ma Hehua's.

Seeing that Li Qiang had woken up, Ma Hehua, who loved to chat, told him everything in detail and said, "You can go with your mother, but you should think it over carefully. Your mother didn't bring anything with her when she married into the family, and she won't have any property when she leaves. Sanmao's money belongs to the Ma family, and she can't take a single penny away."

Xiao Yingying; "……………………"

That's terrible, it would have been better not to get married at all!

Li Xin glanced at his mother, wondering if the same thing would happen if she divorced his father. So what was his mother sympathizing with?

However, it was only after this incident that a few people who didn't know Ma Linghua's true identity learned that she was a sorceress.

“If you go with your mother, we won’t stop you, but you’ll have to change your name, you can’t use the Ma family’s money anymore, and you’ll have to return the Ma family’s Peace Jade,” Ma Hehua said seriously.

Li Qiang; "……………………"

He was afraid he couldn't afford to take back the mother who had given him her life! However, he still hoped to give his mother one last chance, so he looked at Ma Hehua with pleading eyes.

Li Xin quickly touched his neck; thankfully, his jade was still intact.

“Send him to his mother as well; the Ma family doesn’t want him anymore,” Ma Linghua said calmly.

Nine-year-old Li Qiang was stunned.

"Give it away, you ungrateful wretches who can't be raised," Ma Hehua said sarcastically.

Ma Lihua nodded, "This child will be hard to raise."

Xiao Yingying; "………………"

Li Xin; "…………………"

This... how come the status in this family is reversed? The men have no status at all! Look at his father-in-law and grandfather, gossiping behind the scenes without saying a word, it's unbearable to watch.

Li Qiang received a very good education and couldn't understand his grandmother and great-grandmother's behavior at all. Moreover, he actually felt disgusted by their attire.

At five o'clock, Shan Jianjian and Li Qiang stood dejectedly downstairs at their house, looking at the fiery red sun, both of them wearing masks of pain on their faces.

Holding the court's judgment, Li Sanmao surprisingly refused to keep the child, which caused a great stir in the Bingjiang Villa District, with some even calling him foolish.

However, she quickly and secretly introduced him to women.

Dejected, Shan Jianjian took Li Qiang back to her parents' home. She had her own job, but compared to Sanmao, she was really no match.

Sanmao ran a bodyguard company, and the income she earned in one day was more than she could ever earn in her entire life.

Looking at her, Shan Xiong hurriedly said, "Sister, why did you bring the child back?"

"Are you stupid? Say something!"

Seeing her silence and glancing at his seemingly unharmed nephew, Shan Xiong asked with a guilty look in his eyes, "Xiao Qiang, why did your mother bring you back?"

"Uncle, my mom got divorced, and my dad kicked me out of the house." Li Qiang's voice was choked with sobs.

"What? Your mother got divorced?" Shan Xiong looked incredulous, then his face lit up with elation, but he quickly masked it.

"Did your mother tell you what she has?" His eyes were filled with greed.

Li Qiang lowered his eyes and said calmly, "No, my mother left with nothing."

"What? Leave with nothing? Is she brainless? Li Sanmao is a big boss of a company, how can he let your mother leave with nothing? Does he have someone else on the side?" Shan Xiong kept asking about money, not a single word of which concerned Shan Jianjian.

Shan Jianjian looked up at him, her eyes glazed over, and said, "Have you forgotten? I signed a prenuptial agreement when I married into his family. I can't take anything with me when I leave."

Shan Xiong; "…………………………"

Damn, I almost forgot, the Li family's nicknames in Jiangcheng are: nouveau riche, misers, petty, and not presentable...

Dan Xiong glanced at his nephew again and said cautiously, "Xiao Qiang seems to be in good health! Does he feel dizzy, lightheaded, or nauseous?"

Shan Jianjian suddenly looked up at him.