"Just acknowledge it. You two were connected because he wanted to take care of his friend's wife and children. At least his care for you at that time was a kind act. You can't let such a kind person feel disappointed."
Fang Qing lowered her head and said nothing. After a long while, she said, "Fifteen is too little."
"And the five hundred dollars he promised me."
"But I gave him 3,500 to buy the house."
"Whose money is that 3500 yuan?"
Fang Qing: “…”
"It's a good idea to quit while you're ahead. You can't fleece a sheep all the time. You're still young, you can still get married. If you feel that life is hard now, maybe you'll find someone better than him someday and won't care about this money anymore."
Fang Qing: "Stop talking nonsense! I'm already over 30 and have a son. Where can I find a better man?"
"That's hard to say. I have a distant relative who's in her forties and married a boss. She's living the life of a wealthy wife, with three nannies to serve her."
Fang Qing's ears felt hot after hearing this. "Really...really?"
"Can I tell a lie?"
Of course, he didn't say that his distant relative was richer than the man.
"They are them, and I am me." Fang Qing calmed herself down and said indifferently.
The mediator chuckled, "That's right, but that's getting off topic. Let's talk about the terms first."
Fang Qing: "I thought about it, fifteen is still too little. Fifteen can't support a half-grown boy, it must be at least fifty or sixty."
"Fifty or sixty? You..."
"Don't be impatient, just listen to me first."
Mediator: “Okay, go ahead.”
"Raising a child is sixty, so Lu Jiangting and I can each contribute thirty, okay?"
thirty?
It was pretty much what he had expected at the beginning.
"This is my bottom line. Five hundred... five hundred is five hundred, but thirty-one months of child support cannot be any less. If Lu Jiangting doesn't even agree to this, I will definitely sue him."
The mediator sighed with difficulty, lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Ms. Fang, you really know how to make things difficult for me. I'm helping you, but you're still trying to cheat me."
Fang Qing: “…”
"Forget it. Since the child is innocent, I'll do my best."
The mediator is also awesome. He says one thing to the other party and another thing to Lu Jiangting.
Lu Jiangting: "Five hundred plus thirty per month in child support, is she dreaming? Impossible, huh? I won't give a penny in child support."
The mediator said, "Mr. Lu, my total annual child support is less than the 3,500 yuan I paid for the house."
Lu Jiangting: "What do you want to say?"
"If you disagree, she'll have to go to court. I don't know if you've read the law, but it states that child support is based on your income. Generally speaking, it's 20 to 30 percent of your salary. Have you calculated how much that is?"
Of course, the standard of child support will also take actual consumption and other factors into consideration, but this can only be said in front of Fang Qing, not in front of Lu Jiangting, otherwise the negotiation will fail.
Lu Jiangting thought about it carefully and thought that if calculated this way, it would indeed be far more than thirty.
"I negotiated with her for thirty dollars a month because the poverty line here last year was three hundred and sixty dollars."
He lowered his voice and whispered to him, "I told him that child support is calculated according to this standard. I'm trying to fool her, but she doesn't understand. Mr. Lu, I'm helping you."
Lu Jiangting still frowned, but whispered thank you, and his expression was not as ugly as before.
The mediator added, "If this goes to court, once the ruling is in effect, you won't be able to escape the money even if you want to, given the nature of your job. What do you think?"
Lu Jiangting thought for a while and finally compromised, "If that's the case, then I won't give you the five hundred."
The mediator felt a headache and said helplessly, "Mr. Lu, she originally wanted 3,500 yuan to buy the house, but after much persuasion, she agreed to only 500 yuan. Now you don't agree. Aren't you making it difficult for me?"
Lu Jiangting: "I'm not trying to embarrass you. Every penny I give you feels like a slap in the face, you know? I originally had a childhood sweetheart, and we were about to get married, but Fang Qing ruined it all. I lost so much because of her, and even my father died because of her anger. And you want me to pay child support to my enemy..."
Lu Jiangting's eyes were red and he was choked with sobs and unable to speak.
The mediator helped him because he really sympathized with him.
"I understand what you're saying, and I know you've been wronged."
He didn't say anything unpleasant afterwards.
I thought to myself, it’s your own fault for not being able to judge people well?
How should I put it? Paying for my past stupidity is a kind of retribution, I guess.
"You only saw that I took her 3,500 yuan to buy a house. Didn't you see how much I gave to them and their child before? Almost all the money I earned in those years went to support them."
He took out the bill again.
The mediator said, "I know all about this. I sympathize with you on the human side, but I have to make it clear to you: once the case goes to court, it won't be about human relationships, it will be about evidence."
He patted the bill and said, "To be frank, there's no way the court will accept this bill."
Lu Jiangting was a little surprised.
The mediator continued, "Did you give her cash or send money by mail? If you sent her money by mail, it might be considered acceptable if you still have the receipt. But if you gave her cash, how can you prove it? And look here, buying clothes, shoes, toys, medical expenses... How can this be considered acceptable?"
Even though you've indicated that you weren't married at the time, the court might still consider you to be in a relationship. I remember military marriages have an investigation into things like relationships, right? Any expenses you incurred on the man's son during the relationship could be considered a way to woo the woman, and that wouldn't be reimbursable.
Lu Jiangting was speechless.
"Mr. Lu, five hundred plus thirty a month is the best I can get for you."
Originally, Fang Qing wanted 3,500 plus 100 yuan a month.
Lu Jiangting heard it himself.
Lu Jiangting lowered his head and looked at the table. After a long time, he slowly spoke.
"I want to settle it all at once and have nothing to do with them from now on. Is that okay?"
"Settle it all at once?"
"right."
The mediator thought it made sense, because with rising prices, if Fang Qing was shameless enough, she could apply to the court to increase the child support.
That's really endless.
He also truly sympathized with Lu Jiangting and wanted to help him.
Of course, Lu Jiangting thought so too, but mainly because he didn’t want to have anything to do with them.
"That's fine too. How old is the child this year?"
"He's almost eleven, maybe."
"Even if you're ten, you still have to pay for eight years."
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