Chapter 173 I'm luckier than you, I have a grandmother who loves me.
“If Jingming doesn’t live with his wife, does he expect to sleep with you, Xiang Lei?” Bai Tiantian exclaimed. “Oh my god, I know now, you’re trying to steal your wife away.”
Lin Xi laughed out loud, "Xiang Lei, you don't actually think that just because Brother Zhou can be with Senior Jiang Yan, he can also fall for you, do you? What a joke! You should take a look in the mirror. You're nowhere near as good as Senior Jiang Yan."
Xiang Lei blushed immediately after being told off by the two of them, and turned around to help her parents.
"Who are you two little sluts? Daring to talk nonsense in our house, get out of here right now!" Xiang's father rolled up his sleeves and raised his hand to hit them.
Zhou Jingming then pulled Lin Xi and Bai Tiantian behind him, saying, "They are my sisters."
"Xiang Lei made defamatory remarks about Xi Xi yesterday, and she's here today to demand an explanation. She can't avoid it now."
Xiang Lei looked at Zhou Jingming in astonishment, "Brother Jingming, why are you helping Lin Xi instead of me?"
"Why should I help you?" Zhou Jingming faced the Xiang family of three with a cold face. He wasn't stupid; he could see what Bai Tiantian and Lin Xi could see, and he could see it too.
"I helped you before because of Yan Yan; I have nothing to do with you."
Lin Xi then stepped forward and said, "Xiang Lei, I demand that you apologize to me in front of the whole class tomorrow, or I will sue you. I mean what I say."
"Don't think you can get away with this, unless you don't want to continue studying at Jiang University."
Xiang's parents dared not speak. Xiang Lei, feeling stifled, looked at Jiang's mother and said, "Auntie..."
Jiang's mother let out a breath, and seeing Jiang Yan and Zhou Jingming holding hands, another nameless anger rose in her heart. "Jiang Yan, where do you think you're going with your suitcase?"
“I told you I was going to leave this house,” Jiang Yan said coldly.
Jiang's mother could tell that Zhou Jingming had no feelings for Xiang Lei, and she couldn't let Jiang Yan go. "I've said it before, you're not leaving without ten million."
Upon hearing that it was ten million, the Xiang family of three was stunned. The father wiped his mouth to make sure he didn't drool.
If his sister can get ten million, then he can get at least five million, or even more.
Jiang Yan frowned. She hadn't wanted Zhou Jingming to know about this, but she hadn't expected her mother to be so shameless, trying to ask Zhou Jingming for money directly.
"What ten million?" Zhou Jingming asked Jiang Yan, looking down at her.
Jiang Yan shook her head. "It's nothing. Don't listen to her nonsense. Let's go."
Lin Xi had already made a harsh statement, so there was no need for her to stay any longer. She and Bai Tiantian followed behind Zhou Jingming, intending to leave together.
"Jiang Yan, don't forget what you promised me. Even if you have to sell yourself, you have to give me ten million." Jiang's mother suddenly said from behind them.
Zhou Jingming stopped in his tracks, his gaze turning icy as he looked at Jiang's mother. "What did you just say?"
Lin Xi and Bai Tiantian turned around in surprise. Bai Tiantian said incredulously, "Is this something a mother would say?"
“Without ten million,” Jiang Yan said, having completely lost all affection for her mother, “you can sue me, but let me remind you, it’s best to do it after you turn sixty, then you’ll have a better chance of winning.”
"If you want alimony now, you can cripple yourself and become unable to work, then I will give you some."
“However, since you have income and savings now, I am not obligated to pay any alimony.”
Jiang's mother was stunned. She had almost forgotten that Jiang Yan was a law student and a judge. She couldn't possibly outsmart Jiang Yan.
"Aren't you afraid I'll cause trouble in court?" Jiang's mother threatened.
Jiang Yan glanced at her and said, "Do as you please. You can't just walk into the courthouse. You can cause a scene at the courthouse, but you risk being arrested by the police."
Before leaving, Jiang Yan glanced at her mother and the Xiang family of three one last time. "The moment I, Jiang Yan, step out of this door today, there will be no more kinship between us. I will bear the legal obligations I am obligated to, and I will not meddle in anything outside the law."
"I advise you to restrain your words and actions. Not everyone is someone you can mess with. That's all I have to say."
Lin Xi and the other three left the Jiang family.
Bai Tiantian exhaled a breath of stale air, "My goodness, sister-in-law, how have you lived in this family for over twenty years?"
Jiang Yan gave a wry smile, "Perhaps it is in this difficult environment that I have been forced to achieve what I have today."
Lin Xi nodded. "I can understand Jiang Yan, but I'm luckier than you. I have a grandmother who loves me."
Jiang Yan glanced at Lin Xi. After learning that Lin Xi was Zhou Jingming's cousin, she noticed that Lin Xi and Zhou Jingming did indeed look somewhat alike, especially their eyes.
She's grown to like Lin Xi more and more; it's probably a case of loving someone because of them.
She touched Lin Xi's hair. "Xi Xi, I want to hear your story, if you'd like to share it."
“Of course I would,” Lin Xi said, her eyes shining. “But it seems I don’t have time today. Tian Tian and I have class this afternoon.”
Jiang Yan didn't have much time either; she had taken the morning off and had to go to work in the afternoon. "Then let's do it another day. I'll treat you and Tian Tian to dinner together."
Zhou Jingming put Jiang Yan's suitcase into the trunk. "Xi Xi, Tian Tian, are you going back to school? I'll give you a ride."
Lin Xi and Bai Tiantian didn't stand on ceremony and got into the car directly.
Zhou Jingming and Jiang Yan remained silent the whole way, while Lin Xi and Bai Tiantian kept talking about Xiang Lei.
"How exactly did Xiang Lei get into Jiangda University?" Bai Tiantian said. "It feels like it's an insult to my intelligence to be admitted to the same school as her."
Lin Xi glanced at Zhou Jingming in front of her, guessing that he had helped her, but she didn't want to say it outright. "Think about Lu Yunqi."
"Okay!" After Lin Xi mentioned it, Bai Tiantian understood what was going on.
Jiang Yan lowered her eyes. Why hadn't she seen through her family sooner? If only she had left this family sooner.
While waiting at a red light, Zhou Jingming took Jiang Yan's hand, his warm hand quenching her cold fingers.
Zhou Jingming escorted Lin Xi and Bai Tiantian to the gate of Jiang University. "Xi Xi, if Xiang Lei doesn't apologize to you tomorrow, call me. I'll handle the rest."
Lin Xi nodded and got out of the car with Bai Tiantian.
"Yan Yan, what did you and your mother talk about in the room today?" Zhou Jingming asked in a deep voice, very dissatisfied with the last thing Jiang's mother said.
Jiang Yan is his wife. They got their marriage certificate a long time ago and are now a married couple in name and in fact.
If anyone else had dared to insult his wife like that, he would have beaten them up long ago; unfortunately, it was his mother-in-law.
“She doesn’t love me, not at all,” Jiang Yan’s eyes reddened as she struggled to hold back her tears. “Jingming, she said I’m not good enough for you, and they all want Xiang Lei to marry you.”
Zhou Jingming laughed in anger, "Then I'll let them understand what their lives would be like without you."
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