"Mom, when Su Mu left, she said that if I wanted her to come back, I would have to give her the house. I would also have to leave my salary card with her."
Upon hearing this, Xu Xiuzhen, who had been crying her heart out just a moment ago, immediately jumped up.
"Don't even think about it! I thought she had some backbone! Turns out, this is what she's up to! Nanxing, tell her to stop dreaming! Your mother is still alive and well, who gave her the right to be in charge?"
"But don't you want your eldest grandson anymore?"
"Trying to use the child to manipulate me? Dream on!" Xu Xiuzhen exclaimed. "Son, tell her you want a divorce. I don't know how a woman without a job can support a child!"
"What if she really agrees to a divorce? And actually gets divorced?"
"Fine, let's get a divorce!" Xu Xiuzhen said through gritted teeth. "In this world, it's rare to find a hen that doesn't lay eggs. There are plenty of women who can have children! If you divorce her, and work hard this year, I can hold my big, fat grandson next year!"
Besides, if we really go to divorce proceedings, how will she, an orphan with no family, no job, and no income, raise the child? The judge will definitely award custody to us. Then, we'll make sure she gets as far away from us as possible!
Liao Nanxing coughed twice: "Mom, you can't get a divorce during breastfeeding. Also, if it really goes to court, the child is usually awarded to the mother until the age of three. Only between the ages of three and eight will the child be awarded to the financially well-off parent."
With a bang, Xu Xiuzhen slammed her hand on the table and stood up.
"Who wrote this law? How can you raise a child with no income? Even if you're raising a child with excrement, you need to have food to eat before you can excrete anything! If you don't even have food to eat, how can you raise a child with excrement?"
“You have a heart condition, don’t get angry. Sit down and let’s talk.” Liao Nanxing pressed the old lady back into her chair and began to explain the law to her.
Just as he expected, the old lady immediately wilted upon hearing that she would be required to pay child support.
He seized the opportunity to say, "Mom, why don't we let her calm down first? It'll be easier to talk to her when she can't take it anymore."
Seeing the old lady nod, Liao Nanxing added, "Then you should stay home and take good care of yourself during this time. It's okay to see the child again after a while."
Xu Xiuzhen thought for a long time before nodding.
Having finally managed to get rid of the old lady, they thought that separating them would finally allow them to live in peace.
However, unexpectedly, from that day on, his life became absolutely unbearable.
First, there's the issue of the salary card.
He had originally planned at the hospital to give the old lady a fake salary card and Su Mu the real one.
Then every month, a sum of money is deposited into the old lady's card. Anyway, the old lady won't check where the money comes from. As long as that sum of money comes in every month, the matter is dealt with.
However, he had given all his money to Zhou Chunhua, and the pressure of paying her an extra wage temporarily was quite high.
So he could only give Su Mu a perfunctory answer, saying that the old lady had a heart condition and he couldn't force her to give him her salary card; he would have to find an opportunity.
Although Su Mu was unhappy, fortunately, the old lady was no longer causing trouble and there were people to serve her, so she didn't make a fuss.
But the pressure of making money was making him feel suffocated.
These days, he hasn't been idle either. He's either trying to secure patent investment or urging his students to conduct experiments so that more promising patents can attract investors.
As a result, he has many more white hairs on his head.
Secondly, the phone keeps ringing every day.
Because he said Su Mu had gone back to her parents' home, the old lady focused all her attention on him.
Every day at the end of the workday, the old lady would call him and ask him to come home for dinner.
As for Su Mu, he would call him when he was working out, and he would call him when he was bored at home. Not to mention meals, if Su Mu dared to say he wasn't coming home for dinner, he wouldn't have a peaceful night.
At first, Liao Nanxing would occasionally tell the old lady that he was working overtime and wouldn't be home at night.
Then go to Yunxijian to deal with Su Mu.
Even if you're exhausted, you should still smile and compliment her on her daily changes in figure.
But later, the old lady just ran to school with her lunchbox, making him not even dare to lift his head.
There was nothing he could do, so he would occasionally tell Su Mu that he was working overtime, then go to the old lady's place for a meal, and rush back to Yunxijian after the old lady fell asleep.
The nearly two-hour drive left him exhausted.
At first, Su Mu's expression was just a little unpleasant. But later, Su Mu started to nervously sniff his clothes to see if they smelled of perfume, and even checked his body for hickeys or nail marks.
He was like a prisoner being examined bit by bit by Su Mu while he was taking a shower.
Sometimes, he even has to eat two dinners...
Dealing with this and that all at once, it's simply inhuman.
But in order to avoid constant arguments, Liao Nanxing could only keep running around trying to cope.
When I got off work today and returned to Yunxijian, I was surprised to see the little old lady standing at the door as I came out of the garage.
Their eyes met, and Xu Xiuzhen sat down on the ground and burst into tears.
"Nanxing! I'm your mother! I raised you with so much care, changing your diapers and feeding you. And you just abandoned me for another woman!"
Old Liao! Come up and take me away! I don't want to live this life for another day!
That loud voice attracted the attention of the property management staff.
Liao Nanxing's reputation, which he had maintained his entire life, was shattered in this moment.
"Mom, let's go inside."
Liao Nanxing went to help the person, but was slapped hard across the face by Xu Xiuzhen.
"Let me go! Am I still your mother? You buy this woman a big villa, feed her the best food and drink, and let her enjoy herself here. And what about me? You leave me in that cramped, tiny rented room!"
Your father and I scrimped and saved, tightening our belts to send you to school! Have you forgotten how you got your university tuition? If your father and I hadn't gone door to door begging and borrowing, would you be where you are today?
What kind of bewitching potion did that little vixen give you? She's made you so obsessed you don't even want your mother anymore!
Unable to bear it any longer, Liao Nanxing endured the slaps coming one after another and forcibly helped Xu Xiuzhen up the steps.
However... the door won't open!
"Su Mu! Open the door!"
"I won't open it! This is my home, and I won't let her in!"
Liao Nanxing's face turned from white to blue, then blue to red, then red to purple, and finally purple to black.
He kicked the door, but it didn't open. Instead, he lost his balance and fell to the ground in a sorry state due to the struggle of the little old lady in his arms.
He got up from the ground, picked up a stone from the garden, smashed the glass on the door, and reached in to open it from the inside.
However, what awaited him was Su Mu holding a knife to his neck.
"Anan! If you let her in today, my child and I will die right in front of you!"
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