"Are you all in cahoots to cheat me out of my house?!" Zhou Changshun yelled, trying to cover up his mistake. When he heard that the relocation involved the old man, he subconsciously thought that the house belonged to the old man and didn't even think about the household registration.
Xiao Li slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "I'm warning you, this is a government building. Don't go crazy here."
"It was you, it was all of you who conspired to swindle my house! Tell me, how much did you get in bribes!" Zhou Changshun stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Li by the collar.
"Let go! You called yourself without even asking questions, and you dare to slander me!" Xiao Li shouted. Other colleagues in the office immediately surrounded him. "Let go, or we'll call the police!"
The lawyer quickly stepped forward to stop him, saying, "Calm down, calm down. I'll take you to investigate. If the transfer was recently completed, I'll definitely get half of it for you. Everyone, I'm sorry, my client is upset."
"Can we really get half back?" Zhou Changshun's eyes were bloodshot.
"As long as it's a recent transfer, you can definitely take it, trust me." The lawyer pried Zhou Changshun's hands open and quickly pulled him away.
"That old man must have been afraid my mom would take a share of his house, so he transferred the property to someone else," Zhou Changshun muttered to himself, unsure whether he was speaking to the lawyer or trying to comfort himself.
The two arrived at the real estate bureau. The lawyer used his connections to investigate the property information. Zhou Changshun paced back and forth in the transfer hall, taking deep breaths and praying for his ancestors' blessing. He was certain that the house had been transferred recently, and he would definitely receive half of the relocation compensation!
A moment later, the lawyer came out rubbing his eyes.
"How is it? Was the transfer recently? Even if it was transferred three or five years ago, my mom should still be able to get a share, right?" Zhou Changshun's heart was in his throat.
The lawyer shook his head and explained the process of transferring the house to Zhou Changshun.
Old Guan's house was built by merging two houses together. One of the houses was indeed in Old Guan's name, and the other was in Li Mancang's name. More than ten years ago, not long after the house was completed, probably when Old Guan and his wife had just moved in together, Old Guan transferred the house to Li Mancang for less than 10,000 yuan, which was in line with the market at the time.
"It's been over ten years since the property was transferred? Then...then...my mom must have been with him back then, so she must have owned half of it, right?" Zhou Changshun's lips trembled.
The lawyer shook his head. "Your mother and Guan Wanshan were not registered. At that time, they had just met. Guan Wanshan's handling of his own property has nothing to do with your mother. Your mother can only get a share of Guan Wanshan's property because of their common-law marriage of more than ten years, which was transferred more than ten years ago. Your mother has no substantial relationship with the property, so she cannot get a share."
Zhou Changshun stumbled back a few steps and plopped down on the ground, his eyes filled with disbelief. "I won't get anything? Impossible! Why? My mother has been with him for so many years for nothing." He couldn't accept the outcome of getting nothing at all.
"It wasn't all for nothing; your mother's property was divided in half with your stepfather." The lawyer awkwardly adjusted his glasses. This case was clearly a setup, and he didn't want to get involved anymore, or he would become a laughing stock in the industry.
The more you kill, the more you destroy. Zhou Changshun's vision went black, and he almost lost consciousness. "I've been tricked. I'm going to find Guan Wanshan." He gritted his teeth, and his mouth tasted of rust.
The lawyer sighed helplessly, "Your stepfather has been on guard against you and your mother for a long time. You can't outsmart him. We live in a society governed by law now. Learn from your mistakes."
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