Chapter 170 I heard someone's causing you trouble, I'll back you up.
Li Mai stood up and exclaimed in surprise, "Grandma, what brings you here?"
Grandma Zhou glared at Li Shirong: "I heard someone is trying to cause you trouble, so I'm here to back you up."
Li Mai's eyes welled up with tears.
She is no longer the Li Mai who longed for maternal love before; nothing Li Shirong does or says can hurt her now.
On the contrary, after turning her back on her family, her words became incredibly sharp, leaving Li Shirong furious.
However, the Zhou family came to protect her, and it felt so good to be cared for and loved.
"Grandma, please sit down."
She went over and helped the old lady sit down.
Grandma Zhou looked at Li Shirong and said, "You're Li Shirong, my granddaughter-in-law's cold-blooded mother?"
Li Shirong glared at Li Mai.
That brat, she's ruining her reputation everywhere.
The other party was the Zhou family matriarch. Li Shirong said politely, "Madam, you are joking. If I were cold-blooded, would she have grown up to be so beautiful?"
Grandma Zhou: "Ha, the reason my granddaughter-in-law is where she is today is because she's independent and self-reliant. If it were someone else, who knows what her life would be like. You cold-hearted and selfish thing, what right do you have to pat yourself on the back!"
Li Shirong's expression changed: "Madam, you can't talk like that. How I raise my daughter is my business."
Grandma Zhou: "I'm just standing up for my granddaughter-in-law, so what?"
Li Shirong: "..."
After a moment of silence, she said, "Your grandson wants to marry Li Mai, so our two families are in-laws. It wouldn't be good if things got too ugly. I am, after all, her mother."
"Mother? Do you even deserve that word? I'm a mother too, and you're an insult to the title of mother."
Li Shirong felt suffocated.
She was truly exasperated. Was the Zhou family crazy? Why did they keep bringing up such old, trivial matters?
Li Shirong wanted to say something, but Zheng Anze pulled her back.
Zheng Anze knew that with the Zhou family present, his mother couldn't argue with them. Silence was the best course of action.
Seeing that Li Shirong remained silent, Old Mrs. Zhou looked at Qian Hui and Sheng Xi and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Zhang Jingran went on and on about how Zhou Songyan snatched the Shengshi project, and how Qian Hui and Li Shirong forced Li Mai to call Zhou Songyan to tell him that they wanted the project back.
After hearing this, Grandma Zhou said, "I ordered the Sheng family's project to be taken away to avenge my granddaughter-in-law."
Qian Hui and Sheng Xi: "..."
Sheng Xi couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Grandma Zhou, are you out of your mind? Li Mai is an illegitimate child. Her existence is a mistake. Our Sheng family has done nothing wrong to her. What revenge are you trying to take for her?"
Zhou Qianlian: "You're the one who's out of your mind! What kind of person are you? Who gives you the right to speak here? You ill-mannered wretch!"
"I think you're the mistake. A brainless thing like you shouldn't have been born."
Sheng Xi wanted to argue with Zhou Qianlian, but Qian Hui stopped her.
Qian Hui looked at the Zhou family: "In this matter, my child and I are the victims. Li Mai and her mother destroyed my family. I have already done more than enough by not holding them accountable. Now, you come to avenge her? What revenge? What has our Sheng family ever done to wrong her?"
"Madam, you have always been reasonable. I have been wronged."
Grandma Zhou: "Your misfortune was caused by Sheng Zhaohui and Li Shirong. There is a cause for every grievance and a debtor for every crime. Whoever harmed you, go find them. It has nothing to do with my granddaughter-in-law. Don't blame my granddaughter-in-law."
“My granddaughter-in-law is also a victim. Those two gave birth to her, but they didn’t fulfill their responsibilities as parents.”
“Now, Sheng Zhaohui is still thinking of using my granddaughter-in-law to seek benefits for himself. He is capable of such a despicable thing, so don’t blame the Zhou family for taking action.”
Qian Hui's face turned extremely ugly: "Madam, you are being unreasonable."
Grandma Zhou: "Then go ahead and sue me."
Qian Hui: "..."
Unable to do anything about the Zhou family, Qian Hui glared fiercely at Li Shirong: "Aren't you going to do anything about your daughter?"
Qian Hui's eyes held a threatening look.
Li Shirong gritted her teeth and knelt down with a thud: "Li Mai, I'm begging you, please let Zhou Songyan return the project to the Sheng family."
"mom!"
Zheng Anze exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly pulled her away.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Li Shirong pushed him away: "Don't worry about it, let me kneel down for her."
Li Mai was surprised for two seconds before she understood what was going on.
There's only one reason why Li Shirong would kneel before her, and that's because of her older brother, Zheng Anze.
She was willing to do anything for her older brother.
Zheng Anze turned and glared fiercely at Li Mai: "You've gone too far! I always thought you were a kind girl, but now I see the truth about you. Your heart is black, and someone like you doesn't deserve happiness."
Li Mai sneered.
See? They're using psychological manipulation on her again.
"Brother, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. I will definitely be happy. But you, a divorced man, are unlikely to be happy."
“Li Mai, I’m not going to waste my breath. You better get your mother up right now. Make your own mother kneel down before you. Aren’t you afraid of shortening your lifespan?”
"Brother, I didn't make her kneel, she knelt on her own. I'm not afraid of shortening my lifespan, since there are so many of us here, I'll just pretend she knelt for Grandma."
"Li Mai! Can't you just say yes to her?"
"Agree to what?" Zhou Songyan's tall figure walked in, his face cold and stern, as if he wanted to devour people alive.
Li Mai looked at him, her eyes instantly lighting up.
Why is Zhou Songyan here too?
Zhou Songyan walked to Li Mai's side and took her hand.
The warmth was transmitted to her body through her palms.
Li Mai felt a warm glow in her heart.
That's wonderful. She's no longer all alone; she has many people around her who care about her and love her.
Zheng Anze: "Zhou Songyan, return the Sheng family's project to them."
Zhou Songyan glanced at him coldly: "Who do you think you are, ordering me around?"
Zheng Anze: "I am Brother Li Mai."
"Big brother? You dare to challenge me?"
"you!"
Zhou Songyan glanced at everyone: "This is a warning to the Sheng family. Don't bother Li Mai anymore, or you'll lose more than just three projects."
"Don't talk to me about relatives, I don't acknowledge them."
After saying that, he pulled Li Mai away from the private room.
The Zhou family followed behind and left together.
Li Shirong collapsed to the ground.
“Qian Hui, you’ve seen it too. I’ve tried my best, but Li Mai won’t listen to me. Please don’t take it out on my son.”
Qian Hui glared at her fiercely: "Li Shirong, you are really useless. You can't even control your own daughter. I don't think you, her biological mother, will get any benefit even if she marries Zhou Songyan."
Li Shirong now regrets it.
If she had known that Li Mai was so lucky, she would have treated her a little better in the past.
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