The original owner's family favored sons over daughters, and Jiang Meifeng didn't treat her granddaughters well, but the original owner was very filial to her.
When Jiang Meifeng was sick, the original owner took care of her without taking off her clothes, massaging her legs and back, and selling her long braid to save money to buy shoes for her grandmother, trying to please her grandmother and make her happy.
However, Jiang Meifeng accepted the original owner's gifts, but then went around saying that the original owner was unfilial.
Shu Hui, an honest woman, worked like a slave for the Zhou family, treating herself like livestock, but all her money was taken by Jiang Meifeng, leaving her with nothing. She suffered a lot at Jiang Meifeng's hands.
Chu Yu was disgusted by Jiang Meifeng's arguments.
“Without my mother supporting his education, he would just be a country bumpkin who didn’t even finish junior high school! Your Zhou family is quite adept at this kind of 'crossing the river and burning the bridge' game. I’ll say it again: you can get a divorce, but don’t even think about taking advantage of my mother and me. Once we’ve agreed on the terms, my mother will sign the papers right now.”
Jiang Meifeng never expected her granddaughter to dare to make demands. This granddaughter was just as useless as her mother, always letting her do whatever she wanted, never daring to talk back or resist. Today, she must have gotten herself into a lot of trouble to dare to talk back and make demands.
When her dad comes back, she'll make him beat her to death, and see if she still dares to yell at her own grandmother.
Jiang Meifeng gritted her teeth and glared at him coldly: "Oh? What exactly do you want?"
"It's very simple. According to the law, divorced couples have to divide two things: property and children. As I just said, the property is the 700 yuan my mother spent on your family over the years!"
Jiang Meifeng's eyelids twitched. How much money had she saved up over the years?
Where would I get seven hundred yuan to compensate Shu Hui?
Besides, she's just a country woman who's given birth to so many girls, why should she ask for money?
"As for the children..." Chu Yu smiled, her tone indifferent, "My mother gave birth to four of us siblings, three girls and one boy, which is easy to divide. Two children for each of us. If Grandma really likes me, I might consider staying with your Zhou family and enjoying a comfortable life with my father."
Jiang Meifeng completely ignored the last sentence and almost spat at her to death.
That damned granddaughter! It's one thing to learn how to negotiate with her, but I don't know where she got the idea that divorce means splitting the children equally. Her son's career is just starting out, and Dai Qinxue is a spoiled rich girl. How could she possibly tolerate two children?
With two children to care for, how can her son have an easy life?
Jiang Meifeng is not stupid; in fact, she is more shrewd than anyone else.
She not only wanted Shu Hui to take all the children away, but also wanted Shu Hui to leave with nothing. She planned to use small favors to win the children back from Shu Hui when they grew up, so that the children could support them in their old age.
Jiang Meifeng chuckled dryly, "Chu Yu, that's where you're wrong. The child should be with the mother. Separation is bad for the child's development. You are both flesh and blood of your mother. Your mother certainly wouldn't want to give up the child, right, Shu Hui?"
She was a smiling tiger; although she wore a smile, her eyes revealed a fierce glint, making Shu Hui tremble all over.
Shu Hui hurriedly lowered her head. She wanted to keep all the children. With a stepfather comes a stepmother. The children were all her own flesh and blood, and she couldn't bear to see them suffer with Zhou Jian'an.
But her daughter grabbed her hand tightly from under her sleeve, making her too afraid to speak.
Seeing that Shu Hui was like a mute, Jiang Meifeng was very unwilling, "Two children are really too many!"
Chu Yu laughed when she heard this. When she was about to have a grandson, she felt that four grandsons were not enough, but when she got divorced, she thought two grandsons were too many.
"Is it too much? If you think it is, then bring money to make up for it. I'll give your family an hour to raise the money. If you can't raise the money, then don't even think about my mother signing the divorce papers! But I have to remind you, if you don't sign the divorce papers, you won't be able to explain yourselves to Dai Qinxue."
Upon hearing her name Dai Qinxue, Jiang Meifeng and Zhou Huilan were shocked and felt guilty.
Zhou Jian'an only told others that Dai Qinxue was his teacher's daughter and that he was asked to take care of her, without revealing Dai Qinxue's true identity.
How did Chu Yu find out?
If this gets out, it will be a family scandal. Jiang Meifeng cares a lot about her reputation, so how could she let her son take the blame for this?
I had no choice but to grit my teeth and discuss the money with my son.
As soon as they left, Shu Hui panicked completely. She looked at her daughter, her face streaked with tears, feeling utterly lost.
"If we really get divorced, how will we live our lives?!"
Although Shu Hui was timid and lacked assertiveness, she loved her daughters dearly, and the original owner's memories were filled with her gentle care.
"Just live life the way it is."
Chu Yu grasped her hand and comforted her:
"Mom, I'm all grown up now and can earn money to support you. Since he doesn't want us anymore, why are you dragging your feet on getting a divorce?"
"But your dad used to say he would be good to me for the rest of his life..."
Shu Hui couldn't understand why a man's heart could change so easily. For his promise of "a lifetime," she, a woman, had treated herself like an animal, never cherishing herself, giving him all the good things in life, but he said he didn't want her anymore, and that was it.
"That was in the past. Do words from the past still count now? In the past, he needed money for his studies and would say all sorts of nice things. Now that he has achieved success, he looks down on his wife who shared his hardships, and he looks down on us daughters. Why should we stop him from climbing the social ladder?"
She regrets having encouraged her husband to seek fame and fortune; it's all for naught.
Shu Hui should have seen things clearly sooner.
"But what can Mom do after the divorce?"
“Life is something you have to live through. You must have felt lost right after your divorce, but as time goes by, you’ll naturally know how to move forward. Mom, remember, no matter what, you’ll always have your sister and me by your side. You have to be strong for our sake.”
In her previous life, Chu Yu was also born into a family that favored sons over daughters. Her father desperately wanted a son, but Chu Yu's mother had a difficult childbirth and was unable to have children afterward.
Chu Yu's father absconded with all the family's money within a few years, had an affair, and kicked his mistress out of the house.
After her divorce, Chu Yu's mother worked while raising Chu Yu, and the two of them lived a very difficult life.
Grandma Chu Yu is just like Jiang Meifeng; she dislikes her granddaughter Chu Yu very much.
"What's the point of a girl studying so much? No matter how well she's raised, she'll always belong to someone else! In my opinion, getting her married as soon as possible is the right thing to do!"
Her mother wouldn't listen and insisted on sending her to a prestigious school.
Chu Yu lived up to expectations, got into a top university, and after graduation opened a foreign trade company and also invested in a music copyright company. The company did well, and she bought five houses in Beijing. Taking advantage of the rising housing prices, she retired before she was thirty, relying on her savings and rent.
She owns five apartments in Beijing and drives a Mercedes-Benz G-Class. When she has money, she gives it to her mother as a token of filial piety.
Taking her mother on an overseas trip, buying her designer bags, and giving her a toy car she liked transformed her into a semi-city dweller.
When her grandmother found out, she was so angry that she was bruised and swollen. She hinted that Chu Yu should contribute money to build a house in her hometown, but Chu Yu refused to listen.
It was only then that she learned that her father had fathered two daughters and had an affair with a fourth woman, who was also a daughter.
Unfortunately, her mother had worked too hard in her early years and her health had always been poor. After her mother passed away, Chu Yu had no one to care about, which is why she jumped into the reservoir to save the little girl who had fallen into the water without hesitation, and that's how she came to be here.
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