Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 178 - 73: Mom on the Offensive

Ye Qiu was intentionally leaving Lizhi Kong hanging, naturally not picking up his phone calls.

After dialing three times to no avail, Lizhi Kong’s face twisted with fury as he spat out the word "bitch".

He was about to report to the police, accusing Ye Qiu of abducting the child, but then he received a call from Granny Kong. She had already taken a bus to City C and wanted Lizhi Kong to pick her up and take her to see her grandson.

Lizhi Kong had always been understanding towards his mother, who struggled as a widow to raise him and his sister by herself. He naturally wouldn’t disobey any requests from Madam Kong. This was one of the reasons the relationship between Ye Qiu and the Kong Family had grown increasingly tense.

Madam Kong herself was born into a family that favored boys over girls and was brainwashed from a young age to believe daughters were inferior to sons. Especially after her husband died, without her son Lizhi Kong, everything in their household would have been taken away by her husband’s elder and younger brothers. From that point on, she became even more convinced of the uselessness of women and the necessity of relying on men.

Later, when the family planning policy was strictly enforced and if other families had a daughter, she would mock them. Even her own younger daughter Zhenzhen was not loved by her. If it wasn’t for her son Lizhi Kong’s intervention, she wouldn’t have even wanted Zhenzhen to go to school.

So when Madam Kong found out that Ye Qiu had given birth to a granddaughter, her attitude towards Ye Qiu worsened. She claimed she came to the city to take care of Ye Qiu’s postpartum recovery, but in the end, it was Ye Qiu who ended up taking care of her, frequently being nitpicked and faulted.

Ever since Ye Qiu had a daughter, Granny Kong felt that everything was going against her. It was only after learning that her son’s mistress had given birth to a grandson for her that she finally felt contented. She became visibly more at ease and even demanded that Lizhi Kong arrange for the mistress and her son to live next to Ye Qiu’s complex, which was simply callous and insane.

Putting the idea of calling the police on hold, Lizhi Kong drove to the bus station to pick up Madam Kong. On the way, he received a call from his sister, Kong Zhenzhen, saying that her school summer vacation had started. He made another trip to the high-speed train station and then went straight to Liu Yan’s residence.

"Wow, so the whole family knows about the mistress and the illegitimate child except for the person they’re fooling!" The detective from the surveillance agency spat out contemptuously, "Absolutely shameless." Then he hurriedly took the photos as evidence. As private investigators, they had seen plenty of shameless people, but this family was by far the worst.

"Why hasn’t she left yet!" Granny Kong’s sharp, calculating eyes were filled with schemes. "Had I known she wouldn’t bear a son and still be such a disgrace, I would have never allowed her to marry into our family in the first place."

"Mom, if it wasn’t for Sister-in-law Ye Qiu’s family’s money, brother’s company would have never started." Normally, Ye Qiu was pretty good to this younger sister-in-law, Zhenzhen couldn’t help but speak up for her, but that was as far as it went. After all, her tuition and living expenses were paid for by her brother, so she naturally stood on his side. Despite knowing that her brother was wronging Ye Qiu, she never thought to warn her.

"What’s it to you, you wretched girl?" scolded Madam Kong, "After eating, you don’t even know to wash the dishes, waiting for someone to serve you, are you?"

"Sister-in-law Ye Qiu used to wash them before," Zhenzhen grumbled, her eyes glancing over at Liu Yan.

Liu Yan sneered disdainfully at that moment, thinking she would wait on this family? Wishful thinking! Once she married Lizhi Kong, she’d make sure this unreasonable Old Lady and her sister-in-law would get out. She smiled at the three of them and carried Wenjun back to her room, "I’m going to give Wenjun a bath."

As the head of the family, Lizhi Kong was never expected by Old Mrs. Kong to do these household chores. She had been served by Ye Qiu over the years and, glancing at her disliked daughter Zhenzhen, she kicked her leg, "You wretched girl, go wash the dishes already. Are you waiting for this old woman to serve you?"

Zhenzhen, reluctant and glancing at her profoundly frowning older brother, went to do the dishes, her heart growing discontent with her sister-in-law Liu Yan. When she came home before, Sister-in-law Ye Qiu never made her do this. Indeed, a mistress is a mistress with all the trappings! What’s so amazing about just having a son?

"Son, what on earth is going on? Why haven’t you divorced yet?" Madam Kong continued to ask.

"She’s just playing games with me deliberately. I think she doesn’t really want to divorce." Kong Lizhi felt he had guessed correctly. Could it be that Ye Qiu couldn’t bear to leave him? After all, he is a successful and young, handsome man. Where else can she find such an outstanding man now?

"Even if she doesn’t want to divorce, she has to. My precious grandson is about to start school; he can’t be branded as a bastard child." Granny Kong said loudly, "A woman who’s been sent away should know her place."

Indeed, it was tough for Granny Kong, an uneducated person who still managed to use such a sophisticated idiom like ’knowing one’s place’.

Seeing his mother so infuriated, Kong Lizhi comforted her, "Mom, don’t worry, I’ll hire a lawyer to file for divorce tomorrow. Even if she doesn’t want to divorce, she’ll have to."

With the promise secured, Granny Kong immediately smiled, patting her son’s hand with a beaming smile: "That’s my capable son. I’ll be waiting here for your good news."

However, the next day, before Kong Lizhi had time to find a lawyer, he received a call from the court informing him that the indictment was on its way, asking him to prepare for receipt, and notifying him of the hearing date.

Kong Lizhi’s first thought wasn’t about the communal property he had transferred, but he raged at Ye Qiu for not recognizing what’s good for her. He had asked her to handle the divorce procedures at the Civil Affairs Bureau, how dare she directly sue him? Who gave her the audacity?

When he received the indictment, discovering that Ye Qiu was not only asking the court to rule on the divorce but also claiming that he had transferred marital assets and fabricated debts, demanding that he leaves the household with nothing, Kong Lizhi became truly panic-stricken.

"What do I do?" Kong Lizhi rushed home and discussed anxiously with his family.

"How did she find out? Are there any proofs?" Liu Yan also felt a heart palpitation. The money had all transferred to her account, did she even dream of asking her to return it? That’s impossible!

"Impossible." Kong Lizhi refuted subconsciously. The asset transfer was done very secretly, and he had specifically asked two of his business partners to help so Ye Qiu could not possibly have known.

Kong Zhenzhen also frowned as she glanced at the lawsuit, feeling Ye Qiu, the sister-in-law, really didn’t have any sense. How could she make elder brother leave with nothing? She had even spoken up for her just yesterday!

"Brother, don’t panic. If you’re sure that Ye Qiu can’t catch anything on you, what’s there to be afraid of? Why not hire a lawyer as well? I don’t believe our family can lose," Kong Zhenzhen suggested, now her way of addressing Ye Qiu had changed.

"Zhenzhen is right, let’s hire a lawyer," Liu Yan echoed.

"How much will that cost!" Granny Kong knew from watching TV that lawyers are very expensive, and she felt extremely distressed. The money at home was hard-earned by her son!

"Mom, this is not the time to worry about the money. You guys just wait at home, I’m going to find a lawyer to consult," Kong Lizhi immediately left the house, and even though he felt his actions had been covert, he still couldn’t help feeling anxious.

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