vrcanaries Chapter 583 From now on, I will protect you
Chapter 583 From now on, I will protect you
It was like her broken heart, and tears left streaks on Zheng Yan's face.
She bit her lip, feeling extremely wronged. "I want the child to have your last name, and I want Yangyang to live a good life with you. What have I done wrong?"
"Then why do you have to do this when I'm not around? Do you think you can bully her without restraint when I'm not around?"
"I never bullied Jiang Tong!"
"How long are you going to keep being stubborn?" Li Jingchen asked her word by word.
"I give you money to support you in your old age, not to let you use my money to humiliate her and belittle her! Saying that she is mentally ill and unfit to raise a child, isn't that bullying her? In your eyes, what is bullying? Is it like my dad, where you poison someone to death, that counts as bullying?"
Zheng Yan's heart suddenly ached. This was her scar and also her regret. Li Jingchen knew it clearly, but at this moment he ruthlessly opened this scar, letting the wound of guilt towards Li Yuanzheng unfold bloodily.
Zheng Yan collapsed. "Mom just can't stand her. She keeps pestering you! How can a divorced person still see each other so often? I only took the initiative to look for her twice. The rest of the time, I didn't look for her, and I didn't bully her! I'm not the kind of person who looks for trouble!"
"What about before the divorce?" Li Jingchen asked with every word precious. "You didn't bully her either?"
"I don't!"
Even at this point, Zheng Yan was still being stubborn.
Li Jingchen slammed the table hard with a snap.
"I asked the security guard at Greentown, and he said that before Jiang Tong and I divorced, he often saw you coming in and out, leaving aggressively and returning aggressively. Do you still dare to say no now?!"
Zheng Yan was stunned.
Tears hung stiffly on her face and her fingers began to tremble.
"That's because, because mom went to look for you, wanted to see you, and cooked for you, but you weren't at home, so I left..."
"What a coincidence," Li Jingchen found it hard to believe. "Every time you looked for me, I happened to be away from home, either on a business trip or at work."
Zheng Yan was silent again.
"Why are you silent? What excuses do you have now to cover up your evil mother-in-law's behavior?!"
Li Jingchen's voice was cold and every word he spoke was precious.
"You knew she was pregnant, and you did it on purpose, right? Do you just want to see her get into trouble, to see the baby in her belly get into trouble, and then you'll be satisfied!?"
Zheng Yan kept shaking her head. She didn’t, she really didn’t. How could she harm her own grandson?
She just wanted to teach Jiang Tong a lesson, to scare her, and to let her know that she was not to be trifled with.
But Zheng Yan is not the only one who is heartbroken at this moment.
Li Jingchen was in so much pain that he was almost numb. He thought his mother was strong but actually not a bad person. She was the one who raised him since he was a child. But she would secretly threaten his woman and hurt her when he was not around again and again. Afterwards, she would say bad things about Jiang Tong in front of him, try to sow discord between them, and then pretend to be a victim.
Just like it is now.
"Jingchen, Mom really didn't mean it... Don't you know how pitiful parents are? I did all this for your own good, because you have a child. We are a family, how could Mom hurt--"
"I've heard enough of this!"
Li Jingchen clenched his fists tightly.
He pulled Zheng Yan's wrist and pulled her up from the sofa, saying viciously, "You know, before I saw Jiang Tong kneeling outside the door with my own eyes, I believed in you so much, even though Dong Zan told me to be careful of you, even though Jiang Tong's sister always talked about you, even though my friends around me vaguely said that you were strong, I didn't take it seriously, because in my heart, I respected you, respected you, thought you were hardworking, and thought you were not that kind of person at all!"
But now?
Who else could he trust?
Who can Li Jingchen still trust?
Zheng Yan sniffed hard and trembled as she said, "I thought Jiang Tong was always complaining to you and trying to sow discord between us, so I couldn't help but look for her..."
"What do you think? Have you ever asked me once?" Li Jingchen's eyes were red and bloodthirsty.
"You said she complained to me? The cruelest thing she said to me about you was to ask me to find a daughter-in-law that you like and that you are satisfied with."
He always acts like a fool.
I don’t understand why Jiang Tong’s expression would change noticeably every time she mentioned her mother, even though she was talking peacefully.
He knew that Zheng Yan didn't like Jiang Tong, and he also knew that Jiang Tong didn't like Zheng Yan. He always thought that even if they didn't like each other, they wouldn't hurt each other.
He even thought that Jiang Tong would not be bullied by Zheng Yan.
But the scene of Jiang Tong kneeling in the rain begging and trying to please Zheng Yan was still lingering in his mind, destroying and breaking down his mental defenses.
He took a deep breath and shook off Zheng Yan's hand.
"Go to the mountains and take care of my grandma. I'll take you there right away."
"I'm not going!" Zheng Yan was anxious. What kind of place was that? There was no village in front and no people behind. She couldn't stand such a harsh environment.
Li Jingchen had a blank expression on his face. "I'll have someone build you a single-family villa over there. You and my grandma will live there. Your living security will not be a problem."
"Then I won't go either!" Zheng Yan broke down in tears. It was a remote mountain area with poor internet access. How was that different from being isolated from the rest of the world? She was afraid.
Li Jingchen ignored her and said, "If you are afraid, I will ask my aunt to go over and accompany you. You two can take good care of my grandma and provide for her in her old age."
Zheng Yan was so scared that her legs went limp and she cried even louder, "Jingchen, don't chase me away. I don't want to leave here. I'm your mother!"
She tugged at Li Jingchen's clothes tightly...
"Mom knows she was wrong, and she apologizes to you,"
Seeing Li Jingchen turned around and remained unmoved, Zheng Yan cried and shouted, "Isn't it enough for mom to kneel down for you——"
"enough!!"
Li Jingchen turned around and stared at Zheng Yan who was pretending to be serious.
"You don't have to apologize to me. You should apologize to Jiang Tong. From now on, you are not allowed to get close to her and the child without her permission! And you must promise that you will never look for her in private again, and you will never humiliate or bully her."
Zheng Yan gritted her teeth and hesitated.
"You don't want to apologize? I'll arrange a helicopter for you right now. Leave immediately."
Seeing that Li Jingchen was about to make a phone call, Zheng Yan's eyes flashed with reluctance, and she quickly said, "I apologize... Mom apologizes to her, but it's not enough."
"Well,"
Li Jingchen said, "I'll take you there now. We must talk this out in person. You must apologize to her in person and sign a statement giving up custody of the child. Write down what I just said and I'll find someone to guarantee that from now on, you are not allowed to approach Jiang Tong in private or take the child away without permission. If you dare to do those things behind her back again, I'll send you to jail."