Chapter 144: 144 No Relation Anymore

Yang Tiancheng thought for a moment and said, “Liu Yujuan, since you’re fixated on this issue, I can have Jing Sheng apologize to you, and I’ll pretend you didn’t say anything. We can continue living as we did before, how about that?”

No sooner had he finished speaking than Yang Jingsheng shouted, “Dad, why should I apologize to her? She’s just a cheap woman. If she wants a divorce, then let’s get a divorce. Just let her scram, I never want to see her again!”

He truly couldn’t understand why his dad wanted to keep Liu Yujuan.

It had come to this; just letting Liu Yujuan and Zhao Yulu scram would be enough.

Liu Yujuan suddenly laughed, “Yang Tiancheng, you’ve been shrewd all your life, yet you have such a foolish son, I really feel sad for you.”

Yang Jingsheng angrily retorted, “Liu Yujuan, you cheap woman, who are you calling stupid?!”

Liu Yujuan chuckled, “You still don’t know why your dad doesn’t want to divorce me, if not stupid, then what?”

Yang Jingsheng was taken aback and asked subconsciously, “Why?”

Liu Yujuan replied with scornful laughter, “You better ask your dad instead.”

Yang Jingsheng looked towards Yang Tiancheng, “Dad, why, why won’t you divorce this cheap woman? Why keep her in the house?”

He kept calling her a cheap woman.

At first, Liu Yujuan found it quite grating to hear, but after listening to it so much, it became just another thing.

Moreover, Yang Jingsheng had always been uninhibited with his speech, crude, and a fool; there was really no need to mind him.

Yang Tiancheng did not answer his son’s question but instead looked at Liu Yujuan and said, “Liu Yujuan, do you really have to go to such extremes?”

Liu Yujuan replied indifferently, “It’s not that I’m going to extremes, but that your son never regarded me as part of the family. He treats me like a nanny and calls me a cheap woman. Put yourself in my shoes; you wouldn’t tolerate it either.”

Yang Jingsheng asked again, “Dad, what’s the real reason? Why don’t you want to divorce this cheap woman?”

He still couldn’t fathom the reason, so he was determined to get it clarified.

Yang Tiancheng remained silent.

Liu Yujuan said, “Since he won’t tell you, let me answer instead. Once we get divorced, he’ll have to give me a share of his property. Just think how much property he has; he would have to give almost half to me. So, your talk of me living a lowly life as the ‘underclass’ after the divorce simply doesn’t hold water.”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“What! He has to give you half the property!” Yang Jingsheng bellowed, “You cheap woman, don’t even think about it. Don’t expect a penny from my dad’s hands; that’s his, not yours!”

His eyes were red with anger.

That money was his father’s, and what belonged to his father would sooner or later be his.

Now, to think that half would go to Liu Yujuan, it was like being forced to cut flesh from his own body!

How could he endure this?

Liu Yujuan replied with a light smile, “This is stipulated by the marriage laws; no matter how loud you shout, it’s useless.”

Yang Jingsheng declared furiously, “No matter what, my dad will absolutely not give you any money.”

Liu Yujuan continued with a smile, “You’re already so enraged now. If what I’ve just mentioned is only one of the reasons, and there’s an even more important reason still, wouldn’t you be even more furious if you heard it, to the point you couldn’t even live with it?”

Yang Jingsheng was startled, “There’s an even more important reason? What else could it be?”

Liu Yujuan chuckled and said, “The even more important reason has to do with Yu Lu.”

Yang Jingsheng frowned, puzzled, “What do you mean? What does she have to do with it?”

Liu Yujuan said, “Of course it’s related. Your father’s career is already on the decline. With his own abilities, climbing back up is virtually impossible unless he uses external help. Chen Guanglei is currently pursuing Yu Lu. If Chen Guanglei and Yu Lu get together, your dad could still find a good job through Chen Guanglei, and further advancement isn’t out of the question. But now that he’s divorced from me, Yu Lu will definitely follow me. His chances to climb up through Yu Lu and get close to Chen Guanglei are completely dashed.”

Now, Yang Jingsheng truly understood why he had to tolerate Liu Yujuan.

This was not only about losing half of the family assets but also about cutting off hopes for his career.

“Liu Yujuan, you vile woman, your heart is so wicked, I’ll kill you!”

Having realized everything, Yang Jingsheng became uncontrollably enraged, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to charge at Liu Yujuan.

“Yang Jingsheng, you dare!” Zhao Yulu immediately stepped in front of Liu Yujuan.

“Jing Sheng, don’t resort to violence!”

At the same time, Yang Tiancheng grabbed hold of Yang Jingsheng.

“Dad, why are you holding me back? Let go of me; I want to kill this vile woman,” Yang Jingsheng yelled.

“Jing Sheng, don’t act rashly. If you kill her, you’ll seal your own fate. If you hit her, and only injure her, she’ll use that as a reason during the divorce to demand even more money from me!” Yang Tiancheng saw things clearer than anyone.

“Dad, are we just going to let her continue being so arrogant?” Yang Jingsheng was restless.

“Step aside for now; I’ll handle this matter,” Yang Tiancheng pulled Yang Jingsheng aside.

Then, he settled back on the sofa, looked at Liu Yujuan, and said, “Liu Yujuan, have you really decided on divorce? I said it before, it’s impossible for you to return to Zhao Hai.”

Liu Yujuan replied, “Yang Tiancheng, we’ve already laid things out today. Whether I can return to Zhao Hai or not, living together with you is out of the question.”

Knowing that the situation was irredeemable, and thinking about the assets he had to split, as well as the lost hope of rising again, Yang Tiancheng gritted his teeth with resentment, “Liu Yujuan, Jing Sheng is right, you truly are a vile woman!”

Liu Yujuan was unfazed and turned to Zhao Yulu, “Yu Lu, go pack your things. We’re moving out tonight; we can no longer stay in this house.”

“Okay,” Zhao Yulu stood up and went to her room to pack her belongings.

Liu Yujuan’s things were already packed. She discussed the distribution of the assets with Yang Tiancheng in the living room.

Over half an hour later, Zhao Yulu had her things packed, a suitcase, and a bag.

Dragging her suitcase, she came to the living room, ready to leave with Liu Yujuan.

“Yu Lu, I know I can’t stop you from leaving with your mom, but I still hope that you’ll continue to recognize me as your dad,” Yang Tiancheng still hoped to maintain a father-daughter relationship with Zhao Yulu.

In this way, if Zhao Yulu would really end up with Chen Guanglei, he could still use Chen Guanglei’s influence to rejuvenate his career.

“Sorry, we won’t have any relation in the future,” Zhao Yulu said indifferently.

“Yu Lu, you’ve lived in this family for over a decade. Are you really cutting off our father-daughter relationship completely just because of this?” Yang Tiancheng frowned.

Without Zhao Yulu recognizing him as her father, he wouldn’t be able to leverage Chen Guanglei to restore his career to its former heights, let alone make further progress.