Chapter 255: Grandparents battling it out....1
Mei Mei could remember being caught in the middle of the Chi and Jun family as a child. Both sets of grandparents wanted her to spend time and special holidays with them. It always got more competitive around the Chinese New Year and things always escalated.
Both families had settled the matter by just spending every holiday together, as much as they could. It seemed like an easy solution until bed time would come around and again, the tug of war would begin with both sets of grandparents wanting her to sleep with them.
It should have been easy because she was a twin and Mingzhe was right there. But, from an early age, Mingzhe had declared independence. No sleeping with others, no cheek pinching, no butt slaps, no dragging him away from his homework or research to dance, no matchmaking...he was a ’no’ child and transitioned into a ’no’ man.
Rose was already a teenager when she joined their family so there was no babying her.
This left Mei Mei as the one and only highly sought-after toddler in the family until more grandchildren were born. But even then, she retained her favor and the custody warfare never ended. For Mingzhu, it was pretty much the same now.
Judge Gong, who had been on her way to golf had literally been kidnapped and whisked to the house. If the Empress Mother had not come along, judge Gong would have alerted the police.
As the lawyers of both sides explained to her why she was there and what unusual case she would be presiding over, the judge wondered if the people involved were sane. How could they declared a full-scale custody negotiation summit over a grandchild?
Lawyers from both sides handed her cheques with very fat legal fees and she smiled. Golf could wait.
"Are both parents here?" She settled into the chair that had been arranged for her.
Mediator Wei had been sitting there but when he saw the judge, he shifted and took on the job of court clerk and judicial officer.