The Stepmother’s Counterattack: Raising a Child in a Bygone Era

"I can split the property in half with you, and I’ll also give you custody of Zhou Fu."

Hearing Zhou Shuhuan’s words, Shen Baolan responded with a cold laugh, "Zhou Shuhuan, you think I’m a sick cat because I don’t show my claws like a tiger? I slaved away bearing you a son and taking care of your entire family. And you? As soon as you strike it rich, you turn your back on me and conspire with outsiders to set me up. Have you no conscience at all?"

"I’m telling you, leaving you twenty percent is already me being generous. Don’t be ungrateful and force me to sue you!"

Shen Baolan hated Zhou Shuhuan to the bone, and Zhou Shuhuan, in turn, was full of anger and resentment towards her.

"Yes, I’m heartless and ungrateful, but that’s because you drove me to it! Shen Baolan, we’ve been married for so many years, you’ve caused so much trouble, you probably can’t even keep track yourself, can you?"

"I finally turned things around and made some money, but what about you? Instead of enjoying the good life, you made trouble every day. If it weren’t for Qiao Ya helping me, the electronics factory would have gone under! Do you think you’d even have the chance to be sitting here dividing property with me?"

Shen Baolan was always the kind of person who would argue even when she was clearly wrong. Naturally, she would not admit her own faults.

"You couldn’t keep your pants zipped up; don’t pin the blame on me! I suspected long ago that you were having an affair with her. If you’d just admitted it, none of this would have happened."

"All you want is her youth and beauty. Fine, I’ll let you have each other. Two million, plus 30% of the electronics factory’s shares. I want half of the car and house, not a penny less, or we’ll go to court and let the judge decide! But you better think it through. Once we’re in court, your dirty little affair won’t stay hidden anymore."

During this time, Gao Hualiang superficially stabilized Qiao Ya while secretly helping Shen Baolan hire a lawyer to investigate Zhou Shuhuan’s personal financial status, and employed private detectives to gather evidence of Zhou Shuhuan’s infidelity.