Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Inheritance Rights
"Let me ask my aunt, okay? Don’t worry." Chu Xijin propped up his body, placed his school bag properly, and went to look in the mirror. Only after confirming his eyes were normal did he muster the courage to knock on his aunt’s door.
Mu Ran was in the midst of fiercely scolding her teammates.
She didn’t hear the knock at all.
Chu Xijin’s fingers curled slightly, then he knocked again for a while before saying to Zhu Wenzhen, "My aunt is busy and can’t get back to me. If you don’t mind, I can have the driver take you to my place on the first floor."
"I don’t mind at all!" Zhu Wenzhen quickly replied.
He was grateful for any place to stay right now.
Chu Xijin acknowledged with a hum, then called Zhu Zhuting, "Auntie, Wenwen knows about your divorce and wants to find me. Could you let him stay with me for a few days to calm down?"
"What!"
Zhu Zhuting was startled, her voice suddenly rising.
"Wenwen wants to find me. I was afraid you’d worry, so I’m telling you first, but I hope you won’t stop him from coming to me. He’s really upset right now." Chu Xijin rubbed his forehead, "Once he calms down in a few days, I’ll call you, okay? I’ll have the driver bring him to stay with me. You’re aware of the security here, it’s excellent."
"Okay, Xiao Jin, thank you."
Zhu Zhuting’s mind was in a mess, her back was cold.
She was really thankful she didn’t take the call during a livestream for traffic.
She opened her phone and dialed the number of the child’s father.
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Zhu Wenzhen was brought to the first-floor home by Xiao Jin, where there was a sofa bed prepared for resting, just right for Zhu Wenzhen to sleep on.
"Xiao Jin, I’m scared to sleep alone." Zhu Wenzhen tugged on his arm, looking at him pitifully, "Can you stay with me?"
Xiao Jin nodded, "I have to tell my aunt first."
"Okay!" Zhu Wenzhen nodded, then wandered around Xiao Jin’s home, "Xiao Jin, do you have any alcohol?"
"Alcohol? Minors aren’t allowed to drink!" Chu Xijin warned.
"But TV always says to drown your sorrows in alcohol. I’m really troubled right now and really need alcohol to get rid of my worries." Zhu Wenzhen lowered his head, his eyes turning rabbit-red, "Xiao Jin, parents are all bad, aren’t they?"
"Why do you say that?"
Chu Xijin had no alcohol.
But he had Wangzai milk, opened a bottle for him, "Don’t cry, be strong like a man."
"Waaaa, I’m not an adult yet, I’m not considered a man, so if I want to cry, I’m going to cry!" Zhu Wenzhen cried loudly.
Chu Xijin’s mouth twitched as he patted him on the back, "Then go ahead and cry, I’ll get you some tissues."
"Xiao Jin, why do you think my parents divorced?" Zhu Wenzhen asked, rubbing tears and snot with a tissue, his whole face red.
He felt extremely wronged.
"Do they not like me?"
"I don’t know." Chu Xijin lowered his eyebrows; he wasn’t sure if his uncle and aunt would dislike a kid like him in the future.
"Xiao Jin?" Mu Ran came in, seeing one kid sad, the other downcast, her mind went blank, "What are you two doing? Planning to listen to emo songs at night and become emo boys?"
Chu Xijin stood up abruptly, went to his aunt, and grabbed her hand, "Auntie, would you not want me in the future?"
The child’s voice was trembling, revealing extreme insecurity.
"As long as you haven’t done anything too excessive, then no." Mu Ran reached out and ruffled his hair, "You’re still young, no need to think too much about these things."
"But..."
What is considered too excessive?
Does causing her to break up count?
Does cooperating with bad people count?
Chu Xijin wasn’t sure, he could only nervously wait for future bombshells to land on him.
"What’s wrong with Wenwen?" Mu Ran squatted down.
Zhu Wenzhen lunged at her, "Sister Mu Ran, I have no home, can you take me in? I know a bit about livestreaming, and when I grow up, I’ll stream and sell products to pay you back, is that okay?"
Mu Ran was almost knocked over by him.
Luckily, Xiao Jin swiftly stabilized her from behind.
Mu Ran asked curiously, "Your parents had another fight? Did they say they don’t want you anymore?"
"No, they got divorced!" Zhu Wenzhen started to sob again, his volume increasing.
Mu Ran’s ears were almost deafened; she was a bit surprised by Zhu Zhuting’s divorce, but also understood. Life is just too fast-paced these days, "In this society, divorce is very normal, but it doesn’t stop them from loving you, right?"
"When they get married again, they won’t want me anymore!" Zhu Wenzhen said angrily.
"That’s okay, if you don’t get love, then get a lot of money. Sister tells you, you should go find a lawyer and have your parents sign an agreement. No matter who they marry in the future, seventy percent of the money should go to you. That way, you’ll have a lot of money, and because you have a lot of money, you’ll always get a lot of attention."
Mu Ran wasn’t trying to comfort the child too much, but was considering things from an adult’s perspective for him.
"Then I want one hundred percent!"
That way, all their attention would be on him.
"Pfft, if you can convince your parents, one hundred percent is even better. Would you like sister to find you a lawyer?" Mu Ran asked.
"Yes!" Zhu Wenzhen nodded, wiping away tears and regaining his fighting spirit, "I will definitely become the most awesome livestreamer in the future, and then overthrow them for divorcing and abandoning me."
"Courageous!" Mu Ran gave him a thumbs-up.
She really did arrange for a lawyer to come to the house to discuss the inheritance rights.
Zhu Wenzhen looked at the lawyer in a suit and tie, clutching onto both Xiao Jin and Sister Mu Ran’s arms, feeling more confident that way.
"Can I ask for one hundred percent of the inheritance rights?"
"If your guardian agrees, you can."
"Then help me draft a contract. If they don’t agree, I’ll break off ties with them." Zhu Wenzhen left a harsh statement.
Mu Ran raised an eyebrow, "That’s pretty tough."
"Yes, I don’t want to fight over this money with their new kids. If my parents support the new kids, then I’ll be super hurt."
As Zhu Wenzhen spoke, he started crying again.
Xiao Jin, being considerate, wiped his tears, "You’ll earn more in the future."
"Yes, I think so too!" Zhu Wenzhen nodded heavily, continually encouraging himself, "I’m the best Pig Hero, I can’t be defeated, sob sob..."
Saying this while crying, Mu Ran felt quite sympathetic, yet also somewhat amused in an immoral way.
The lawyer drafted the contract for him, and after crying and thanking, Zhu Wenzhen took it, showing it to Mu Ran, "Sister Mu Ran, can you check if there’s anything wrong with this contract for me? The lawyer, brother, is here to make adjustments."
