121. Custody issues
Xiao Dong saw my hesitation, and suddenly leaned over to stare at my eyes, "Jia Ru, you must make a decision at this time, wandering left and right or looking left and right will only be disadvantageous to you, and you won't be able to hide it even if it drags on for a long time." β
"But even if I had this idea, I would not have been able to find out who would marry me at once. Moreover, can the other party accept that I am still pregnant with someone else's child in my belly? None of this can be done overnight. β
Xiao Dong's eyes had a touch of calmness, and he said: "You have a ready-made one in front of you, so why bother to find someone else." β
I looked at him in amazement, Xiao Dong was he talking about himself? Did he still want to be with me after hearing me say that he was pregnant with Zhou Yu's child? "But don't your parents want to hold their grandchildren?"
He laughed: "Isn't there already a ready-made grandson?" It saves me from having to think about fertility after marriage. β
"But......" I rummaged through the words in my head, trying to express myself, but in the end I only stumbled, "But don't you mind?" I saw Xiao Dong reach over, rub my hair and say, "If you mind, can I make this suggestion to you?" Xiaoru, you are what I brought out from school to society, in addition to being my younger sister, but also an apprentice, and now you are stuck in the quagmire and can't extricate yourself, can I, a senior, not reach out and pull you? β
At this time, Xiao Dong had warmth in his eyes, which reminded me that he came to me when he graduated, saying that I should study with peace of mind, study the laws and regulations thoroughly, and take me when he broke out of Mingtang. When he graduated two years later, he fulfilled his promise and came to me, and he looked at me with such warm eyes and said: Jia Ru, I have come to cover you.
So I walked into the court with him, from a little girl who didn't know anything to a capable and experienced lawyer, not overnight, but countless times of experience accumulation and Xiao Dong's patient guidance.
He taught me a lot of communication skills, taught me to be tough when I should be tough, I should be soft when I should be soft, and he also taught me the rules of survival and human feelings in this society.
At that moment, I almost drowned in those warm eyes and nodded in agreement, but Zhou Yu's face suddenly flashed in my mind, and suddenly my heart felt like it was hooked by a hook, and it hurt to scratch my heart and lungs.
That person is Zhou Yu, someone I've liked since I was a child, how can I treat him like that?
I can use sophistication, sleekness, and utilitarianism on anyone, and I can't use it on him. And what is the difference between me hiding his child's affairs today and him hiding his aunt's affairs?
"Xiao Dong, I can't." After calming my mind, I made a decision.
Xiao Dong's eyebrows furrowed, his eyes full of doubts: "Obviously, you have to accept it, what made you change your mind again?" You name it, and I can re-analyze the stakes for you. β
I shook my head and said in a firm tone: "I can't hide this matter from Zhou Yu. β
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I was alone when I left the courthouse, and I couldn't help but look into the courthouse when I drove the car out of the parking lot, and just now Xiao Dong asked me to get off work first, saying that he was going to stay and deal with some things.
This is the second time I've turned him down, and he's reacted differently than the first. The previous time he teased and laughed at himself, but this time he collected all his emotions in an instant, and even the warmth in his eyes dissipated, and he only stared at me for a long minute, and finally only said "I know" indifferently.
Whether it's out of a lawyer's keen instinct or a woman's sixth sense, I choose to leave the office immediately.
Xiao Dong's attitude made me a little apprehensive.
However, what I didn't expect was that before I had time to find Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu found me first.
It was night, I was boiling water, I heard the doorbell ring urgently to open the door, as soon as the door opened, I saw Zhou Yu's hair was messy, his forehead was still wrapped in gauze, and he was pressing the doorbell with pain all over his body. β
We froze, wondering where he learned about this. Could it be Xiao Dong? Regarding pregnancy, I only told Xiao Dong alone, and even my mother didn't have the heart to discuss it.
But after Zhou Yu took a step closer to the door, he asked viciously: "When did you get together with him?" β
"Who are you talking about?"
"Who else? Naturally, it's Xiao Dong, the senior of your court! Did you last mention to me that you were already together when you dated him on the premise of marriage? Or are you divorcing me, actually because of him? β
My heart sank, it was really Xiao Dong who said it, but what did he say to Zhou Yu, does it mean that...... Could it be that Zhou Yu is suspecting that the child in my belly is Xiao Dong's?
Seeing that I was silent, Zhou Yu grabbed my shoulder, but his face showed a depressed expression: "Jia Xiaoru, how can you do this to me?" Not only did he not give me a chance to start over, but he also gave me a hard slap in the face, trampling the conceit and dignity that I thought you loved me to the bone. Is this your punishment for me? β
If he hadn't been able to wave if he hadn't grabbed his shoulder, I might have given him a slap in the face.
raised his chin and glared at him angrily: "Zhou Gongjin, in your heart, am I a person who will cheat in marriage?" I'm 10 weeks pregnant now, and when did you get pregnant? But if you still have that thought, then please get out of here now! β
Zhou Yu and I were still glaring at each other, but there were gradually more doubts in those dark eyes, "You mean ......?"
I was interrupted by a shout: "Let me think clearly before I speak!" β
I don't want to hear any foul words about children coming out of his mouth, not a word! It was not only an insult to me, but also an insult to the child in my belly.
Zhou Yu's pupils shrank, and he was shocked by my aura, his eyes were more cringe, and even the hand that was holding my shoulder loosened his strength. He's not a muddy person, but he doesn't have a brain to think about it when he encounters me, and his head is short-circuited.
I didn't want to face him, so I pushed him out of the door and slammed it in his face. I heard a "knock" inside the door, but I didn't hear him cry out in pain or protest.
The two of them were separated by a door, and there was a sudden silence.
There was a "snort" sound from the kitchen, and I realized that I was boiling water earlier. Running in, the fire had been extinguished, and there was a strange smell, so I quickly opened all the windows to disperse the smell. Hearing the movement behind him, he turned around and saw Zhou Yu open the door and come in, only then did he remember that he had the key to this room, and I didn't think to change the lock later, so which door did he knock on before?
I guess he happened to be with me, and he stood at the door of the kitchen room and said to me, "I'm so confused that I forgot I had the key." I thought it clearly outside the door just now, I fell for Xiao Dong. β
"Oh? What did he tell you? β
"He showed me that you were pregnant, that he was planning a wedding with him, and that he was going to attend it then. Hell, I was going to be able to attend your wedding to someone else. He cursed in his mouth and came to see me, there was still apprehension in his eyes, "Jia Xiaoru, I'm not sure you belong to me now, I admit that I was panicked when I heard Xiao Dong's words, and I was panicked, and I jumped up while I was still on the hospital bed, and the second child chased after me and asked me why I went, and I only had five words in my mind - to find Jia Xiaoru." β
I sneered: "What are you looking for me for?" Settle accounts? β
When he knocked on the door, he had a vicious attitude, and he looked like he wanted to settle accounts with me.
He gave me a quick glance and whispered back, "How dare you." β
I walked over and yelled at him, "Get out of the way." β
He awkwardly turned sideways to get out of the way, and I passed him and heard him follow. I was originally going to talk to him, but now that I have been stabbed by Xiao Dong, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, and I will have a showdown with him directly tonight.
After sitting down on the sofa, he pointed to the single sofa next to him and said, "Sit down and talk about something." β
After Zhou Yu sat down, I got straight to the point and asked, "Now that you know about this matter, do you have any thoughts?" β
"I think naturally we are remarried." Zhou Yu answered without thinking about it, and his tone was natural.
I looked at him silently, his face cold.
Only then did he realize that my attitude was wrong, and his eyes suddenly sank when he thought of something: "Do you have other ideas?" Or, it was actually you who made Xiao Dong ......" was glared at by me, and he shrank back in the second half of his sentence.
"Zhou Gongjin, don't use your pig's head to pity other people's thoughts. I'm going to talk to you about the child now, not between you and me. β
Zhou Yu interjected: "But isn't the child also a matter between me and you?" β
"Not exactly, I'm just talking about the custody of the child."
"Custody?" Zhou Yu frowned, his eyes showing puzzlement, "What do you mean......"
"I want to have custody of my children." I don't want to go around the bend with him, and I don't want to use a lawyer's heart to lay out clichΓ©s for him, for Zhou Yu, I just want to be simple and rude and direct. So I repeated it again in his astonished gaze: "Regarding the child, I hope I can have custody, you and your family please give it up." Of course, in a legal sense, you are still the father of the child, you must pay alimony, and you have visitation rights. Let's tentatively visit your child once a week, and discuss it as appropriate in case of special circumstances. β
Zhou Yu's face became gray and ugly, and he looked at me in disbelief: "You still plan to separate from me, and you won't even give me a chance when you learn that you are pregnant?" You talk about custody so simply, do you treat me as a case you handled? If I don't agree today, will you still go to court and see me in court? β
I looked at him at the same level and said in a calm tone: "This is a problem we have to face, and it is better to think about it in advance than to have a dispute later." I'm a lawyer, so I'm going to negotiate with you on a legal level, and it's better not to go to court, because I work there, and it will affect my career. β
God knows how tense I have to be to say that to him.