After Divorce: Pursued by Cohabiting Boss

Chapter 56

An hour later, the three finally struggled out of Tianfu Second Street.

When they arrived downstairs at Qiao Yi's building, the three nimbly took the elevator and pressed the floor number.

As soon as the door opened, an old woman's voice echoing in the hallway entered their ears, "You dare to run away with my granddaughter again, it seems my son hasn't beaten you enough yet!"

This was followed by Qiao Yi's sobbing voice, "Mom, I agree to the divorce, I don't want anything, I just want Tuan Tuan."

"You weren't going to get anything anyway. You spent tens of thousands of my son's money last year when you were sick, and then you got fat and don't earn much money either. Of course you can't take anything away, eating and drinking what's my son's."

Li Zhen and the others' faces hardened as soon as they heard this, and they quickly stepped out of the elevator.

The hallway was already filled with crowds of people who had come to watch the commotion after hearing the noise.

Seeing that reasoning was futile, Qiao Yi gritted her teeth and hugged Tuan Tuan, then turned to run.

But after just two steps, the old woman grabbed her by the hair and shouted, "Hey! Broad daylight kidnapping! Everyone come see, it's a human trafficker... Ow!"

The old woman suddenly cried out in pain as someone grabbed her hair and pulled her back a few steps. Looking back, it was a young man. "Who are you? Are you this cheap slut Qiao Yi's lover?"

If it wasn't for her age, Meng Yuanjie would have slapped her by now.

He let go of the old woman's hair and asked Qiao Yi, "Qiao Yi, are you okay?"

At the same time, Li Zhen and Zhang Xiya had already flanked Qiao Yi protectively on either side.

Seeing her good friends suddenly appear, Qiao Yi instantly couldn't hold back her sobs.

The four or five-year-old little girl in Qiao Yi's arms had teary eyes. "Uncle, auntie, it's grandma and dad who want to lock up my mom. Can you help my mom drive grandma away?"

The old woman yelled loudly, "Hey, outsiders, mind your own business! Your parents are getting divorced, you can only follow your dad. Don't worry about your useless mom."

As she spoke, the old woman came forward again, trying to snatch the child.

Li Zhen swiftly shielded Qiao Yi behind her. "This is my friend's home. You are trespassing and trying to abduct the child. Should you leave, or should I call the police to take you away?"

"What trespassing, this is my son's house, my house!" the old woman snarled.

"As long as Qiao Yi is your son's wife for one day, she has the right to live here for one day! If you don't leave, I'm calling the police." Li Zhen didn't back down an inch, staring straight at the old woman.

The neighbors around were whispering amongst themselves.

"This family really has no conscience, looking down on their daughter-in-law for not giving them a son and not making money."

"Wanting her to leave with nothing, how heartless."

"Her husband is no good either, better for her to leave."

Seeing no one was on her side, the old woman's face turned red and green. She threw out a "wait until my son gets back to deal with you all" before hastily leaving.

Li Zhen and the others helped Qiao Yi and Tuan Tuan into the apartment.

After crying for a while, Qiao Yi finally explained everything clearly.

Early this morning, Qiao Yi had accidentally seen a message on her husband Xiao Tai's phone from a woman asking him to meet at a hotel. When Qiao Yi confronted him, Xiao Tai directly asked for a divorce, but wanted the house, car, child, and everything else.

Qiao Yi wanted their child, so Xiao Tai grabbed her phone and locked her inside the house, demanding she sign to agree to leave with nothing before releasing her. Of course Qiao Yi wouldn't sign. It wasn't until her mother-in-law picked up Tuan Tuan from school and brought her home that Tuan Tuan managed to sneak Qiao Yi out when her grandma wasn't paying attention.

Zhang Xiya was so angry listening to this that her fists clenched. "What a scumbag husband! Where's my knife?"

On the side, Meng Yuanjie's brows were furrowed as he played with Tuan Tuan.

Li Zhen was also angry, but quickly calmed down. "The divorce is necessary, but the one who should leave with nothing is Xiao Tai. We need to gather evidence of his affair!"

"He's already being cautious of me now. I won't be able to find evidence," Qiao Yi said, having stopped crying.

She still hadn't recovered from what happened today, and her body was slightly shaking from the aftershock.

Li Zhen thought for a moment. "Do you know which hotel he was meeting that woman at?"

"I don't know, it didn't say in the message." Qiao Yi shook her head.

Today was perhaps the only chance. Otherwise, who knew when that scumbag and slut would meet again next time. Let alone getting evidence.

Just as the four were at a loss, Tuan Tuan stood on her tiptoes on the dining table, took down her parents' wedding photo, and scribbled all over Xiao Tai's face with crayon. "I don't want dad anymore, dad is bad!"

Li Zhen looked at the wedding photo, and her eyes suddenly lit up. "Xiya! Do you still remember that shirtless guy during the traffic jam?"

"Oh!" Zhang Xiya smacked her forehead. "I thought he looked a little familiar at the time. That was Xiao Tai!"

They had seen Xiao Tai once before at Zhonghai's annual company dinner last year when employees could bring family.

Thinking back on Xiao Tai's phone call today, the two were practically in unison: "Weiqing Hotel!"

Worried that Qiao Yi's mother-in-law would come back to snatch the child, Meng Yuanjie, the only man left, stayed to accompany Qiao Yi and her daughter.

Zhang Xiya and Li Zhen hurried downstairs towards Weiqing Hotel.

Once downstairs, the two were dumbfounded. In their hurry, they had forgotten to ask Meng Yuanjie for his car keys.

Li Zhen raised her hand to hail a cab.

A few seconds later, a black car stopped in front of them.

The two quickly got in, Li Zhen in the passenger seat. As she buckled her seatbelt, she urged, "Weiqing Hotel, please hurry, sir. I'll pay double the fare..."

From the backseat, Zhang Xiya stuttered, "Lu... Lu..."

Weiqing was a themed hotel, right next to the Zhonghai building, also on Tianfu Second Street.

"There is a bit of traffic on that road today..." Li Zhen spoke faster, "So we need to hurry in case Xiao Tai is a premature man and we miss him."

The driver calmly replied, "Alright, Miss Li Zhen, I'll do my best."

That voice was too familiar.

A chill went down Li Zhen's spine.

Turning to look at the driver...

It was Fei Zhao!

Seeing ghosts in broad daylight!

Zhang Xiya could barely squeeze the words out of her throat. "P...President Lu..."

Li Zhen whipped around to look at the backseat.

Lu Yanming sat gracefully, smiling at Zhang Xiya. "Hello."

Li Zhen: ...

Zhang Xiya: ...

Zhang Xiya shrunk as far away as she could, trying to distance herself from the executive.

She had leader awkwardness syndrome!

Oh no, why did she get in the backseat earlier?

Li Zhen was too shocked. "President Lu, what are you doing here?"

Fei Zhao snorted twice.

Wasn't it because he knew about her fight appointment that the young master had been following her since she left home?

Lu Yanming calmly said, "Just meeting a friend and happened to run into you two."

"Then we're holding you up from your important business, President Lu. We can just take a cab." Zhang Xiya quickly said.

She just wanted to get out of the car and not sit awkwardly in the backseat with an executive.

Lu Yanming faintly smiled. "I changed my mind. I'm rather interested in catching cheaters."