CH 36

The Entertainment Industry Waits For Our Divorce Chapter 36

The Nineteenth Day of Separation (1)

Liang Yan’s fans read that Liang Yan had changed the fan group name from “Cold Powder Gathering Place,” to “Langya Gathering Place.”

“Liang Yan changed the group’s fan name.”

“Hahahaha, we’re finally not food!”

“Langya Gathering Place is so cool! Starry-eyed.jpg.”

“As soon as one hears it, it already sounds awesome! Liang Yan has talent!”

“Whoever dares to bully my Liang Yan in the future, Langya will bite him to death!”

“Yes, bite him to death! Woof, woof, woof!”

“Woof, woof, woof!”

“The two booby brothers up there are barking. Woof, woof, woof! You’re dogs.”

".................."

“Wolf barking should be: Ao, ao, ao!”

The fans started in unison:

"Ao~~~"

"Ao~~~"

"Ao~~~"

Liang Yan laughed so hard, she bent on the sofa. “These fans are so cute!”

Jiang Mu stared at Liang Yan, who was bent over, laughing. He laughed along helplessly. “Fans follow idols, you’re the one who’s cute.”

“Yes, that’s true.” Liang Yan was smug. Lu Lincheng was a noble and indifferent person, so the fans followed his example, also exuding noble energy as if they were more important than anyone else. When she married Lu Lincheng before, they hated her for lowering Lu Lincheng’s level.

Shaking her head, Liang Yan admonished herself for still thinking about these things when she was already divorced.

Liang Yan and Jiang Mu were in a good mood and ready to go to a restaurant and eat. She was by the door, changing her shoes when the cellphone in her pocket vibrated.

Taking out her phone, Liang Yan saw that the caller ID was a series of unfamiliar numbers.

Jiang Mu leaned over and looked at the number. He asked, “Who is it?”

“I don’t know.” Liang Yan examined the number and came to the conclusion that it wasn’t a fraudulent number, so she clicked the answer button, “Hello?”

Jiang Mu leaned against the entrance doorway, waiting for Liang Yan to finish talking on the phone.

He saw Liang Yan’s relaxed eyebrows turned into a frown. Her expression became serious, and she clenched the phone in her hand tighter to the point that her knuckles turned white.

Jiang Mu’s heart raced. He was about to ask who the caller was when Liang Yan opened her mouth and spit out words she hadn’t said in so many years, “Mom —”

“Mom…”

Liang Yan looked shocked as she answered the phone, then her eyes slowly froze as her arms dropped, still holding the phone in her hand.

Jiang Mu knew some things about Liang Yan when she was a child. From the first time they met, Liang Yan seemed to be alone with no relatives. Every New Year, Liang Yan would watch the Spring Festival by herself. When he heard her suddenly speak this word, he was surprised and immediately asked, “What’s wrong? Who was on the phone and what did they say?”

Liang Yan slowly turned to Jiang Mu, her eyes begging him. “Come with me to the police station, okay?”

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The two of them drove to the police station.

As soon as Liang Yan jumped out of the car, she ran inside. Jiang Mu rushed after her in a hurry and only stopped at the corridor leading to the interrogation room of the police station.

At the corner of the corridor, a woman in her forties stood. When she heard footsteps, she turned around and saw Liang Yan. The lady immediately ran over.

“My daughter, ah!”

Liang Yan finally saw the woman she hadn’t seen for years. In the deepest part of her eyes, joy bloomed, but upon hearing the unfamiliar words, she abruptly stopped and froze from head to toe.

The lady rushed to Liang Yan, dragged her by the arm, and sobbed, “My daughter, you have to help your mother!”

“Quiet! Quiet!” A uniformed police officer came over and froze for a moment when he saw Liang Yan being dragged by the woman. Then he asked, “Are you Ms. Chen Xueyun’s daughter?”

Liang Yan took a faint glance at the woman who stubbornly clung to her and simply nodded as she said in a voice without much emotion, “Yes.”

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In the mediation room of the police station, a woman’s harsh sobbing voice kept echoing.

Liang Yan numbly sat in the mediation room, feeling tired.

Chen Xueyun was right beside Liang Yan, sitting, her thin fingers clung to Liang Yan like vines. “You must save your brother… wu, wu, wu…”

Jiang Mu stared at the sobbing woman and let out a snort full of pent-up anger.

After the divorce of Liang Yan’s parents, Chen Xueyun immediately had a second family. The second husband was a small contractor with good conditions, but he was very strict with Chen Xueyun. He caught Chen Xueyun playing mahjong twice during their marriage and almost killed her. As a result, she stayed in the hospital for two months despite her husband’s restraint.

It didn’t take too long for them to give birth to a son, and the boy started fooling around since junior high school. The year before last, Chen Xueyun’s husband died because of cancer. The family’s money ended up in Chen Xueyun and Xu Gaofei’s hands.

Chen Xueyun was a gambler. Unexpectedly, her son — Xu Gaofei — was also a gambler and was even worse than her. When his father was still alive, Xu Gaofei was still restrained by his presence, but after his death, there were no scruples. Chen Xueyun couldn’t control her son, and Xu Gaofei didn’t take too long to squander all the family’s money. Then he went so far as to borrow money from the loan sharks.

Recently, loan sharks came to their door to collect their debts. They had a dispute, and Xu Gaofei stabbed someone in the liver, sending the person to the hospital. As for them, they were sent to the police station.