Chapter 497: Chapter 498: Retribution has arrived

“You…you’re telling the truth?” Mother Zhang was completely panicked, grabbing his hand, “What should we do? Maybe… Maybe I can tell Qiao Yi that I stole your sperm to make the test-tube baby, and you didn’t know anything about it. You’re so good, and she can’t have children. How could she possibly want to divorce you? If you coax her, she’ll certainly come back to you.”

“Mom, stop talking like that,” Zhang Heyuan said wearily, “Foo Jinyang is the Second Young Master of the Foo family, a centuries-old wealthy family in Jiang City. Foo Jinyang’s net worth is a hundred times mine. Didn’t you hear him just now telling repeatedly that he likes Yiyi and wants to marry her?”

Mother Zhang was speechless: “Is…is this… is this incredible man blind? He could marry any young woman he wants, why is he fixated on a married woman? If Qiao Yi divorces you, she’s second-hand goods. Isn’t he disgusted by this idea?”

Zhang Heyuan shook his head bitterly, not even having the strength to dispute with Mother Zhang anymore.

Qiao Yi was the university beauty of Jiang University, with countless admirers.

It was his luck. He happened to come across Qiao Yi being harassed by a rogue once and stepped in to help. Additionally, he and Qiao Yi were in the same interest group, so he was able to get close to her first. It took him considerable effort and endurance to win her over and claim her as his own.

They were very happy initially after getting married.

But half a year into their marriage, due to living with his mother, conflicts began to surface gradually.

However, Qiao Yi was a gentle and understanding woman, forgiving and easy to pacify.

Each time Qiao Yi was bullied by his mother, he would sweet talk her, buy her small presents to appease her, and she’d be fine.

As time went on, he took it for granted.

He got used to his mother’s constant nitpicking and criticism of Qiao Yi.

He got used to Qiao Yi tolerating his mother’s behavior, feeling that it was Qiao Yi’s duty to respect his mother.

Days passed and Qiao Yi never became pregnant. His mother brainwashed him into beliving that since Qiao Yi had cut off ties with her own family and couldn’t have children, no one else but him would want her. To his belief, Qiao Yi couldn’t leave him or their home.

He became more and more indifferent to Qiao Yi’s situation at home.

This indifference, over the course of time, turned into Qiao Yi’s resentment, which eventually erupted.

Only when Qiao Yi proposed divorce did he abruptly realize that Qiao Yi, the university’s most beautiful woman, had numerous suiters and wasn’t unwanted except by him.

He deeply regretted.

Regretted that he didn’t put in more effort to mediate the conflict between his mother and Qiao Yi in the beginning.

Regretted how he hadn’t treated Qiao Yi better in the past three years.

Regretted that he didn’t insist on having the surrogate mother terminate the pregnancy, after knowing his mother had stolen his sperm and had a child through surrogacy.

Now… the retribution has come.

Rubbing his face and taking a deep breath, he headed out the door.

Mother Zhang nervously grabbed his arm, “Son, where are you going?”

Zhang Heyuan said woodenly, “To the Civil Affairs Bureau.”

He believed in Qiao Yi’s words, so he dared not delay.

If he delayed, everything he had strived for might be gone overnight.

Watching Zhang Heyuan walk out of the sickroom in a daze, Mother Zhang followed hurriedly, in utter chaos.

She didn’t know things would come to this point.

She just didn’t want Qiao Yi to have Zhang Heyuan’s child.

Qiao Yi, enchanting as a fox spirit, had bewitched her son, treating him tenderly and obeying his every word.

If she allowed Qiao Yi to have her son’s child, what place would she have in this home?