Chapter 190 - 118: An Extraordinary Identity

Torch Road, outside Houde Law Firm.

After leaving the law firm, Sun Li hurried to a nearby coffee shop.

CREAK~

The door to the coffee shop creaked open. Inside, Yang Chunping looked up. Seeing it was Sun Li, she immediately couldn’t resist asking:

"How did it go!? Did that lawyer give in!?"

As soon as she spoke, Yang Chunping stared at Sun Li, her expression tense.

Of course, she had every reason to be nervous. After all, this would determine her financial future.

She didn’t manage Wang Yu’s salary, but she had a rough idea of his total assets.

His savings weren’t much, but if you included the car and the house... the total value was much, much higher!

Moreover, Wang Yu wasn’t just some low-level employee at his company—he held shares. He had contributed his technical expertise for equity when the company was founded. Although his stake wasn’t large, the company was clearly on the rise.

’That small stake... it could be worth a fortune someday!’

’If I can get eighty percent... then find another man to fleece... I’ll be set for life.’

’It’s even faster than winning the lottery!’

Unfortunately...

"No."

Sun Li’s face flushed with anger as she sat down, her teeth clenched.

"That lawyer is too arrogant! He wouldn’t give an inch!"

At this, a look of disgust crossed Yang Chunping’s face.

"Eighty percent is no good? Then what about seventy?"

"He wouldn’t even agree to seventy percent!?"

Sun Li said, "We were negotiating for seventy. But from his attitude... it seemed like *he* was the one who wanted to take seventy percent!"

’A seventy-thirty split?’

’Seventy percent for him, and only thirty for me!?’

Yang Chunping was stunned for a moment before her shock turned to indignant rage:

"Isn’t that completely backward!?"

"Where does he get the nerve to demand seventy percent!? I wasted my youth on Wang Yu, I even bore him a child, and now *he* wants to take *my* money!?"

A seventy-thirty split, on the surface, meant Wang Yu was encroaching on twenty percent of her assets.

But in reality, it was just as Xu De had said.

Of the couple’s joint marital assets, Wang Yu’s contributions accounted for... ninety percent!

In other words, ignoring all other factors and looking purely at the money, Wang Yu would have to take at least ninety percent just to not lose money. Even with a seventy-thirty split, Yang Chunping would still come out ahead by twenty percent.

"Fine, just fine. He’s finally showing his true colors!"

Yang Chunping’s chest heaved with rage as she muttered curses under her breath.

"I slaved away for him like a housekeeper for five years without a single complaint, and in the end, he’s the one thinking about how to take my property. Today, I’ve finally seen him for who he really is..."

Beside her, Sun Li wasn’t in a good mood either.

’I went to negotiate with them, and they actually dared to refuse?’

’All they wanted was seventy percent of the assets, plus twenty-five percent of his monthly salary... that’s it.’

"But don’t you worry. He’ll have to pay up whether he wants to or not!"

Sun Li said suddenly, suppressing her own frustration.

"The Civil Code clearly states that custody of the child almost always goes to the mother."

"Unless the mother is at fault. But in reality, for a four-year-old, as long as the mother hasn’t committed a major, irredeemable error, the court will still give her priority for custody."

"Not to mention, Wang Yu works overtime so often that the child is severely deprived of a father’s love. You, his mother, are the one who’s always been there for him..."

Besides money and fault, custody decisions also depend on who has been the more caring parent.

From what Sun Li understood,

Wang Yu worked overtime at least fifteen days a month...

And Yang Chunping? To project the image of a loving mother, she took the child with her everywhere she went!

All things considered...

"The judge will almost certainly award custody of the child to us!"

A confident smile spread across Sun Li’s face.

"In a normal division, marital assets are split 60-40 between the man and woman. If there’s a child, without even counting future child support, that adds at least another twenty percent to the woman’s share!"

"That makes it an 80-20 split!"

To be fair,

although Sun Li was making outrageous demands and her professionalism was somewhat lacking,

her understanding of asset division in divorce cases was more or less correct!

A typical divorce settlement is often 55-45, and a 60-40 split is also considered normal.

However, if custody of the child is awarded to the mother, then... the worst-case scenario is a 70-30 split, and an 80-20 split is actually quite common and considered normal.

So...

"It doesn’t matter that he won’t accept an out-of-court 70-30 settlement!"

Sun Li said decisively:

"When the court orders an 80-20 split, let’s see what he does then!!!"

At these words, a smile spread across Yang Chunping’s face.

’He won’t accept seventy-thirty?’

’Then we’ll hit him with eighty-twenty!’

"Good. Then I’ll just wait for the hearing tomorrow!"

...

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「Meanwhile.」

Inside Houde Law Firm.

CREAK~!

The main door was pushed open, and Xu De and Lin Yue walked out.

It was 5:10 PM, already past quitting time.

However, the nature of their profession meant that lawyers rarely kept normal work hours. Inside the firm, for example, several attorneys were still hard at work, clearly with no intention of clocking out.

But that had nothing to do with Xu De.

He was the boss!

Outside the firm’s entrance, Xu De turned to Lin Yue and said casually, "Sorry to cut into your time off, but I need you to help me move."

"Move?" Lin Yue asked, raising an eyebrow in suspicion.

"That’s right. I’m moving to the Daoist Temple."

Xu De nodded, speaking as he walked toward the white sedan parked by the entrance. It was Lin Yue’s car, though it had long since been "appropriated" for his use.

Hearing this, Lin Yue hurried to catch up, opened the passenger door, and sat down inside.

CLICK~!

After buckling her seatbelt, she turned to Xu De in the driver’s seat and asked in surprise:

"You already worked it out?"

"All settled. Four hundred a month for rent, meals included."

Xu De said casually as he turned the car around and headed toward his apartment.

His rental was painfully small. If he didn’t move soon, Xu De felt like he was going to turn into a cockroach; one day he might just sprout a pair of antennae from his head.