After being reborn, I decisively broke off my engagement and married a cold-faced military young mas

Chapter 790 This job isn't for everyone.

“Yes, but five hundred won’t do. If Chenchen stays with me, he’ll have to pay child support, at least one hundred a month.”

Fang Qing's exorbitant demands infuriated Lu Jiangting, who was about to scold her again.

The mediator quickly stopped the two and said, "We'll talk later. Gentlemen, please go to the tea room to rest first."

The staff separated them temporarily. Lu Jiangting and Fang Qing went to the small rooms on either side of the mediation room, while Wang Chenchen stayed behind, accompanied by two staff members.

"Child, who do you want to live with?"

Wang Chenchen shook her head. "I don't know."

"Your opinion is very important. Would you like to share your thoughts with Auntie?"

Wang Chenchen thought for a while and said, "My mom doesn't have money, but... Uncle Lu doesn't like me now."

"You don't like me now? Did you like me before?"

"He liked me, but he stopped liking me after he said I wasn't his father's child."

Everyone has now figured out the entanglement between these people.

It's outrageous that the man would choose to marry his friend's wife and children in order to better take care of them.

This wife even cheated on her husband, which is even more outrageous.

Then the man found out that the children were not his friends', and he completely broke down. He was so angry that he developed mental problems and had to take medication for two years.

This story is absurd from beginning to end.

"So, who do you want to be with?"

Wang Chenchen said in a low voice, her voice trembling with tears, "I really don't know."

No one pressured him anymore.

Seeing him sitting there so obediently, I felt sorry for him and brought him some bread.

But he didn't eat it; he just held it in his hand and sat there pitifully.

On the other side, the mediator spoke with Lu Jiangting and Fang Qing separately.

Talk to Lu Jiangting first.

"Regardless of the reason, you did fight for custody of this child yourself. Your medical records will definitely help you win the case, but even if the child is awarded to his mother, you will still have to pay child support."

Lu Jiangting: "I was deceived by them. I will not pay child support. I will not spend money to raise a wolf cub."

"Don't be fooled by your claims that you were deceived by Fang Qing. The judge has to consider all possibilities and may not necessarily think that way."

Don't forget, the reason for your divorce was that you caught Ms. Fang cheating, not that you found out the child wasn't your friend's.

Lu Jiangting remained silent.

The mediator continued, "Then the judge will likely determine that the reason you got married was due to a breakdown in your relationship, since you said it was to repay a debt of gratitude..." The other party laughed, "Such an absurd reason is unlikely to be accepted."

“I…” Lu Jiangting opened his mouth, but ultimately didn’t say anything because he felt he was in the wrong.

The other person continued, "Marrying because of love, and divorcing because you caught her cheating, which led to the breakdown of the relationship, makes sense and is more easily accepted by the world. Your reason of being tricked into marriage is hard to accept. Besides, I saw that you two were in a military marriage. If you say you were tricked into marriage, how do you expect the comrades who were reviewing your documents to feel?"

Lu Jiangting was completely speechless.

"In short, in my opinion, the success rate of changing child custody is very high, but you will definitely have to pay child support. If you don't want to pay, or want to pay less, I suggest you have a good talk with Ms. Fang and negotiate a suitable price."

Lu Jiangting: "I don't want to talk to her. Could you please help me negotiate a suitable price?"

"Yes, that's why we invited you here today. I'll try my best to negotiate a price that will satisfy both of you."

Based on the limited materials available to him, the mediator concluded that it was simply impossible for him not to pay child support.

Unless he becomes completely incapacitated and has no income of his own.

Of course, they deeply sympathized with Lu Jiangting's care.

Unfortunately, the law will not accept that he was deceived, nor will it accept his claim that he married her to make it easier to take care of his sister-in-law.

They could only try their best to mediate and prevent Lu Jiangting from suffering too much loss.

The mediator went to Fang Qing's side and asked her about her plans.

“As I just said, he can not have the child, but he has to return my 3,500 yuan and pay for Chenchen’s child support. I know his salary has increased to 300 or 400 yuan a month, but I won’t ask for more. I will only ask him for 100 yuan a month.”

"One hundred is too much."

"How much? The wages of ordinary workers have risen to over a hundred now. I saw in the newspaper last time that the average wage of workers nationwide is now over two hundred a month. Do you think I only need a little over a hundred?"

Upon hearing about the average wage, even the mediators were somewhat on edge.

"Ms. Fang, you know this is the national average wage for employees, not the national average income. How many people in the country are eligible for this statistic?"

To put it bluntly, I only make a little over a hundred yuan a month. The other hundred goes to who knows who, and you can't calculate it like that. For ordinary people like us, earning a hundred yuan a month is already pretty good. How could you possibly ask someone for a hundred yuan in child support?

Fang Qing pursed her lips; of course, she knew that getting a hundred was quite difficult.

But she set the price a bit higher so that it would be easier to negotiate a lower price.

"Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

“I think it should be calculated based on the minimum living standard. This year, the poverty line in our district is 360 yuan per year, which is about 360 yuan per month…”

"Thirty?" Fang Qing shook her head decisively. "Impossible. What can you do with that money? It's definitely not enough."

"Don't worry, I'm not finished yet."

"Okay, you say."

“Generally speaking, once the cost of raising a child is determined, it will be split equally between the parents. That is to say, if it is set at thirty-one months, then you and Mr. Lu will each pay fifteen months.”

"What?" Fang Qing couldn't sit still any longer and stood up abruptly. "Fifteen yuan to send away a beggar? Impossible, I won't agree to that."

The mediator calmly watched her tantrum, and only continued after she calmed down: "Ms. Fang, to put it bluntly, you know perfectly well why Mr. Lu helped you and your child in the first place. He had no obligation to raise your child, but how has he treated you and your child all these years?"

Fang Qing: "..."

"They didn't do anything wrong to you, we can't let good people feel disheartened."

Fang Qing said sarcastically, "Ha, is he a good person? You don't know, after we got married he..."

The mediator raised his hand to stop her from continuing.

How could someone who specializes in this not know?

They'll dig up every little detail about the marriage, enough to talk for three days and three nights straight.

"We're already divorced, so let's not bring up the marriage anymore. I saw Mr. Lu's bills, and he didn't record any expenses incurred during the marriage. Putting aside whether he was a good husband in the marriage, I'll ask you, as your ex-husband's friend, is he a good person?"

Fang Qing had nothing to say to that.

“He really took good care of us before we got married; he was a good person back then.”