CHAPTER 631: CHAPTER 376: EXCLUSION AND REGRET

After Lian Fengnan finished making a round of phone calls, Qiao Xiaowan looked at him with pitiful eyes: "Grandpa, will dad ever remarry mom? Do we still have a chance to return to our home country?"

"Of course!" Lian Fengnan snorted, "For those enterprises that haven’t withdrawn their investments, I’ll continue to create difficulties for them now and then. I don’t believe they won’t yield!"

"Dad, I’m afraid it won’t work." Lian Qinghua gave a sorrowful smile, "Since the Qiao Family has found a new backer, they won’t be afraid of our disturbances. If we really come to a head-on clash, I’m afraid we are no match for the Qiao Family. After all, they are no longer afraid of our investment withdrawal."

"We can’t just let them off so easily." Lian Fengnan waved his hand, "Qiao Aimin is just an ungrateful dog, that kind of son-in-law is not worth keeping. If it wasn’t for your insistence back then, Dad really wouldn’t have wanted you two together. That whole family is too conservative!"

"Dad, you know what I’ve been through." Lian Qinghua looked at her father mournfully: "I used all my wits just to be with him, regardless of whether he treats me well or not, I still want to be with him. You said it was definitely fine, so I listened to you. I never expected it would turn out like this. Dad, you must help me find a way."

Lian Fengnan stared at his daughter: "Are you blaming me?"

Lian Qinghua quickly shook her head: "No, I know everything Dad does is for my best interest, but I really don’t want to lose him."

"Ever since your mother died, this home has become colder and colder. Perhaps it’s best for you and Xiao Wan to stay peacefully in France. Dad will find a better man for you," Lian Fengnan persuaded, having a low opinion of Qiao Aimin.

Lian Qinghua shook her head, "I don’t want that. Anna has been cold and harsh to me these days. If I have to live with it long-term, how can I bear it?"

"Why care about her?" Lian Fengnan thought for a moment, "Like this, tomorrow I’ll have the lawyer come over and alter the will. We’ll transfer 1/5 of the manor’s immovable property to you and Xiao Wan’s names, and also give each of you 8% of the shares. With that, she won’t be able to throw her weight around anymore."

"Dad..." Lian Qinghua was slightly moved, knowing her father’s will. Originally, it was planned to give her and her daughter 3% of the shares each, and they wouldn’t inherit any part of the manor’s immovable property, which was a symbol of status. If she had these, she could also use them as leverage to help Qiao Aimin...

"Aunt, aren’t you ashamed?" Along with those words, a mixed-race young man in his twenties entered, about 183 cm tall, with short dark brown hair, fair skin, a high nose bridge with a slightly raised middle, forming a small bump, thin lips, and grey-blue eyes full of scorn as he looked at Lian Qinghua and Qiao Xiaowan, then turned to Lian Fengnan: "Grandpa, Aunt has no right to divide the Moselle Family’s estate. Her name is Lian Qinghua, not Moselle Lian Qingming.

As for her daughter, Qiao Xiaowan, she has even less right to contend for anything belonging to the Moselle Family. On this point, Dad, Mom, and my sister Anida are all in agreement. I hope Grandpa will consider carefully."

Lian Fengnan’s eyes narrowed, looking at his rebellious grandson: "Dennis, are you saying that Grandpa also has no right to control the Moselle Family?"

Dennis waved his hand: "No, Grandpa is the soul of the Moselle Family; no one can challenge your authority. My point is, Aunt has never prioritized the family’s interests. All she thinks about is how to win the Qiao Family’s favor. If you give her the family estate, she would just hand it over to the Qiao Family in a blink, and that is something we absolutely cannot accept!"

"Dennis, you are too much!" Qiao Xiaowan stood up angrily, "Mom is your elder, how can you speak to her like this?"

"Qiao Xiaowan, I respect women with independent personalities, your mother is not one; she would do anything for that man and does not deserve to be an heir of the Moselle Family!"

Dennis’s words made Lian Fengnan hesitate. He had only thought about having his daughter stay in France to accompany him during his lonely later years and hadn’t considered this thoroughly. After a moment, he looked at her seriously, "Qinghua, you heard what Dennis said. I need a straight answer from you. Can you give up Qiao Aimin?"

"I..." Lian Qinghua hesitated. In her home country, she often acted arrogantly, but when facing her brother’s family, her aura immediately weakened. She carried her father’s surname, while the Moselle family estate belonged to her mother.

Her mother and she never really had a close relationship. Her mother favored her brother Moselle Lian Qingming. Thus, whenever she returned to this home, she would unconsciously feel diminished.