Word had it that Xie Zhengde, far away overseas, had flown into a rage and immediately launched an investigation into what Li Meiyan and Xie Lian had done to the original owner of this body.
Most of what they had done to her had been petty little things, such as deliberately smashing a vase, pretending to forget to pick her up from school, or withholding her allowance on the pretext that going out was unsafe.
Because these were minor incidents, investigating them wasn't easy, but Xie Zhengde had gone to the trouble of getting to the bottom of everything anyway.
So, as long as he wanted to investigate, he could still uncover the truth.
He had simply mistaken his daughter's behavior for deliberate defiance because she resented having a stepmother, and failed to trust her.
Li Meiyan received divorce papers delivered by a lawyer. Using every instance of their mistreatment of his daughter as evidence, Xie Zhengde demanded that she return all the assets he had previously given her and leave with Xie Lian without a penny.
This was undoubtedly a devastating blow to Li Meiyan. She shamelessly refused to sign, trying to appeal to both reason and emotion.
But Xie Zhengde was overseas and couldn't see any of it-or rather, had no desire to. All she faced was a lawyer who repeated the legal provisions over and over, keeping personal feelings out of business and remaining utterly unmoved.
If Li Meiyan and Xie Lian wanted to cling to the Xie family's home and refuse to leave, that was fine too, because Xie Mi was waiting for them there.
Whatever they had done to torment the original owner, Xie Mi paid it all back in kind.
Finally, after Xie Mi dressed up as a ghost and scared them unconscious in