Chapter 43: Thirty divorce lawyers

Chapter 43: Thirty divorce lawyers

When all the crying was finished, Mei Mei was taken to a conference room by her sister and aunt. Inside the conference room were thirty people that had been waiting for an hour. They were not mindful of the wait because they were paid by the hour.

All the people in the conference room recognized each other, they were all the best divorce lawyers in the country. Some had been flown in from different cities to attend this meeting.

The one question they all had on their minds but did not dare to ask each other was what the identity of the party looking to divorce was. It had to be someone really powerful and really rich.

When Rose, Manchu and Mei Mei strolled into the room, the lawyers all held their breath at the same time. All three women were big deals, one was Su Manchu from the Su family, the wife of the prime minister.

There was Rose, the CEO of Phoenix group, her husband was from an equally wealthy and powerful family, the Jang family which owned Jang group.

Last was Jun Meilin, daughter of Jun Muyang and Chi Lian. She was almost royalty herself, and she was part of The phoenix group, Jun investments and Jun corporation. She was also one of the founders of Space M and wife of the most famous space pilot in their country.

Any of these three women divorcing was a big deal.

"Thank you all for coming." Manchu said as they sat down. "I will go straight to the point, my niece here is divorcing." She pointed at Mei Mei who was sitting between her and Rose.

"I am guessing that you are all getting a sense of how big a deal this divorce is." Rose said.

The lawyers got to work, some pulled out papers and pens, others retrieved recording devices. More than half of them were already telling their assistants to send them all the information Mei Mei and Mo Liang available publicly from the moment they met to date.

"In front of all of you is a microphone so when you need to speak talk into it." Manchu told them.

One of the lawyers asked the very first question which all of them wanted to know. "There are thirty of us here in this room and we are all from different law firms. I am sure you can understand the confusion."

Another lawyer smirked, "Don’t be slow, we are here as a preventative measure to ensure that Miss Meilin’s soon to be ex-husband does not hire any of us since we have met with her."

"Wrong." Manchu said. "And correct." she added. "You are all here because the royal family has taken an interest in the divorce. All of you have televisions and internet so I am sure that you have seen space pilot Mo Liang’s face plastered everywhere. This divorce is a matter of national interest now, not just a simple affair."

Some of the lawyers muttered while most nodded, for them it was easy to put one and two together.

"If the emperor is involved you must know that it will not be an easy fight." One of them said.

"Which is why we invited you all." Rose told them. "That bastard had an extramarital affair in space and when he returned to earth, he demanded that my sister divorce him but stay with him and his mistress to keep up appearances."

The lawyers made similar faces, surprised to hear of the extramarital affair. While cheating spouses made up the largest percentage of their bread and butter, this was a first. An affair in space!! every lawyer wanted the case just for the publicity alone.

"He cheated in space, I have so many questions! Who did he cheat with?" Someone asked.

"Doctor Tang Yue, the most sympathetic widow in the nation at the moment." Rose shared.

A hush fell over he room after the name was said. The funeral of the dead space pilot had been widely televised and his grieving widow had been a point of focus nation wide all day yesterday.

"Isn’t she the mother of the national space baby?" One of the six female lawyers in the room asked.

Mei Mei scoffed and Manchu responded to the question amidst murmurs. "Yes she is. The national space baby is the product of that affair."

In the room, roars got louder, gasps and various words expressing shock were heard.

"Wait a minute." The same female lawyer said, "You mean the child is biologically Mr. Mo Liang’s son?"

"Yes." Mei Mei confirmed.

"And they are parading him around!! Are they crazy?" The same lawyer slammed her hand on the table. She could not believe the boldness of the cheating couple.

A male lawyer chuckled and said, "This explains why the royal family is interested in Mr. Mo’s family affairs. That child is a source of pride for the empire. All the negative PR about Mo Liang or that child is being removed from the internet at lightning speed twenty four-seven. The only place where you can find negative news on him is on the page of The mighty little peepstar."

Another added, "This is going to make your divorce harder because a man like this would be easy to break if we threatened to publicize his affair but he has protection now. The highest office in the nation is backing him up, they can influence the judge or use other means to delay the divorce." freēwēbηovel.c૦m

One of the female lawyers stood up and said loudly when all eyes moved to her. "Before we go any further, a decision must be made. Which of our law firms is going to represent you in this divorce miss Meilin?"

"Easy, all of you." Rose answered for Mei Mei. "A show of force will send a picture to the royal family that we are not messing around. It is either Mr. can’t keep it in his pants in space signs the divorce papers, gives up complete custody of his daughter and the company plus half of his income and goes away quietly into the night or we engage in a messy public divorce suit."

"Wow!" Someone exclaimed.

The female lawyer meanwhile nodded. You did not tell rich people how to spend their money. As long as they were paying, the job would be done. Those had been the instructions of their bosses.

"There are thirty of you here, I am willing to pay each of you ten million to work on this case." Rose said without flinching.

"That amount will be matched by me and her uncle." Su Manchu added. "If it becomes difficult, more will be added. We are looking to make a statement with this divorce. Mei Mei is a Jun and a Chi. Nobody messes with our families. By the time this divorce suit is settled, Mo Liang should be broke or on his way to being broke. His hero status should be in the mud and I don’t want to see another fucking picture of that national space baby on my Tv."

The lawyers were already excited at the thought of earning ten to twenty million, when it doubled they almost danced for joy. With money, everything was possible.

"Yes ma’am." They all answered.

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