After the divorce, my ex-husband's cousin tricked me into getting a marriage certificate.

Qi Muci and his mother Shen Qinglan arrived at the coffee shop ahead of time.

The two chose two tables in the corner, and the mother and son sat down back to back.

Each person ordered a hot coffee and waited for Lin Mengchuan to appear.

Ten minutes later, Lin Mengchuan appeared.

Shen Qinglan quickly stood up and waved to Lin Mengchuan, using her body to block Qi Muci, who was sitting behind her.

Lin Mengchuan didn't notice the person behind Shen Qinglan. He quickly walked towards Shen Qinglan and sat down opposite her.

He waved to the waiter and asked him to bring him a cup of coffee just like Shen Qinglan's.

After the waiter left, Shen Qinglan asked directly, "You wanted to see me, what did you want to say? What aspect of Mu Ci's life are you talking about?"

Lin Mengchuan unbuttoned his coat, leaned back, and said with a lazy smile, "Auntie, don't worry, how have you been lately? I need to ask about your health first."

"I'm afraid that if you hear what I'm about to say, you might faint. What if that happens?"

Shen Qinglan looked displeased. "I'm in good health. Just say what you want to say directly. Don't beat around the bush with me."

Lin Mengchuan smiled and said, "Okay, Auntie, you have no objections to my cousin dating Qiao Ran? After all, Qiao Ran is my ex-wife. Are you really not bothered at all?"

Shen Qinglan's lips twitched. Sure enough, it was related to Qiao Ran.

She deliberately acted indifferent, took a small sip of her coffee, and then replied, "That's their business. Why should we, as parents, have any objections?"

“Our family is different from yours. We never ask about our children’s affairs, let alone interfere in them.”

Lin Mengchuan was a little embarrassed; Shen Qinglan was scolding his mother, Shen Qingzhu, for being meddlesome.

The waiter came over to bring coffee.

Lin Mengchuan thanked the other party and continued after she left, "Auntie, I know you are a magnanimous person and very good to your children, but there are some things you should still do."

Shen Qinglan looked at Lin Mengchuan: "Tell me about it."

Lin Mengchuan picked up a small spoon, stirred the coffee in his cup, and said with a smile, "This matter shouldn't be my concern, but I can't bear to see my cousin get hurt, even though our two families don't have a very good relationship."

"But my cousin and I grew up together, and I'm really worried that he'll be deceived. Auntie, you know that my cousin doesn't have much dating experience and is quite naive, making him very easy to be fooled."

"You mean, Qiao Ran deceived my son?" Shen Qinglan interrupted Lin Mengchuan abruptly, no longer wanting to listen to his roundabout talk.

Lin Mengchuan smiled and said, "Whether it's deception or not, Auntie, let me finish speaking first, and then you can judge for yourself."

Shen Qinglan crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Okay, you can continue."

She wanted to see what Lin Mengchuan would say.

He cheated on his wife and got another woman pregnant, yet he still had the nerve to smear Qiao Ran.

Lin Mengchuan put down his small spoon and turned serious. "Auntie, Qiao Ran contacted my cousin before we even went through the divorce proceedings. As soon as we got divorced, she signed the contract under my cousin's company."

“There was one thing I couldn’t understand at the time: I asked her to leave with nothing, and she didn’t object at all. She just signed the divorce agreement. Now I understand, she had already found someone else back then.”

"She's dating my cousin not because she truly loves him, but because she's after the resources of your family's Nebula Entertainment Company and my cousin's status as a movie star. She's a very scheming person."

“I’m really scared. If my cousin finds out the truth, he’ll break down.”

Shen Qinglan remained expressionless. "Then what do you want me to do?"

Lin Mengchuan paused for a moment, then smiled and replied, "Auntie, I'm just kindly reminding you out of consideration for our family relationship. Qiao Ran is not a simple woman; she is very scheming, and quite cunning at that."

"As for what you want to do, you can go back and discuss it with your uncle. It would be best to get your cousin to break up with Qiao Ran as soon as possible, so that your cousin will be less hurt."

Shen Qinglan nodded. "I understand. You said so much just to get me to break up Mu Ci and Qiao Ran?"

Lin Mengchuan was taken aback. "Auntie, why would you think that? My goal wasn't to break them up, of course. I was doing it for my cousin's own good. He's such a simple person; he couldn't handle a woman like Qiao Ran..."

Shen Qinglan frowned in thought, then voiced her doubts, "Meng Chuan, if Qiao Ran is as scheming as you describe, would your mother have tolerated her for two years? She probably would have kicked her out of the Lin family long ago, right?"

"Furthermore, if Qiao Ran is such a formidable character, how could you have been messing around with other women under her nose and even fathering a child with an illegitimate child? In the end, she was forced to leave your family by that woman."

"And she left with nothing."

Lin Mengchuan: "..."

Shen Qinglan shook her head repeatedly, "No matter how I look at it, Qiao Ran is a stupid woman, and too kind and easy to talk to. If it were me, I would definitely skin you and that woman alive."

"If she had made a bigger scene back then, you wouldn't have dared to come to me now and smear her. Lin Mengchuan, do you think I, your aunt, am particularly stupid, just like your mother?"

Lin Mengchuan: "Auntie, I..."

Shen Qinglan sneered, "Lin Mengchuan, do you regret the divorce? Do you want to win Qiao Ran back? So you deliberately came to me to smear her, because I am Mu Ci's mother. Do you think I, as a mother, would be worried about my son?"

"You want me to be the villain, to sow discord between Mu Ci and Qiao Ran, to break them up, and then you can take advantage of the situation and win Qiao Ran back, right?"

Lin Mengchuan raised his hand and touched his nose, not daring to look Shen Qinglan in the eye. "Auntie, I didn't."

Shen Qinglan stared at Lin Mengchuan, "Lin Mengchuan, I watched you grow up. I can tell what you're thinking just by the way you move your butt. You like to touch your nose when you lie. Even your mother didn't notice that, did she?"

Lin Mengchuan quickly put his hands under the table, not expecting that Shen Qinglan had seen through his thoughts.

Shen Qinglan cleared her throat. "Meng Chuan, stop doing these kinds of underhanded things behind my back. That's something a three-year-old likes to do. You've always liked doing these kinds of things since you were little, and you've lied to my two sons countless times."

"Honestly, if you were my son, I would have smashed your mouth to pieces long ago. Do you even act like a man? Why are you bullying Qiao Ran like this? They're already divorced, and you still want to ruin her happiness."

"You feel uncomfortable seeing other people living well? If Qiao Ran were living a miserable life, you probably wouldn't be bothering her, right? In the end, you're just like your mother; you can't stand seeing others doing well."

Lin Mengchuan's face looked as sour as if he had eaten shit, but he dared not contradict Shen Qinglan.

Shen Qinglan rolled her eyes at Lin Mengchuan, "We all know what kind of person Qiao Ran is, and we also know what kind of person you are, Lin Mengchuan. You should know your place."

"Qiao Ran has already divorced you and didn't take a single penny from your Lin family. Now, she's with my son, and we're willing to pamper and spoil her. That's our business, what does it have to do with you?"

"I'm warning you, Lin Mengchuan, if you cause any more trouble for Qiao Ran, I won't stand idly by!"