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

Before Qiao Ran could react, a figure darted in front of her as Shen Qingzhu rushed over with a fruit knife in hand.

Immediately afterwards, she heard a scream.

It was posted by Su Yani.

Qi Muci and Qi Muan rushed forward to pull Shen Qingzhu away, but her hands were already empty.

After recognizing the person in front of her, Shen Qingzhu called out, "Meng Chuan."

He didn't feel any pain when the knife pierced Lin Mengchuan's abdomen; only now does a faint pain begin to throb.

He took a breath and watched the blood seep around the knife.

Shen Qinglan shouted, "Call an ambulance quickly!"

Su Yani frantically rummaged through her bag for her phone to call an ambulance.

Lin Mengchuan turned around and looked at Qiao Ran, who was standing there in a daze, and smiled. "Now I believe it. It turns out that my mother really had a lot of opinions about you. During the two years you lived at my house, she caused you a lot of trouble, didn't she?"

"I apologize to you on behalf of my mother. Consider this knife wound I inflicted today as repayment for what I did to you."

Qiao Ran looked at Lin Mengchuan's abdomen, her brows furrowed.

Lin Mengchuan felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. "Excuse me, can I sit down and wait for the ambulance? My stomach hurts a little."

"Don't move around, or you'll bleed badly," Shen Qinglan said, helping Lin Mengchuan lie down slowly.

Lin Mengchuan sighed, "That's much more comfortable."

Shen Qingzhu snapped out of her daze and angrily yelled, "Lin Mengchuan, are you crazy? Why did you take that knife for this bitch? You can make me furious all you want, but is she worth it?"

Lin Mengchuan turned to look at Qiao Ran and replied to Shen Qingzhu, "Mom, the matter of Ya Ni breaking off the engagement has nothing to do with Qiao Ran. If you insist on pursuing it, then it's your son's fault."

"It's not Qiao Ran's fault, nor is it Yani's fault. Why do you always think it's someone else's fault? Why don't you ever think about whether it's your son's fault?"

Shen Qingzhu: "What did you do wrong? If she hadn't introduced men to Ya Ni, would Ya Ni have abandoned you?"

Su Yani hung up the emergency call and replied to Shen Qingzhu, "Auntie, I broke off the engagement because I realized that Meng Chuan could never love me, and I don't want to spend the rest of my life having to live at his mercy."

“I have tried my best to change him during this time, but he is unwilling to change for me at all, so I have to change myself. Therefore, I have decided to give up the marriage alliance with your family and pursue my own happiness.”

Shen Qingzhu couldn't accept this explanation. "Yani, I remember you used to really like Meng Chuan..."

Su Yani: "Auntie, you're right. I did like Meng Chuan before, but I only liked the ideal Meng Chuan that my mind conjured up, not the man in front of me."

"My ideal Meng Chuan is someone who appears aloof on the surface but is gentle on the inside. He would cherish me like a princess, love and protect me, and love only me for the rest of his life."

"But Lin Mengchuan in front of me doesn't love me, and he's really annoying, especially his mouth. Sometimes the things he says really make you want to slap him..."

"In short, being with him has made me full of hostility. I don't want to be a hostile person, do you understand, Auntie?"

Shen Qingzhu stared at Su Yani in disbelief. After a dozen seconds of silence, she put on a cold expression and said viciously, "Su Yani, I guarantee you'll regret this later."

Su Yani looked directly at Shen Qingzhu without any fear and said, "If I don't break off the engagement, I'll regret it later."

While Shen Qingzhu was arguing with Su Yani, Shen Qinglan secretly went to the side to call her mother, Xiang Wanli, to ask for her opinion on whether to call the police to arrest Shen Qingzhu.

After hearing this, the old lady decisively told Shen Qinglan to call the police.

The police arrived with an ambulance.

Lin Mengchuan felt a pang of guilt watching Shen Qingzhu being taken away by the police.

But then she thought about how her mother showed no remorse whatsoever, remaining as aggressive as ever, completely unaware of her own mistakes.

He ultimately chose to remain silent.

Qiao Ran, along with Qi Muci, Qi Muan, and Su Yani, accompanied Lin Mengchuan to the hospital.

After examining Lin Mengchuan, the emergency room doctor told them that fortunately the fruit knife was relatively short, so the wound wasn't very deep and didn't hit any vital organs.

The doctor removed the fruit knife in the emergency room, stopped the bleeding and sutured Lin Mengchuan, and then transferred him to a ward for observation.

On her way to the hospital, Qiao Ran called Lin Mengchuan's grandmother, Xu Ying.

He recounted what had happened.

After hearing this, Xu Ying was so angry that she cursed Shen Qingzhu.

She hurriedly asked Sister Ju to accompany her to the hospital.

Upon arriving at the hospital and confirming that Lin Mengchuan's injuries were not serious, Xu Ying felt relieved.

Then he launched into a tirade against Lin Mengchuan:

"This injury is your fault, it's what you owe Ranran. Yani breaking off the engagement is definitely your problem. If you treated her well, she wouldn't have broken off the engagement. Your mother is pretending to be blind and unwilling to admit that her son is bad."

"It's one thing to deny it, but she also has to find someone to vent her emotions on. Let me tell you, you are not allowed to write a letter of forgiveness for your mother. This time, she must learn a lesson so that she won't do anything even more outrageous in the future."

Lin Mengchuan didn't respond, which was taken as tacit agreement.

The old lady turned to Qiao Ran and apologized, "Ranran, I really have no face to see you again. Meng Chuan is sorry, and his mother is again targeting you without any sense of right or wrong. Luckily, you weren't hurt this time. If you had been hurt..."

“Even if they give up their lives, they can’t make up for it. Don’t worry, I will not protect Qingzhu this time. I will make her pay for what she did.”

Qiao Ran didn't say anything, but simply held the old lady's hand.

Everything was understood without being said.

Xu Ying: "Alright, I've taken up a lot of your time today. You should all go back and rest. You don't need to worry about Meng Chuan's matter. I will take care of him."

Qiao Ran and Qi Muci exchanged a glance, then Qiao Ran replied to Xu Ying, "Okay, Grandma, we'll head back now. Please take care of yourself."

Xu Ying nodded slightly.

Qiao Ran and her group left.

Xu Ying turned to her grandson, "A self-inflicted injury ruse?"

Lin Mengchuan: "What?"

Xu Ying sneered, "You took that knife for Ranran with ulterior motives, didn't you? You wanted to use a self-inflicted injury to gain Ranran's sympathy, right?"

Lin Mengchuan blushed when he was exposed.

Xu Ying laughed angrily, "Really? Lin Mengchuan, you don't actually think that because you took this knife for Ranran, she'll soften her heart, forgive you, and come back to your side, do you?"

Lin Mengchuan then spoke up to retort, "Grandma, you're overthinking it. I didn't think that much."

Xu Ying: "You can fool others, but you can't fool this old fox. Let me tell you, Lin Mengchuan, even if it costs you your life, Ranran will never turn back. Do you know why?"

Lin Mengchuan raised his eyelids and looked at Xu Ying, "Why?"

Xu Ying: "Because it was all too late. Ranran waited in our house for two years. During those two years, I watched her gradually become disheartened. This process was incredibly tough on her."

"And what were you doing at that time? You were having a great time abroad. I advised you and reminded you countless times, but you turned a deaf ear and ignored me."

"So, you deserve this fate; you brought it on yourself and don't deserve any sympathy!"