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

Qiao Ran was clearing away the dishes with Ding Ding in the restaurant when the doorbell suddenly rang.

Zhao Mengmeng rushed over from the living room, saying as she ran, "I'll go open it."

She opened the door, then slammed it shut again, muttering, "Damn it, that scumbag is here again."

Qiao Ran put down her work, walked over, and looked through the peephole of the gate. Sure enough, it was Lin Mengchuan.

Qi Muci, who was drinking tea in the living room, put down his teacup and walked over to Qiao Ran, saying, "I'm going to meet him. You all stay here."

Qi Muci opened the door and then quickly closed it again, glancing at Lin Mengchuan, who was standing in the doorway with a flushed face, and asked, "Are you drunk?"

Lin Mengchuan looked at Qi Muci and frowned, saying, "Cousin, it's you again? You've moved in here too?"

Qi Muci countered, "And what about you? Do you also want to move here?"

Lin Mengchuan chuckled slyly, “My wife refuses to go home, so I have no choice but to come here to find her. Cousin, could you call Qiao Ran out for me? I have something to say to her.”

Qi Muci stood at the door like a statue. "Tell me what you want to say, and I'll pass it on to Ranran."

"Ranran?" Lin Mengchuan stared into Qi Muci's deep black eyes. "Cousin, is that how you address Ranran? I forbid you from calling her that, and I forbid you from always sticking to her side."

Qi Muci reached out and pushed Lin Mengchuan away, "Stay away from me, do you know you have bad breath?"

Lin Mengchuan paused for a moment, then quickly raised his hand and breathed on it. "You're lying. I don't have bad breath, and I don't have cavities."

Qi Muci showed a disgusted expression, "Of course you can't feel it yourself, just like you don't know how thick-skinned you are. Lin Mengchuan, do you think that everyone has to listen to you, revolve around you, and treat you like a king?"

Lin Mengchuan paused, then reached out to push Qi Muci, "Get out of my way. I don't want to waste my breath on you. I want to see my wife, Qiao Ran. You come out here. If you don't, I'm not leaving tonight."

The door creaked open.

Qiao Ran stood at the door, coldly looking at Lin Mengchuan: "Speak, say whatever you have to say at once."

Lin Mengchuan glanced at Qi Muci and said to Qiao Ran, "I want to talk to you alone."

Qiao Ran: "But I don't want to. I have nothing to talk to you about. Talk if you want, or get lost!"

Qi Muci crossed his arms over his chest, protecting Qiao Ran like a bodyguard.

Seeing Qiao Ran's resolute attitude, Lin Mengchuan had no choice but to shamelessly say in front of Qi Muci, "I want to apologize to you. I went to see your mother and brother because I wanted them to help persuade you not to get a divorce."

“I really didn’t expect your mother to be so cruel as to hit you, especially in front of me.”

"Heh..." Qiao Ran laughed sarcastically, "Lin Mengchuan, stop pretending. When you went to see my mother, you just wanted her to put pressure on me. It doesn't matter whether she slaps me or not."

Lin Mengchuan: "If that's how you think, then there's nothing I can do. Qiao Ran, I admit it was my fault. I shouldn't have betrayed you and shouldn't have brought Lin Fei back to force you to sign the divorce papers."

“I apologize to you. I promise that I will make Lin Fei abort that child, give her compensation, and then completely break off my relationship with her. I hope you can give me a chance to make amends and start over with me.”

"Start over? Lin Mengchuan, you make it sound so easy. On what grounds? You can just divorce me whenever you want, and start over whenever you want? Why should I cooperate with you?" Qiao Ran asked angrily.

Lin Mengchuan felt that Qiao Ran's humble attempt to make peace had not only failed to please him, but had also embarrassed him in front of Qi Muci. He lost control of his emotions and yelled at Qiao Ran:

"Qiao Ran, don't push your luck. Let me tell you, if you really divorce me, you'll regret it for the rest of your life! Do you think you, a washed-up, pretty actress, now dumped by a man, can ever make a comeback?"

“Very well, Lin Mengchuan, this is your true colors.” Qiao Ran gave a sarcastic smile. “A washed-up, pretty actress? Thank you for speaking your mind.”

"However, whether I can turn my life around or not is none of your concern. Even if I'm homeless, it's none of your business. Lin Mengchuan, this is the last time, I hope you won't appear in front of me like a mangy dog."

"My lawyer will discuss the divorce with you. Just wait to respond to the lawsuit."

After Qiao Ran finished speaking, she opened the door and went inside.

Qi Muci stared at Lin Mengchuan, "If you're still a man, hurry up and get the divorce papers done with Ranran. Don't pester her or hold her back. Of course, if you want to take this to court, I'm happy to oblige."

Lin Mengchuan was furious. "What does my business with Qiao Ran have to do with you? Why do you have to meddle? What, you like her? Are you so eager to urge me to get a divorce so you can be the one to take over?"

Qi Muci raised an eyebrow and stared straight at Lin Mengchuan. "That's right, I like Ranran, and that was before you met her. In fact, I should thank you for not appreciating her, because that gave me the opportunity to pursue Ranran."

Lin Mengchuan was surprised, "You really like her? When did it start?"

Qi Muci: "Are you satisfied now that we've been working together on this film? Can you get out of here now? Don't embarrass yourself here. I'll say it one last time, you'd better go and get the divorce papers done."

"Otherwise, you'll definitely regret it if it goes to court!"

Lin Mengchuan: "Are you threatening me?"

Qi Muci: "Yes, I'm threatening you. You should know very well that pushing me too far won't do you any good."

Lin Mengchuan watched Qi Muci enter the house and close the door, and angrily tugged at his collar.

He had witnessed Qi Muci's ruthlessness when he was seven or eight years old, before the relationship between the two families soured.

Once, when Shen Qingzhu took him to visit the Qi family, he secretly ran into Qi Muci's room and took a crystal ball from the desk and kicked it like a ball. As a result, the crystal ball rolled down the stairs and broke.

Qi Muci beat him up in front of the adults and kicked him out of the house, forbidding him from ever setting foot in their home again.

From then on, Qi Muci ignored him completely.

To this day, the two have not reconciled, and the relationship between their two families has soured that they are essentially cut off from each other.

Normally, when Shen Qingzhu goes back to her parents' home, she will contact them in advance to confirm the time and avoid the Qi family.

next morning.

As soon as Lin Mengchuan arrived at his office, his secretary brought him a large file bag, saying it was delivered by Qi Muci's assistant.

Lin Mengchuan asked his secretary to leave and opened the file bag to check its contents.

It was a divorce agreement and a stack of photos.

He flipped through the photos one by one. They were all photos of him and Lin Fei abroad. Some were blurry, like screenshots from surveillance videos. There were photos of them in bars, shopping, checking into hotels, and going to the hospital for prenatal checkups.

Lin Mengchuan put down the photo, picked up the divorce agreement and looked through it. Qiao Ran had already signed it. There was another document at the end, which was Lin Fei's prenatal checkup records from a foreign hospital.

Lin Mengchuan now truly believed what Qi Muci had said last night; he was serious, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to obtain so much foreign information in such a short time.

There was a knock on the office door, and before Lin Mengchuan could respond, the person outside barged in.

"Meng Chuan, did you see Qiao Ran's Weibo post? She posted a divorce message ten minutes ago. What exactly happened? Didn't I tell you to coax her and not get a divorce at this time?" Lin Zhihong questioned angrily.