Sober and beautiful, my husband and son begged for my forgiveness on their knees.

"Has my application for overseas study been approved?"

Ning Yao couldn't believe what she was hearing and checked it again.

"Yes, Ms. Ning, your design work is outstanding. After several reviews, we have decided to grant you this training opportunity. You now have three days to prepare all the necessary materials. Once you have collected them, please send them directly to the email address provided. We will then contact you once the procedures are completed..."

Ning Yao was worried that she might have made a mistake with the information, so she specifically asked the other party to send her a detailed list of information.

Only after the confirmation letter and the list were sent to her email did she feel relieved.

She thought that after Lu Jingmo interfered, the spot wouldn't fall to her so quickly, but unexpectedly, Xingyi Group still gave the spot to her!

After calming herself down, she picked up the list of documents and checked them against her own records one by one, only to find that her most important passport was not in her document bag.

She thought for a moment before remembering that she had planned to go on a beach vacation with Lu Jingmo last year, and had specifically put their passports separately, but in the end they didn't make it.

She forgot to take her passport out, and now she has to go back to Lu Jingmo's villa.

She had barely arrived at the villa when the housekeeper reported the news to Lu Jingmo.

After learning the news, Lu Jingmo finished his work and asked his assistant to prepare a car to pick up Lu Mingjin.

Ning Yao was unaware of this matter. She went directly to her and Lu Jingmo's bedroom, opened the drawer, and took out her passport.

"Young Madam, please wait a moment. Everything in this villa belongs to the young master. You have rummaged through his things without his permission, so we cannot let you leave just like that."

Ning Yao had just stepped out of the bedroom when she was stopped by the butler and two servants.

She took a half step back and looked the butler and servants, whom she had never seen before, up and down.

Because she managed the household very well in her previous life, Lu Jingmo did not arrange for any other servants to stay here.

Even though he wasn't there in this life, he arranged for someone to come.

She said with a mocking smile, "You call me young mistress, so you naturally know that I am still Lu Jingmo's wife. Everything in this house belongs to him and me, so I can naturally turn over whatever I want."

The butler's expression remained unchanged, conveying to her through his attitude that he would not listen to anyone except the young master.

Ning Yao didn't confront him directly, and simply sat down on the sofa by the door. "You should have informed Lu Jingmo by now, right? I'll wait for him."

Ten minutes later, Ning Yao heard a noise coming from downstairs.

A minute later, Lu Jingmo's tall and slender figure appeared at the bedroom door.

"Young Master," the butler and two servants greeted him.

Lu Jingmo calmly ordered them to leave, then entered the bedroom. Noticing Ning Yao's attire, his pace slowed slightly. She really was here to feign weakness!

When Ning Yao saw him arrive, she put away her phone and slowly crossed her legs. "Lu Jingmo, your people say I came back without your permission and suspect I stole your things. But I only took my personal belongings; I didn't touch anything else. What do you say?"

Lu Jingmo did not sit down, but walked to the cabinet directly opposite Ning Yao and leaned against it.

His posture was languid, and his expression was indifferent.

“The butler is right. Most of these are my personal belongings. His suspicions are not unfounded.”

Ning Yao had expected this outcome and nodded. "Hearing you say that puts my mind at ease. Now I can post about being falsely accused of theft and being illegally detained for ten minutes online without any burden."

Lu Jingmo's determined gaze faltered, and his previously leaning body suddenly straightened. "What did you say?"

Ning Yao held up her phone, which she had just used to send the video, and waved it twice. "It's done! Guess how long it will take before someone calls the police for me!"

Lu Jingmo's expression changed. Without wasting words with him, he picked up the phone and dialed his assistant.

"Immediately notify all platforms to remove all videos and news related to the Lu family."

After giving the order, he was about to mock Ning Yao for overestimating herself.

But then Ning Yao chuckled coldly, "How stupid. I just saved the video to a file assistant. You can't even tell that? I really don't know how you manage Lu's Group."

Lu Jingmo's face instantly darkened like the bottom of a pot. He strode up to her, leaned down and pressed against Ning Yao, his dark eyes churning with dark undercurrents.

"Ning Yao, are you playing me?"

The close proximity made Ning Yao feel extremely uncomfortable.

Without hesitation, she bent her knees and forcefully pressed them against Lu Jingmo's abdomen.

Caught off guard, Lu Jingmo fell onto the sofa in pain.

Ning Yao stood up and retreated warily to keep her distance from him before saying, "I was just playing you, so what? All these years, your Lu family has treated me like a joke, and I've never seen you say anything. Why are you in such a hurry now?"

Lu Jingmo's face tightened at her words, and his gaze suddenly stopped when it inadvertently swept over her hand.

"What's that in your hand?"

Although the spots have been confirmed, Ning Yao still cautiously refrained from mentioning that she wanted to pursue further studies. Instead, she said, "Can't you read? My passport, Mr. Lu, don't worry, I'm just here to retrieve my personal belongings."

Lu Jingmo's expression changed drastically. "You're going abroad?"

Seeing that he wasn't thinking about the opportunity for further study, Ning Yao readily admitted it.

"Ning Yao, there's a limit to how much trouble you can cause. You dragged my mom to the company building today just so I could see you, right? Now that I've done what you wanted, shouldn't you tone it down a bit?"

"What a joke! It was your mother who made me go, and she seemed to support our divorce. Can you please stop acting like this!"

Realizing he had been overthinking things, Lu Jingmo's face darkened considerably. "I can't divorce you."

He has put in so much effort to bring the Lu family into its upward phase; he cannot afford to have negative news break out at this crucial moment.

Ning Yao didn't care. "You can't change this outcome. We can file for divorce after we've been separated for the required number of years."

Lu Jingmo didn't expect her to be serious this time, even considering filing for divorce. "Ning Yao, don't push your luck. I've been trying to avoid arguing with you lately because I know you've been upset. I've even tried to explain things to you nicely. Don't be ungrateful."

"You sure know how to flatter yourself," Ning Yao sneered. "I'm just ungrateful. Go find someone who does! Don't be greedy and try to have your cake and eat it too, but you're too afraid to take it home. You freeloader! Get out of here!"

Lu Jingmo was furious with her. No matter how she tried to steer the conversation back to divorce, she always managed to do it in a roundabout way!

It felt like I was the one shamelessly clinging to her!

Just then, his phone rang. He said coldly, trying to save face, "Get out. I'll call you later."

Ning Yao rolled her eyes silently. She walked down to the first floor and saw Lu Mingjin, still wearing her kindergarten uniform, rush out from the side.

When he saw her, his big eyes were full of surprise, but that surprise quickly turned into pride and arrogance.

"Hmph, don't think that just because you're dressed up nicely, you can make me and Dad accept you again! I have a beautiful and gentle aunt who dotes on me. Even if you cry and beg me to acknowledge you now, I won't listen to you! Who told you to ignore me before? Now you regret it, but it's too late!"

Ning Yao looked at Lu Mingjin, who was now arrogant and haughty, and felt a little emotional.

He was only five years old, but he didn't have any of the innocence and naivety of a child. Instead, he became a little tyrant who thought he was the only one who mattered.

Fortunately, she no longer has any sympathy for him, otherwise she doesn't know how angry she would be at this brat.

"Who says I regret it? I'm so glad I'm not the mother of a child like you who doesn't know any manners or gratitude!"

"you……"

Lu Mingjin was surprised by her words, and her eyes widened in surprise.

Immediately afterwards, he became enraged and pushed Ning Yao.

"If you don't acknowledge me, I won't acknowledge you either! I don't want to be the son of a useless mother like you! Grandma is right, you don't understand anything, you only drag Dad down, and you'll make me a useless little brat. You don't deserve to be my mother at all!"

"Get out! This is my home, and I won't allow you to stay here!"

Caught off guard, Ning Yao was pushed so hard by the little brat that she stumbled.

If she hadn't reacted quickly and grabbed the corner of the table behind her, she would have been pushed to the ground by now.

"Lu Mingjin, stop right now!"

Lu Mingjin was in a fit of anger and didn't take her scolding to heart at all.

Seeing that he couldn't push her away, his anger intensified. He used all his strength to shove her out, yelling in a tearful voice, "Get out! Get out!"

Ning Yao's waist felt like it was about to break from his grip. In a fit of anger, she pulled Lu Mingjin away and slapped his buttocks hard, using all her strength in one blow—