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

Ning Yao looked around. There were no staff members and no tools to fight back. Without hesitation, she turned back.

"Ning Yao, come back!"

A familiar voice stopped Ning Yao in her tracks.

She turned around in surprise, only to see that tall, aloof figure had already reached the elevator entrance.

"Lu Jingmo, are you out of your mind? In the middle of the night, instead of taking care of your son, you come to my company parking lot to scare people?"

No wonder she was so angry; when she saw the figure silently standing in front of her car, she was terrified.

Several crime scene images flashed through my mind.

Lu Jingmo's forehead veins throbbed twice, but he held back. "Come to the hospital with me. Mingjin wants to see you."

Ning Yao laughed at his self-righteous tone, "Mr. Lu, have you asked if the Lu family has fallen so low that you can't find a nanny to take care of your son in Whale City?"

Lu Jingmo strode angrily into the elevator lobby, his deep black eyes appearing icy under the lights.

"Stop arguing with me. You are Mingjin's mother. He needs you now, so it's your responsibility to be with him."

There are surveillance cameras here, so Ning Yao wasn't afraid of Lu Jingmo causing trouble. She sneered, "Need me? Mr. Lu, back then your son didn't want me, and he even called me vicious, called me a useless mother, and even recognized Ning Yan as his mother in front of you many times. Have you forgotten all that?"

Lu Jingmo's face darkened. "Mingjin was just saying that in anger. Why take it to heart?"

"I'm going to keep it in mind!"

Since things had come to this point, Ning Yao decided to speak frankly.

“Lu Jingmo, Lu Mingjin is the child I gave birth to after nearly losing half my life and bleeding to death. I poured my heart and soul into raising him until he was five years old. But what did he do? He not only despises me, but he also wants to recognize someone else as his mother. Shouldn't I be heartbroken?”

Lu Jingmo pursed his thin lips. He hadn't cared about Ning Yao back then, and even after they got married, he hadn't changed his life.

When he learned that she had suffered severe postpartum hemorrhage, he didn't take it too seriously. After all, the hospital she was admitted to was the best in the entire city, and he believed they could save her.

Besides, a son should be cared for by his mother. Even if Mingjin is weak and needs more patience, isn't that normal?

Why does she harbor resentment?

"If you have so much resentment, why didn't you say so before? Now what gives you the right to blame everyone for not understanding you?"

Ning Yao took a deep breath; she hadn't been this angry in a long time.

Her gaze suddenly fell on him. "I'm saying, is anyone listening?"

Lu Jingmo was stumped by this question.

He didn't know about the others, but in his memory, Ning Yao had indeed tried to communicate with him many times, only to be rejected by him.

But I have so much to do at work, what's wrong with wanting some peace and quiet at home?

Ning Yao saw the anger in his eyes growing more and more obvious, and knew that he simply couldn't understand.

She gave a cold smile, her eyes completely icy.

“Lu Jingmo, we’ve been married for seven years. You’ve never wanted to know what kind of life I’ve been living during these seven years, but just because you haven’t known doesn’t mean I can let it go!”

"Everyone says that I, a fallen phoenix who grew up picking up trash, am incredibly lucky to marry into the Lu family. But who has ever asked me if I truly wanted to marry you!"

"You clearly love Ning Yan so much, and you even grew up with her. If you don't want to marry me, why don't you refuse? Why do you have to use the method of destroying me to prove your unwavering love!"

A look of shock flashed in Lu Jingmo's eyes, which then quickly turned into anger.

"What nonsense are you spouting? I've already explained to you, Ning Yan and I don't have that kind of relationship, but you..."

He walked up to her with a stern face, his tall figure completely enveloping her.

"We know this marriage was arranged by our two grandfathers, and now that your grandfather is gone, our family can't refuse. Since you don't want it, why don't you refuse?"

Hearing that he was going to turn the tables on her, Ning Yao didn't even have the heart to mock him anymore.

"Mr. Lu is right. I went to great lengths to marry you, and I stole Ning Yan's place, causing you to suffer for seven years. Now that I'm giving up my place, why aren't you satisfied?"

Lu Jingmo frowned slightly, the suppressed anger in his heart fermenting, making him inexplicably irritable.

This was completely different from what he had expected.

Ning Yao had really had enough of him. Seeing that he didn't say anything, she simply reached out and pushed him away.

"If you're not leaving, then I'm leaving."

She hurried into the car, locked the door, and shifted gears in one fluid motion.

Lu Jingmo watched her car slowly disappear from his sight, his eyes colder than the night.

Then, another beam of light came on.

It hit him directly.

Lu Jingmo looked up and saw a car driving towards him at a steady speed.

He recognized the person in the car at a glance as the young master of Haicheng, the missing eldest son of the Zhong family.

Zhong Yunche.

The two people, one outside the car and the other inside, met through the bright lights.

Lu Jingmo's eyes were as unfathomable as ink.

The same applies to Zhong Yunche.

As he passed Lu Jingmo, he stepped on the brakes, rolled down the window slightly, and waved hello.

"Mr. Lu, stopping people in the middle of the night is not the behavior of a gentleman."

From the moment Lu Jingmo first saw him, he felt a sense of crisis.

He couldn't say exactly what it was.

"Young Master Zhong, hiding your identity here, what right do you have to comment on me?"

Zhong Yunche's grip on the steering wheel tightened slightly; he had indeed checked on him.

He smiled calmly, "Then we're in the same boat."

Lu Jingmo curled his lips indifferently, "Young Master Zhong, I don't know why you stay in Ning Yao's company, but Ning Yao is my son's mother, so I need to remind you not to cause her any trouble, otherwise I don't mind having the Zhong family come and invite you."

Zhong Yunche's gentle eyes suddenly turned cold.

Then, he released the brake, easily turned the steering wheel, and drove straight away.

Lu Jingmo scoffed coldly and then left.

Ningyao had nightmares while sleeping, probably because of her emotional ups and downs tonight.

She dreamt that she was locked in a mental hospital, where she was forced to take medication and received electric shocks every day. She was even locked in a dark, gloomy room and tortured until she was covered in bruises.

No matter how much she begged or cried for help, no one came to her rescue.

She was so desperate that she couldn't come to her senses for a long time after waking up.

She gulped down two glasses of water before her heart gradually calmed down.

He's been acting a bit strange lately.

It's completely different from my previous life.

To avoid any complications and negative chain reactions, she needs to avoid Lu Jingmo from now on.

From that day on, whenever Ning Yao worked overtime, she would take a taxi home and wait until the ride-hailing car arrived before rushing downstairs.

She didn't see Lu Jingmo for several days in a row before she finally felt relieved.

Lu Jingmo must have acted on impulse last time, and after being thoroughly rebuked by her, he definitely wouldn't be coming to find her now.

But to her surprise, just as she solved one problem, another one followed.