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

"Mom, is this the birthday present you prepared for me?"

Lu Mingjin's lips trembled slightly, and her large eyes welled up with tears.

Seeing his aggrieved expression, Ning Yao felt no pity whatsoever. "Yes, anyway, you just throw the gifts I give you every year into the corner like trash, so I just bought whatever I could find."

"But...but this time is different." Lu Mingjin pouted angrily, wanting to say that he was looking forward to it, but looking at her cold eyes, he couldn't say it.

Their conversation drew Lu Jingmo and Ning Yan over.

When Ning Yan saw that Ning Yao had only given her an ordinary jigsaw puzzle, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes. Ning Yao really had a knack for courting disaster!

"Yaoyao, you must know that Mingjin is very good at building blocks, so you deliberately used a puzzle that even a three-year-old like you could play with to fool him. Actually, you also prepared other gifts, right?"

Lu Mingjin, who had just looked dejected, looked at Ning Yao again.

Even Lu Jingmo, whose expression had turned cold, looked at her.

Ning Yao had suffered many times over the years from Ning Yan's seemingly encouraging but actually more embarrassing remarks, so she didn't hold back and directly retorted.

"Are you hard of hearing, or are you not smart enough? I already said that the gifts are just a formality, and they will eventually end up in the trash. You're still trying to interpret them. Are you trying to make Lu Mingjin feel bad enough by praising him to death?"

"You...you're talking nonsense, I didn't mean that." Ning Yan didn't expect Ning Yao to see through her thoughts and even say them out loud.

"If you don't mean anything, then shut your mouth."

Lu Mingjin had never seen Ning Yao speak so fiercely before, and was immediately so frightened that she dared not say a word.

Lu Jingmo's face darkened completely. "Ning Yao, stop being so aggressive! Tonight is Mingjin's birthday. As his mother, you almost forgot his birthday. You have no remorse and even gave him such a thoughtless gift. And you still have the nerve to say that!"

Ning Yao switched the bag to his hand and looked at him casually. "Everyone has a birthday every year, right? I'm just stating the facts, and you can't stand it? Then why bother asking me to come?"

"So what do you plan to do on your son's birthday tonight?" Lu Jingmo's eyes suddenly turned cold and sharp, as if he wanted to see right through her.

Ning Yao looked at him suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

He seems to know something too.

"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it in the first place. You know in your heart what you have done."

Ning Yan was completely baffled by their cryptic conversation.

But she was happy whenever the two of them started arguing.

“Yaoyao, if you’ve done something bad behind Jingmo’s back, don’t try to deny it. Talk to Jingmo properly and don’t let the misunderstanding get worse.”

Seeing that she was sticking to her like a leech, Ning Yao lost all interest in staying any longer.

"My affairs are none of your business. Alright, since you don't seem to welcome me, I won't stay here and spoil your fun."

She turned and left.

Lu Mingjin wanted to chase after him, but when he looked down at the crude gift, he held back.

His mother didn't want him anymore.

So they don't even care about buying gifts anymore.

The more I think about it, the sadder it becomes.

He grabbed the gift and ran back to his room.

"Mingjin." Ning Yan stopped after taking two steps, looking at Lu Jingmo with a helpless expression. "He might be angry. Let him calm down."

"Please keep an eye on Mingjin for me." Lu Jingmo said this and walked outside with a cold face.

Ning Yan's heart tightened. Had he gone after Ning Yao?

Ning Yao stopped on the roadside outside the villa gate.

After unlocking the car door, she had just opened it when a hand with distinct knuckles suddenly reached out from behind and pressed the door shut.

"Ning Yao, let's talk."

Ning Yao turned around impatiently. "There's nothing to talk about between us."

Lu Jingmo was speechless, a lump forming in his throat.

"Are you in such a hurry to leave because you're rushing to meet other men?"

Ning Yao sneered; he knew it all along.

"I don't need to explain my private matters to you."

Lu Jingmo grabbed her hand and gently pulled her against the car door. "Of course I have to explain. Although we are divorced, we still have a son, and I don't want my son to be unhappy."

Ning Yao tried to struggle for a moment, but it was no use. She leaned her back against the car door and said with a half-smile, "Lu Jingmo, don't you think your demands are ridiculous? From the moment we divorced, we had no relationship whatsoever. Even if we have a child, I am only Lu Mingjin's mother, nothing more."

What she said was correct, but Lu Jingmo felt very annoyed after hearing it.

“As long as you are Mingjin’s mother, you are related to me. I don’t care what you think now, but I want to remind you that we have only been divorced for a short time, and Mingjin has not yet accepted this fact. If you dare to hurt his feelings at this time, I will not let you off the hook.”

Ning Yao sneered in anger, "I'm not an accessory in your father-son relationship. I have my own personality, interests, and thoughts. I only need to be responsible for what I do; I don't need to explain myself to you."

Lu Jingmo tightened his grip on her wrist, lowered his head slightly, and locked his gaze on her.

"If you're not going to explain to us, then who do you want to explain to? Zhong Yunche, or the other men you're currently hooking up with?"

Ning Yao coldly withdrew her hand, pushing him half a meter away.

"Lu Jingmo, all these years, you haven't changed at all. Your arrogance is laughable! I don't eat your Lu family's food, nor do I rely on your Lu family. What right do you have to interfere in my affairs!"

Lu Jingmo's expression darkened visibly.

“We’re divorced, that’s why you have the confidence to say that. But Ning Yao, you have to remember, if it weren’t for the protection of the Lu family over the past few years, you wouldn’t be where you are today.”

Ning Yao was so angry she was speechless. Relying on the Lu family?

If he had truly let her rely on him back then, how could the Ning family have dared to be indifferent to her, and how could Ning Yan have dared to belittle and humiliate her!

How could she have died tragically in a mental hospital in her past life!

This debt, this grievance.

She will definitely get it back!

The hatred in her eyes was deep and penetrating.

Upon noticing this, Lu Jingmo was stunned, as if he had been struck on the head with a club.

He only came to his senses after watching Ning Yao drive away and disappear from sight.

Does Ning Yao hate him?

Although he left her in the Lu family after they got married, he arranged for someone to take care of her daily needs and left her enough money.

Even though he was somewhat unhappy when he learned that she had given birth to Mingjin, he still arranged for a nanny and a postpartum caregiver to take care of her personally, so that she would not suffer at all.

Why does she hate him?

What right does she have to hate him?

Ning Yan, who was eavesdropping, saw the two struggling and felt both angry and jealous.

Ning Yao is truly a persistent ghost!

They're already divorced, yet she still comes back to seduce Lu Jingmo!

Since Ning Yao likes seducing men so much, then let her parents marry her off again!