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

"I'm sorry I'm late today. I wasn't originally going to come, but I have something I need to tell the elders."

Ning Yao spoke as she walked, her tone indifferent and her attitude nonchalant.

This made the elders, whom she had previously flattered, very uncomfortable, and they all mocked her, "Ning Yao, what's wrong with you? It's your mother's birthday, and you're not only late, but you also came empty-handed? Is this how a daughter-in-law should act!"

Lu Jingmo frowned coldly, looking at Ning Yao with an expressionless face.

"Didn't I tell you to prepare a gift for Mom? Why did you come empty-handed?"

When Lu Mingjin saw Ning Yao, he was initially a little happy.

Seeing that everyone was criticizing her, his little face immediately tightened, and he retorted angrily, "Dad is right. Mom is lazy and deliberately didn't buy a gift. That's so rude! Rude people should apologize!"

Ning Yao didn't take the father and son's words seriously at all, and said slowly, "Didn't I just apologize? As for whether I'm a qualified daughter-in-law, I believe I have a clear conscience. What you think is none of my business."

She had done many things to please the Lu family in order to gain their approval. But in the end, they only saw her as the Lu family's unpaid nanny.

Now, she doesn't serve him anymore.

Upon hearing this, the elders became even more excited—

"Jingmo, your wife is quite sharp-tongued now."

"Isn't that right? This attitude shows they don't respect us elders at all."

"Forget it, forget it, don't apologize anymore. We can't accept an apology like that..."

Lu Jingmo's expression darkened further, and he said to Ning Yao in a commanding tone, "Ning Yao, it was wrong of you to be late for your elder's birthday banquet. Apologize now."

Ning Yao didn't take it to heart. "Don't put on airs with me. I just said I'm not here for a birthday party. I'm here today to tell all the elders of the Lu family that Lu Jingmo and I are already in the process of getting a divorce."

"what?!"

"divorce?"

Her words were like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, instantly creating a thousand huge waves and leaving everyone stunned.

Ning Yao, though at the center of the storm, remained calm. Her gaze swept over everyone equally. These people had spoken ill of her behind her back in her previous life, saying things like she grew up in a garbage dump and reeked of poverty!

What do you mean, that marrying Lu Jingmo was all about using underhanded tactics to climb the social ladder? And you even secretly speculated that Ming Jin wasn't Lu Jingmo's child!

Every single sentence was extremely harsh and vicious!

Now that she and Lu Jingmo are getting a divorce, they should be the happiest people. In the future, there will be plenty of eligible young ladies willing to marry into the Lu family.

Lu Baichuan, who had been silent all along, looked at his son with a deep gaze and asked, "Jingmo, is this true?"

Chen Wanrong was also somewhat incredulous. She had always been dissatisfied with Ning Yao as her daughter-in-law, feeling that she was not good enough for her son.

But divorce is no small matter.

Moreover, Ning Yao disregarded their feelings at all and unilaterally announced it in front of all the relatives. Wasn't this ruining her birthday banquet?

Lu Jingmo's face darkened as his parents pressed him for answers. "It's not true."

He then glared at Ning Yao and reminded her, "Ning Yao, tonight is Mom's birthday. Don't talk nonsense and make Mom and Dad worry unnecessarily."

Ning Yao sneered, "Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, you know in your heart. It's not that I can't produce evidence, it's just that the scene will be even more ugly then."

Lu Jingmo's eyes widened slightly, unable to believe that Ning Yao, who used to be so obedient to him, was the woman in front of him.

But considering his own and his parents' reputation, he suppressed his anger.

“You can talk about it when you get home. Now that you are a daughter-in-law of the Lu family, you should fulfill your responsibilities.”

Seeing that he still wanted to use his status as the daughter-in-law of the Lu family to trap her, Ning Yao said calmly, "We're already going through the process of a divorce by agreement, so I shouldn't be considered the daughter-in-law of the Lu family anymore. There's no need for me to stay here and spoil everyone's fun."

Seeing that she was about to leave, Lu Jingmo lowered his voice and warned, "Don't you care about your own reputation? Don't you care about Mingjin either? If you leave, the other relatives will definitely talk about you. Aren't you worried that he will be upset?"

Ning Yao glanced at Lu Mingjin, who was eavesdropping on their conversation, and was about to speak when he preemptively spoke.

“Dad, let her go! If she doesn’t need us, then we don’t need her either! Besides…”

Lu Mingjin raised her chubby little finger and pointed it at Ning Yao, pleading with her eyes wide, "I don't like this mom either. She doesn't know anything. She can't build Lego, she can't play games, and she's not nice to me at all!"

“I was hospitalized a couple of days ago, and she not only didn’t take me to the hospital, but she also didn’t visit me even once. She wouldn’t even answer my calls, unlike my aunt who stays by my side and takes care of me every day.”

"I don't want that kind of heartless mother!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire hall fell into dead silence, and the relatives who had just heard the juicy gossip didn't dare to breathe.

Ning Yao had long been used to his ungrateful nature, but hearing his accusations still chilled her to the bone.

"Okay, as you wish. Now you have to persuade your dad to sign."

She smiled and looked at the others, "Sorry to bother you tonight, I'll be going now."

Having achieved her goal, there was no need for her to stay.

Tears welled up in Lu Mingjin's eyes the moment she turned away. Afraid of being seen, he suddenly buried his head between Lu Jingmo's legs.

"Waaah, Daddy, I don't want her anymore, and you don't want her either, okay? I want Auntie, let's become family with Auntie, okay?"

Lu Jingmo's expression was no longer simply gloomy.

"You scoundrel!" Lu Baichuan slammed his hand on the table and pointed at Lu Jingmo, "What exactly have you been doing outside? Why is Mingjin so obsessed with his aunt!"

"Honey, calm down. It might not be that simple yet," Chen Wanrong quickly reassured her husband, then turned to Lu Jingmo and said, "Jingmo, you need to explain to your dad right away!"

Lu Jingmo lifted Lu Mingjin, who was clinging to his leg, away and said coldly, "Mom and Dad, I have something to do at the company, so I won't be able to have dinner with you tonight. I'll bring Mingjin over another day to apologize to you both."

Ning Yao, who had caused chaos in the Lu family, slept the most comfortable sleep she had since her rebirth.

After waking up, she opened her phone's news and Weibo. She thought that after her outburst last night, the other members of the Lu family would secretly spread the news, but she couldn't find any trace of her and Lu Jingmo's divorce.

What? Could it be that you're holding in a huge pregnancy for her?

She put down her phone, picked up her milk, and had just taken two sips when she received a text message—

Meet me at the coffee shop downstairs from Lu's building within ten minutes.