After the divorce, the aloof female CEO was filled with regret.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already broad daylight.

I was probably quite frightened, because I felt extremely tired and didn't feel hungry at all. I just drank some water and fell into a deep sleep again.

I didn't truly come to my senses until the plane landed. Looking at my phone, the battery was long dead. Seeing this, Gu Mengmeng dragged me to buy a new phone. I chose the latest model with the largest memory. She offered to pay for it, but I simply took out Jiang Yuwei's bank card and swiped it.

Gu Mengmeng looked a little upset. I observed her expression carefully, wondering what was bothering her.

"Jiang Yuwei has plenty of money, let's not try to save it for her."

I originally thought the divorce would be quick and that I could completely sever ties with Jiang Yuwei, but I didn't expect the process to be so complicated.

But once she comes back from abroad, we can get a divorce, and then we can each keep our own money. If we don't take advantage of her now, we won't have the chance later.

Thinking about it, I bought a few more outfits, some for myself, some for my uncle, and some for Yikang. I also picked out a dress for Gu Mengmeng, and she looked even more beautiful and charming in it. "So pretty."

Gu Mengmeng teased me, her tone laced with a hint of mockery, "If Jiang Yuwei knew you used her card to buy me a gift, she'd be furious."

This is true.

Jiang Yuwei seems to particularly dislike Gu Mengmeng. It's really strange. The things that happened in her past life didn't happen at all. Gu Mengmeng didn't lay a hand on her or embarrass her. So why does she still dislike Gu Mengmeng so much in this life?

But I didn't care; the angrier Jiang Yuwei got, the happier I was. Suddenly, I raised an eyebrow and looked at Gu Mengmeng, "By the way, I haven't asked you yet. Didn't you say you wanted to enter the entertainment industry? How's it going?"

Gu Mengmeng gently rubbed my head, a faint smile playing on her lips. "It's a secret. I'll tell you after I've sorted everything out."

"Okay." I nodded and told Gu Mengmeng to go home and rest first. I had slept too long on the plane and was feeling very energetic now. I wanted to go to the hospital to see my uncle.

I've been abroad for several days now, and I don't know how my uncle is doing. Gu Mengmeng isn't sleepy either, and she said she wants to come with me.

In the taxi, I had both my old and new phones in my hands. The old phone was long dead, so I simply switched the SIM card to the new phone. When I turned it on, I saw that Jiang Yuwei had called me many times and sent me messages.

"Ye Qiu, where's your report?"

"Ye Qiu, have we arrived at the hotel?"

"Don't let Gu Mengmeng stay overnight, we'll be back soon."

"Ye Qiu, answer the phone."

Those text messages were all sent yesterday, one every half hour, each one increasingly agitated. You could clearly sense Jiang Yuwei's bad mood and irritability. Unfortunately, my old phone was broken; the screen was so blurry I couldn't see anything, so I didn't see them at all.

She called me after I boarded the plane, one every few minutes, and I had dozens of missed calls. I couldn't believe that Jiang Yuwei would call me so frantically.

This kind of bombardment of phone calls seems like something only I, in my past life, who loved her to the point of madness and was constantly plagued by anxiety, would have done.

I frowned, feeling quite puzzled, but I just ignored her.

After all, Jiang Yuwei isn't the kind of person who gets anxious about gains and losses. The reason she's acting so crazy is probably because Gu Mengmeng is around. She's probably afraid that I'll cheat on her and embarrass her.

When we arrived at the hospital, Gu Mengmeng and I were really unlucky. I never expected that my mother-in-law would find my uncle and treat him as my sugar daddy, and give him a good scolding.

My mother-in-law never holds back when she scolds people. She says in a sarcastic tone, "I really didn't expect that you would look like this, with a full beard, sickly, and looking so poor, yet you could be keeping a young man as a mistress?"

The uncle looked completely bewildered. "Who are you?"

My face immediately fell, and I stormed into the ward, demanding, "Who sent you?"

My mother-in-law frowned as soon as she saw me. "Weren't you taking care of Yuwei abroad? Has Yuwei come back to China...?"

She initially looked disdainful and annoyed with me, but when she saw Gu Mengmeng following behind me, she immediately got angry.

"Well, you've got your hands on one old man and another young one too! Just how many cuckolds have you made Yuwei wear?!"

"No wonder Yuwei wouldn't get close to you. She's a germaphobe. And who knows how many other problems you have? It's right that she doesn't touch you! Luckily, I didn't give up. I searched every department before I finally found him, otherwise I would have missed your secret rendezvous today!"

"How could my daughter possibly fall for a fickle man like you!"

When my uncle saw me, he immediately understood. He was so shocked by what he had just said that he didn't know who to be angry at, and he was so angry that he was panting heavily.

"Ye Qiu, how could such a sharp-tongued and mean-spirited person be your mother-in-law? And that woman surnamed Jiang even looks down on you?!"

Gu Mengmeng's eyes suddenly turned sharp, and a fierce aura emanated from them.

Without noticing, I rushed to my uncle's side and comforted him, "It's okay, Uncle, don't be angry, I'll handle it."

My uncle has a heart condition and he just had surgery less than ten days ago. I can't let my mother-in-law upset him.

My uncle's eyes were red, and he looked at me with a mixture of anger and heartache; he was clearly very angry.

I turned my head, and my mother-in-law's expression seemed to stiffen for a moment: "Uncle? This old man is your uncle? I've never heard of him before?"

Gu Mengmeng was about to speak when I stopped her.

I sneered and retorted to my mother-in-law without any politeness: "Old man? My uncle is much younger than you. Even with a full beard, he's still a handsome old man. Look at yourself, your face is so wrinkled you could trap a mosquito. When you get sarcastic and mean, even the prettiest face is useless. Now you're so ugly you can't even look at yourself, and you still have the nerve to call my uncle 'old man'!"

The mother-in-law's face immediately turned extremely ugly: "Ye Qiu!"

I was emotional, but I didn't hold back: "Shut up! How many times have I told you not to listen to your daughter's nonsense? How much of what she says is true? You've been fooled for most of your life, and you're so old, don't you have any brains left? And now you dare to take advantage of my absence to come to the hospital and cause trouble for my uncle?"

"Let me tell you, my uncle has a heart condition. If you make him have a heart attack, I guarantee tomorrow's headlines will be about you—the dignified wife of the Jiang family has had a heart attack from anger. I want to see how you get drowned in spittle!"

The mother-in-law was so angry that her face turned black.

I continued, "You came up here and convicted me without asking any questions. I'm just wondering, how come you and your children are so delusional? Is it because your husband cheated on you every day when you were young, causing you to become psychologically twisted, and that you passed on your genes to your children, making them just as twisted as you, always thinking about being cheated on?"

My mother-in-law was having difficulty breathing, staring at me with wide eyes, her face full of disbelief.

"You're being too presumptuous! I'm your mother-in-law, how can you talk to your elders like that?"

"Elders? Someone like my uncle, who dotes on and loves me, is what you call an elder," I said, my gaze icy, my face full of cold mockery. "Someone like you is just an old codger—"