Divorced at fifty, I embarked on my path to success.

Cheng Peng reacted quickly, dodging the attack while still holding his phone up, capturing Yue Jiangting's furious expression perfectly.

While outside, Yue Jiangting assumed the young man was just a nosy neighbor and didn't think much of it. He never expected him to brazenly follow him into the house and even record a video with his phone! This was unacceptable!

"Delete what you just filmed!" Yue Jiangting's face was grim, his teeth clenched. "Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"So what if you're impolite?" Mei Yusheng's tone was surprisingly calm, her eyes cold. "You've done something shameless, and you're afraid of being found out? Don't use your son to blackmail me anymore! If you cared about your son, you wouldn't have done such a thing!"

Ignoring the sound of the plum rain, Yue Jiangting continued to stare menacingly at Cheng Peng: "Did you hear that? Delete it! Who exactly are you?"

He glanced at Mei Yusheng with ill intent, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his lips: "Could this be Mei Yusheng's kept gigolo? Heh heh, what's wrong with being so young? Why does he have to be a gigolo!"

"Smash!" Mei Yusheng felt his blood rush to his head, and he grabbed a teacup and smashed it at Yuejiang Pavilion.

Cheng Peng was recording behind Mei Yusheng when Yue Jiangting lunged at him at close range, and the teacup hit him squarely on the forehead, drawing blood immediately.

Caught off guard, Yue Jiangting felt a sharp pain on his forehead and hurriedly covered it with his hand, blood flowing down between his fingers.

The teacup crashed to the ground and shattered into pieces.

"You!" Yue Jiangting raised his hand to hit Mei Yusheng, but Cheng Peng grabbed his wrist and held him firmly.

"Yusheng! How could you bring an outsider into our home to beat your own husband? You idiot who can't tell the difference between family and outsiders!" The mother-in-law was furious when she saw her son bleeding from the beating. She jumped up and down, cursing Mei Yusheng, "If he weren't a gigolo, why would he protect you? You dare to cheat on my son with another man!"

His words were incredibly vulgar, gushing out like spitting feces from the corners of his mouth, which were etched with deep wrinkles.

Cheng Peng stared at the old woman with such a ferocious face for the first time, completely bewildered.

“If your heart is dirty, everything you see will be dirty. This is my nephew from my mother’s side. I called him here today to support us. If you dare to throw mud at us again, I will sue you for defamation!” Xie Mingqi’s finger almost poked her mother-in-law’s face.

The mother-in-law was so angry she almost fainted.

Xie Mingqi walked to the opposite side of Yuejiang Pavilion, standing between him and Mei Yusheng: "Serves you right! That's satisfying! Why didn't I beat you to death! I'm not afraid of you! Just thinking about your old face being posted online, being attacked and cursed all day long, makes Yusheng and me laugh out loud in our dreams! Hahaha!"

Yue Jiangting looked visibly timid, forcing a stiff laugh: "I was just joking, just joking! Xie Mingqi, you watched Xiaozhi grow up, you're practically Xiaozhi's godmother, how can you bear to let Xiaozhi be ridiculed by others?"

"If Xiaozhi gets dragged into this, it's because of your scumbag father, what does it have to do with me?" Xie Mingqi wasn't swayed by him. "What, didn't you think about Xiaozhi when you were sleeping with this rotten woman?"

Yue Jiangting was speechless after being rebuked. He glanced at Xie Mingqi and Cheng Peng beside him, and forced a smile: "Forget it, let's stop arguing and sit down to talk it over, okay? Actually, you heard it too, I never wanted to divorce Yusheng. There's no need to make this public knowledge. We're both so old, why fight like this? Let's sit down and talk it over."

After saying that, he sat down on the sofa first, seemingly deliberately keeping a considerable distance from Han Caiyu: "Come on, young man, you sit down too. I'm sorry you had to make fun of me."

Yue Jiangting is indeed a seasoned veteran; his mood changes faster than turning the pages of a book.

Han Caiyu wanted to move to Yuejiangting's side, but he stopped her with a wink, so she had no choice but to sit back down pitifully.

Just as her mother-in-law was about to start scolding, Yue Jiangting rushed over and coaxed and pushed her into the bedroom.

Xie Mingqi leaned against Mei Yusheng and held her hand: "Don't worry, with me here, those scumbags and bitches can't turn the world upside down!"

Upon returning, Yue Jiangting's face darkened. He pulled out a tissue to wipe the blood from his forehead and awkwardly forced a smile: "Xie Mingqi, look, you scratched my face, and Yu Sheng made me bleed again. You should all calm down now. As for Caiyu..."

He hesitated for a moment, glancing at Mei Yusheng: "Yusheng should have told you that she was my first love. We were forced to break up because of our parents' objections. We met again later, so it can be said that our fate was not yet over. But I have never thought about divorcing Yusheng!"

"Unfinished business?" Xie Mingqi couldn't help but sneer. "You already have a wife and children, and you still say you're not finished with another woman? If you two were truly destined for each other, if you were truly devoted to her, then no matter how many years you've been apart, even a lifetime, you should have remained chaste for her. The moment you broke up, you immediately married and had children, and you still have the nerve to say your fate wasn't finished? It's just an excuse for your infidelity! Stop disgusting us!"

Yue Jiangting's face turned from black to white with embarrassment. He covered his forehead with a tissue and his eyes at the same time: "Xie Mingqi, stop making a scene. There wouldn't have been any problems in our family, but your arrival has only exacerbated the conflict. Do you want us to get a divorce?"

Mei Yusheng sneered. For the first time, she realized that Yue Jiangting's face was truly thick-skinned and impenetrable: "What does your affair have to do with Mingqi! You've already brought your mistress home, do you really expect me to live peacefully under the same roof with her? Do you really think I'm weak and easy to bully, and that I can't live without you?"

Yue Jiangting's eyes flashed with a cold light like knives as he glanced at Mei Yusheng with a warning.

Mei Yu looked him straight in the eye, her tone harsh: "It's my failure to give you this misconception, but from today onwards, I'm your sworn enemy! Either we agree to a divorce, and you leave with nothing and get as far away from your mistress as possible! Or I'll post your shameful deeds online and ruin your reputations! The choice is yours!"

"Sister Mei, Jiang Ting said you're a gentle and virtuous woman, and he couldn't bear to hurt you, which is why he's been putting up with me all these years. I never imagined you'd be such a heartless and ruthless shrew!" Han Caiyu's dark eyes were filled with resentment. "You're going to ruin Jiang Ting and Xiao Zhi too! Are you really that selfish? To vent your anger, you're willing to destroy your own son and husband!"

"Heh," Mei Yusheng sneered, "You're all birds of a feather. No wonder you two fell for each other. Fine, today I'll grant your wish and lock you up so you can stop harming others!"

"Yes! I support you!" Xie Mingqi snuggled closer to Mei Yusheng. "Old Yue, you're leaving with nothing. Get a divorce right now!"

"Who do you expect to leave with nothing?!" Han Caiyu dropped the pretense completely. "Why should Jiang Ting leave with nothing? The company was built by Jiang Ting through his entire life's hard work. Mei Yusheng is just a parasite. If Jiang Ting hadn't supported her, would she be living such a comfortable life?"

Yue Jiangting looked at Mei Yusheng with a half-smile, as if mocking her wild ideas.

"You think that if we file for divorce and we produce evidence of your infidelity, you have no other option but to leave with nothing?" Xie Mingqi took the phone that Cheng Peng had recorded and waved it in her hand, a smug smile curving her lips. "You both just said that you've been having an affair for twenty years. The emotional damages you've caused Yusheng alone must be astronomical, right?"

Yue Jiangting and Han Caiyu's expressions changed simultaneously.

"And another thing," Xie Mingqi raised her eyebrows provocatively, "if these things are posted online, Lao Yue, your old face will never be able to show its face in Yinhai City again for the rest of your life, otherwise you'll be drowned in spittle!"

"You!" Yue Jiangting finally realized the seriousness of the situation, his expression turning grim. "You're threatening me!"

"Yeah, so what if I threatened you?" Xie Mingqi wasn't buying it and said nonchalantly.

"Yusheng, are you really going to be this cruel?" Yue Jiangting turned to look at Mei Yusheng, his expression pleading. "We've been husband and wife for thirty years, and I never intended to divorce you. We're both over fifty; how many more years do we have left to live? Can't you compromise for the sake of our son? Stop making a scene. Even if you have more money than you can spend after the divorce, what's the point? We'll just become a laughingstock."

Mei Yusheng truly admired Yue Jiangting's silver tongue, which could turn one hand to make clouds and another to make rain. She sneered, thinking, "She's not a child who can be swayed by a few words from him."

The door was suddenly flung open, and Yue Guangzhi rushed in, panicked: "Mom! Are you really going to divorce Dad? Can't you think about me?"