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

"Cough cough..." Chen Qianqian was startled by this shocking news. She hadn't swallowed a mouthful of food yet and choked, coughing until her face turned red. "No way? How old is he? Fifty-five? Can he still manage?"

"Eat your food and stop talking nonsense!" Xie Mingqi's face darkened, and she glared at her daughter. "I just feel sorry for your Aunt Mei. She has served him and his parents with hard work and dedication all her life. Back then, his father was paralyzed on one side and bedridden, and his mother went out to wander around all day and didn't care about the old man. It was your Aunt Mei who disregarded the difference between men and women and cleaned and tidied him up every day."

"Yay!" Chen Qianqian frowned in disgust, her nose and eyebrows furrowing. "Mom! Are you deliberately trying to prevent me from eating?"

Xie Mingqi paused slightly, ignored her, and continued, "The year before last, his mother was in a car accident and broke her leg. Your Aunt Mei took care of her for half a year, cleaning her up and feeding her, before she was able to get out of bed and move around!"

Chen Juansheng and his daughter simply put down their chopsticks and listened attentively to what she was saying.

"Yue Jiangting is a complete bastard! During the years his father was paralyzed, he knew it was inconvenient for men and women, but he used the excuse of being too busy with his business to find the time, and he couldn't afford to hire a caregiver, so he had you, Aunt Mei, take care of him. After finally getting the old man off, he started looking after his grandson." Xie Mingqi's eyes welled up with tears. "He's always busy with housework, and as soon as he opens his eyes in the morning, he's spinning around that house like a top. What did he get in return? Old Yue brought a young and beautiful woman home today!"

Chen Juansheng looked terrible, his eyes behind his glasses were lowered, making it impossible to discern his emotions.

"He's such a scoundrel!" Chen Qianqian exclaimed angrily. "What a shameless old scumbag!"

Then his eyes lit up with a gossipy gleam: "How old is that woman? Is she young? In her twenties or thirties? How could she be interested in a man in his fifties? Wow, I never would have guessed, Uncle Yue is still so vigorous!"

"Slap!" Xie Mingqi slapped Chen Qianqian's hand with her chopsticks and glared at her. "You're getting more and more outrageous!"

Chen Qianqian withdrew her hand, glanced at her mother with a wronged look, and then said to Chen Juansheng with a grin, "Dad, have you ever seen Uncle Yue's little lover?"

For the first time, Chen Juansheng's expression changed towards his daughter: "Shut up!"

"What little lover? That woman was dressed like a vixen, but her face clearly showed that she was not young. I guess she was no less than fifty years old!" Xie Mingqi recalled Han Caiyu's appearance. According to Mei Yusheng, Han Caiyu should be about the same age as them, but she was unwilling to admit that the woman looked much younger than her.

"Wow! So old?" Chen Qianqian exclaimed. "Could she be Uncle Yue's white moonlight? It's true love!"

Chen Juansheng frowned and said in a low voice, "Old Yue... he really doesn't know how lucky he is."

Xie Mingqi immediately chimed in: "That's right, old man, doing such a shameless thing, aren't you afraid of shortening your lifespan!"

Chen Juansheng glanced at her with a complicated expression, his face somber, and said nothing more.

……

With Shen Yingying's help, Mei Yusheng finished dinner and went to the bathroom. On the way, her lower back was sore and stiff, and she felt even more uneasy.

Grandma swayed out, glanced at Mei Yusheng, and said indifferently, "What are you pretending for? You just fell, you're not made of porcelain, you can't break your back, can you? Do you want me to give you a basket?"

Mei Yusheng didn't bother to reply. When she passed by the living room, she didn't see Han Caiyu. The things piled up on the living room floor had also been cleaned up.

"Mom, be careful." Shen Yingying put her arm on her shoulder and back, supporting her body with all her might.

Mei Yusheng knew she was urging him on, so he didn't ask any more questions and followed her into the bathroom.

After tidying myself up, I slowly returned to my bedroom.

The mother-in-law called from outside, "Yingying, where's Xuanxuan? You're not even looking after the child, just busy with useless things."

Shen Yingying paused, then carefully glanced at Mei Yusheng.

Mei Yusheng lay down on the bed and asked softly, "Where's Xuanxuan?"

She picks her up and drops her off every day, and she really misses her after a day apart.

"Guangzhi is with him, so don't worry." Shen Yingying turned the air conditioner to a comfortable temperature, placed the remote control on the bedside table, and also put a thermos filled with hot water and a teacup on it, in case Mei Yusheng needed to drink water at night.

Mei Yusheng's eyes followed her movements, and she said at the right moment, "You should go back; you still have to take care of the children tonight."

Shen Yingying hesitated for a moment, looking as if she wanted to say something but ultimately said nothing.

The room fell silent, filled with a loneliness I had never experienced before, as if I had been abandoned by the whole world.

After replying to Xie Mingqi's message, imagining her family gathered around the dinner table, brightly lit and enjoying a happy time, her eyes welled up with tears.

There were a few knocks on the door, and Mei Yusheng quickly wiped her eyes and looked towards the doorway.

Yue Jiangting opened the door and stared at her for a few seconds. His eyes held a mixture of seriousness, guilt, annoyance, and a hint of hidden disdain.

He moved a chair and sat down in front of Mei Yusheng's bed, clearing his throat to break the awkward silence: "Yusheng."

Mei Yusheng knew he was going to negotiate with her. She stared at him intently, feeling both fear and curiosity. What was he going to say?

These past two days she has been torn between conflicting feelings. On one hand, she feels she must get a divorce; she cannot bear to live under the same roof with a man who has become corrupted, and she can no longer take care of his daily needs.

On the other hand, she was afraid, lacking the courage to face the lonely and aimless life after the divorce, or even to that extent; she was simply afraid of change.

Breaking the inertia formed over thirty years, she didn't know how to restart her life.

She looked at the man before her with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation. His hair was as black as ink and neatly combed. She knew it was all fake, just like him, who had always lived a false life around her.

“Yusheng, first of all, I want to apologize to you.” Yue Jiangting’s expression was very serious and solemn, with a hint of sincerity in his eyes, but not much. “I never hid the matter between Caiyu and me from the beginning. It was really a coincidence and an unexpected coincidence that I met her again ten years later.”

Mei Yusheng's eyes remained calm, as if he were looking at a complete stranger, but his heart was like boiling water.

Yue Jiangting's Adam's apple bobbed a few times, causing the wrinkles on his neck to flutter. Mei Yusheng suddenly felt that the person in front of her was a stranger; there was no longer a smooth and sexy Adam's apple, no strong and powerful limbs, and no upright posture.

He was completely different from the person she initially imagined.

Her heart suddenly calmed down.

“Yusheng, I have never thought about divorcing you. Even until death, you will always be my rightful wife, Yue Jiangting’s wife. That will never change. Believe me!” Yue Jiangting leaned forward and looked directly into Mei Yusheng’s eyes. “Caiyu is divorced and has no children. I can’t abandon her. Once her house is renovated, I will make her move out, and you two will never see each other again.”

Mei Yusheng's lips curled into a smile: "You bought the house for her, didn't you? So now you have two homes?"

Yue Jiangting's expression stiffened. He didn't answer her question, but glanced at her waist. "I was a little hasty today and didn't control my strength well. I'm sorry! I'll have Xiaozhi take you to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow morning. Just rest and recover. Leave everything at home to our son and daughter-in-law. Don't worry about it. If you've recovered, and you like traveling, go out and have some fun with Xie Mingqi. You've been cooped up at home for so many years. I'm sorry you've suffered."

Mei Yusheng's dark eyes gleamed with a mocking light. For the first time in decades, he had a change of heart and let her go on a trip to clear her mind. In reality, he just wanted her to compromise and allow the mistress to coexist.

"Yue Jiangting, let's get a divorce."