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

Mei Yusheng felt her heart was being torn to pieces by countless chaotic and noisy thoughts.

She propped herself up on her knees, walked blankly into the bathroom, stood in front of the mirror by the sink, and stared at the unfamiliar old woman inside.

Her pale fingers ran through her hair, gently combing it. Lifting a strand for a closer look, she discovered with despair that her white hairs were so numerous they could no longer be concealed, turning white right from the roots.

She should have dyed her hair before seeing Han Caiyu. Looking at her haggard and aged face in the mirror, the image of her fair and radiant face from her youth floated into her mind, and she couldn't reconcile the two images.

The only thing that hadn't changed was her eyes—classic phoenix eyes, with pupils larger and darker than others, shimmering with a mysterious luster like an autumn pool, their bottom unfathomable.

His eyes drooped slightly at the corners, and his dark, deep eyes were covered with the dust of time.

Is the woman in the mirror really her?

It's been so long since she's looked at herself properly in the mirror; she always just rushes through washing her face.

Mei Yusheng reached out and carefully stroked her reflection in the mirror, but her vision became blurry again.

She squandered her youth, her beauty, and her dreams in this marriage, leaving her with only an old body.

In the end, it turned out to be a scam!

Suddenly, Han Caiyu's words rang in my ears: "You've monopolized Jiang Ting for thirty years, now it's time to give him back to me!"

His blood rushed to his head, anger surged, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

How dare she say that? What does "give it back to her" mean?

She is Yue Jiangting's rightful wife!

Han Caiyu spoke as if Mei Yusheng had done something to wrong her, and that she had been compromising for twenty years.

Mei Yusheng hated herself for only realizing the absurdity, anger, and frustration in her words now. She trembled all over, staggered out of the bathroom, and rushed to the entrance to change her shoes.

She desperately wanted to find Han Caiyu immediately, correct her mistakes in her words, and tell her righteously that Yue Jiangting never belonged to her and that she was the one who couldn't be seen in the light of day!

Mei Yusheng wanted to shout in public, "You stole my husband! You should return him to me! You knowingly cheated and yet you act so self-righteous!"

She wanted to publicly humiliate the mistress!

She regretted why she had been so absent-minded and weak just now.

She's going to make up for it!

She rushed to the entrance, her mother-in-law's lazy voice following her: "Where are you going again? If you're going to the supermarket, buy a crucian carp. I suddenly want to drink crucian carp soup!"

Just as she put on her shoes, the phone rang sharply. Mei Yusheng paused for a moment and turned to look in the direction of the locker.

She put her slippers back on, hurried over, picked up her phone, and saw it was a call from her kindergarten teacher. She was startled.

"Is this Grandma Xuanxuan? Xuanxuan suddenly has diarrhea, come and take a look right away!"

Mei Yusheng panicked, grabbed her phone and ran outside: "How could this happen? I was fine this morning, did I eat something wrong?"

"Xuanxuan? What happened? What's wrong with my precious great-grandson?" Her mother-in-law suddenly appeared behind Mei Yusheng, startling her.

"Mom, don't worry, the teacher said Xuanxuan has diarrhea, I'm going to go see him." Mei Yusheng kept walking.

I rushed to the kindergarten, and luckily it was located within the community, so it only took five minutes.

Xuanxuan's face was covered in tears, making him look like a little kitten. He looked even more aggrieved when he saw his grandma, his big, fluffy eyes filled with tears, and he stretched out his chubby little hands, wanting his grandma to hold him.

Mei Yusheng felt a pang of pain in her heart. She hugged her grandson tightly, wiping away his tears and gently comforting him, while also taking a moment to ask the teacher what had happened.

The teacher couldn't explain why either, but it might be because autumn is here and children are more prone to developing symptoms during seasonal changes.

Mei Yusheng didn't blame the teacher. She quickly picked up Xuanxuan and took a taxi to the hospital.

On the way, I received a call from my mother-in-law: "How's Xuanxuan? If the teachers there dare to feed my precious great-grandson any weird stuff, I'll tear her apart!"

While holding and comforting Xuanxuan, Mei Yusheng reassured her mother-in-law, "I'll take Xuanxuan to the hospital. It'll be alright, Mom. You wait at home. We'll be back soon."

Upon arriving at the hospital, Mei Yusheng carried the child and ran around, registering and queuing, until her clothes were soaked with sweat.

After the examination, there was nothing seriously wrong. The doctor prescribed an IV drip. Mei Yusheng frowned. She didn't want her child to have IV drips so often, as it would damage his immunity.

After hesitating for a moment, she took Xuanxuan out and found a pharmacy to buy children's montmorillonite powder.

As soon as we entered the house, my mother-in-law rushed over and hugged Xuanxuan, calling him her darling, while also cursing his kindergarten teacher.

"It's not the teacher's fault. It's normal for children to have stomach upsets during seasonal changes." Mei Yusheng tore open a packet of montmorillonite powder, poured it into a cup, and dissolved it with boiling water.

The sweet taste was delicious, and Xuanxuan not only didn't dislike it, but also liked it very much, drinking the whole cup down in one gulp.

She made another bowl of steamed egg custard, fed it to Xuanxuan, and coaxed him to sleep. Only then did Mei Yusheng breathe a sigh of relief.

"No, I'll go with you to take Xuanxuan tomorrow and give those teachers a warning!" The mother-in-law sat on the sofa, still angry.

"Let it go, Mom. If you upset the teacher and she doesn't treat Xuanxuan well in the future, it will be a loss for her," Mei Yusheng advised.

"She dares!" the mother-in-law said fiercely, her voice high-pitched, her cloudy eyes glaring.

Mei Yusheng felt a wave of weariness and didn't want to say anything more.

She had been so busy just now that she had completely forgotten about Han Caiyu. Now that she thought about it, she realized that the incident didn't seem so abrupt or sharp anymore; it even felt a little unreal.

It felt as if I had just had a nightmare this morning, and it was all just my imagination.

There wasn't time to make lunch. My mother-in-law had a long face, I didn't know if she was angry about Xuanxuan's stomachache or that she didn't get to drink the crucian carp soup.

Mei Yusheng called his daughter-in-law, Shen Yingying, and asked her to buy some food.

Shen Yingying was very worried about Xuanxuan and said she would be back in a little while.

About half an hour later, Shen Yingying entered the room.

When Mei Yusheng saw that she had bought dumplings, she was a little unhappy: "There are frozen ones in the freezer. If I had known you would buy these, I would have just cooked frozen dumplings when we got back."

She was used to being frugal, and also felt that the dumplings she made at home were clean and delicious. When she saw her daughter-in-law buying dumplings from outside, she couldn't help but grumble a few words.

Grandma nudged Mei Yusheng aside with her elbow, took the dumplings from Shen Yingying's hand, opened them and looked at them: "Oh, these are from Liu's, that's great! Our Yingying is so thoughtful, she knows that Grandma has been craving their mackerel dumplings for a long time!"

Shen Yingying smiled and said a few words to her mother-in-law before hurrying off to see Xuanxuan.

"He just ate some steamed egg custard and fell asleep, don't wake him up again!" Mei Yusheng said as she followed.

Shen Yingying came out quickly, asked about the child's condition, and learned that Mei Yusheng had acted on his own and not followed the doctor's orders. She said worriedly, "Will that montmorillonite powder work? It's so cheap! Let's just follow the doctor's advice and get an IV drip."

The mother-in-law leaned closer and glared at Mei Yusheng: "How dare you disobey the doctor and buy medicine for Xuanxuan yourself? What if he gets sick? It's not like we don't have money, why are you so stingy with the child!"

Mei Yusheng glanced at them with dissatisfaction: "It's not a serious illness, why the IV drip! I'll probably be fine this afternoon."

Shen Yingying pouted and remained silent, watching Mei Yusheng pour the dumplings into a plate, put it on the table, wash her hands, and then sat down.

Mei Yusheng used force in her hands, making a loud noise as she rummaged through the bowls and chopsticks, her anger unconsciously evident.

"What are you doing?" Her mother-in-law glared at her. "You throw things around and act all high and mighty just because I said a few words to you. Who are you trying to impress?"

Mei Yusheng simply threw her things on the dining table with a whoosh and turned to leave.

Her mother-in-law pointed a trembling finger at her and scolded, "You've gone too far! You must have gone out this morning and heard some people trying to sow discord. I told you not to see any of your classmates or attend any gatherings, but you've become too wild!"

Shen Yingying looked at Mei Yusheng's retreating figure with a puzzled expression, and asked in a low voice, "Grandma, what's going on?"

"Your mother-in-law, I don't know who she received a phone call this morning, she came back acting all high and mighty, like someone owed her something." The mother-in-law was so angry that she was breathing heavily.

"Maybe it's because Xuanxuan is sick and in a bad mood."