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

Dongsheng Hotel is a hotel owned by Qin Chu. Why did Sun Chengzhi choose to hold his wedding here?

Is it just a coincidence?

Mei Yusheng couldn't help but feel uneasy.

The wedding banquet hall was decorated in a magnificent golden hue, with a floral backdrop and pillars adorned with lights and garlands.

The hall was filled with guests, and the emcee delivered the opening remarks.

On the rectangular stage, Sun Chengzhi was already standing at the other end of the red carpet, waiting.

Reluctantly, Mei Zichen took Mei Zi's hand and walked slowly toward him to the strains of the melodious and cheerful wedding march.

The emcee read the newlyweds' entrance speech with great intonation and passion.

Mei Yusheng stared at Mei Zichen, then suddenly sensed someone watching her, a gaze that made her extremely uncomfortable. She quickly looked around, but the person had vanished.

Surrounded by elegantly dressed guests, Mei Yusheng couldn't scrutinize everyone closely, but she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure through the crowd.

At this moment, Mei Zichen and Sun Chengzhi faced each other. After hesitating for a moment, Mei Zichen reluctantly placed Mei Zi's hand in Sun Chengzhi's hand and then lowered his voice to say, "If you dare to treat my daughter badly, be careful I'll beat you up!"

Sun Chengzhi's smile froze, and his facial muscles twitched almost imperceptibly: "Dad, how could I dare? Don't worry!"

Mei Zichen snorted, turned and left. The emcee said something enthusiastically, but he didn't hear a word.

Yue Guangzhi squeezed through the crowd: "Mom, you're here too!"

Mei Yusheng rolled her eyes at him: "Isn't it normal for me to come?"

She glanced behind him, intentionally or unintentionally, and breathed a sigh of relief when she didn't see Yue Jiangting.

Assuming the gaze had come from Yue Guangzhi, her tone became even more displeased: "Did Meizi invite you?"

With a fawning smile, Yue Guangzhi said, "Mom, Sun Chengzhi and I are like brothers, we have a very good relationship. I even introduced Mei Zi to them!"

Mei Yusheng really wanted to slap Yue Guangzhi's smug, self-satisfied face. He thought he'd done something wonderful. If anything bad happened to Mei Zi in the future, he'd bear half the responsibility!

Turning her head, she saw Mei Zichen walking towards her with a dejected expression and unsteady steps, so Mei Yusheng hurriedly went to meet him.

As the officiant began his speech, Mei Yusheng saw the person on the stage and gritted her teeth in hatred.

Yue Jiangting did indeed come. What qualifications does he have to be the officiant at the wedding?

Mei Zichen's eyes burned with anger as he looked at him. Mei Yusheng quickly pulled him back, shook his head at him, and told him to calm down.

Yue Jiangting wore a standard smile, seemingly glancing unintentionally in Mei Yusheng's direction. He then cleared his throat, gave a brief speech, and Mei Yusheng heard his last sentence: he was there to officiate the wedding as Sun Chengzhi's superior.

Mei Yusheng immediately realized that the connection between them must be very deep. She remembered what Qin Chu had told her, that there would be some things involving Yue Guangzhi, and that he had warned Sun Chengzhi that he was not a good match. A big net appeared in her mind, covering Sun Chengzhi and Yue Jiangting and his son.

"Mom, I heard Qin Chu is a major shareholder of this hotel. Can you talk to him and ask him for a discount?" Yue Guangzhi squeezed next to Mei Yusheng again, smiling ingratiatingly.

Mei Zichen glared at him: "If you're broke and poor, why are you so concerned about showing off!"

Yue Guangzhi shrank back and said with an embarrassed smile, "Uncle, we just wanted to save as much as we could."

Mei Zichen glared at him: "You guys are saving yourselves the trouble by letting Qin Chu suffer?"

Yue Guangzhi muttered in dissatisfaction, "Who's family here anyway?"

Mei Zichen pretended to hit him, but Mei Yusheng hissed, "Get lost!"

Yue Guangzhi slunk away.

I don't know who designed the wedding program, but they put the parents' speeches at the end.

As the wedding proceeded to the vows and exchange of tokens, Mei Zichen gazed sadly at the two people on the stage.

Mei Zi and Sun Chengzhi held hands, and with soothing background music playing, they solemnly swore an oath to all the guests.

"Ms. Meizi, do you take this man before you to be your husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, to cherish, to love, to care for, to respect, to accept, and to be faithful to him until the end of your days? Do you?"

Mei Yusheng listened to this passage with great interest. In the era when she got married, there were no such romantic and affectionate vows. In such a solemn wedding, the promise made in public could not be easily broken, right?

Mei Zi's eyes crinkled into crescents, a faint smile playing on her lips, and she answered without hesitation, "I do."

Mei Yusheng was stunned, then felt an urge to laugh. She quickly bit her lip and stared at Mei Zi in disbelief.

Does she really know what she's saying?

Did she really understand the meaning of that vow?

Remembering how she changed her attitude because Qin Zhan's family was from the countryside, Mei Yusheng secretly wondered if Sun Chengzhi's father was a scrap collector, would she still be willing?

If Sun Chengzhi goes bankrupt in the future, will she remain loyal to him forever?

Thinking of this, the sacred oath seemed to turn into a mockery of them.

No matter how sacred the oath, if it cannot bind people's hearts, it is just a bunch of nonsense.

Looking at this wedding again, Mei Yusheng suddenly found it boring and ridiculous.

Quietly observing Mei Zichen beside him, after Sun Chengzhi also took the oath, a disdainful expression appeared on his face.

He probably thought the same thing as me. Mei Yusheng tugged at her younger brother and asked in a low voice, "How about we go?"

Mei Zichen nodded, and together with Mei Yusheng, they walked out of the hotel without even saying goodbye.

"That bastard Sun Chengzhi is hanging out with Yue Jiangting, he's definitely no good either!" Mei Zichen took a deep breath of the cold air and said with melancholy.

Mei Yusheng couldn't help but worry about Mei Zi, but what was done was done, and there was nothing they could do to change it.

Quietly returning to the car, Mei Yusheng had already obtained her driver's license, but hadn't had much time to practice driving recently and was too afraid to drive on the road, so Mei Zichen was still driving.

"Sister, although I know that Mei Zi needs to learn a lesson to mature, I feel powerless to do anything about it as I watch her jump into the fire pit. I'm so frustrated I could explode!" Mei Zichen said in a hoarse voice.

Mei Yusheng felt the same way. She understood some of the reasons, but even though she knew Mei Zi's future was bleak, she couldn't stop her from going astray, which still made her feel terrible. Especially since her own son, Yue Guangzhi, had helped her dig this pit of fire.

If reality could be reborn like in novels, she would never want to have any further contact with Yue Jiangting, and she would never want to have a son like Yue Guangzhi again!

Life had to go on as usual, and Mei Yusheng felt a sense of powerlessness.

Mei Zichen had just gotten home and hadn't even had a chance to change her clothes when she received an furious call from Chen Yue: "Where the hell have you been? The wedding wasn't even over and you were gone! Do you know how much you've embarrassed Zizi? During the parents' speeches, we couldn't find you anywhere. You did it on purpose, didn't you? You deliberately made Zizi a laughingstock! If I'd known this would happen, I would have preferred you not to have shown up at all! We would have just announced that the bride's father was already dead!"

The sound was so loud that Mei Yusheng and He Qingmin, who were standing next to him, could hear it clearly.

He Qingmin was so angry that tears welled up in her eyes, and her lips trembled as she said, "You...you dare to curse my son! You're the one who's long dead!"

Chen Yue's voice stopped abruptly.

Mei Zichen listened to her curses indifferently and said coldly, "I have nothing to say. The man's parents didn't even show up, so why don't you go and criticize them?"

After hanging up the phone, she comforted He Qingmin, saying, "Mom, don't be sad. She can't say anything nice."

He Qingmin said with tears in her eyes, "Alas, I never thought Chen Yue was this kind of person."

She had never lived with Chen Yue before and had only met him a handful of times. Hearing her curse so viciously, she felt sorry for the grievances her son had suffered over the years.

"Thank goodness we got divorced, it was a good thing!" He Qingmin said, shaking her head.

"Mom, what did you and Youyou eat for lunch?" Mei Yusheng changed the subject, diverting He Qingmin's attention. "Zichen and I didn't eat anything. Did you have any leftovers from lunch?"

Youyou raised her little face and said first, "Daddy bought the meat!"

After saying that, she ran to the kitchen. Mei Yusheng followed with a smile and saw a whole roasted pigeon on a white porcelain plate on the kitchen counter.

Mei Yusheng smiled, realizing that Qin Chu already knew that the wedding banquet was being held at the Dongsheng Hotel.

She put the roasted pigeon back in the oven to reheat it, then made two simple vegetarian dishes and asked Youyou, "Would you like some red bean bread?"

Youyou bit her little finger and rolled her eyes: "I want to eat it tonight. Auntie will make it for me when she wakes up."

Mei Yusheng looked at him in surprise. When did Youyou learn to care about others?

It seems that no one taught him this, but rather he realized that Mei Yusheng was very tired after returning, and wanted to eat bread but did not want Mei Yusheng to make it for him now, so he said that he would eat it in the evening.

Mei Yusheng hugged him tenderly and kissed his little face: "Thank you, Youyou. Youyou knows how to care for Auntie. I'm so touched."

Tears welled up in her eyes as she inhaled the sweet scent emanating from Youyou, reluctant to let go.

She has a new family and feels the warmth of home, just like she felt when her father was alive.

Qin Chu was sitting opposite his second uncle, discussing matters with a serious expression, when his phone suddenly vibrated. He frowned and answered it.

From inside came the voice of Manager Wang from Dongsheng Hotel: "President Qin, a man named Yue Guangzhi claims to be your relative and is asking for a 50% discount on today's wedding banquet. I didn't dare to agree rashly. What do you think..."

Qin Chu said coldly, "The amount is what it should be. I don't have any relatives like that."

Manager Wang hung up the phone, and Qin Chu's lips curled into a faint smile. She thought to herself: Yue Guangzhi really doesn't treat me like an outsider!