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

Mei Zi was on the verge of tears. This marriage felt like a dream, a one-sided affair of her own deception.

She was lost in her own dream of wealth, believing that marriage had allowed her to transcend social classes. Suddenly awakened, the illusion burst, leaving her not only penniless but also scarred.

Is it wrong for her to want to marry a rich man and live a wealthy life that others envy?

She is young and beautiful; shouldn't she be matched with a successful young man?

Why did she encounter a scammer?

After careful selection and weighing of the pros and cons, the man she ultimately chose turned out to be a complete fraud!

"That bastard! He hid it so well, I didn't even notice!" Chen Yue cursed through gritted teeth. "That damned wretch deserves to be caught! It's better if he dies in prison!"

She turned around and saw Meizi staring blankly, and was startled. She waved her hand in front of Meizi's eyes and said, "Zizi, what's wrong? Don't scare your mother!"

Mei Zi's eyes slowly rolled around and settled on Chen Yue's face.

Chen Yue breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh my, you scared me to death! Don't worry, I'll definitely get revenge for you!"

Mei Zi asked leisurely, "How will you get revenge for me?"

Chen Yue's expression froze, and after thinking for a moment, he realized he didn't have any good ideas.

"Weren't you also scammed by the old man you found?"

Mei Zi said innocently, and Chen Yue felt as if he had been slapped in the face, and immediately slumped down.

"Sigh, my daughter and I are both blind!" Chen Yue sighed.

"Zizi, I'll go buy you some fruit. We don't have much fruit left at home." Chen Yue stood up and walked out. She felt that she couldn't face Meizi right now and needed to get some fresh air.

The weather seemed to have stepped into spring overnight; the sun was warm, and the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers and grass.

Chen Yue had no interest in appreciating the conversation; the conversation was still swirling in her mind. She couldn't understand why she and Mei Zi were so unlucky, while Mei Yusheng and Mei Zichen were so fortunate.

"You bitch! You dare to have someone investigate me?"

Suddenly, a chubby hand grabbed Chen Yue's collar, and he was horrified to see a pair of angry little eyes.

A jolt went through me, and in a flash, I remembered this person.

"Zhao Hanhai, let me go! I'll call the police if you don't let go!" Chen Yue dug her fingernails deep into the back of the man's hand.

Zhao Hanhai screamed in pain, but refused to let go: "Chen Yue, you shameless woman, you ruined my father's life, and you even had someone investigate me? I'll fight you to the death!"

The two started fighting. Chen Yue, being a woman, was no match for him in strength and quickly found herself at a disadvantage.

A crowd quickly gathered to watch the spectacle. Zhao Hanhai glanced guiltily at the surrounding crowd, panting heavily, his small eyes darting around: "If you just drop the charges and don't hold me responsible, I'll let you go!"

Chen Yue's scalp was pulled painfully, a few strands of hair fell to the ground, his face was scratched several times, and his body was bruised from being kicked by Zhao Hanhai.

"Bah! Who's really harming whom?" Chen Yue's eyes flashed with madness as he glared at Zhao Hanhai. "Go ahead and kill me if you dare! Otherwise, you can expect to go to jail!"

A fierce glint flashed in Zhao Hanhai's eyes, and he tightened his grip, dragging Chen Yue into a small alley next to the residential area.

"Let me go!" Chen Yue struggled desperately, shouting at the crowd, "Quickly, call the police for me!"

Zhao Hanhai glared fiercely at the crowd: "Who dares! I'll kill him!"

Chen Yue didn't know if anyone would step in to call the police for her, but she was being dragged along by him involuntarily.

Zhao Hanhai cornered her against the wall, gritting his teeth as he said, "My dad's in a vegetative state. If the police arrest me, we're both going to die anyway! If you don't agree to my demands today, I'll take you with me to the underworld to serve my dad!"

Chen Yue shuddered. Earlier, with so many people on the street, she was certain Zhao Hanhai wouldn't dare do anything reckless. But now, she dared not think that way anymore.

Some people were daring enough to peer into the alley, while others were filming videos.

Chen Yue felt a wave of dejection. Was he really going to die at Zhao Hanhai's hands?

"No! Tell me, what do you want?" Chen Yue had no choice but to lower his head. "This isn't my fault. You guys hurt me first, you stole my money, and you even took out online loans in my name. Although I didn't register my marriage with your father, we still lived together. How could you treat me like this?"

"You still dare to argue with us?" Zhao Hanhai slapped Chen Yue across the face, blood quickly trickling from the corner of Chen Yue's mouth and cutting his lip. "You've been scheming against my dad from the very beginning! Shameless bastard! You never intended to live a good life with my dad; you've been after his money from the start! My dad initially wanted to marry you, but what happened? You always found various excuses to avoid getting the marriage certificate, while you practically stole all of my dad's salary!"

"Don't think you're the only smart one. My son and I are both suckers and idiots!" Zhao Hanhai spat on the ground angrily. "I can't even borrow President Sun's influence. You don't take us seriously at all. You've taken advantage of us to the fullest, but you won't let us get a single thing from you!"

"You think we're easy to bully? I'll show you what's what! You're greedy for money, aren't you? I'll make you penniless, burdened with huge online loans, and make you pay back a hundredfold, a thousandfold, the money you took from my dad!"

Chen Yue's face was ashen, and he felt as if he had suffered a magnitude 10 earthquake.

What Zhao Hanhai said was indeed her mindset back then. She thought she had completely controlled Zhao Fusheng and treated him like an ATM.

It turns out they had seen through her intentions long ago and were plotting revenge against her.

"Ha, I just didn't expect that a rotten woman like you would actually have someone willing to help you," Zhao Hanhai said with a bitter laugh. "We're all birds of a feather! You've driven us to the brink of despair, and I won't let you off the hook either!"

"No, no! I was wrong!" Chen Yue cried and begged for mercy. "I really know I was wrong. Please let me go. I promise to drop the charges, okay?"

Zhao Hanhai paused, scrutinizing Chen Yue: "Are you serious? You must withdraw the lawsuit immediately and stop pursuing us. I'll accept my bad luck for what happened before, and we'll call it even!"

"Okay, okay! I promise you!" Chen Yue pleaded with his eyes closed, terrified. "I promise I won't pursue this any further. I don't want the money anymore, and I'll put the online loan on my tab!"

Zhao Hanhai chuckled coldly: "No, you still have to compensate us for 200,000 yuan in losses! If it weren't for you, my dad wouldn't be paralyzed, and my company went bankrupt because of this. Asking you for 200,000 yuan is not unreasonable at all!"

Chen Yue said with a long face, "Where would I get 200,000 right now? I don't even have 20,000, really!"

She fumbled for her phone, which she had lost somewhere during the fight: "You can look at my phone. I'm not lying to you. I just got out of the detention center not long ago. Where would I get money?"

Zhao Hanhai was about to press her further when he suddenly heard the sound of police cars outside the alley, and his face turned deathly pale.

He grabbed Chen Yue's neck again, his eyes flashing with a fierce warning: "You know what to say to the police, right? If you dare to play any tricks, even if I get arrested, I'll hire a hitman to kill you!"

Chen Yue trembled all over: "No, no!"