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

"Mom! Waaah... Mom!" Yue Guangzhi rushed over crying as soon as he saw Mei Yusheng. If it weren't for the glass barrier, he would have hugged his mother and cried his heart out.

Mei Yusheng glared at him with disdain, her nose suddenly stinging, and she said in a hard tone, "Stop crying, you're a grown man, why do you cry so easily?"

Yue Guangzhi had clearly lost weight, his hair was messy, and his face was unshaven. Only his innocent and aggrieved eyes made him recognizable.

"Waaah... Mom, you've finally come to see me. I thought you'd never care about me again..." Yue Guangzhi stared intently at Mei Yusheng like an abandoned puppy. "Mom, did you take me out?"

“No,” Mei Yusheng sighed silently, scrutinizing her son’s haggard face, “I just came to see you and bring you some things.”

Yue Guangzhi's face showed disappointment: "Mom, this really isn't my fault. It was all Sun Chengzhi's instigation. He told me that those projects could make a lot of money, so I followed along. But in the end, he reported me! Mom, and Yingying wants a divorce. I was going through the most difficult time, and she actually wants a divorce!"

“Mom, I haven’t been able to eat anything these past two days. I’ve been thinking about it and I’ve finally figured it out.” Yue Guangzhi looked at Mei Yusheng with eager eyes. “Shen Yingying and Han Caiyu are the same kind of women. They both have their eyes on our money. Once we don’t have the money, they’ll turn their backs on us.”

"Oh dear, looks like you didn't waste these past few days in the detention center!" Xie Mingqi laughed gleefully. "You little ingrate, now you know your mother is good? You know your mother suffered injustice? Do you know how chilling it was when you and your scumbag father conspired against your mother? Just like how Shen Yingying makes you feel now!"

Zhou Xia handed Mei Yusheng a tissue, and Mei Yusheng wiped her eyes, but did not stop Xie Mingqi's mockery.

“Aunt Xie, I know I was wrong.” Yue Guangzhi lowered his eyes. “Now, my dad and I are getting our comeuppance. Dad suffered a stroke and is in the hospital. This morning, my cousin called to say that he has to go to work and asked us to hire a caregiver to look after Dad. But I have no choice in the matter now…”

"Alright, stop acting all pitiful. Do you think your mother is some kind of saint reincarnated? You expect her to spend money to hire a caregiver for your father, or even take care of him herself? Pah, you're dreaming!" Xie Mingqi's tone was sharp. "If you have any filial piety, you'll take care of him yourself when you get out of here!"

"No, no!" Yue Guangzhi hurriedly waved his hand. "That's not what I meant. What I meant was that my dad and I were punished for what we did to Mom."

As he spoke, his eyes filled with affection for his child. Mei Yusheng saw this and felt a pang of sadness in her heart.

“Don’t think about anything, just stay inside and wait,” Mei Yusheng said, looking at her good-for-nothing son with heartache. “Your Uncle Qin said he won’t be sentenced for very long.”

"Mom!" Yue Guangzhi pleaded, drawing out his words, "Not a long time is a long time! Uncle Qin is so capable, can't you get me out of jail? I can even serve my sentence outside of prison!"

Mei Yusheng's face darkened: "Nonsense! You did something illegal, shouldn't you be punished? You should stay in there and reflect on what's right and wrong, so you don't cause trouble all the time!"

After a moment's hesitation, he added, "We can't do anything for money or profit! If we do something, we must be prepared to bear the consequences."

Yue Guangzhi's lips twitched down in grievance, as if he was about to cry again at any moment.

"You good-for-nothing!" Xie Mingqi said disdainfully. "I think you've had it too easy in your life. You've always had your way, and you've never lacked food or clothing. That's how you've developed these bad habits!"

Visiting time was quickly coming to an end, and Yue Guangzhi, reluctant to leave, clung to the glass window and kept calling out, "Mom, you must come to see me often, every day!"

The moment Mei Yusheng turned her back, tears streamed down her face.

Xie Mingqi sighed and muttered, "Even if your mother is willing to come every day, the detention center won't allow it!"

……

Sun Yi received a call from the police station while in the hospital room and learned that his son had been arrested.

He originally thought Sun Chengzhi had left the area long ago, but he never expected that he would be detained in a detention center.

"Caiyu, stay here by yourself. I'm going to check on our son." Sun Yi, with tears in his eyes, tucked the blanket around Han Caiyu, glanced at the IV drip bottle which was less than half full, and went out to tell the nurse to come back later to remove the needle.

He didn't know where the detention center was or which bus to take, so he gritted his teeth and hailed a taxi.

Upon arriving at the detention center, Sun Yi looked at his haggard son through the window, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

"Dad, why are you here? I didn't want to tell you." Sun Chengzhi's voice was hoarse, his lifeless eyes fixed on Sun Yi's face. "I'm sorry, I originally wanted to make something of myself and take you to enjoy a life of luxury, but now I can't."

Sun Yi burst into tears, sobbing so hard he could barely speak. After a long while, he finally managed to say in a hoarse voice, "Son, don't worry about me. I can take care of myself. Why do you have to be so hard on yourself? I told you, just live an ordinary life. You can survive even with little money, but you wouldn't listen."

"Dad, I'm not reconciled!" Sun Chengzhi's eyes were stubborn. "I'd rather die than live a life of mediocrity!"

Seeing the pain on Sun Yi's face, he softened his tone: "Dad, don't worry, this time I confessed voluntarily and reported many illegal and criminal activities, so my sentence will be reduced. Take good care of yourself and wait for me to get out!"

He knew that if it weren't for Mei Zi's situation, he would have been released in a year or two at most, but now...

Sun Yi wiped his eyes with his sleeve and nodded repeatedly: "Sigh, I know. By the way, did you know your mother was in a car accident?"

Sun Chengzhi was taken aback: "What's going on?"

"I came here to find you!" Sun Yi then told Sun Chengzhi everything that had happened that day, including Han Caiyu's confused state after waking up.

A look of disbelief flashed in Sun Chengzhi's eyes: "Dad, why did you agree to Yue Jiangting's request for a divorce? My mother is in such a state, and he just throws her away like a rag? Don't worry about my mother, Yue Jiangting is her husband. They've actually been together for over twenty years, and we've only been together for a few years?"

"Besides, my mother looks down on you from the bottom of her heart, so why should you go out of your way to take care of her? Look, even if she were sober, she wouldn't recognize you!"

Sun Yi's face was ashen, and he sighed deeply: "She's in that state, if I don't take care of her, who will? I can't just leave her alone in the hospital, can I?"

“Even if I disagree, your mother can’t fight for herself. Yue Jiangting can still get a divorce through a lawsuit, and your mother might not get anything in return. With me here, I can still try to get some compensation for your mother.”

Sun Yi also said that Yue Jiangting had taken videos and photos of him taking care of Han Caiyu, falsely accusing them of rekindling their old relationship, and that the whole family was scheming against him. He said that if Sun Yi did not agree, he would sue the whole family for fraud.

Sun Yi was terrified: "Sigh, Yuejiang Pavilion is too insidious!"

Sun Chengzhi gritted his teeth in anger: "If I get out of here, I will never let him go! It was a mistake not to arrest Yue Jiangting this time!"

He clenched his fist and punched the windowsill.

"Don't cause trouble!" Sun Yi hurriedly advised. "Besides, Yue Jiangting also suffered a stroke. He heard that his son was arrested and his foundation was seized, and he suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. He is now lying in the hospital, and the divorce proceedings are being handled by the lawyer he previously hired."

Sun Chengzhi was stunned for a moment, then burst into maniacal laughter, tears streaming down his face: "Hahahaha... What a fitting retribution!"