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

Yue Jiangting lay sprawled on the ground, utterly humiliated, having never felt so disgraced in his life.

He tried to prop himself up with his arms, but felt the weight on his neck and back was like a mountain, making it impossible for him to move.

Dejected, he muttered, "Let me go, let's talk this over."

Seeing Yue Jiangting with his head down, limbs on the ground, completely unable to resist Qin Chu's powerful suppression, Mei Yusheng felt incredibly relieved!

His face turned red with embarrassment, and he no longer dared to be arrogant. He had no choice but to swallow his anger and beg for mercy in a softer tone.

"They really are asking for trouble." Mei Yusheng's pent-up frustration from the past few days vanished in an instant, leaving her feeling refreshed like never before.

She really wanted to stomp on him, but then she felt that she was being too obviously abusive, especially in front of her son.

Never mind, her dark eyes sparkled as she looked at Qin Chu with a smile. At that moment, she thought her younger brother was so cute!

Qin Chu and she smiled at each other, loosened their grip, and let Yue Jiangting turn over and stand up.

Qin Chu shielded Mei Yusheng behind him, fearing that Yue Jiangting might suddenly launch an attack.

He was a head taller than Yue Jiangting, and with an overwhelming presence, he forced Yue Jiangting to sit back in his seat without daring to make any unnecessary movements.

Yue Jiangting's old face was dark with a bluish-purple tinge. He glanced at his bound son, cursed under his breath, and glared at Mei Yusheng with a sinister look.

At this moment, Mei Yusheng was not afraid of him at all. On the contrary, she felt like laughing. For the first time, she realized that it was so satisfying to bully others by relying on one's power!

The old man, Yue Jiangting, looked ashen-faced, a single hair standing on end on his head, ruining his usually neatly combed hairstyle, and he had completely lost his former majesty. His lips drooped, the lines on them as deep as freshly dug ditches, his back was hunched, and his dejected air was palpable.

A strong sense of unfamiliarity washed over her again. Mei Yusheng couldn't understand how she had lived with him for thirty years, or whether she had only retained her initial impression of him and had never really looked at him properly in the long years that followed.

"Mom! Please ask Uncle Qin to let me go first, my arm is numb!" Yue Guangzhi said, his voice trembling with tears, looking at his mother with pleading eyes.

Mei Yusheng's feelings towards Yue Guangzhi were complex; she couldn't quite describe it as heartache, nor was she completely numb. After all, he was her son. Even if he was selfish and self-centered, she could choose not to see him again, but she couldn't ignore his pain.

Qin Chu understood Mei Yusheng's feelings and, without waiting for her to speak, stepped forward and untied Yue Guangzhi's clothes.

“Mei Yusheng, I really don’t have that much money right now.” Yue Jiangting’s hoarse voice suppressed his anger. “I need to go back and raise the money. Give me another week.”

"You're not planning to get away first and then figure out a solution, are you?" Mei Yusheng sneered. "I advise you to stop thinking crookedly and just give me the money as soon as possible to settle things quickly, lest I get impatient and do something that will make you regret it!"

Yue Jiangting's lips twitched; that was indeed what he thought.

"Mom! Don't do this!" Yue Guangzhi said with a pained expression, while stretching his arms. "You seem like a completely different person. Do you really not want our family anymore? Xuanxuan keeps asking for Grandma every day."

Mei Yusheng felt a lump in her throat, but she suppressed her heartache and hardened her heart: "I can't even count on my son, how dare I count on my grandson!"

She knew she definitely wouldn't get the money today. Whether Yue Jiangting genuinely didn't have it or was just stalling for time, she knew this matter wouldn't end without going back and forth several times.

"Fine, I'll give you two more days, no more. If you don't receive the money and the property certificate in two days, I'll hand over the account books to the police." Mei Yusheng stood up, preparing to leave. "Don't think I'll make another stupid mistake. From the moment you betrayed me, you had to be prepared to pay the price!"

Mei Yusheng walked out of the hotel and found that Qin Chu had not followed. Worried that he had been tricked by Yue Jiangting and his son, she turned back to look for him.

The elevator doors opened, and Mei Yusheng and Qin Chu met each other's eyes.

"Are you alright?" Mei Yusheng looked him up and down, and seeing nothing unusual, she was relieved.

"It's nothing, I'm sorry to have worried you." Qin Chu stepped out of the elevator and walked out side by side with Mei Yusheng, then got into the car.

She breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you for today. I'm so glad you were here with me. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have had the chance to sit down and negotiate with them."

Qin Chu chuckled softly, his voice as clear and gentle as a mountain spring. He took something out and placed it in her hand.

Mei Yusheng looked down and exclaimed in surprise, "Property certificate? How did you get it?"

"I found it when I tied Yue Guangzhi up. He had already taken it out of his bag and put it on the chair next to him." Qin Chu had a malicious smile on his lips. "I took it out when I left. Anyway, it's in your name, so it should be yours."

Mei Yusheng couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You call this stealing?"

……

Inside the private room, Yue Jiangting roared in fury: "You! You idiot! You just watched him take it and didn't even try to take it back?"

Yue Guangzhi shrank his neck, looking aggrieved: "How could I dare..."

Thinking to myself: Didn't you see it too, but you didn't dare to say a word?

Recalling Qin Chu picking up the property certificate and waving it arrogantly at them, saying, "Thanks!"

Then he strode out of the private room, leaving him only to stare helplessly.

To stop? To resist?

At that moment, his neck stiffened, and his body seemed to be under a spell, unable to move at all.

Yue Jiangting was so angry he almost vomited blood. He hadn't gotten any benefits, but Mei Yusheng had taken the property certificate away.

The mortgage has been settled, and the villa now belongs entirely to Mei Yusheng. As for him, he didn't get any benefits and instead experienced the humiliation of being thoroughly humiliated.

"How could I have given birth to such an idiot! You didn't inherit any of my good qualities, but you did inherit your mother's brainlessness!" Yue Jiangting angrily turned and walked away, but his legs gave way and he almost fell. Half of his body ached from when he hit the wall earlier.

Yue Guangzhi hurriedly stepped forward to support him: "Dad, it's going to go to Mom anyway. If she sees the property certificate, maybe her anger will subside a lot, and she might not want the compensation anymore."

He felt wronged and resentful. His mother didn't seem brainless at all; she was clearly very smart and had even found a rich and handsome man. Although he also felt that Qin Chu would never be interested in his mother, the fact that he was willing to help her was already quite remarkable.

"Hmph, don't want it? Maybe she'll find out how easy it is to get, which will only fuel her greed!" Yue Jiangting leaned on his son's arm, rolled his eyes at him, and felt more and more frustrated.

On the way, Yue Guangzhi was driving, while Yue Jiangting squinted and pondered: "That guy named Qin Chu, is he really the president of the publishing house? He looks like a thug to me."

Yue Guangzhi's expression froze for a moment, and he couldn't help but say, "Impossible, right? He has such a refined and scholarly air about him, I didn't expect him to be so powerful when he makes a move!"

"I just don't believe that the president of a publishing house, the big boss of Chu Yue, would help an old woman like Mei Yusheng?" Yue Jiangting muttered to himself.

But then I thought about it and it didn't make sense. If it wasn't Qin Chu, why was the hotel manager, Manager Wang, so respectful to him? He asked for two roasted pigeons, which he himself couldn't even get his hands on.

Yue Jiangting frowned deeply. He moved his arm, and the pain instantly spread to the muscles on half of his body.

"Hiss—" He took a breath, his face clouded with worry. "No, we need to investigate further and find out exactly how much power he has so that we can act accordingly."

“Dad, how about we chip in and give the money to Mom? I’m getting anxious every day the account book isn’t back.” Yue Guangzhi observed his father’s expression through the rearview mirror.

"She's dreaming!" Yue Jiangting gritted his teeth in anger. "She stays at home all day doing nothing. This money is all hard-earned by me. How can I let her have it for nothing?"

Then she remembered the property certificate, stared at the back of her son's head and scolded, "If you hadn't been so stupid, he wouldn't have taken the property certificate today! You're so infuriating! How can I entrust the company to you when you're so brainless?"

Yue Guangzhi felt a chill run down his spine and immediately shut his mouth in fear.

The phone rang, and Yue Jiangting saw that it was Han Caiyu calling. He hesitated for a moment before answering: "Hello!"

"Brother Jiang Ting, where are you?" Han Caiyu's voice was cheerful, and she seemed to be in a good mood. "Sister Mei ran away from home, right? Auntie made me move back!"

Yue Jiangting wearily rubbed his temples, and suddenly the image of Xu Yanping with her braided pigtails flashed into his mind. A wave of heartache washed over him, and his tone became irritable: "I'm warning you! You're not allowed to dress my mother up like a vixen. If I find out you're doing anything shady with her again, I'll kick you out!"

"Brother Jiang Ting—" Han Caiyu whined pitifully, "I only taught Auntie dressing and styling tips, I never expected her to buy a wig! Why are you being so mean to me? You actually yelled at me, waaaah..."

"Okay, okay, don't cry. I was just reminding you. I apologize for my tone earlier..." Yue Jiangting was even more exasperated and quickly tried to soothe him gently.