Mrs. Sheng was stunned by her husband’s furious shout. ’He actually called me irrational!’

Her eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at the husband who had always loved her so deeply. ’How could he say that about me?!’

’What have I done wrong?!’

While Mrs. Sheng was still fuming with indignation, she heard Mr. Sheng’s voice, blazing with fury.

"Ren Cuiping, you’re beyond saving. If you keep this up, you’ll ruin my three sons. Let’s get a divorce."

Seeing his wife’s unrepentant expression, Mr. Sheng trembled with rage and blurted it out.

The thought of divorce had never crossed his mind before, but now, the urge was overwhelming.

He glared furiously at his wife, who sat pale-faced on the sofa.

A flicker of heartache and pain flashed in his eyes. He truly did love this woman.

But his hands were tied. If they didn’t divorce, her ignorance would corrupt their three sons.

Especially since what Xiao Wen had said echoed his mother’s words exactly, which only strengthened his resolve to get a divorce.

Their daughter had tried to harm Jiaojiao, yet his wife and son were blaming Jiaojiao instead. ’What kind of logic is that?’

Mrs. Sheng’s face was pale, her voice trembling slightly. "Darling, what’s gotten into you? I won’t agree to a divorce. I’ll die before I agree to a divorce."

Mr. Sheng closed his eyes and said wearily, "I never thought that my own wife would one day say such vicious things."

"Me, vicious? When have I ever been vicious?" Mrs. Sheng was so agitated she could barely stay seated.

"Both you and Xiao Wen said that sending Gu Jiaojiao to Song Zijin’s bed would be a stroke of luck for her.

Jiaojiao has liked Song Zijin since she was a child, so this would just be fulfilling a wish of hers.

Plus, it would make Yueyue happy. A perfect solution that benefits everyone, so why not go for it, right?!"

Mrs. Sheng wanted to deny it—she hadn’t said those exact words—but deep down, that was exactly what she thought.

She truly had no idea that Xiao Wen had already told him this. She looked up into her husband’s deep, dark eyes.

The tenderness and love of the past were gone. They were now filled with a terrifying hostility, a brutal viciousness that seemed to want to strangle and crush the very world, making her whole body tremble.

"That’s right. Everything I’m doing... it’s all for our daughter! She’s suffered so much. I just want to make it up to her. What’s so wrong with that?"

Mr. Sheng was so furious he felt he could fall over backward. His wife was still so stubbornly unrepentant.

He looked at her coldly, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "You’ve done nothing wrong? Everything you’ve done is for our daughter?

Ha... Have you ever thought about our sons? With such a vicious mother and sister, how will they ever face the world?

I must have been blind to marry a woman like you, someone who can’t even tell right from wrong. People make mistakes. All I wanted was for you to realize your error in time."

Mrs. Sheng’s face drained of color as she stared at her husband in disbelief. "What are you trying to say? That you regret marrying me? Do you think Ren Xiaofang is better than I am?"

"Hmph, don’t be ridiculous. I’ve never wanted to marry anyone but you. Not in the past, and not in the future.

But your actions will drag the Sheng Family’s name through the mud... they’ll ruin our sons! Don’t you understand that?!"

Sheng Shiwu: ...’Dad has a point. I feel like I could destroy the world right now.’

’My mom actually thinks there’s nothing wrong with Yueyue trying to harm Jiaojiao. She’s lost her mind.’

’Does she think that anything Yueyue does, no matter how immoral, is okay?’

’If that’s what she really thinks, how could I ever face Jiaojiao again!’

’If Mom really lured Jiaojiao to the hospital and put her in Song Zijin’s bed, wouldn’t Su Shuochi kill our entire family?!’

At that thought, Sheng Shiwu decided it would be best if his father just divorced his mother as quickly as possible.

’Without Dad to back them up, Mom and Yueyue won’t be able to stir up any real trouble.’

"Dad, you must be hungry. I made some noodles. Please, eat something."

Sheng Shiwu placed the noodles on the table, walked over to his father, and pulled him into a chair, even starting to massage his back and shoulders.

Mr. Sheng let his third son pull him down to the table, a pair of chopsticks thrust into his hand. He had no appetite whatsoever.

But he enjoyed his son’s attentiveness, and unable to refuse the kind gesture, he picked up a mouthful of noodles and ate.

He assumed Xiao Wu was trying to stop him from divorcing his mother. The truth was, he was furious at his wife’s lack of remorse, but it wasn’t as if divorce was the only option.

’If his wife could just see her error and change her ways, he could still forgive her.’

But to his surprise, Sheng Shiwu’s next words nearly made him choke to death. "Dad, so you’re finally done indulging Mom? It’s great that you’ve come to your senses.

My older brother and I were afraid you’d keep indulging her until she did something irreparable. Then our whole family would be done for."

Sheng Shiwu’s words so shocked Mr. Sheng that a mouthful of noodles shot right up his nose, and his face turned a deep shade of purple.

Sheng Shiwu, who was standing beside him, quickly patted his back. It took a long while for him to recover, and he even had to pull several strands of noodles from his nostrils...

Mrs. Sheng, however, didn’t notice her husband’s plight. Hearing her third son’s words, she grew even more distraught and frantic.

"Xiao Wu! You agree with your father divorcing me too? I never should have given birth to such an ungrateful wretch!

Your own flesh-and-blood sister suffered so much on that farm! What’s wrong with me showing her a little favoritism? And now you two, father and son, want to just kick me out of the house?"

Sheng Shiwu frowned at his hysterical mother. "Mom, we’re all adults. We have to take responsibility for our actions.

Is there anyone else in your heart but Yueyue?

For her sake, you’ve lost all sense of right and wrong, even abandoned your most basic morals. Will you not be satisfied until you’ve destroyed our entire family?"

At his words, tears streamed uncontrollably down Mrs. Sheng’s face. "All you know how to do is blame me?

Well, let me ask you, do you even know why I’ve become like this? It’s because Song Zijin damaged the nerves in Yueyue’s face when he hit her.

The doctor said that if it’s not treated in time, Yueyue will have lasting complications. Her mouth will be crooked, her eye will droop.

She says the complications have already begun. When she tries to sleep at night, she finds it’s getting harder and harder to close her eye.

What else can I do? I can only try to make her happy! If she’s happy, the complications will go away."

Sheng Shiwu was stunned, staring at his mother in disbelief. "What does Yueyue having complications with her face have to do with harming Jiaojiao?

Instead of blaming Song Zijin, you want to send Jiaojiao to him? Mom, you’ve completely lost your mind! You have no moral compass left."

Mrs. Sheng was furious, roaring as if possessed, "It’s Gu Jiaojiao! It’s all her fault! It’s because of her that your father wants to divorce me and that my own son has turned against me."

Seeing his mother in this state, the usual warmth and respect vanished from Sheng Shiwu’s dark eyes. They became like a bottomless, dried-up well, chilling one to the bone.

"Dad, it seems your indulgence has made Mom’s life too comfortable, so much so that she could come up with such a vicious idea.

If you divorce her, you’re still my father. But if you don’t, then you can sink with her! I... I’ll be done with both of you!"

"Fine. We’ll go first thing tomorrow morning."