Duan Meiyuan vented her anger on Yu Guochang, saying in a gloomy tone, "It's all because you didn't set a good example that our son has learned bad habits from you."

Yu Guochang was both amused and exasperated. "Shi Shu didn't learn bad things from me. He just hopes you can respect his choices more in the future and not be so critical of his future girlfriends. The child is all grown up and will choose someone suitable for himself. There's no point in interfering any more. Besides, our family is what it is now. There's no such thing as marrying above one's station. If the child is capable and likes a strong girl, he should find one. If he likes a gentle and submissive girl, he should find one. Don't use the old methods to criticize the child anymore. It's tiring for you and for me."

Yu Guochang's original intention was for Yu Shishu and Yu Jingchen. He had previously allowed Duan Meiyuan to arrange the marriages of the two children. Now, the Yu family is experiencing ups and downs, and Duan Meiyuan is still unwilling to let go during this low point. This makes Yu Guochang feel tired, and he advised Duan Meiyuan to loosen her grip. Unexpectedly, Duan Meiyuan misunderstood.

In Duan Meiyuan's view, Yu's father's words meant that he regretted marrying her in the first place.

Duan Meiyuan sneered: "Scolding the child? Did I make you tired? How did I make you tired? Yu Guochang, don't forget, back then my Duan family was stronger than your Yu family. You were the one who begged to marry me. How come you regret the marriage now that you see my family in such a state? Yes, my family is not doing well now, and I'm old and faded. Do you find young women outside exciting?"

Seeing Duan Meiyuan's relentless attitude, Yu Guochang felt tired. He didn't want to argue any further, so he could only give a perfunctory reply, "The child is still here."

"If we're still here, we can't argue anymore. Maybe Jing Chen will even clean up your mess!" Duan Meiyuan wouldn't give up. "What do you mean now? You're tired of talking to me, aren't you? Yes, I'm the one who makes you tired. Other women make you feel comfortable and not tired, so you can go find other women, right?"

"That's just something your fourth brother said offhand. You actually believe what he said?" Yu Guochang said, his tone gradually turning sour.

Duan Meiyuan sneered, "There's no smoke without fire. My fourth brother is useless because he's blinded by a woman in the entertainment industry, but he has no reason to frame you. Maybe when he went to the film studio to find women, he saw you with some young vixen in your arms!"

These words are getting increasingly offensive.

Yu Guochang simply ignored her, but Duan Meiyuan insisted on arguing. She was furious today. It turned out that her family had been declining for a long time. Her older brothers, who were already uncles, still had the nerve to ask their younger relatives for money. Her fourth brother had divorced and fallen for a vixen in the entertainment industry. Now her husband was estranged and might be having an affair. Her youngest son was disobedient and, in his belated rebellious phase, had even learned to contradict her. Her life was truly miserable.

Duan Meiyuan returned with red eyes. She was annoyed by everything, and if she saw that the ground was not clean, she would call the maids and housekeeper to curse her.

Yu Guochang couldn't sit still any longer and grabbed his car keys, ready to leave.

Duan Meiyuan suddenly stood up and shouted, "Yu Guochang, where are you going?"

"I can't talk to you properly in your current state. I'll come back when you've calmed down!" Yu Guochang said as he walked towards the door.

Duan Meiyuan immediately objected, her anger flaring. "What do you mean, 'wait for me to calm down'? Who knows if you went out to find some vixen or vixen? Now you're complaining that I'm hard to talk to, that I'm being unreasonable? Yeah, if those vixens outside are so good, then go find them! I bet you'd love to marry them and have them as stepmothers to your two sons!"

"Duan Meiyuan, I can't reason with you anymore." Yu Guochang left directly.

Duan Meiyuan was so angry that she smashed things again.

A maid came over and her hand was hit by a shard of metal that Duan Meiyuan had smashed on the ground, causing bright red blood to gush out.

Duan Meiyuan showed no mercy and angrily said, "Does our Yu family pay money to keep a good-for-nothing like you to do things? You can't even handle this little thing. You don't need to come to the Yu family to work tomorrow!"

Yu Jingchen quickly had the housekeeper take the servants away, and stepped forward himself, saying helplessly, "It's already over. It's your constant bringing up these baseless things that are really making Dad feel disheartened."

"Who is truly heartbroken? I've dedicated my entire life to this family, and your father actually dared to have affairs outside the home!"

Yu Jingchen frowned, but patiently comforted him, "This is just something my uncle said randomly. You didn't see it either."

"And I had to see it! If your dad hadn't done all that, he would have been arguing with me right now. Why would he have run off? He just wanted an excuse to see those foxes!" Duan Meiyuan complained to her son, wiping away her tears. "I gave birth to two sons for him and raised them to adulthood, and what did I get in return? All I got was his awful temper. He didn't even try to coax me before leaving without looking back—"

...

Duan Meiyuan's temper lasted for several days. Not to mention Yu Guochang, even Yu Jingchen, who was initially able to comfort and coax his mother, later also started to use the excuse that he was too busy at the company to go back.