Ever since Old Master Chang was hospitalized due to anger, the Chang family has been in chaos. Lu Xiao is also trying to get the two elders of the Chang family to take out the remaining 100,000 yuan for the house.

Her efforts were in vain, but she unexpectedly heard that Chang Jianmin wanted to divorce her, which further confirmed the authenticity of the second anonymous letter she received.

"Mom, I want to divorce Lu Xiao."

"Son, what's wrong with you? My grandchildren are all grown up. You're saying you want a divorce? Do you even want this family anymore?!"

Grandma Chang had always been tolerant and forgiving of her youngest son's family, extending her love to his children. When she suddenly heard that her youngest son wanted a divorce, her first reaction was that it wouldn't do; a divorce would break up her son's family.

"Mom, please listen to me first. My mistress is pregnant, and she has something on me. If I don't marry her, I'll have to go to jail."

In a few words, he told Granny Chang the key information, completely unaware that a figure was secretly listening to their conversation from around the corner.

Lu Xiao looked at the lunchbox in her hand and felt like her kindness had been wasted. She was worried about the other person going hungry, while the other person was scheming to see if they could part amicably, or better yet, leave with nothing?

She never expected the old woman to be so ruthless. She usually acted like a good mother-in-law, but now she actually instigated her son to transfer assets before getting a divorce.

Bah, that old woman is really overthinking things. With that soft-hearted coward Chang Jianmin, she's already firmly in control of the family finances.

Well, it's good that she was lucky; she learned about the Chang family's plans in advance, which reminded her to hurry up and transfer her marital assets.

Lu Xiao threw the lunchbox she was carrying directly to the beggar at the hospital entrance and headed straight for her parents' home. The kickbacks Chang Jianmin had secretly received were never deposited into their own accounts.

"Mom, take your ID card and come with me to the bank to take care of something."

The secret account was always opened under Lu Xiao's mother's identity. So what if Chang Jianmin has the account's passbook? As long as she takes her mother to the bank to report the loss and get a new passbook, there won't be any problem.

One afternoon, Lu Xiao only kept a few hundred yuan for living expenses. All her and Chang Jianmin's money was no longer in their names, and even the purchase contract for the new house was changed to a different name through connections.

"Hmph, what's gotten into you this afternoon, going from reporting a lost card to buying a house and changing its name?"

Lu Xiao's mother was exhausted after a whole afternoon of fussing and was worried about what was wrong with her daughter.

"Mom, Chang Jianmin is having an affair, and his mistress is pregnant. Now she's trying to force me out of the house! The old woman in the Chang family wants to make me leave with nothing, so I just struck first."

Lu Xiao was a selfish person to begin with. Knowing that others wanted to scheme against her, she acted swiftly and decisively without hesitation.

Seeing that her own mother was even more worried, Lu Xiao quickly reassured her that she had money and a house, and that it was just a divorce, nothing serious.

“Mom, I also want to divorce Chang Jianmin. That man has always been a sucker of his parents. He has little ability and is a womanizer. Moreover, Chang Jianmin has been taking bribes from others. It’s better if this is not exposed, but if it is, it could affect me. If I divorce him, his affairs will have nothing to do with me anymore.”

The two anonymous letters not only warned her about Chang Jianmin's affair and divorce, but also reminded her that the Chang family was being targeted and whether the person who was taking bribes knew about it.

After much deliberation, Lu Xiao decided that divorce was the easiest way to protect herself, and what would happen to Chang Jianmin in the future was beyond her control.

“How could this happen? My son-in-law is so foolish. He has ruined our family. What will happen to the two children? It’s not easy for you, a woman, to raise two children alone.”

Both children are so old now, they should be able to take care of themselves, so Mrs. Lu hopes that her two grandsons can stay with the Chang family.

"They... I haven't thought it through."

Thinking of her children, Lu Xiao still found it hard to part with them. She could consider marriage based on financial interests, but she couldn't use financial interests to measure her two children.

“You’re still young. If you’re raising a child, this is probably all you’ll be able to do. So you need to think carefully about what to do. Mom can’t make the decision for you, but Mom will support your decision.”

Lu's mother has three daughters and three sons-in-law. Chang Jianmin is the least capable. The other two sons-in-law are either doctors or court officials. Lu Xiao married the worst among her daughters and is now on the verge of divorce. It's impossible for her not to worry.

"Mom, don't worry, I won't suffer any losses. It's getting late, I have to go back to the Chang family."

Although Lu Xiao has transferred her assets, she has other plans, so she cannot afford to break ties with the Chang family yet.

The two elderly people in the Chang family still had a lot of private savings. They had spent less than half of the compensation money from the orchard expropriation. The money that their daughter gave them for their old age was also their savings. Lu Xiao had been scheming to get this money for a long time. Now was the last chance. Whether she could get it and how much she could get depended on this opportunity.

When Lu Xiao returned to the Chang family, Old Lady Chang immediately started causing trouble with a displeased expression.

"Why are you only coming back now? Why didn't you bring lunch to the hospital? It's hard on Jianmin, having to stay at the hospital after work to take care of him. As his wife, don't you care about your husband?"

That old hag is so fickle. She used to greet me with a smile when she came home from get off work.

"Mom, I have an urgent matter at my parents' house that requires me to go back, so I didn't go to the hospital at noon. Have you eaten yet?"

At this time of day, Grandma Chang would usually be busy preparing dinner in the kitchen. Lu Xiao looked at the kitchen; it was clean and tidy, not like it had been used for cooking.

"Mom, you're back. I'm hungry."

I watched as my youngest daughter rushed out of her room shouting that she was hungry, and then I saw my son engrossed in playing his game console, oblivious to everything else.

"Have you finished your homework? Mom will go make you something to eat now, it'll be quick."

Lu Xiao didn't want to clash with her mother-in-law, so she went to the kitchen to get busy. However, Old Mrs. Chang was still not quite satisfied.

Lu Xiao.

"After you finish cooking the rice, heat up the soup, then pack it up and take it to the hospital. Your father-in-law is staying there, so put everything else aside for now!"

"I understand." Lu Xiao's good attitude made Old Lady Chang frown, making it impossible for them to even start an argument.

While the Chang family members were scheming against each other, Chang Jing used this time to persuade Song Huizhen to apply for the reconstruction of the ancestral home that she had been allocated in the divorce settlement.

"Mom, while the Chang family's attention is not on the village right now, let's go to the village committee as soon as possible to change the ownership of the ancestral home's land, and then apply for demolition and reconstruction."

There is a private university in the village, and its development over the next twenty years is undoubtedly promising and lucrative. Villagers have also gradually built many six-story buildings, and the rental business has already reached a considerable scale.

Even though Song Huizhen's knowledge was limited, she couldn't resist her son's persistence. After having several meals with the village head and other officials, all the formalities were expedited.

Chang Jing, the eldest grandson of the Chang family, also left a deep impression on the uncles and grandfathers in the village. He was worldly-wise but not cynical.