Due to Xu Ming being inexperienced, he unintentionally stayed in the car for a while.
Therefore, the person who has been waiting in the living room for him to come inside couldn't stand it anymore and walked out to see what tricks were she playing again.
"Because no one came out to greet you, you are refusing to get off? Do you think that there is still someone here who considers you the Lady of the house?"
Hearing a woman's taunting voice, Xu Ming who has just finished reorganizing his shirt, promptly looked over.
Standing in front of the entrance while staring in his direction with an unwelcome expression was a beautiful middle-aged woman dressed in a simple elegant light blue one-piece dress with a white shawl wrapped around her shoulders.
Her appearance was well-maintained so she looked as if she was still in her 40s when in fact, she already gave birth to three children and the oldest was even 30 years old.
According to Xu Ming's previous findings, the Xu family was not large. Excluding Su Ming, 5 members stayed in the main house at the moment.
Xu Qin's parents, his younger brother, and younger sister.
Xu Ming could immediately discern that this woman was Xu Qin's mother or in other words, his supposed mother-in-law.
Seeing how much Yan Jin, an outsider hated him, Xu Ming had already long known that it would be a battlefield once he met the Xu family.
That's why it was not surprising to be welcomed with hatred.
Ignoring all the heated gazes being directed at him, Xu Ming unhurriedly stepped out of the car before casually closing the door with a backhand.
With a slight bow, he politely apologized, "Pardon my rudeness for not going inside to greet you, Madame Xu."
Madame Xu who was fuming a second ago immediately became flabbergasted upon seeing an unknown elegant lady step down from the car that her daughter-in-law was supposed to be riding.
It took her another few glances before she belatedly realized that she looked quite similar to her daughter-in-law which caused her eyes to widen in shock.
Quickly turning her head to the side to look at Yan Jin, Madame Xu was giving him a look asking for his explanation.
Noticing her stare, Yan Jin lightly coughed, " Greetings, Madame. I've safely brought Mrs. Xu home."
Knowing that she was right, she once again turned to look at the person in front of her in disbelief.
The first thing she thought after hearing the news about her amnesia was that it was another trick of hers in order not to get divorced. Now, seeing an entirely different Su Ming, Madame Xu had a second thoughts about this matter.
Her daughter-in-law liked to dress lavishly as if to show the world that she is extremely rich. Despite being a married woman, she did not behave like one. She did not have a job but never stayed in the house.
Madame Xu always had a headache whenever she saw her dressed in revealing clothes to go out partying with random people.
At that moment, she was glad that no one knew their eldest daughter-in-law's appearance.
Su Ming's identity was not made to the public because Madame Xu thought of educating her properly before making her debut in the upper circle as the Xu family's eldest daughter-in-law.
Yet, this woman was ungrateful and even called her a narrow-minded old lady!
Just by thinking of the past, Madame Xu's anger quickly came back again.
This shameless woman drugged her eldest son to spend a night with her and then came back to blackmail them with her pregnancy.
No matter how much Madame Xu hated her for using underhand methods it was undeniable that it was also her son's mistake.
Taking account of the unborn child, they decided to welcome her into their family.
They might start on the wrong foot but hopefully, things would change after their marriage and the birth of this child.
Still, Madame Xu underestimated her and the house has not been peaceful ever since she moved in!
It was not as if Madame Xu never tried to mend their relationship but her daughter-in-law did not feel the need to get along with her husband's family.
Since she figured out that they would not do anything to her as long as she mentioned her daughter, she no longer cared about maintaining her facade.
Even her son who made an effort to be a good husband at the beginning no longer cared about his wife and single-handedly raised his daughter by himself.
Su Ming's bad character was deeply engraved into Madame Xu's mind. That's why no matter how much pleasing to the eye she currently was, Madame Xu was no longer able to look at her in a new light.
Quickly composing herself, Madame Xu resumed her hostility as she gave a snicker, "I didn't know that after you hit your head you finally know how to speak politely to me, this narrow-minded old woman."
Xu Ming said nothing to defend himself against the crimes that he did not commit so Madame Xu continued with her speech.
"You must be thinking that it is unfair to you to be blamed for the things that you don't even remember doing, right? It goes the same for us. It is unfair for us to forget everything simply because you don't remember anymore. If your conscience has finally returned then sign the divorce agreement."
This was not the first time Madame Xu brought up the divorce in front of her. In the past, the woman in front of her would always use the same tactics to cry pitifully proclaiming she was an evil mother-in-law.
Madame Xu coldly laughed. She will become one if it means that she could get rid of this cancer.
Just as Madame Xu was waiting to see another show, the other party slightly parted her lips and indifferently said, "Okay."
At this moment, Madame Xu thought that she was having an auditory hallucination, "What did you just say?!"
Xu Ming who was eager to divorce openly stated his intention in a clear voice, "I will divorce your son."
Madame Xu looked at her with doubtful eyes, "Do you mean it?''
Xu Ming nodded his head in return. However, Madame Xu instead of feeling reassured, she became even more suspicious of him.
Nevertheless, no matter what kind of tricks she had up on her sleeves, it was still good news that she was willing to divorce her son.
Turning around to go back inside, Madame Xu beckoned Xu Ming to follow her.
''Let's wait for the lawyer inside the living room."
...
Xu Ming relaxedly sat down on the sofa as he sipped the tea in a good mood hoping that the lawyer would arrive sooner.
He had already counted it but he didn't expect things to go so smoothly.
Whatever happened between Su Ming and Xu Qin was none of his concern.
Whether his actions affected others or not he did not care since they were all strangers to him anyways.
Thankfully, Su Ming was a short-sighted woman and offended the whole house which in turn facilitated his plan of moving out and living in another identity.
By the time the news of their divorce was made to the public, even if the Su family became angry with him, they could do nothing as he was already gone.
Well, seeing that they did not even drop by to visit him at the hospital, Xu Ming did not feel that he was being ungrateful.
In fact, they got off quite lightly not meeting him in person.
After waiting for another short while, the Xu family's lawyer arrived. Xu Ming cooperatively went through the content without a single change in his expression.
Everything was normal and the compensation was generous even. It was only when the last sentence came into his view did others finally see a crack in Xu Ming's calm facade.
Madame Xu's heart nervously jumped when she suddenly saw Xu Ming blankly staring at the divorce agreement for quite a while without moving on.
She hurriedly asked, "What? Are you not satisfied with the compensation? State it, how much more do you want?"
Xu Ming seemed to not hear her. He softly repeated an unknown name, "Xu Mei?"
At the mere mention of this name, Madam Xu acted as if her tail got stepped on. She said with fierce eyes, "Mei-er is staying with us. Even if you take this to the court, you won't win the child custody!"
Feeling as if it was not enough, she added in a colder tone, "You don't even give as much as a glance at your own daughter ever since she was born so don't try selling misery by using Mei-er again!"
Xu Ming was completely caught off guard by this news.
Due to Xu Qin's flawless reputation, Xu Ming never thought that he would fall for this kind of cheap stunt set by the likes of Su Ming.
To think that Xu Qin tied the knot with Su Ming because of accidental pregnancy was beyond his expectation.
Xu Ming never followed Xu Qin's news afterward since he had his hands tied with his matters.
As a result, Xu Ming did not even know that Xu Qin got married and even had a daughter.
His right thumb involuntarily stroked the name of that child with his eyes lowered to hide the emotions swirling within them.
A child that never got to have their mother's affection...
Another unpleasant memory for him to be reminded of.