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Divorce Banquet Crash
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00:00Not even a day divorced my Phil through a big feast 60k a table, but my husband used his card
00:04I gave him to pay 3.6 million, and it got frozen at checkout.
00:07Dad, we're separated.
00:09Really?
00:09Just got back from filing. She's already moved out.
00:12Fine! Finally got that woman out of here!
00:14I stood at the door, listening to their conversation. A cold smirk tugged at my lips.
00:19Yeah, I moved out, but this game is just getting started. My 9-year-old Moo Moo ran out of
00:23her room.
00:24Mom, are you really not coming back?
00:26I crouched down, and gently stroked her hair. Mom will come see you often.
00:30Shen Jing Shan snorted. Stay away from now on. Don't upset the kid.
00:34I straightened up. I looked at the man I'd called dad for 10 years, and my last bit of warmth
00:38vanished completely.
00:39The day before the divorce, I knew Shen Jing Shan was plotting something. He thought I didn't know.
00:44While I was out, he called our relatives in secret.
00:47Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're divorcing tomorrow. My son's finally free.
00:50All these years, that woman has dragged my son through hell.
00:54Come to Shen Yuan Grand Hotel tomorrow. Let's celebrate properly.
00:57I stood outside the door, hearing every word loud and clear.
01:0010 years of marriage to him was his son's burden.
01:0310 years together, and to them, I was an outsider.
01:05That night, Shen Che came home. Shen Jing Shan couldn't wait to drag his son into the room.
01:10After the divorce tomorrow, dad set up a celebration banquet.
01:13Shen Yuan Grand Hotel. I booked over 500 tables. We'll really make it a party.
01:18Dad, isn't this a bit much?
01:20What's wrong with that? Dump that jinx. It's the best thing ever. I've never liked her.
01:24Now I finally get to hold my head high.
01:26I heard it all. My heart went cold, so my 10 years meant nothing.
01:29To them, it was worthless. So my leaving, to them, was a cause for celebration everywhere.
01:34In that moment, I made a decision. Since they want to celebrate, I'll let them celebrate plenty.
01:39Late at night, I quietly got up and went to the study.
01:41I opened my laptop. I handled the family finances, carefully managing every cent in this house,
01:46tripling Shen assets in three years. But now, it's time to protect my share of what's mine.
01:51My fingers on the keyboard, flying across the keys. Run commands, setting it up step by step.
01:56Since Shen Jing Shan's throwing a party, if they want to spend big to celebrate my leaving,
02:00I'll let them. That afternoon, Shen Jing Shan was beaming with joy.
02:04Jing Shan, what's with the big celebration today?
02:07Don't ask. My Shen She got divorced today. Finally got rid of that dead weight.
02:11Divorce? Auntie Wong froze. Is that a good thing?
02:14Of course it is. Shen Jing Shan raised his voice. That Zhang Yu Ning.
02:18She's been in our family for ten years and done nothing with it.
02:22My son is young and successful. He deserves better.
02:25As he spoke, he pulled out his phone and started texting everyone he knew.
02:29Six come tonight. Shang Yuan Grand Hotel to celebrate my son's freedom.
02:32Everyone, come. Big news. My son's free today. Come have a drink.
02:36Message after message went out. Shen Jing Shan beamed, grinning from ear to ear.
02:40Shu Yu Shen came back. Seeing her husband like this, she smiled too.
02:44All set? Everyone's been notified.
02:46Shen Jing Shan claps. Everyone's been told.
02:48500 tables. 2,500 guests. Everyone needs to know the Shen family ditched the jinx.
02:53What standard did you book?
02:5560,000 a table. To celebrate my son's new start. Make it a big, flashy affair.
02:59Let the relatives see it. The Shen family's loaded.
03:0360K a table. 60 tables is 3.6 million.
03:05Why worry? Zhang Yu Ning is gone. It all belongs to us.
03:083.6 million is nothing. My son has plenty of money.
03:116 p.m. Friends and Kim got the news and called to confirm Che got divorced.
03:15He really did? You're not kidding, right?
03:17Of course it is. We already got the divorce papers.
03:20What about Zhang Yu Ning? What about the kid?
03:22Zhang Yu Ning moved out. Our daughter stays with us.
03:26All these years she's been spending our money. Good riddance.
03:29Meanwhile, I was at a law firm, signing the final document.
03:32All the paperwork is done. The timing was spot on.
03:35I nodded. I checked my watch. One hour left. The show is about to start.
03:38At Shen Yuan Grand Hotel in the hall, it blazed with light.
03:4260 banquet tables all lined up neatly.
03:44Each table cost 60,000 a table, piled high with rare delicacies.
03:48Shen Jing Shan stood at the banquet hall entrance, grinning from ear to ear.
03:52Eat and drink to your heart's content!
03:53Guests filed in one by one. Seeing how lavish it was, they couldn't stop raving.
03:58This is top tier. 60,000 per table.
04:00My son is free again, so of course we're going big.
04:03Shen Xia stood beside Shen Jing Shan. His expression was complicated.
04:07Shen Xia, it's your big day. Don't look so grim.
04:09From now on, you're free. Any type you want. No.
04:12Shu Yu Zhen was beaming. Glass in hand, she woke the room,
04:16telling friends and family what they were celebrating.
04:18Dear friends and family, I invited you all here today
04:21because I have huge good news to share with you.
04:23My Shen Xia is officially divorced today.
04:25Free from 10 years of misery, he's finally free again.
04:28The room erupted in a wave of chatter.
04:31Our Shen Xia, Zhang Yuning, held him back for 10 years.
04:33Today he finally kicked her out.
04:34Isn't that worth celebrating?
04:36From now on, my son can find a better woman.
04:38Come on, raise your glasses to my son's new life.
04:41Cheers!
04:41The hall erupted in applause and cheers of cheers.
04:44But behind this lavish banquet, a bigger drama was quietly unfolding.
04:48After a few rounds, the hall's mood heated up.
04:51Shen Jing Shan held up his glass, going from table to table, toasting back and forth.
04:56Bro, 60,000 a table? How much is that total?
04:593.6 million.
05:00Shen Jing Shan didn't hide it.
05:01My son can handle it.
05:03That's nothing.
05:04The relatives gasped.
05:05Jing Shan, your family's loaded now.
05:07Shen Jing Shan grinned smugly.
05:09Struck it rich?
05:09It's all my son's doing, all from his hard work these years, that Zhang Yuning, always playing poor, said we
05:14should save.
05:15Well, now, she's gone.
05:18We can spend it however we want.
05:19His second aunt at another table heard it.
05:21How did you sign the divorce agreement?
05:24How did you split the assets?
05:25I keep the house.
05:26We split the savings 50-50.
05:28We get our daughter.
05:29Someone asked curiously, so how much did Zhang Yuning get?
05:33Maybe a few hundred grand.
05:34Jing Shan waved it off.
05:36All these years, she's spent plenty of our money.
05:38Getting this much isn't bad already.
05:41People murmured.
05:42Hundreds of thousands?
05:43All these years, Zhang Yuning hasn't she worked hard.
05:46The family's finances weren't all handled by her.
05:49Shen Jing Shan's face twitches a bit, but he quickly smiles again.
05:52She handled the household affairs, but the fortune has always been my son's hard-earned success.
05:57Women can only see so far.
05:59Shen Cha's cousin walks over.
06:01I heard Zhang Yuning is great at investing.
06:03True.
06:03She's great with money.
06:04Over the years, our assets have tripled.
06:07When you two got divorced, you settled it all, right?
06:10I don't know the details.
06:11Shen Cha sounded a bit unsure.
06:13Anyway, the lawyers handled it.
06:15That made Shen Jing Shan pause.
06:17A sudden bad feeling hit him.
06:18But it was soon drowned out by the cheers.
06:20He raised his glass.
06:22Today is a big day for the Shen family.
06:24A day of great joy.
06:26Eat and drink up, everyone.
06:27No one leave sober.
06:29In the banquet hall, the cheers erupted again with applause and toasts.
06:33Expensive dishes kept coming and were served.
06:35Time ticked by.
06:36The banquet was winding down.
06:38Just then, the hotel manager came over and said respectfully to Shen Che.
06:42Sir, the banquet's about to end.
06:43Shen Che nods.
06:44He follows the manager to the front desk.
06:46Shen Jing Shan followed too.
06:48Ready to see at this glorious moment, the hotel manager politely hands over the bill.
06:52Your total today comes to 3.6 million.
06:54Please check it.
06:55Shen Che took the bill.
06:56He glanced at it, the long list of charges.
06:58He nodded.
06:59From his wallet, he pulled out his card.
07:01Run it.
07:02Shen Jing Shan stood to the side.
07:03Smug as can be.
07:04A few relatives and friends came over too.
07:06Jing Shan, you've got a great son.
07:08The cashier took the card and slid it into the reader.
07:11Pin entered.
07:12The card reader started processing.
07:13A few seconds later, the machine stopped.
07:15The cashier checked the screen.
07:17Her smile froze instantly.
07:19She tried again.
07:20Same result.
07:21Shen Che senses something's off.
07:22What is it?
07:23Is the machine acting up?
07:24Sorry sir, your card has been frozen.
07:27Her words hit like a bolt from the blue, and the whole front desk fell silent.
07:32Shen Che realized it.
07:33This card worked fine yesterday.
07:34Sir, the system shows your account has been judicially frozen.
07:37The smile on Shen Jing Shan's face froze instantly.
07:40Frozen?
07:41Who froze it?
07:41Why?
07:42Why was it frozen?
07:43His sudden outburst startled the cashier.
07:45She instinctively leaned back.
07:46She quickly pulled up the hotel's billing screen, pointed at the text, and held it up to him.
07:50The system shows your card is tied to a divorce settlement, and has been frozen by court order.
07:55The applicant is Ms. Zhang Yuning.
07:57The whole hall fell dead silent.
07:59All eyes all turned to the entrance.
08:00I held tight a stack of papers, and walked up front, and gently set them on the marble counter.
08:06My gaze swept past a deathly pale Shen Che, then settled on the uncontrollable trembling Shen Jing Shan.
08:11Long time no see, Uncle Shen.
08:13He lunged forward.
08:14He shoved Shen Che aside, and jabbed at Yuning, then started cursing.
08:18This is your doing!
08:19You froze my son's card behind my back!
08:22Just moments ago, the guests were eating, but all at once they set down their bowls.
08:26Shen Che's face flushed, then drained.
08:29He looked up, glaring at.
08:31Zhang Yuning, we're already divorced.
08:33Marital assets were split up long ago.
08:35So why would you freeze my cards?
08:37What are you trying to do?
08:38Do you really have to back me into a corner?
08:40I let out a soft chuckle.
08:41Shen Che, you really think you and your mom that carefully drafted divorce agreement with shady assets hidden is the
08:47whole story?
08:47Ten years of marriage as your family's only financial manager.
08:50I handled your every bank account, funds, property, shares, even every investment, every expense all under my control.
08:56You and Shen Jing Shan have always told people I'm a kept pretty boy the Shen family's dead weight.
09:00I paused.
09:01Well, today, I'll make everyone here see the truth.
09:04For the past ten years who really provided?
09:06Who did it all alone?
09:08Running the Shen's assets.
09:09I raised my hand.
09:10The lobby screen switched to my feed instantly.
09:12The next second, bank statements, investment returns, property value gains, share dividends, all laid out for everyone to see.
09:192017, I took over the Shen family's finances.
09:22Starting assets, 3 million.
09:232019, I bought five school district homes.
09:25They gained 6.2 million.
09:272021, I moved into funds and safer investments.
09:3015% annual return.
09:31Total profit, 3.8 million.
09:332023, joined a friend's firm, Angel Equity Payout.
09:355.2M 2025.
09:37Total assets liquidated 23.16 million.
09:39Every cent in, every cent out, every return, date and source.
09:42Every account is clear, all documented.
09:44Shen just stumbled.
09:44He stepped back and hit the counter with a dull thud.
09:47He stared at the numbers.
09:49His mind went blank.
09:50His parents brainwashed him.
09:51I was a nobody.
09:52I'd never get rich.
09:54He thought everything he had was earned by his own hard work.
09:56But he never added up.
09:58His yearly salary?
09:59Just over 200,000.
10:00After expenses, he couldn't save a dime.
10:02The house, the car, the savings all came from me.
10:05Bit by bit, I invested and made it all happen.
10:07Shen Jingshan crumpled.
10:08No way.
10:09Shen sure went weak all over and staggered.
10:11It's all fake.
10:12Just to get back at me, you faked the evidence and framed us.
10:16My gaze hardened.
10:17I pulled out a second document stamped in red and slammed it on the counter.
10:21This audit report was issued by the city's top tier three CPA firms jointly.
10:25Every page has a CPA signature and the firm's seal.
10:28So it's fully legally binding and holds up to any court review.
10:32Besides that, I also have you and Shen Jingshan for hiding assets proof.
10:35I grabbed the remote and opened the hall.
10:37On the big screen, the second cast clip popped up first was Shen Jingshan and Shen Che.
10:42WeChat chat logs full screenshots.
10:44Shen Che, move it.
10:45Transfer all the cash out of the account.
10:47Don't leave a cent.
10:47Don't let Zhang Yuning that kept man.
10:49Take a penny.
10:5040 days before the divorce.
10:52You two worked together to hype 3.8 million in marital assets.
10:55You even sold off the ones I paid for myself.
10:58A full set of gold collectibles.
10:59Trying to swallow up all my assets.
11:01Shen Che and Shen Jingshan were shaking uncontrollably.
11:04For our 10 years as husband and wife, and for Moomoo who's still so young, I didn't want to take
11:08it that far.
11:09I never wanted to humiliate you in public.
11:11If you're set on divorcing, I'll sign and let you have it.
11:14You demanded a split of assets, so I went by your fake reports and took what I was due, the
11:18bare minimum.
11:19But what about you?
11:20And then you threw a 60k a table victory banquet.
11:2360 full tables blew 3.6 million and told everyone I'm trash, made a huge show of it, then kicked
11:28me out.
11:28Even in the divorce agreement, you hid it.
11:31What I grew over 10 years in massive asset gains.
11:34After 10 years managing this family, I just have to let you push me around.
11:37Humiliate me in public and not get a shred of justice back.
11:41The relatives watching went into an uproar.
11:44In 10 years, he grew the Shen family fortune over 7x.
11:47Oh my god, that's not a kept man.
11:49He's a money god.
11:5060,000 a table.
11:52Putting on a show they can't afford.
11:54All pride, all pain.
11:55Shen Jingshan's legs gave out.
11:57Thud.
11:57He slumped onto the cold floor.
11:59Shen Jingshan bit his lower lip hard.
12:01In that silence mixed with uproar, a woman's figure burst from the crowd toward me, pointing at my face.
12:06Jiang Yuning!
12:07How dare you come here and cause a scene!
12:09I swear I'll kill you today!
12:11It was Su Tian Tian.
12:12She came dressed head to toe in designer.
12:14She'd planned to a Shen Jingshan's new girl debut at the divorce celebration banquet in grand style waiting to take
12:19over the Shen fortune and strike it rich.
12:21But then it all blew up in her face.
12:23She couldn't sit still.
12:25She had to jump in.
12:25Her eyes turned vicious.
12:27Fists clenched.
12:28She swung hard at my chest.
12:29But I leaned aside and dodged it with ease.
12:31She missed.
12:32She stumbled nearly falling.
12:33Su Tian Tian looked up at me.
12:34My eyes were cold, openly mocking her.
12:37Perfect timing.
12:38I was just looking for you.
12:40Su Tian Tian froze.
12:41Why are you looking for me?
12:42Shen Jingshan and I are truly in love.
12:44You stinking divorcee!
12:46Get out of here now!
12:47Stop being an eyesore!
12:48I let out a cold laugh.
12:50I raised my hand and hit the remote.
12:52This time the big screen showed Su Tian Tian.
12:54All her dirty secrets.
12:55Su Tian Tian is Li Kui Hua.
12:57No steady job, no real income.
12:59That heiress act was all fake hype.
13:01No home, no car, no savings.
13:02She owes 5 million.
13:03Even has a fraud record.
13:05What shocked everyone most was this.
13:07While faking it with Tian Tian and chasing Shen Shie,
13:09She flirted with 3 men on the side.
13:11She even spent Shen Shie's money like it was nothing.
13:14Then, a pre-edited, recording played aloud.
13:16Su Tian Tian spoke smugly with contempt.
13:19Her voice echoed through the hall.
13:20Shen Shie.
13:21His dad brainwashed him completely.
13:23He thinks I'm some rich heiress?
13:25Doing whatever I say.
13:26Once I scam his money I'll dump him fast.
13:28That old man Shen Jingshan is even easier.
13:31I just say a few sweet nothings,
13:33and butter him up,
13:34and he treats me like his real daughter.
13:35He'd hand over all the Shen money to me on a silver platter.
13:38The whole room erupted.
13:40Shen Shie was stunned.
13:41Shen Jingshan too nearly passed out.
13:43I reached out to steady Shen Jingshan,
13:45gave him a light tug,
13:46then let go.
13:46He dropped back onto the cold floor.
13:48Two weeks before the divorce,
13:50you claimed high returns on a construction project,
13:52to win Shen Shie's full trust,
13:53then stole the 5 million he'd secretly saved up.
13:55That money,
13:56along with the 5 million in massive debts,
13:58credit card fraud,
13:59private loans,
14:00all the evidence,
14:01I've documented it all down to every word,
14:03and filed it with the police in the court.
14:04The case has been filed,
14:06it's official.
14:06Su Tian Tian froze,
14:08all the color drained from her face,
14:09her knees went weak,
14:10she nearly dropped to her knees.
14:12She never saw it coming.
14:13In the Shen's home,
14:14bullied by father and son for 10 years,
14:16the meek Jiang Yuning had quietly set a deadly trap this big,
14:19and exposed all her dirty secrets for everyone to see.
14:21How dare you frame me?
14:23I'll kill you!
14:25She lunged like a mad beast,
14:26trying to destroy evidence,
14:28but before she got close,
14:29hotel security pinned her down.
14:31I just brought up what you did behind my back,
14:33all that crap,
14:33one by one,
14:34and laid it all out in the open.
14:36You played Shen Che like a fool,
14:37sucked up to Jing Shan,
14:38and ran off with 500k,
14:40didn't think.
14:41This day would come!
14:42Oh my god!
14:43This woman is just a total con artist!
14:47Exactly!
14:47She doesn't own a decent place to live,
14:49and she's drowning in debt.
14:52Shen Che!
14:52He must have lost his mind!
14:54He dumped Jiang Yuning,
14:55a capable ex-wife like her!
14:57What a total idiot!
14:58Well now look at that!
15:00Looks like they're headed to jail!
15:02Serves them right!
15:03Let's see how they face anyone now!
15:05The ones who were just all over Shen and his son
15:07trying to suck up to them
15:08have turned on them completely now.
15:10Su Tiantian, you lied to me!
15:12You actually lied to me!
15:14Su Tiantian got hit furious and shoved Shen Che away.
15:17Like I ever liked you!
15:18Your whole family's a bunch of idiots!
15:20That line completely shredded the Shen family's last shred of pride.
15:24I pulled out the fourth document
15:25and handed it to the hotel manager.
15:27Manager, this is a property preservation order.
15:31All assets in Shen Che's accounts have been frozen by court order.
15:34Today's banquet bill,
15:353.6 million,
15:37will be taken first from his frozen assets.
15:39I've already cleared the paperwork.
15:41Just follow the process.
15:43The manager finally relaxed at last
15:45and kept bowing and nodding at me.
15:47Yes Ms. Zhang,
15:48I'll arrange it now.
15:49Finance will handle it.
15:50The bill was settled.
15:51My gaze fell back on Shen Che and Shen Jingshan.
15:54Next,
15:54let's settle this.
15:56You deliberately hid a huge amount of assets
15:58to mislead on purpose
15:59and moved our marital property.
16:01I formally filed a lawsuit with the court.
16:03Second,
16:04Shen Jingshan sold off my personally purchased gold collection
16:07and must repay it in full.
16:09Third,
16:09you publicly spread lies about me.
16:12I will pursue it under the law
16:13for defamation.
16:14Issue a public apology
16:16and pay damages.
16:17I tilted my head.
16:18My gaze turned razor sharp,
16:20cutting to the side,
16:21already scared
16:22at the trembling Su Tian Tian.
16:24Fourth,
16:24Su Tian Tian.
16:25You hid your debts and criminal record.
16:27You scammed Shen Che out of 500,000.
16:30I've called the police
16:31before she finished.
16:33At the hotel entrance,
16:34two tall figures strode in.
16:36Two uniformed,
16:36stern-faced officers cut through the crowd
16:38and went straight to Su Tian Tian.
16:40They showed their IDs.
16:41We've confirmed that you're suspected of fraud.
16:44Please cooperate with our investigation.
16:46Before Su Tian Tian could react,
16:48the cold cuffs clicked shut,
16:49clamping tight around her wrist.
16:51Su Tian Tian froze.
16:52She was terrified.
16:53Her legs gave.
16:54She dropped to her knees.
16:55She kept kowtowing.
16:57I'm sorry.
16:58I was wrong.
17:00Shen Che, help me.
17:01Uncle Jingshan, help me.
17:02But right now,
17:03Shen Che and Jingshan were in trouble too.
17:05Shen Che went weak all over.
17:06He barely stayed up,
17:08gripping the desk.
17:09Shen Jingshan watched the cops
17:10drag Su Tian Tian away.
17:11Then he looked at the rock-solid proof.
17:13He couldn't take it.
17:14He dropped to his knees
17:15on the cold marble floor.
17:17Zhang Yuning, I was wrong.
17:19Please have mercy.
17:20Spare the Shen family.
17:22He sobbed his heart out.
17:23A total mess.
17:24Ten years and we're done.
17:26I've done all I could.
17:27Let the law decide.
17:28Whatever it is,
17:29that's all.
17:30I took out my phone and made a call.
17:32My voice softened.
17:33Mom's done.
17:34I'll pick you up now.
17:35A voice came through.
17:36It was my daughter, Mumu.
17:38Don't forget to bring me strawberry cake.
17:40That was mine.
17:41A new start for us.
17:42Behind me,
17:43Shen Che and Shen Jingshan
17:44lay sprawled on the cold floor.
17:46Zhu Yuzhen pushed through the crowd.
17:48Seeing what was happening,
17:49she froze.
17:50Shen Jingshan kept her in the dark.
17:51She only knew her son got a good divorce.
17:53She just knew to throw a party.
17:55But she had no idea
17:56her husband and son
17:57did so much dirty stuff.
17:58What the hell is going on?
18:00Ah, money!
18:01Zhang Yuning earned all of it!
18:02You moved the assets!
18:04Shen Jingshan sobbed,
18:05gasping for breath.
18:06Shen Che stared blankly at the floor.
18:07He thought back to ten years ago.
18:09When we first got married,
18:10I took such good care of him.
18:11Big things,
18:12small things,
18:13I never let him worry.
18:14He thought of the last ten years.
18:16I studied finance every day,
18:17tracked the market,
18:18up late doing asset plans.
18:20Also, this family could live better.
18:21But his dad
18:22talked him into it.
18:23He thought I was a loser,
18:24that I'd never make it big.
18:25He ignored all I did,
18:26just complained and nitpicked,
18:28and even sided with his dad
18:29to kick me out.
18:30Only today did he see it.
18:31What he lost wasn't a useless wife,
18:33but a woman who loved him,
18:34protected him,
18:35and gave him everything.
18:36We were wrong.
18:37Shen Che choked up.
18:38We were wrong.
18:39All of it.
18:39Shuyoshi let out a long sigh
18:41and sank into the chair.
18:42She couldn't say a word.
18:43She knew it.
18:44This family was done.
18:45I didn't leave right away.
18:46I stood off to the side
18:47and waited quietly.
18:49Court staff arrived.
18:50Ten minutes later,
18:51enforcement staff arrived at the hotel
18:53to Shen Che and Shen Jingshan,
18:54serve them asset liquidation notice,
18:56and repartition a court summons for the assets.
18:59The officer spoke,
19:00stern but impartial.
19:01At the request of
19:02Zhang Yuning,
19:03the court has placed under seal
19:05your homes and vehicles,
19:06bank accounts and investments,
19:07equity stakes,
19:08and all assets,
19:08and ordered seizure and freezes.
19:10Effective today,
19:11a court-appointed accounting firm
19:12will audit your marital assets
19:14for a full liquidation.
19:15Also,
19:15you are suspected of hiding marital assets.
19:18At trial,
19:18this court will rule by law
19:20and award you less or none.
19:21If you refuse to cooperate,
19:23you'll be held liable under the law.
19:24Every word hit like a sledgehammer,
19:26slamming into the Shen's hearts.
19:28Shen Jingshan stared at the court notice,
19:30finally lost all hope,
19:31and passed out.
19:33Shen Che rushed to catch his dad.
19:34He panicked,
19:35pinching his philtrum.
19:36But Shen Jingshan,
19:37his eyes stayed shut.
19:39No response at all.
19:40Seeing that,
19:41the guests got up and left.
19:42No one wanted to get dragged
19:43into the Shen family's mess.
19:45In just minutes,
19:46what was once buzzing,
19:47the banquet hall was suddenly empty,
19:48leaving a total mess behind,
19:50and the Shen family's disgrace.
19:51The ambulance arrived fast.
19:53They took the unconscious Shen Jingshan
19:54to the hospital.
19:55I spoke with court staff briefly
19:57about next steps
19:58and confirmed all was done.
19:59Then I left.
20:00Shen Yuan Grand Hotel sunlight
20:01poured over me,
20:02warm and bright.
20:03From now on,
20:04I don't have to watch Shen Jingshan.
20:06Tiptoe around
20:07to keep this so-called family peace.
20:08I drove to my daughter Mumu's preschool.
20:10Right now I feel so free,
20:12my eyes full of hope for the future.
20:13At the hospital,
20:14Shen Jingshan was revived,
20:15but the stress triggered
20:16HTN and stroke,
20:17leaving him partly paralyzed.
20:19Shen Che stayed by the bed.
20:20He watched his dad,
20:21still out cold.
20:22Then,
20:22and the lawsuit ahead,
20:23plus the asset split.
20:24He completely broke down.
20:26He lost his job over this.
20:27The scandal spread fast.
20:28His company fired him,
20:29my daughter Mumu.
20:30After what he and grandpa did,
20:32she kept drifting away.
20:33Whenever she'd cry for mom.
20:35Su Tian Tian was held for fraud,
20:36in criminal detention.
20:37Now she faces the full force of the law.
20:39A few days later,
20:40court was in session,
20:41to hear my and Shen Che's
20:42post-divorce property dispute case.
20:44In court,
20:44all the evidence I submitted
20:45was admitted by the court.
20:47The court rules,
20:47One,
20:48the original divorce deal
20:49is void on property division.
20:51Marital assets will be re-divided.
20:53Because Shen Che
20:53and Shen Jingshan
20:54maliciously moved assets
20:55and hid assets,
20:56they get only 15% of marital assets.
20:59I get the other 85%.
21:00When the verdict came down,
21:02Shen Che collapsed
21:03in the plaintiff's seat.
21:04Over 27 million in marital assets.
21:06In the end,
21:07they got just 200,000 plus
21:08minus compensation for sold assets,
21:10and emotional damages,
21:11fees they got less than 30,000.
21:13And their old place,
21:14a good school home,
21:15their luxury cars,
21:16their designer goods,
21:17all got auctioned off.
21:19What broke Shen Che
21:20even more was custody of Mumu.
21:21Because Shen Che has no steady job,
21:23no stable place to live,
21:24his father is gravely ill,
21:26and his home life is a mess,
21:27the court granted my request
21:28to transfer Mumu's custody to me,
21:30when the judge said,
21:31custody to Zhang Yuning.
21:33In that moment,
21:33Shen Che couldn't hold it in,
21:35he sobbed.
21:35After I got custody,
21:37and what was rightfully mine,
21:38I didn't ruin him.
21:39I left Shen Che a small resettlement house,
21:41enough for him and Shen Jingshan.
21:43Every month,
21:43I'd have Mumu video call Shen Che,
21:45so they stay close.
21:46Six months later,
21:47I moved with Mumu,
21:48to a city with gorgeous views on the coast.
21:50I got back into finance my old major,
21:53and started my own asset management studio.
21:55With 10 years experience,
21:56and a sharp eye,
21:57business took off.
21:59Mumu loved her new preschool,
22:00happy every day,
22:01and stayed by my side.
22:02On weekends,
22:03I'd take Mumu to fly kites by the sea,
22:05and give her all my love and time.
22:06Mumu never asked me again,
22:08will you leave me?
22:08Each night,
22:09she'd hug my neck,
22:10and say in her baby voice,
22:11I'm so happy with you.
22:13Every time I hear that,
22:14I feel like all the hurt before,
22:16and the struggle was worth it.
22:17I finally got out,
22:18that suffocating marriage.
22:19I became the me I always wanted to be.
22:21I gave my daughter a home full of love and security.
22:24Meanwhile,
22:24life for the Shen father and son had gotten so bad,
22:27they were worse off than sewer rats.
22:29At Shen Yuan Grand Hotel,
22:30after the farce ended,
22:32the Shen family fell into hell,
22:33and never recovered.
22:34She'd lived in luxury.
22:36Xu Yuxian,
22:36her whole life,
22:37couldn't take this hardship.
22:38She had to wash Shen Jingshan daily.
22:40If she looked away,
22:41Shen Jingshan would soil the bed in a mess.
22:43At first,
22:44Xu Yuxian held it in,
22:45but over time,
22:46the resentment kept building.
22:48It's all your fault,
22:49you old bastard!
22:50You just had to push our son to divorce,
22:52and throw some celebration banquet.
22:54Well, look at us now!
22:55I must be cursed to marry you!
22:57You stupid idiot!
22:59And you too,
23:00Shen Che,
23:00you're a brainless loser!
23:02Sticking with you,
23:02I can't even get a decent meal!
23:04Shen Che had it worse,
23:05life was hell for him.
23:07After he got fired,
23:08Shen Che looked for work everywhere.
23:09But no matter how many resumes he sent,
23:11once they checked his background,
23:13they turned him down on the spot.
23:14He couldn't land a real job.
23:16So Shen Che took odd jobs,
23:17food delivery,
23:18customers complained,
23:19his pay got docked,
23:20drove rideshare ran into an old acquaintance
23:22got mopped to his face.
23:23He blushed,
23:24he wished for a crack to crawl into.
23:26I hold bricks,
23:27all day long I could barely move.
23:29What I earned didn't cover
23:30Jingshan's meds not even close.
23:32Those who once clung to Shen and his son,
23:33calling him Mr. Shen,
23:35Gro Jingshan,
23:36friends and kin.
23:37Now when they see them,
23:38it's like seeing the plague.
23:40They can't dodge fast enough,
23:41forget lending money,
23:42they won't even take their calls.
23:44Once,
23:45Shen Che had nowhere to turn,
23:46so he went to his closest second aunt for a loan,
23:48but his aunt just bolted the door.
23:50Shen Che,
23:51don't come to me!
23:52We don't have money for you to waste!
23:54Just as the Shen family of three
23:56ran out of options
23:57and could barely survive,
23:58they heard from a distant relative about me.
24:00You guys haven't heard?
24:01Zhang Yuning's different now.
24:03She's a real powerhouse.
24:05She went to Bin Cheng
24:05and started a major investment firm,
24:08running billions in capital.
24:10That hit them like thunder.
24:12Shen Jingshan had been bedridden,
24:13barely hanging on.
24:15But when he heard that,
24:16his eyes lit up instantly.
24:18Find her!
24:19Get money!
24:20I knew!
24:21Shu Yuqing lit up,
24:22all fired up.
24:23She grabbed Shen Che.
24:24Zhang Yuning's loaded now!
24:26She can't just let us starve to death!
24:27Let's go to her!
24:28She has to pay us!
24:30Shen Che felt a flicker of hope too.
24:32The next day,
24:32they bought three
24:33hard-seat train tickets to Bin Cheng.
24:35Shen Jingshan was paralyzed.
24:37He ate,
24:37drank,
24:38peed,
24:38all on the train,
24:39stinking up the car,
24:40the whole way.
24:41The other passengers cursed them non-stop.
24:43Shen Che and Shu Yuqing kept their heads down.
24:45They didn't dare talk back.
24:47A bumpy ride.
24:48Finally,
24:48Bin Cheng,
24:49out of the station,
24:50they grabbed a cab,
24:51straight to Bin Cheng CBD,
24:52Yuning Capital HQ,
24:53down at a 58-story Class A office building.
24:56Shen Che wheeled Shen Jingshan.
24:58Shu Yuqing followed close
24:59and rushed inside,
25:00but at the entrance,
25:01security stops them.
25:02Who are you here for?
25:04Got an appointment?
25:04We're here to see Zhang Yuning.
25:06She's my ex-wife.
25:07The guards heard that
25:09and got it instantly.
25:10Zhang Yuning had warned them before.
25:12If any Shen showed up looking for her,
25:13they were not to let them in.
25:15The guards said coldly,
25:16Sorry,
25:17no appointment,
25:18no visitors.
25:18Please leave.
25:19I'm seeing family.
25:20Do I need an appointment?
25:21Please step aside.
25:23Don't stop me.
25:23As he spoke,
25:24he tried to force his way in.
25:26Two guards stepped up
25:27and stopped him.
25:28Sternly.
25:29Sir, please calm down.
25:30Otherwise, we'll call security.
25:32As they struggled at the door,
25:33my car was parked out front.
25:34I'd just met Liu Zeyan
25:36to talk business
25:36and got out of the car.
25:38Shen Che spotted me.
25:39He shoved past security
25:40and rushed over.
25:41Thud.
25:42He dropped to his knees.
25:43Yuning,
25:44I was wrong.
25:44Please forgive me.
25:46I shouldn't have listened to my dad.
25:48I never should have divorced you.
25:50For Mumu's sake,
25:51please forgive me this once.
25:52Xu Yuzhen rushed over too,
25:54crying for pity.
25:55Mom was wrong, okay?
25:56Be the bigger person.
25:58Don't stoop to our level.
25:59Shen Jing Shan sat in a wheelchair,
26:01put on a pathetic look.
26:02People passing by
26:03all stopped to watch,
26:04pointing and whispering.
26:05The Shen family of three
26:06knew I wouldn't want a scene
26:07outside my office,
26:08knelt and played the victim
26:09to make me cave.
26:10Once I give in and pay them,
26:12they get what they want.
26:13But they didn't expect.
26:14I looked at Shen Che,
26:15not a ripple on my face,
26:17not even a hint of hate,
26:18like I was looking at
26:19a total stranger.
26:20Shen Che,
26:21we're divorced.
26:22The court ruling,
26:23you remember right?
26:24Shen Che choked up.
26:26Yuning,
26:26hit me,
26:27yell at me,
26:27whatever,
26:28just don't abandon us.
26:30We really can't go on.
26:32We can't go on.
26:33How is that my problem?
26:34When you threw that banquet,
26:3560,000 a table,
26:36and blew 3.6 million,
26:38did it occur
26:38you'd end up like this?
26:40I left you a resettlement house.
26:41It'll keep you off the streets.
26:43You're perfectly capable,
26:44so get a job
26:45and earn money.
26:46Why come to my company
26:47and make a scene?
26:48My words cut like knives,
26:50stabbing Shen Che in the heart.
26:51The onlookers around them
26:52caught on right away.
26:53What's going on?
26:54A grown man.
26:55You've got two hands.
26:56Won't even work.
26:57Just trying to scam his ex.
26:59How pathetic.
27:00The chatter surged like a tide,
27:02flooding Shen Che's ears.
27:03When Xu Yuxin saw it wasn't working,
27:05she snapped instantly.
27:06She stood and pointed at me
27:08and shrieked insults.
27:10Mumu is ours!
27:11Shen's granddaughter!
27:12Your money belongs to the Shens too!
27:14Pay us today!
27:15I'm done arguing with them.
27:16I pulled out my phone
27:17and called the police.
27:19Hello?
27:19Is this 911?
27:20I need to report someone
27:21outside the CBD office harassment.
27:23I hung up.
27:24My eyes turned cold.
27:25One more thing.
27:27Let me remind you.
27:28The court ruled visitation once a month.
27:30Only one video call with Mumu.
27:32Try it again.
27:32Use Mumu to threaten me
27:34or go anywhere near Mumu
27:35and I'll go straight to court
27:36to end your visitation rights for good.
27:38That hit home.
27:39Right where it hurt.
27:40Shen Che's weak spot.
27:41Right now,
27:41the only leverage he has is Mumu.
27:43If you lose visitation rights,
27:44you'll have nothing left.
27:46Just then,
27:46a police car rolled up,
27:47sirens blaring,
27:48and stopped at the entrance.
27:50Two cops got out
27:50and walked over.
27:52What's going on?
27:52I pulled out my phone.
27:54I showed them Shen Che's video of the scene
27:55and the court ruling from before
27:57to the police.
27:58These three,
27:59my ex-husband and his parents,
28:01were divorced.
28:02The assets are already split.
28:03They came to outside my office
28:05and harass us.
28:06They're disrupting our business
28:07and verbally abusing me.
28:08The cops checked the evidence
28:09and got it right away.
28:10You three,
28:12come with us to the station.
28:13We're not causing trouble.
28:14We're here to see my ex-wife.
28:16She's already divorced you.
28:17She won't see you.
28:18Yet you went to block her
28:19outside her office.
28:20That's disturbing the peace.
28:22Leave now.
28:23The onlookers watched them
28:24get hauled off
28:24and applauded loudly.
28:26Serves you right.
28:26Trash like him.
28:28That's how you deal with it.
28:29Chang Yuning is badass.
28:30No mercy at all.
28:31I watched the squad car drive off.
28:33My face stayed blank.
28:34Then I turned and went inside.
28:36Chang Yuning,
28:36that family is just shameless.
28:39Want to add more security
28:40so they don't cause trouble again?
28:42I gave a faint nod.
28:43Set it up.
28:44Also,
28:45call the kindergarten,
28:46give them a heads up
28:47and boost security.
28:49Only me and those I authorize.
28:51No one can pick up Mumu.
28:52He knows the Shen family too well.
28:54They never quit until it's too late.
28:56Getting hauled off by cops
28:57won't stop them.
28:58Sure enough,
28:58just as he expected,
29:00Shen Che and his family
29:01at the station
29:01got a stern lecture
29:02were held and released.
29:03But they didn't back off.
29:04They only got more unhinged.
29:06They knew they couldn't
29:07get money from me.
29:08So they went after Mumu.
29:09Three afternoons later,
29:10at kindergarten pick up,
29:11Shen Che and Shu Yuuzhen
29:12sneaking around,
29:13hid by the school gate
29:14trying to take Mumu.
29:15Mumu followed the teacher
29:16to the gate
29:17and saw Shen Che right away.
29:19I don't want to see him, teacher.
29:21I want my mom.
29:22The teacher tensed up at once.
29:24She held Mumu tight.
29:25Who are you?
29:26Zhang Yuning was clear.
29:27No one but her
29:28can pick up Mumu.
29:29I'm her dad.
29:30It's my right to take my daughter.
29:32Two kindergarten security guards
29:33rushed over at once
29:34and stopped Shen Che and Shu Yuuzhen.
29:36As they were struggling,
29:37I drove over.
29:38I just got a call
29:39from Mumu's teacher
29:40saying Shen Che was outside
29:41trying to take her.
29:42I lost it.
29:43In my whole life,
29:44my one absolute line is Mumu.
29:45I rushed over.
29:46I pulled Mumu into my arms.
29:48I soothed her softly.
29:49My daughter crying nonstop.
29:51Then I turned.
29:52My gaze icy locked on Shen Che.
29:53Shen Che, are you crazy?
29:55You dare show up here
29:56trying to take her?
29:58You scared my daughter.
29:59Mumu is my daughter too.
30:00I'm taking her.
30:01What's wrong with that?
30:02Shen Che won't admit it.
30:03You won't let me see my daughter
30:04and you won't give us money.
30:07You're trying to drive us to death.
30:09I laughed.
30:09Back then in front of our kid,
30:11you bad mouthed me every day,
30:12filling her head with negativity.
30:14When we divorced,
30:15you wouldn't even pay child support.
30:16Now you show up at her preschool,
30:18scaring her,
30:19and try to take her away.
30:20I don't want to go with you.
30:21You're a bad man.
30:23My daughter's words cut like a knife,
30:25stabbing hard into Shen Che's heart.
30:26But right now,
30:27he was broke and desperate.
30:29He didn't care about any of it.
30:30He still tried to grab her.
30:31I grabbed Mumu and stepped back.
30:33I told security,
30:34stop them.
30:35I already called the cops.
30:36Soon,
30:37the cops came back.
30:38I pulled out proof
30:39Shen Che harassed me downstairs,
30:40and from today,
30:41at the daycare,
30:42trying to take her,
30:43the video he scared her,
30:44and the teacher's statement.
30:45I told the police
30:46to charge Shen Che for it.
30:48Meanwhile,
30:48she had her lawyer file with the court
30:50a petition to permanently revoke
30:51Shen Che's and Shen Jinshan's
30:53visits with Mumu.
30:54After reviewing the case,
30:55the court found Shen Che's actions
30:56had seriously harmed the child's well-being.
30:59And Shen Che had no steady job or housing.
31:01The court ruled Shen Che was permanently
31:03stripped of visitation with Mumu rights.
31:05With the ruling,
31:06in that moment,
31:07Shen Che broke down.
31:08His one last hope
31:09the only leverage over me
31:10was gone for good.
31:11After causing trouble repeatedly,
31:13Shen Che was detained again for 15 days.
31:15Yuzhen also joined in the trouble,
31:16so she was reprimanded,
31:18and got a record.
31:19When Shen Che got out of detention,
31:21the three of them
31:21couldn't stay in Bincheng anymore.
31:23With nowhere else to go,
31:24they had to buy train tickets again,
31:26and slunk back to their old hometown.
31:28This trip was a total humiliation,
31:30and they didn't get a dime,
31:31they lost it for good,
31:32visitation rights.
31:33With a record,
31:34for disorderly conduct,
31:35finding work got even harder.
31:37He couldn't even be a delivery guy,
31:38or ride-share driver.
31:40He could only take day jobs on sites,
31:42hauling cement,
31:42carrying rebar,
31:43working 10 plus hours a day.
31:45He was too beat to stand up straight.
31:46And he only made 100 or 200.
31:48That little money wasn't even enough
31:49for Shen Jinshan's meds.
31:51Meanwhile,
31:52Su Tiantian scammed Shen Che out of 500,000.
31:54After she was sent to prison,
31:56Su Tiantian didn't reform at all.
31:57She just chased a shorter sentence.
31:59She thought she was in prison
32:00because it was all me and Shen Che.
32:02For a shorter sentence,
32:03she came up with a nasty plan.
32:05Snitch for credit.
32:06She figured if she snitched on someone else's crimes,
32:08she'd get time off and get out sooner.
32:10But she had no clue
32:11what real criminal deeds look like.
32:13She thought it over,
32:14then started accusing people.
32:16First she reported it to a guard,
32:17saying Shen Che and her were in on the scam.
32:19After police got the tip,
32:21they quickly opened an investigation.
32:23This investigation,
32:25Shen Che already had a messy record,
32:26and now got dragged into a fraud case.
32:28In the end,
32:29they cleared it up.
32:30Shen Che was a victim too
32:31and wasn't in on the scam.
32:32But word got out,
32:33and it spread around town again.
32:35No one would hire him to begin with.
32:37Now everyone avoids him like the plague.
32:39The site foreman heard about it
32:40and fired him on the spot.
32:42He wouldn't even let him haul bricks anymore.
32:44Shen Che lost everything.
32:45No income.
32:45They were almost out of food,
32:47but Su Tian Tian still wouldn't quit.
32:49Framing Shen Che got her nowhere,
32:50so she came after me instead.
32:52She reported to the prison
32:53that all my assets were illegal.
32:55After the prison got the tip,
32:56it sent it straight to
32:57Bincheng police and financial regulators.
33:00Regulators moved fast
33:00and opened an inquiry into me.
33:02But when they checked,
33:03all my businesses were fully legal.
33:05When I found out,
33:06I didn't panic.
33:07I had my lawyer file a lawsuit in court,
33:09accusing Su Tian Tian of framing me.
33:11In the end,
33:12Su Tian Tian was convicted of framing
33:13and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
33:15The moment she got the verdict,
33:17Su Tian Tian completely broke down.
33:19She sobbed her heart out in court.
33:20When word reached Shen Che's ears,
33:22he was sheltering under a bridge.
33:24He slapped himself over and over.
33:26Backed into a corner,
33:27Shen Che egged on by someone else,
33:28started thinking about loan sharks.
33:30The guy who egged him on
33:31was a driver who used to do
33:32ride hailing with him named Old Joe.
33:34Old Joe told him,
33:35he had a friend who loan shark money,
33:37ID card only,
33:38and you get cash.
33:39Shen Che refused at first.
33:41He knew loan sharks were trouble.
33:42One's in no way out.
33:44But seeing him in bed,
33:45crying in pain,
33:46Shen Jing Shan needing meds,
33:47and fighting with him daily,
33:48he had no way out.
33:49So he borrowed some thirst.
33:51He went with Old Joe,
33:52and found the loan shark boss Tiger.
33:54Tiger knew I was worth over 100 million,
33:56and he had an idea at once.
33:58Without a word,
33:58he loaned Shen Che 200,000.
34:00Shen Che held the 200,000 in cash,
34:02his hands shaking,
34:03thinking he finally had a shot at a comeback.
34:05But he had no idea.
34:06He was already in Tiger's carefully laid trap.
34:08Tiger never expected him to pay up.
34:10He wanted my value.
34:11Even if Shen Che can't pay it back,
34:13they'll come make trouble for me,
34:14and I'll have to cover it for him.
34:16After Shen Che got the money,
34:17he bought meds for Shen Jing Shan,
34:19paid the rent,
34:19and with the rest,
34:20he put it all into,
34:21a so-called cross-border e-commerce project.
34:24Old Joe told him,
34:25this project can't lose.
34:26Put it in for three months,
34:27and it'll double.
34:28Shen Che didn't hesitate.
34:29He put in over 100K,
34:31every last cent.
34:32But then,
34:32in under a month,
34:33the project collapsed.
34:34This cross-border e-commerce,
34:36was just a pyramid scam.
34:37When Shen Che heard,
34:38right then,
34:39he passed out.
34:40When he came to,
34:41the three months were up.
34:42Tiger came with his men,
34:43and showed up at his door.
34:44200K principal plus interest compounded.
34:46In three months,
34:47it jumped to 400K.
34:48Shen Che,
34:49pay up.
34:51400,000.
34:52No money,
34:52I break your arm.
34:54Tiger,
34:54please give me a few days.
34:55I don't have it.
34:56Tiger lets out a cold laugh.
34:58No money?
34:59Put the house up as collateral.
35:01Otherwise,
35:02you're not leaving here alive.
35:03This resettlement house,
35:05is what I left for the two of them,
35:06and it's now their only place to live.
35:08When Xu Yuzhin heard that,
35:10she blew up instantly.
35:11She rushed out and yelled at Tiger.
35:13You wouldn't dare.
35:15This house isn't his.
35:16You can't touch it.
35:18A debt for a house is only fair.
35:20Tiger gestures.
35:22His men rush in.
35:23They trash the place.
35:24Shen Jing Shan lay in bed,
35:25staring at the thugs rushing in,
35:27trembling all over,
35:28mumbling incoherently.
35:29He couldn't catch his breath,
35:30and passed out again.
35:32The house was trashed.
35:33Tiger spat a threat.
35:34You have three days.
35:36Pay up or hand over the house.
35:38Otherwise I'll cripple you.
35:40With that,
35:40he left with his men.
35:41Xu Yuzhin stared at the mess all over the floor,
35:44at Shen Jing Shan passed out,
35:45at Shen Che on the ground,
35:47and lost all hope.
35:48That same day,
35:49Xu Yuzhin packed her things,
35:50left a divorce agreement,
35:52and ran home overnight.
35:53She was done with that hopeless father and son.
35:55The next day,
35:56Shen Che woke up,
35:57and saw Xu Yuzhin's divorce papers.
35:59Only he and the unconscious Shen Jing Shan were left.
36:01He broke down,
36:02mom ran off,
36:03the money's gone,
36:04and I owe 400k in loan shark debt.
36:06My only home is about to be gone too.
36:08He was out of options,
36:09so he had to swallow his pride again,
36:11and call me.
36:12But his number I'd blocked it long ago.
36:14The three day deadline was almost up.
36:16Tiger came with his men,
36:17and showed up again.
36:18This time,
36:19they came with a contract,
36:20forcing Shen Che to sign it over.
36:22Shen Che refused to sign.
36:23A few thugs pinned him down.
36:25They beat him senseless.
36:26His face was black and blue.
36:28They broke his arm.
36:29Just as they forced Shen Che to sign,
36:30a neighbor called cops.
36:32The cops arrived and took Tiger and his men.
36:34But the loan shark's money still had to be paid back.
36:37Shen Che was beaten black and blue.
36:38He lay on the cold floor,
36:40staring at Shen Jing Shan,
36:41out cold in bed,
36:42and lost all hope.
36:43He called 120.
36:44He took Shen Jing Shan to the ER.
36:46The doctor told him,
36:47Shen Jing Shan didn't make it.
36:48He died.
36:49With nowhere to go,
36:50Shen Che had to sneak off and leave the city,
36:52to work out of town.
36:53One day,
36:54at a site store,
36:55he saw me on TV.
36:56On TV,
36:57I looked calm and confident,
36:58speaking with ease.
36:59The host says,
37:00I now manage over 10 billion.
37:02To wrap up the interview,
37:03I smiled and said,
37:05my proudest moment in life is having a lovely daughter.
37:07The camera cut to muumuu,
37:09the girl wore a pretty princess dress running by the sea.
37:12Smiling Shen Che stared at the TV screen.
37:14Tears kept streaming down his face.
37:17After the Shen father and son fell apart,
37:19my life was finally peaceful.
37:20And then I met Lu Zeyn,
37:21gentle and steady.
37:22He respects me.
37:23He never pries into my past.
37:25He only cares for us.
37:26Life now,
37:27Lu Zeyn builds blocks with muumuu,
37:29tells stories.
37:30When I work late,
37:31he brings hot food.
37:32Muumuu really likes Uncle Lu.
37:33She often says in a baby voice,
37:35Uncle Lu is warm like the sun.
37:36I watched muumuu her bright smile,
37:38and him by my side.
37:39I finally let go of the old pain.
37:41After Tiger got out of prison,
37:42he kept tracking Shen Che.
37:43In just six months,
37:44he'd found out where he was hiding.
37:46That evening,
37:46Shen Che got off work,
37:47when five big men blocked the bunkhouse door.
37:50Tiger cigarette in mouth kicked it away,
37:52the bun in Shen Che's hand.
37:53You owe me 400k.
37:54With interest,
37:55it's 800k now.
37:56Pay it all today.
37:57Shen Che's legs went weak.
37:58He dropped to his knees,
38:00bowing non-stop.
38:01Tiger,
38:01I really don't have any money.
38:03Please give me a few more years.
38:04Tiger sneered.
38:05Beat him,
38:06until he pays up.
38:07Beaten and kicked,
38:08landing on Shen Che.
38:09The workers watched from afar.
38:10No one dared to step in.
38:12They all knew,
38:13you don't cross loan sharks.
38:14After a brutal beating,
38:15Shen Che was covered in bruises.
38:17Tiger crouched down,
38:18and grabbed his chin.
38:20Your ex-wife,
38:20Chang Yuning,
38:21she's a billionaire boss.
38:23Go beg her.
38:23She could spare a cent,
38:25and you'd be out of debt.
38:26Shen Che felt dead inside.
38:27He knew it.
38:28I've done enough for him.
38:29Not 800,000,
38:30not even one cent.
38:31I won't give him a dime.
38:32But he had no choice.
38:33Tiger threw him into the van.
38:35They hauled him back,
38:36to my coastal city,
38:37Bing Cheng.
38:38Tiger snarled.
38:39If you can't beg for the money today,
38:41I'll toss you in the sea to feed the fish.
38:44Then I'll hit the daycare,
38:45snatch your daughter,
38:46and make Zhang Yuning pay.
38:48That hit him hard.
38:49It crossed Shen Che's line.
38:50Even if it kills him,
38:51he won't let Momo get hurt.
38:53Not one bit.
38:54He struggled out of the van.
38:55Stumbling,
38:56he rushed to the entrance,
38:57but security stopped him.
38:59I've already ordered it.
39:00Anyone tied to Shen Che stays away.
39:02No exceptions.
39:03Shen Che drops to his knees.
39:04Facing the building,
39:05he keeps kowtowing,
39:06until his forehead bleeds.
39:08His voice is hoarse.
39:09I don't want to die.
39:11And I won't drag Momo into this.
39:13Passersby stopped to watch.
39:14They filmed on phones,
39:16pointing at him.
39:17Isn't that...
39:17the cheating ex?
39:18Back causing trouble?
39:19What a shameless jerk.
39:21Oh, his loan sharks.
39:22Still shaking down his ex.
39:23Words cut like knives,
39:25scurrying Shen Che.
39:26I was in my office.
39:27I saw it on the CCTV.
39:28My eyes went cold.
39:29I sent my assistant down.
39:30We're long since even.
39:31His debts aren't my problem.
39:33Threaten Momo again,
39:34and I'll have the cops take him
39:35and the loan sharks in together.
39:37The assistant took my message down.
39:39Tiger heard that,
39:39and kicked Shen Che.
39:40Can't even handle a woman?
39:41More and more people gathered.
39:43Someone pulled out a phone
39:44to call the cops.
39:45Tiger didn't dare stay.
39:46Cursing,
39:47he fled with his men.
39:48Shen Che stood alone on his knees.
39:50A total mess.
39:51The police car arrived fast.
39:52The officers recognized him.
39:54They booked him for,
39:55disturbing the peace,
39:56and detained him again.
39:57This time,
39:58Shen Che got 15 days.
39:59Back then,
40:00Shuyuzhen left Shen Che and Shen Jingshan,
40:02and ran back to her family,
40:03set on finding a rich man to remarry,
40:05to escape her hard life.
40:07She used her looks all dolled up on purpose,
40:09to marry a widowed small-time boss.
40:11She thought she could live in luxury again.
40:13She catered to her new husband,
40:14but she was lazy and greedy,
40:16sharp-tongued to the core,
40:17and it showed fast.
40:19She looked down on him,
40:20too old and stashed cash.
40:21In under a year,
40:22her new husband found she was moving assets,
40:25and threw her out,
40:26then divorced her.
40:27Even her brother and sister-in-law shunned her.
40:29They wouldn't let her in.
40:31She had no choice but to live on the streets.
40:33Dumpster diving,
40:34begging for food,
40:35living under a bridge.
40:36She'd sometimes see me in the news.
40:37With Mumu,
40:38living happily,
40:39and go insane with envy.
40:40She even thought of asking me for money.
40:42But whenever she got near my company,
40:44or Mumu's preschool,
40:45security ran her off.
40:46She couldn't even see me.
40:48She used to look down on everyone,
40:49my ex-mother-in-law who always boughed me around.
40:51Now she's a filthy, disheveled mess,
40:53a beggar everyone shuns.
40:55She walked the streets.
40:56Someone she knew spotted her.
40:58She got mocked non-stop and sneered at,
41:00with none of her old arrogance left.
41:02And Shen Jingshan died after failed resuscitation.
41:04Shen Che was out on the streets,
41:06and Xu Yuxian didn't care.
41:07No one even held a funeral.
41:09The hospital couldn't reach family,
41:10so he was treated as unclaimed.
41:12Cremated in a hurry,
41:13his ashes were dunked in a public cemetery,
41:15without even a headstone.
41:16Once a high-flying family,
41:18the shuns now they're the city's biggest joke.
41:20No one ever mentioned the shuns again.
41:22Xu Tian Tian in prison still stirring trouble.
41:24She refused to rot in prison.
41:25She wrote every angle,
41:27pulling strings,
41:28to cut her time.
41:29She heard my business was booming,
41:30so she got nasty again.
41:32She teamed up with other inmates,
41:33and framed me for illegal fundraising,
41:35tax evasion,
41:36and fake money laundering proof,
41:37reporting it to prison staff,
41:39and financial regulators,
41:40under her real name.
41:41She thought she'd drag me down for sure,
41:43and earn time off her sentence.
41:45But she didn't know.
41:46My union capital,
41:47every account is clean and compliant.
41:49Every dollar is under strict oversight.
41:50Tax legal risk controls are solid,
41:52so she had nothing to pin on me.
41:54Once financial regulators got the report,
41:56they launched a full probe at once.
41:58A full month of deep audits,
42:00the results showed union capital was fully compliant.
42:02Every allegation was fabricated,
42:04and Xu Tian Tian's malicious false report was proven beyond doubt.
42:07The court ruled at last.
42:08Xu Tian Tian is guilty of false accusation.
42:11Ten more years added to her sentence.
42:13Total prison term,
42:1324 years.
42:14The moment she got the verdict,
42:16Xu Tian Tian broke down completely.
42:17She sobbed and opened court.
42:19She thrashed wildly,
42:20but the bailiffs held her down.
42:21She finally got it.
42:23Every vicious scheme she'd plotted,
42:24came back to bite her in the end.
42:26She'd spent her life behind bars,
42:28no way out,
42:28in prison.
42:29The other inmates shunned her,
42:30bullied.
42:31She did the hardest labor,
42:32ate the worst food,
42:34living in fear and regret all day.
42:35As the Shenzor fell to a tragic end,
42:37I had a lawyer paying ten times market,
42:39buy out the Shenz,
42:40their old estate that house.
42:42In my ten year marriage,
42:43I suffered a lot,
42:44every corner,
42:44held traces of pain and misery.
42:46After I bought it,
42:47I ordered it all torn down.
42:49The excavator rolled in,
42:50with a loud crash.
42:51That house held all my darkest memories,
42:53and fell to rubble.
42:54Neighbors gathered to watch.
42:55Should have been torn down long ago.
42:57The Shenz have done plenty of evil.
42:59This house has been cursed for ages.
43:01On demolition day,
43:02I stood at a distance with Mumu.
43:04Mumu held onto my arm,
43:05and asked curiously,
43:07Mom, what's this place going to be?
43:09I smiled and stroked my girl's head.
43:11This will become Mumu Charity Garden,
43:12for kids to plant flowers,
43:14play, read, and draw.
43:15In just three months,
43:16I put in 80 million.
43:17On the old site of Shen family old residence,
43:19I built named after Mumu,
43:21a premium kids' charity garden.
43:22On opening day,
43:23officials cut the ribbon in person,
43:25the media rushed to cover it.
43:26The news spread all over town,
43:28it even trended.
43:29Everyone knew it.
43:30The once arrogant Shen family old residence,
43:32got torn down by his ex-wife,
43:34and turned into a charity garden for kids.
43:36But the Shen family didn't even deserve to come back and look.
43:38From now on,
43:39there's no Shen family old residence,
43:41only Mumu Charity Garden.
43:43At that banquet,
43:44you mocked me,
43:44backing the Shens,
43:45called me a freeloader,
43:46a bunch of losers.
43:48When they heard I was a billionaire boss,
43:50they came with gifts,
43:51rushed to Bin Cheng,
43:52blocked my office,
43:53crying and begging.
43:54Second aunt,
43:55cousin uncle,
43:56my aunt and the rest knelt outside,
43:58begging my pardon,
43:59begging me for a loan.
44:00I stood behind the window,
44:02and watched coldly.
44:03I had security kick them all out,
44:05and I ordered,
44:05every local firm I invest in or work with
44:08to never hire those relatives
44:10and never do any business with them.
44:11After his administrative detention,
44:13Shen Che was kicked out of Bin Cheng.
44:15He was back on the streets.
44:17Years of hard labor,
44:18beatings and mental torture,
44:19left him completely broken.
44:21He developed severe lung disease,
44:23stomach issues,
44:24rheumatism,
44:24sick all over.
44:25He could barely walk,
44:26no shady site would hire him again.
44:28He could only beg on the streets,
44:30barely hanging on.
44:31Shen Che was shivering with cold,
44:33curled up in a subway corner,
44:34coughing non-stop.
44:35His phlegm was streaked with blood,
44:37he knew he was dying.
44:38On his deathbed,
44:39he used his last strength,
44:40and pulled out an old flip phone
44:42trying to call me,
44:43but his number I'd blocked it
44:44countless times,
44:45so it never went through.
44:46He tried to text Mumu again,
44:47his fingers shook,
44:48couldn't type a word.
44:50He remembered Mumu as a kid
44:51clinging to his leg,
44:52calling him dad.
44:53He remembered all I did for this family.
44:55He remembered the Shens,
44:56all their insults and schemes.
44:57Tears slid down silently.
44:59You named that.
45:00I'm sorry.
45:02Mumu.
45:02I'm sorry Mumu.
45:03I was wrong.
45:04I was really wrong.
45:05The next morning,
45:06a cleaner at the subway station
45:07found Shen Che's body,
45:09curled up in a corner,
45:10long dead,
45:11tears still dried on his face,
45:12and it was treated as unclaimed.
45:14Once so arrogant and wild,
45:16the spoiled young master
45:17of the Shen family
45:17met the most tragic end,
45:19dying alone,
45:20unnoticed,
45:21word of Shen Che's death.
45:22I only found out a week later
45:23from the police.
45:24I felt nothing.
45:25I just nodded.
45:26Lu Zayun took my hand.
45:27It's all over.
45:28No one will ever bother us again.
45:30I looked over at Mumu,
45:31drawing beside me.
45:32Her eyes crinkled as she smiled.
45:34I nod softly.
45:35I feel at peace.
45:36Yes,
45:37it's all over.
45:37One sunny weekend,
45:39Lu Zayun proposed by the sea.
45:40To me,
45:41no big spectacle.
45:41Just him,
45:42me,
45:42and Mumu.
45:43He drops to one knee.
45:44You Ning.
45:45I want to be your husband,
45:47and Mumu's dad,
45:48for the rest of my life,
45:49to protect you both.
45:50Will you marry me?
45:51Mumu stood beside me,
45:52holding my hand.
45:53Please say yes to Uncle Lu.
45:55I want Uncle Lu to be my dad.
45:58I looked at Lu Zayun.
45:59His eyes were so sincere.
46:00Then at my girl's hopeful eyes,
46:02I smiled through tears.
46:03I nodded,
46:04and said,
46:04I do.
46:05We kept the wedding low-key.
46:06Only close family and friends came,
46:08and a few close partners.
46:09No extravagance,
46:10just warm and happy.
46:11Life after marriage was sweet,
46:13and steady.
46:14Lu Zayun never made me quit,
46:15just because we got married,
46:16and stay home.
46:17He supported my work even more,
46:19and took on chores at home,
46:20reading and playing with Mumu.
46:21Mumu grew up happy,
46:23surrounded by love,
46:24and thrived.
46:25She became a sweet,
46:25brave little girl.
46:26My company kept growing.
46:28I stopped working myself to death.
46:29Instead,
46:30I spent more time with my family.
46:31I do what I love.
46:32I have a partner who loves me,
46:34who protects me,
46:35and my precious daughter.
46:36My life is complete.
46:37Sometimes I think back on 10 years of marriage,
46:39the hurt and the heartbreak,
46:41but it's long since faded away.
46:42All of that made me stronger,
46:44clearer,
46:45more grateful for the right people and life.
46:47The sun is perfect,
46:48the breeze is gentle.
46:49I held Mumu's hand walking along the beach.
46:51Lu Zayun walked behind us,
46:53smiling softly,
46:54raves gently lapped the shore.
46:55Mumu's laughter rang clear and sweet.
46:57This is what I deserve,
46:59the best ending.
47:12I love you.
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