I recently saw a long post by Ma Rong. She said that nearly nine years after her divorce, her bank card now only has four digits left. She moved from a luxury mansion to a rundown old apartment, and even lacked the courage to attend her children’s parent-teacher meetings. Judging from the transfer records and life photos she posted, it’s truly a fall from heaven to hell—where even ordering takeout requires squeezing together enough to qualify for a discount.

In her post, she admitted that back then she was too young and misjudged people. She also said that after Song Zhe was released from prison, they had only met once, and that person simply never wanted to look back. What’s most heartbreaking is that she also can’t get back to Wang Baoqiang’s side anymore.

Speaking of Wang Baoqiang, this guy has truly staged a decisive comeback over these years. From the fool who was cuckolded back then, he is now a major celebrity spanning film, television, and variety shows. The box office of his directorial film, *In the Octagon*, directly surpassed 2.2 billion, and his reputation has kept bouncing back as well. Standing by him now is Feng Qing, a Stanford graduate—his life trajectory is completely different.

Looking back at Ma Rong on this side, she indeed overestimated herself back then. A woman with an ordinary look and not much fame—she only gained a bit of recognition because of Wang Baoqiang. But in the end, she ended up looking down on her husband, who was from the countryside. She spent his money while secretly trying to seduce the assistant. What’s truly painful is that she thought Song Zhe was drawn in by her looks. She didn’t realize that he just wanted to climb higher. Once she lost the status label of Wang Baoqiang, she was immediately left behind.

Some people say this is because Ma Rong’s family was too forceful. When her daughter was found cheating, it wasn’t about education or admitting mistakes—she kept fighting back to the end and bullied honest people. The Wang family originally still had room to ease things for the sake of the child, but they were pushed, step by step, onto a path from which there’s no return. With such a great hand, it was really played into ruin.

To be honest, Ma Rong was at fault, but her mother also definitely wasn’t a nice person. How many family tragedies are destroyed at the hands of the mother-in-law.