This meeting, which Mr. Li had worked so hard to facilitate, ended unexpectedly cold. Chen Ke left first. After seeing him off, Mr. Li returned to the private room and complained to Zhou Jingmo, "You were the one who insisted on meeting me. Why are you so cold now that we've met?"

Zhou Jingmo made up an excuse of feeling unwell and pulled Gu Yanning away.

From the elevator to getting in the car, no one spoke a word between the two of them.

When the car arrived in Central, it was extremely congested. Zhou Jingmo had been drinking, his head was dizzy, his stomach was burning, and more importantly, he was furious. He looked at the long line of car taillights in front of him that seemed to have no end, and cursed the driver irritably.

Gu Yanning said, "You have a temper, but you don't have to take it out on him."

Her tone was flat and calm, and she saw through him in her words, making him look ridiculous.

Zhou Jingmo's anger suddenly flared up: "He's always against me! After seeing him today, I finally know why. He did it on purpose, on purpose!"

"Why didn't you dare look at him while eating? Huh? Are you feeling guilty? Are you hiding something?"

Gu Yanning slowly turned her head and stared at him. She looked at him for a long time, as if she didn't know him.

"You're so disrespectful to me."

She asked the driver to pull over and instructed: "Send him to Ye Sirou, I don't want to see him."

She slammed the car door shut, grabbed her bag, and walked forward angrily in her high heels. Zhou Jingmo stared at her back for a while, his anger still lingering. "Let her go!"

The next day, Hong Kong media reported that the wealthy couple was in discord, the wife was kicked out of the car late at night, and the husband had a secret meeting with his mistress.

The Hong Kong media's wording has always been sharp. When Zhou Jingmo saw this, he got very angry again.

Ye Sirou stood aside with her arms folded, quietly waiting for him to finish his rage before saying, "These news stories don't have any impact on you right now. This isn't the first time we've been photographed. It's just an open secret. Why are you getting so angry?"

She threw the iPad at him and said, "Look carefully. Netizens won't criticize you because it's normal for men to be romantic, but it's unforgivable for a woman to destroy someone else's marriage. My ancestors are about to crawl out of their graves because of the scolding!"

The comments on the screen were disgusting. Zhou Jingmo wiped his face tiredly and said, "I'm sorry. I will arrange for someone to deal with it immediately."

Ye Sirou was relentless: "Covering your mouth means nothing happened? I'm the third party, isn't that the truth?"

Her temper flared up: "Divorce Gu Yanning."

"You said it was your marriage agreement, and she was just my shield. Now you have the final say in the Zhou family, you don't need her anymore, and our relationship has been exposed. Why don't you divorce me?"

Ye Sirou was so upset that she could almost turn the world upside down. She cried and said how difficult it was for her to bear the label of "mistress" all these years, and questioned whether the promises Zhou Jingmo had made to her were no longer valid.

"Could it be that you like Gu Yanning? Can't bear to let her go?"

Zhou Jingmo was stabbed and exhausted both physically and mentally. He flew back to Beijing overnight on the pretext of business.

Ye Sirou, however, called him every day crying like a ghost, saying that if he didn't divorce Gu Yanning, she would break up with him, completely and never look back.

"I'll post on Weibo right now. I swear on my ancestors! If I ever come back to you, I'll die a miserable death!"

Zhou Jingmo was so exhausted that his eyes were about to fall to the ground. After the unpleasant parting that night, Gu Yanning stayed in Gangcheng and didn't come back. There was not even a phone call or message from her, and he didn't have the energy to care.

She has always been sensible, unlike Ye Sirou who is so arrogant and unreasonable.

It was not until half a month later that a divorce agreement signed by her was mailed to him.

Zhou Jingmo flew to Gangcheng and asked her why.

Gu Yanning sat calmly at the other end of the long table, the warm light shining on the white plate. She concentrated on cutting the steak, as if she was cutting this already deformed marriage.

She said, "You don't need a shield anymore."

"Our agreement can be terminated."

Ye Sirou had said the same thing, and Zhou Jingmo immediately realized: "Sirou came to see you?"

Gu Yanning shook her head.

Zhou Jingmo didn't believe it. Before he could say anything else, he heard Gu Yanning say, "She committed suicide. You were not in Gangcheng, so the doctor called me."

Zhou Jingmo was completely stunned. "Suicide?"

"She swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills and had her stomach washed last night. I stayed with her all night, and her condition is now stable."

She knew that the divorce agreement she had sent to him would definitely be gone, so she took out another one she had prepared, walked to his side, and placed the document on his right hand side.

"Sign it."

Zhou Jingmo picked up the pen, but did not move for a long time.

Gu Yanning said, "I only want what's in our agreement. Apart from the shares in the Gu family that you've acquired over the years, I don't want anything else."

"It's a pleasant cooperation and we part ways amicably."

"no……"

Zhou Jingmo stood up excitedly. He wanted to say that it was not entirely a cooperation, he couldn't bear to leave her, but the moment he looked into her eyes, he couldn't say anything.

Gu Yanning's eyes were filled with tears, and there was deep disappointment and fatigue in her eyes.

She said, “What is it not?”

"Can you break up with Ye Sirou and make our marriage real?"

"Can you learn to truly respect me instead of linking Chen Ke to me inappropriately as soon as you see him? After arguing with me, you left me here for half a month, waiting for me to take the initiative to show you your affection?"

Zhou Jingmo had no way to refute and could only say sorry.

"I'm not sorry," Gu Yanning said. "It's written in black and white. We signed the agreement."

Tears streamed down her cheeks. "Even if Chen Ke targeted you because he couldn't let me go, I'm not wrong. Just like I had delusions about you beyond the transaction, it's not your fault either."

"Zhou Jingmo, let's stop here."

The light above his head was a warm amber color, but Zhou Jingmo felt cold all over.

He looked down at the divorce agreement. Every word was exactly like the agreement they signed three years ago, written in black and white, clear and distinct.

The column for property division is as short as two lines.

That year she came to Zhou's house alone to see him, and she said, I would be a smart teammate.

I don't want anything, I just want everything from Gu Shaolian.

She kept her promise.

The paper was held in Zhou Jingmo's hand, wrinkled and then completely crushed into a ball.

He said, "I am sorry for you."

"I will give you everything that belongs to Mrs. Gu."

He staggered out, "I'll draft a new divorce agreement."

After he left, Gu Yanning sat back in her seat, took out a small mirror from her bag, and wiped away her tears. Her makeup was still perfect, worthy of being the waterproof makeup that Ye Sirou had specially applied for her.

She turned her head to look at the floor-to-ceiling window. In the dense crowd in Central, all kinds of people were hurrying around. She saw Zhou Jingmo getting into the car downstairs. His steps were messy, and it seemed that he had not yet recovered from his grief.

She beckoned the waiter over and pointed to the violinist in the hall.

"Let her play a happy song."

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