After the divorce, the CEO knelt down every night begging for remarriage.

Li Tingze stopped, his face grim.

This was the first time she had rejected him in matters of the heart, and Li Tingze's inner rage completely erupted.

"Lin Zhi, I think you need to be taught a lesson."

The next second, Li Tingze seized her lips, kissed her fiercely, and pulled down his zipper...

Lin Zhi reacted by raising her foot and kicking him in that area.

Li Tingze endured it, veins bulging on his forehead, his evil fire completely extinguished.

He never expected that his docile and obedient cat, which he had raised for five years, would also bare its sharp claws at him.

Staring into her dull eyes, he asked, "If you leave me and the Li family, how will you live? In this vast Beijing, where is your home? Back then, you were a stray cat abandoned by your own father. If it weren't for your grandfather's kindness, you and your mother would still be sleeping on the streets in some filthy place. Only five years have passed, and you've already forgotten the scars?"

These words caused Lin Zhi's body to tremble slightly.

The tragic and heartbreaking experience of that year was like a branding iron, deeply etched into her heart.

Even now, when she talks about what happened back then, her heart still aches so much that she can hardly breathe.

In her youth, Lin Wanxin was born into a wealthy family and lived a life of luxury and pampering. However, she fell in love with Wen Rongbin, a man from a poor background who worked as a security guard at the Lin residence. Obsessed with love, she disregarded everything, even risking the lives of her entire family, and insisted on marrying Wen Rongbin.

Knowing that Wen Rongbin was after the Lin family's enormous assets, she remained immersed in her own dream of happiness, watching helplessly as the Lin family was gradually devoured by Wen Rongbin.

It wasn't until Wen Rongbin drained the mother and daughter dry and threw them away like garbage that she woke up from the nightmare and went insane.

If it weren't for Grandpa Li's intervention back then, she and Lin Wanxin would probably have starved to death on the streets long ago.

If she hadn't heard about the liver transplant at the hospital, perhaps she would have done what Lin Wanxin said: swallow her anger, compromise, and willingly become a caged bird without freedom for the rest of her life.

Now, she is tired, her heart is dead, and she doesn't want to bury the rest of her life with her own hands.

She took off her wedding ring from her ring finger and placed it next to Li Tingze, saying expressionlessly, "As long as I can leave you and leave the Li family, I can endure even begging."

Li Tingze saw her determination, and his anger flared up: "Lin Zhi, you can be willful, but without me, can your mother, who never lifts a finger, endure the hardship?"

"I will find a way to solve these problems myself."

"What will you use to solve this?"

Lin Zhi remained silent.

Li Tingze's patience was running out. He handed her the wedding ring and said, "Put the ring on and come home with me now. You're still Mrs. Li."

Lin Zhi stared at the ring until her eyes stung, then resolutely got out of the car and left.

His eagle eyes were fixed on her back, his long, slender fingers gripping the wedding ring tightly.

……

Twenty minutes later.

Lin Zhi received a call from the sanatorium informing her that the fees had been stopped and that she had to pick up Lin Wanxin from the hospital today to free up a bed.

She suddenly felt a chill run through her body.

She secretly rejoiced that she hadn't bowed down or compromised with Li Tingze.

He was always cold and indifferent to her.

When Lin Zhi rushed to the sanatorium, Lin Wanxin's tone was not good: "Zhi'er, did you have another fight with Aze? It's normal for men to be busy with work and career and not take care of their families. It's inevitable that they will have affairs. As a wife, you should be more understanding and tolerant, and just turn a blind eye to everything. Instead of making a fuss every other day and causing unrest at home..."

"Mom, I'm not arguing with him."

Seeing Lin Zhi packing her things with a suitcase, Lin Wanxin stepped forward to stop her, saying, "If you hadn't made a scene, why would he have stopped paying my medical bills?"

Lin Zhi paused for a few seconds, then whispered, "I want to divorce him."

Lin Wanxin was stunned.

After a long pause, she finally snapped, "The Li family has treated us well all these years. If it weren't for Aze, I wouldn't be alive today. How could you... Sigh! Have you ever thought about what we'll do after the divorce?"

Lin Zhi continued packing her things.

After tidying up, she spoke softly, "I plan to sell the jewelry set my grandfather gave me. That money will be enough to cover your medical expenses for the next few years, and then we can rent a cheap place to live. I'll then look for a job to support myself. But..."

Lin Zhi's eyes reddened as she looked at Lin Wanxin and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Lin Wanxin recalled her past and felt a pang of sadness. She didn't dare to offer any more advice, but she still hoped that there was room for reconciliation regarding the divorce.

After leaving the sanatorium, Lin Zhi asked an agent to find a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment in an urban village.

Although Lin Wanxin felt uncomfortable, she didn't dare to say a single bad word.

Lin Zhi, on the other hand, was quite enjoying herself. Compared to the huge mansion, she preferred the small rental apartment.

Only here did she feel like her true self.

Even the air we breathe is filled with freedom.

After settling in, Lin Zhi went to the bank safe deposit box to retrieve the jewelry and took it home. She then took photos of the jewelry and put them up for sale on a second-hand website.

Within half a day of listing it, a number of buyers began to inquire.

The vast majority of buyers immediately offered to cut the price in half, and there were even some oddball buyers who wanted to buy it for free.

At the same time, she also went to job search websites, but the companies that invited her for interviews all shook their heads and refused when they heard that she had not worked for five years.

Even when she applied for jobs as a cashier or stock clerk at a supermarket, they rejected her, fearing she wouldn't be able to handle the hardship.

Several days of setbacks dampened Lin Zhi's initial enthusiasm.

……

Inside the president's office of the Li Group.

Li Tingze stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, dialing Lin Zhi's cell phone number, only to hear a cold, mechanical voice indicating that the number had been cancelled. His hawk-like eyes stared coldly at the divorce agreement on the desk, his face instantly turning icy.

Lin Zhi is really something now; she directly mailed him a divorce agreement stating that he would leave with nothing.

She not only didn't want the position of Mrs. Li, but she didn't even want a single penny.

She had truly made up her mind to divorce him.

He spoke coldly, his face grim: "What has your wife been doing these past few days?"

The assistant standing nearby quickly said, "A few days ago, the bank called and said that my wife took a set of jewelry from the safe and put it up for sale on a second-hand website. There were quite a few inquiries, but basically no buyers. Our supplier also called and said that my wife went for an interview for a basic position at their company, but because of her distinguished status, they didn't dare to hire her."

Li Tingze clenched his jaw, his hawk-like eyes darkening slightly, and he guessed why Lin Zhi was selling jewelry.

He smirked and said casually, "Find a reliable person, cut the price by thirty percent, and pay in installments over three years."

"Mr. Li, this isn't appropriate, after all, she's the Madam..."

Before the assistant could finish speaking, he received a cold glare from Li Tingze, which startled him so much that he immediately left the office to get things done.