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

A week later.

Lin Zhi failed her job interview again. On her way home by subway, she received an inquiry from a buyer. The jewelry was worth five million, but the buyer was only willing to pay three million and said they would pay in installments.

She didn't want to sell it at first, but when she thought about Lin Wanxin going to the hospital for a new round of drug treatment the next day, she gritted her teeth and sold the jewelry at a low price.

After the transaction was completed, looking at the extra million in his card, he frowned and felt heavy-hearted.

Lin Wanxin's monthly medication costs over 100,000 yuan, and the total cost for the year is nearly 2 million yuan. Originally, she planned to sell her jewelry for 5 million yuan to support her for two or three years. However, plans can't keep up with changes, and reality has made her realize how cruel life can be.

There's no turning back now that the arrow has been released; she won't back down, much less go back to beg Li Tingze for help.

She meant nothing to him.

After calming herself down, Lin Zhi returned to her rented room.

Lin Wanxin was standing in the kitchen cooking vegetable noodles when she saw Lin Zhi return and hurriedly asked, "How did the interview go?"

Lin Zhi helped serve the noodles, then shook her head.

She thought Lin Wanxin would persuade her to go back to Li Tingze.

But Lin Wanxin just sighed inwardly and comforted herself, "Eat the noodles first. There are so many jobs out there, you'll find a suitable one eventually."

Lin Zhi didn't say much and silently ate her noodles.

She knew very well that no matter how difficult life was, she had to grit her teeth and keep going.

Since she couldn't find a regular job for the time being, she couldn't just stay idle. She joined several part-time job groups through recruitment apps and quickly grabbed a job as a receptionist and flyer distributor at the convention center, earning 300 yuan a day for seven days. Standing for six or seven hours every day, her feet were already blistered and swollen. Although it was much harder than being a rich lady, Lin Zhi felt happier than ever before when she received the money.

After receiving her first paycheck, Lin Zhi went to the supermarket to buy groceries and also bought walnut shortbread, Lin Wanxin's favorite treat.

When paying the bill, the electronic screen played a video showing Li Tingze turning down an invitation to the Beijing Outstanding Youth Awards Ceremony to spend his anniversary with the mysterious goddess, booking the entire riverside and putting on a two-hour fireworks show for her.

Although the mysterious goddess was deliberately blurred in the picture, Lin Zhi could recognize her as Su Nianqing at a glance.

She thought to herself, "A two-hour fireworks display must cost at least several million, right?"

Li Tingze is really willing to spend money to make his beloved smile.

In the five years since she married Li Tingze, he has been quite generous and has never made her worry about money, but he has never cared for her as much as he has for Su Nianqing.

Lin Zhi stood frozen in place, her gaze fixed on the dazzling fireworks on the screen.

The light in his eyes dimmed inch by inch.

The landlady's urging for payment pulled her back to reality. After hurriedly paying, she staggered toward her rented room.

……

The next round of interviews ended, and the response was still a rejection.

Having been rejected so many times, Lin Zhi had long since become numb.

She had no time for sentimentality; she immediately changed into her uniform and headed to the most upscale bar in northern Beijing to work part-time as a designated driver.

People who frequent such places are either rich or powerful, and they spend lavishly. If they make a couple of trips in one night, they can earn thousands of yuan.

If you work hard, earning 20,000 to 30,000 a month is not a problem.

This solved her immediate problem.

Today's client was a middle-aged man with a big belly who drove a Maybach.

As soon as Lin Zhi sat in the driver's seat, the other person, emboldened by alcohol, gave her an unfriendly look from head to toe and made some explicit remarks in a flirtatious tone.

Lin Zhi ignored him and focused on driving.

Seeing that Lin Zhi didn't react, the man loosened his tie and said contemptuously, "Beautiful lady, it must be hard working as a designated driver so late at night. As long as you're willing to lower yourself and come with me, I'll give you anything, whether it's designer bags or luxury cars, as long as I'm happy."

Lin Zhi simply smiled, showing no anger; her heart was as calm as still water.

Having encountered this type of customer so many times, I naturally don't take it seriously.

Seeing that Lin Zhi was unmoved, the man's face darkened instantly. As the car entered the villa area and was about to reach its destination, he reached out his thick, short hand towards Lin Zhi's leg.

In a moment of panic, Lin Zhi turned the steering wheel and made an emergency right turn.

Before the man could even touch her, she was slammed against the car door, and with a creak, the car bumped into a nearby tree.

Lin Zhi's heart sank instantly.

I'm afraid I'll not only have to work for nothing these next few days, but I might even have to pay a hefty repair bill.

When the man saw that his car was dented, his face turned ugly. He pointed at Lin Zhi's face and started cursing, "Do you even know how to drive? You're such bad luck! You have to pay me back!"

"I'm sorry," Lin Zhi sincerely apologized. "I will reimburse you for every penny of the repair cost."

The man stared intently at Lin Zhi: "This car of mine is a custom model, it costs at least 200,000 yuan. If you could afford that, you wouldn't be working as a designated driver in the middle of the night. I'm sure you have your own difficulties."

Then, the man revealed a lewd smile: "If you don't want to pay money, you can do it another way... pay me to sleep with you for a few nights."

Lin Zhi sneered inwardly, knowing full well that men weren't philanthropists.

She took a few steps back, looked at the man calmly, and asked softly, "Are you sure it's two hundred thousand? You won't try to raise the price again after it's sent for repairs?"

The man nodded, amused.

He thought to himself that Lin Zhi definitely couldn't come up with 200,000.

Just as Lin Zhi took out her phone to pay compensation, a bright light shone down, and she instinctively raised her hand to shield her eyes.

After adjusting to the surroundings, I saw Li Tingze walking over.

Lin Zhi and the man were both quite surprised.

Li Tingze walked up to Lin Zhi, grabbed her wrist, pulled her to his side, looked at the man with his hawk-like eyes, and said in an icy tone, "President Gu, how much is the repair fee? I'll pay for it on behalf of my wife!"

The man's expression changed; he hadn't expected Lin Zhi to be Li Tingze's wife.

He still had to rely on the Li family to get the project done, so he dared not offend Li Tingze.

He immediately put on a smile and said, "Mr. Li, you're joking. I'll have the insurance company handle this little problem."

Li Tingze nodded lightly, said nothing more, and pulled Lin Zhi into the car and left.

long silence.

Li Tingze said calmly, "Don't do this kind of work anymore. I don't want this kind of thing to happen again."

This kind of job?

Lin Zhi felt a pang of bitterness in her heart and replied with a wry smile, "Yes, in your eyes, the part-time jobs I'm doing now are just shady work."

Li Tingze's gaze was intense: "Do you really have to think that way?"

Lin Zhi was too lazy to argue with him.

She grabbed the door handle to get out of the car, but Li Tingze wouldn't let the driver stop.

He held her slender wrist tightly with one hand.

Lin Zhi struggled, but couldn't break free.

Li Tingze placed a bank card in her hand and said coldly, "There's five million in this card, enough for you to spend for a while."

"what do you mean?"

Lin Zhi stared intently at the bank card in her hand, her body growing colder and colder: "Li Tingze, are you doing me a favor? To show that I'm a useless piece of trash without you?"