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

Lin Zhi unconsciously gripped her clothes tightly.

She was indeed more relaxed when she was with Shen Mubai.

There's no need to worry too much.

However, she did not expect that Li Tingze had planted spies in Shen's Jewelry.

Lin Zhi sighed softly and asked calmly, "Do you want to hear the truth?"

Li Tingze's eyes turned cold, and he retorted, "What do you think?"

“I admit that working with Mr. Shen is a very enjoyable experience. He respects every decision I make, supports every suggestion I make, and even points me in the right direction when I encounter bottlenecks.” Lin Zhi did not hide anything and spoke her true feelings one by one. “During my time working at Shen’s Jewelry, I realized my own value and gained respect, which made me feel that I was truly living.”

Li Tingze tapped his fingers lightly on the table, his gaze shifting from cold to sinister.

Her words echoed in my mind.

Living authentically?

Was her heart dead when she was with him?

While Lin Zhi was stunned, a strong hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms.

She slumped onto Li Tingze's lap in an extremely suggestive manner.

She immediately struggled to get up.

Instead, he was turned around and forced onto a large chair.

Lin Zhi raised her hand to push against Li Tingze's chest, struggling and shouting, "Let go of me! Why did you call me here?"

With anger in his eyes, Li Tingze grabbed her chin and fiercely kissed her lips.

Normally, her shoving could still bring him back to some of his rationality.

This time, Li Tingze seemed unable to listen to anything she said and kissed her forcefully.

Kiss her lips, kiss her neck, kiss her fair skin.

Every kiss sent chills down Lin Zhi's spine.

This made her mind even clearer.

At this moment, she didn't want to, and didn't want to, have that kind of relationship with him.

She didn't give up struggling. When Li Tingze took off his coat and shirt and leaned over to kiss her, she raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face.

That slap extinguished the burning passion in an instant.

Li Tingze stopped what he was doing, staring coldly into her eyes. His long, slender fingers gripped her chin tightly, his voice filled with anger: "You actually hit me for some random man?"

Lin Zhi felt a wave of humiliation.

She sat up, tears welling in her eyes, and gave a bitter smile: "Li Tingze, don't you understand yet? You not only like to force me in matters of the heart, but you also control everything I do in my daily life. You have never respected me."

Her tearful expression and indignant tone intensified the anger in Li Tingze's chest.

In his rage, he released her from his grip on her chin.

Her voice became unusually gentle.

His lips brushed against her ear as he whispered, "Lin Zhi, you're making more and more demands on me these days. You not only want me to love you, but you also want me to be incredibly gentle and doting on you. Only then do you feel respected by me. But what about you? You promised to keep your distance from the opposite sex, have you kept that promise?"

Lin Zhi's eyes slowly lowered.

She looked into his eyes and murmured, "I don't want it anymore, I don't want anything."

Li Tingze frowned: "Don't want what?"

Lin Zhi emphasized, "I don't want to love you anymore, and I won't even dare to hope to receive your love. Nothing matters to me anymore. So please don't make a big deal out of it, make things difficult for me, force me, or even... try to control me."

As soon as she finished speaking, her emotions completely collapsed.

It was as if all the grievances of these past few days had been poured out.

If she had a choice, she would never go back to him.

Unfortunately, fate didn't give her another way out.

Lin Wanxin's heart donor hasn't been found yet, and the Lin family business has only just been taken over. Everything depends on Li Tingze.

She needed his help and had to submit to him!

This is her fate!

Sad, ridiculous.

Li Tingze got up and sat on his desk, looking quietly at Lin Zhi.

After a long pause, he finally spoke: "You begged me to take over the Lin family business to clear away Wen Rongbin's interference for you and your mother. You also begged me to find a heart donor for your mother through special channels. Now you're turning around and accusing me of forcing you. Heh, you don't actually think I'm stupid enough to ignore any gains or losses and just do things for you wholeheartedly, do you?"

Lin Zhi's face turned deathly pale instantly.

She gave a bitter smile, stood up, and walked to him, looking him directly into his eyes. She retorted, "So what? We have a cooperative relationship, not a master-slave relationship. While I promised to return to your side, it doesn't mean I have to be a lowly slave, kneeling at your feet every day, letting you trample on my body and soul. First and foremost, I am a human being. I have dignity too!"

She spoke with all her might, but he remained expressionless.

Finally, they would sneer and say that she was ungrateful.

The argument ended with him saying he had to attend an emergency meeting.

Lin Zhi sat in his office, gazing at the bustling CBD outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, her mind momentarily lost in thought.

After five years of marriage, she and he ultimately headed in the most unbearable direction.

……

Li Tingze was in a bad mood, and all the company's employees suffered as a result.

No matter how perfect the plan and data are, his sharp eyes will spot even the slightest error. In addition to being scolded, you have to work overtime to revise the plan and data to a zero-error version.

Everyone looked worried and pleading at the assistant.

The assistant was in dire straits and was about to slip away when he was blocked at the bathroom door.

Left with no other choice, while Li Tingze was still reprimanding the employees who had made mistakes in the conference room, she mustered up her courage and went to find Lin Zhi.

Lin Zhi saw that her assistant looked extremely distressed.

Puzzled, he asked, "Assistant Dong, is it because your CEO, Mr. Li, wants to see me again?"

The assistant, on the verge of tears, said, "Madam, Mr. Li has been busy all morning and hasn't even had a sip of water. Please, could you please prepare lunch for him yourself? I'm sure that eating your delicious food would give him more motivation."

The assistant thought to himself, "The one who tied the knot must untie it."

Li Tingze got an unpleasant experience from Lin Zhi.

Only Lin Zhi can eliminate it.

Lin Zhi replied nonchalantly, "Isn't his lunch always booked by you from a Michelin-starred restaurant?"

The assistant's face turned pale and then flushed, and his eyes were full of pleading as he looked at Lin Zhi.

Lin Zhi's heart softened, and she agreed.

The Li Group's employee break room is equipped with a kitchen and a refrigerator with fresh ingredients, so that employees working overtime can have a good meal.

Lin Zhi took the easy-to-prepare ingredients and cooked two dishes and a soup.

When she brought the prepared food to Li Tingze's office, Li Tingze was just about to leave with some documents in his hand.

Lin Zhi placed the food on the coffee table and asked, "Are you going out?"

Li Tingze nodded slightly, able to guess from the smell that she had made his favorite jade shrimp and radish balls.

But he was still angry, so he only glanced at it before walking out of the office without looking back.

The assistant was left standing there awkwardly.

The assistant apologized, "Madam, thank you for your trouble. Mr. Li has urgent business to attend to, so I'm afraid these dishes..."

Lin Zhi knew perfectly well that Li Tingze was deliberately giving her the silent treatment.

She smiled slightly at her assistant: "If he doesn't eat, I will. You should go with him."

The assistant bowed gratefully to her and ran after her.

As soon as he caught up, Li Tingze asked coldly, "What did she say to you?"