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

Secretary Dong deliberated carefully.

He then mustered his courage and said, "Mr. Li, your wife knew you were busy in meetings and hadn't had time to eat, so she specially cooked a healthy and nutritious lunch for you. If you don't eat it, I'm afraid..."

He deliberately left his words unfinished, giving Li Tingze room to imagine.

Li Tingze looked towards the office, a hint of doubt creeping into his mind.

Given his current relationship with Lin Zhi, it's unlikely that Lin Zhi would take the initiative to feel sorry for him.

Seeing Li Tingze's gloomy and unpredictable expression, Assistant Dong felt uneasy.

They were afraid that their boss would see through their unauthorized actions.

In the end, Li Tingze was too busy with social engagements to go back for the lunch that Lin Zhi had prepared, but his mood was visibly much better.

Assistant Dong could clearly feel that the gloomy atmosphere surrounding Li Tingze had dissipated considerably.

……

Lin Zhi left the Li Group without having lunch.

She was on the subway heading to Shen's Jewelry when the TV screen showed the latest news.

In the scene, Li Tingze's tall figure is sitting in the most upscale Western restaurant in Beijing, with Su Nianqing sitting next to him with a shy expression. Sitting opposite them is the director of the jewelry program.

The three chatted happily and raised their glasses to drink together.

The news headline reads: "Beijing's top talent spends a fortune on a jewelry program, just to win a smile from Bai Yueguang."

The video quickly spread online after it was released.

Numerous netizens left enthusiastic comments.

They not only envied Su Nianqing for being the only one favored by Li Tingze, but also wanted to possess Su Nianqing's body and experience the joy of being Li Tingze's woman.

The discussion on the topic was very heated, but strangely, everyone tacitly avoided mentioning the real wife, Lin Zhi.

Even before filming began, the jewelry program was already generating buzz thanks to the handsome and talented couple, Su Nianqing and Li Tingze.

This wave of hype has completely won Su Nianqing.

Lin Zhi was not disappointed by this.

On the contrary, she felt completely at peace, without the slightest sadness in her heart.

She felt it was a waste to cook two dishes and a soup. Next time, she would rather hold a knife to her neck than waste her time cooking for Li Tingze again.

She didn't argue or make a scene, and she didn't even read the messages Li Tingze sent her.

Her heart was unusually calm.

I devoted myself entirely to the conception of the design for the design competition.

As night fell, Shen Mubai noticed that the light in her office was still on, so he went inside.

Under the light, she was drawing on the paper with a serious expression, but no matter how she drew, she couldn't achieve the effect she wanted. In her impatience, she felt a sharp pain in her wrist and dropped her paintbrush to the ground.

She was about to bend down to pick it up when long, slender fingers beat her to it.

Shen Mubai placed the paintbrush on her canvas, glanced at the pattern on it, and comforted her, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, and don't rush. There are still half a month until the registration deadline. I believe in you, you can definitely do it."

Lin Zhi smiled slightly.

She picked up her paintbrush again, and just as she was about to add a detail, the moment she applied pressure, a stinging pain caused her hand to tremble uncontrollably. The pain was excruciating, so intense that she couldn't breathe.

Despite the excruciating pain, she wanted to try again, but Shen Mubai stopped her in time.

Shen Mubai tentatively pressed her hand, and seeing her pained expression, his face immediately turned serious.

He asked, "What did the doctor say about your hand when you were in the car accident last time?"

Lin Zhi recalled carefully, and remembered that the doctor had not specifically mentioned her hands.

On the contrary, Li Tingze casually said that her hand was only fractured.

After that, no one ever mentioned her hand again.

She answered truthfully, "The doctor didn't say anything. But the pain just now was very intense; it felt like my hand had been chopped off."

Shen Mubai looked at Lin Zhi's trembling hands and fell into deep thought.

After a long pause, he finally spoke, "I'll take you to the hospital for another check-up. A designer's hands are a matter of life and death."

Lin Zhi agreed and immediately followed Shen Mubai to the hospital.

The doctor on duty was an intern who didn't know the details. When Lin Zhi told him that the hand injury was from a car accident, he retrieved the medical records from that time.

As the intern reviewed each test report, his expression grew increasingly serious.

So I asked, "Ms. Lin, are you really sure that your doctor told you last time that there was nothing wrong with your hand?"

Lin Zhi nodded gently.

But she quickly picked up on something from the doctor's words.

She immediately pressed, "Doctor, please tell me the truth, what's wrong with my hand!"

The intern couldn't bear to hide it and truthfully told Lin Zhi about her hand condition.

Lin Zhi froze after hearing this.

She never imagined that her hand would suffer such a devastating injury, making it impossible to return to its original state.

The trembling in my hands intensified instantly!

She couldn't accept, and couldn't believe, such a cruel reality.

She was even more puzzled as to why Li Tingze would deliberately hide his illness from her in collusion with the doctor after such a major event had occurred.

Was his purpose in doing this to watch her self-destruct in the jewelry industry she loved, so that she could humbly kneel and beg to return to his side?

Lin Zhi's heart was in complete turmoil.

When she left the hospital, her legs were weak. As Shen Mubai helped her walk to the parking lot, she was so immersed in her grief that she didn't even notice Li Tingze rushing over after hearing the news.

Li Tingze was standing right in front of her.

Looking into her eyes, they were cold and chilling.

He strode forward and reached out to grab Lin Zhi's slender wrist.

Lin Zhi was frightened.

She instinctively hid in Shen Mubai's chest, her resistance to him written all over her face.

Li Tingze gritted his teeth, his hawk-like eyes fixed on her, and said in an icy voice, "Lin Zhi, do you see clearly who I am? And who are you leaning on?"

Shen Mubai held Lin Zhi protectively in his arms and raised his hand to block Li Tingze from taking Lin Zhi away.

His tone had lost its usual gentleness, becoming colder and harder: "President Li, didn't you realize that Sister Zhi'er doesn't want to see you? Please respect her."

“Mr. Shen, Lin Zhi and I are husband and wife. It’s none of your business as an outsider to interfere in our affairs.” Li Tingze grabbed Shen Mubai’s hand that was blocking him, pushed it away forcefully, and then grabbed Lin Zhi’s wrist and pulled it. “Lin Zhi, I must take her away today.”

"it hurts."

Lin Zhi's hand was pulled, and the pain pierced her heart.

In an instant, tears streamed down my face.

She dodged to the side and hid back beside Shen Mubai.

Li Tingze didn't try to grab Lin Zhi again. Instead, he quietly watched her, seeing her avoid him like a beast and seek protection behind another man. His heart felt like it had been stabbed.

His wife actually chose another man right in front of him.

This made him extremely uncomfortable!

Lin Zhi thought Li Tingze would be ruthless towards her, but to her surprise, Li Tingze just looked at her intently and said calmly, "Lin Zhi, think it over carefully. Do you want to continue hiding or come back with me?"

Li Tingze thought that since she wanted to go back with him now, he would pretend that what had just happened had not occurred.

He could try to give her respect and love within their marriage.