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

Lin Zhi forcefully shook off Li Tingze's hand and took two steps back.

Her eyes were cold and indifferent as she looked at him.

She was deluding herself again.

Without expectations, there will be no disappointment!

Li Tingze tried to hold her hand again, but she dodged it.

His Adam's apple bobbed as he gazed intently at her, but ultimately he didn't utter a single word in his defense.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Lin Wanxin stepped forward and took Lin Zhi's hand, pulling her protectively to her side. Her gaze towards Li Tingze lacked its usual gentleness, and she said reproachfully, "Tingze, even if you can't let go of that other woman, you can't bring Zhi'er here knowing she booked the restaurant. No woman in this world can accept seeing her husband with another woman..."

She didn't continue speaking, but instead let out a deep sigh.

If she had known this would happen, she wouldn't have celebrated her birthday.

Li Tingze's expression darkened, and he frowned, saying in a low voice, "Nianqing and I aren't what you think. The reason we're here is because..."

Lin Zhi let out a cold laugh.

She interrupted Li Tingze, saying calmly, "Li Tingze, I have no right to interfere with who you want to be with or where you want to be. If you hadn't made those promises to me a few days ago, I would have definitely taken a detour when I saw you just now, so as not to disturb your sweet date with Miss Su. If you had already planned to have both, why did you say those things to deceive me and make me feel disgusted again? Do you think that humiliating me gives you great satisfaction?"

Li Tingze apologized to Lin Wanxin, then dragged Lin Zhi aside.

He stretched out his arms and held her tightly in his embrace, whispering in her ear, "Stop messing around, okay? Listen to me."

Lin Zhi stared at him coldly.

The streetlights shone on her head, revealing the coldness in her eyes.

Li Tingze couldn't help but raise his hand to gently stroke her cheek; the dull pain in his heart was also making him feel unwell.

He said softly, "The fault was mine, but everything I did was for a better future for us."

"There will be no future between us, and I will not be in your future." Lin Zhi raised her hand and pushed his chest, but she didn't budge an inch. In order to maintain her last bit of dignity, she didn't use any more force.

He simply said coldly, "I don't want to embarrass myself in front of my mother."

Upon hearing this, Li Tingze slowly released his grip. Just as he was about to say something to her, Su Nianqing's voice, which sounded like she was pretending to be innocent, came from behind him.

"Aze, have you made arrangements with Miss Lin yet? President Huo has been waiting for a long time. If you go in any later, he might get upset. You know how difficult it is to get an appointment with President Huo."

Li Tingze turned around and glanced back, his face grim.

Lin Zhi pulled away from his embrace and looked at him expressionlessly.

Seeing that Li Tingze didn't move, Su Nianqing called out sweetly again, "Aze..."

After calling out, Li Tingze glanced at Lin Zhi with a complicated expression, then turned and walked to Su Nianqing's side, entering the restaurant side by side.

Lin Zhi stood there, watching the two figures walking side by side.

A bitter smile appeared on his lips.

Whenever Su Nianqing needs him, he is always there for her.

For her, it was always a case of arriving late.

Five years have passed; she has been treated like this for five years. Why can't she finally wake up? Why does she still cling to hope?

She is both pathetic and laughable!

Lin Wanxin felt extremely sad when she witnessed Li Tingze abandon Lin Zhi and choose to be with Su Nianqing.

They even doubt and deny themselves.

Should we not have advised Lin Zhi to stay by Li Tingze's side and have children for the Li family?

In a marriage, the one who is not respected and loved suffers the most.

She didn't want to see Lin Zhi fall into an abyss of pain.

She walked to Lin Zhi's side, and just like when they were children, gently patted Lin Zhi's back and whispered to comfort her, "Let's skip dinner and go back together to cook some noodles."

Lin Zhi composed herself with her complex emotions.

She gently shook her head at Lin Wanxin: "This restaurant is hard to book, and the dishes we chose are your favorites. We'll eat there anyway, so let's go in and eat."

Lin Wanxin wanted to say more, but seeing Lin Zhi's stubborn look, she swallowed it all back down.

The restaurant prepared light dishes that Lin Wanxin usually liked to eat, and the taste was very fresh, which Lin Wanxin liked very much.

Perhaps it is food that can heal the soul.

After finishing the meal, Lin Zhi felt much better.

Back at the sanatorium, she eventually handed Li Tingze's gift to Lin Wanxin.

Lin Wanxin was overjoyed to see her beloved item again, and her eyes welled up with tears.

Overjoyed, she cried, "Tingze really cares!"

Lin Zhi nodded gently.

She cannot deny this.

Lin Wanxin took out the bracelet and put it on Lin Zhi's wrist.

"Mom, what's wrong...?"

“Zhi’er, this bracelet is a treasure of the Lin family that your great-grandmother passed down to your maternal grandmother when she married into the family. It is very valuable. Now I am giving it to you so that the Lin family bloodline can continue to be passed down.”

"But……"

“There are no ‘buts.’ If this bracelet hadn’t been sold back then, I would have given it to you long ago. I hope you will be happy and joyful in the days to come. Whatever decision you make, Mom will support you.”

Upon hearing these words, Lin Zhi felt an indescribable pain in her heart.

It was extremely uncomfortable.

In the past few days, Lin Wanxin's words and actions gave her the illusion that she was saying goodbye.

Her heart began to pound with unease.

After leaving the sanatorium.

As Lin Zhi reached the front door, a surge of deep sorrow overwhelmed her. Unable to contain herself any longer, she squatted down by the roadside, buried her head in her arms, and began to weep silently.

She wasn't crying for Li Tingze.

She hated herself.

Having only a body, one cannot freely do anything for one's closest loved ones.

The sound of leather shoes walking on the ground approached her from a distance.

Lin Zhi immediately raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, looked up, and saw a gentle face.

The owner of this face always appears just in time when she needs care the most.

Shen Mubai reached out his hand and asked with concern, "Sister Zhi'er, are you alright? Do you want me to take you home?"

A simple sentence brought a sliver of warmth to her cold heart.

Lin Zhi didn't answer, but stared at him blankly, her mind a complete blank.

Shen Mubai bent down to pick her up, but she instinctively stopped him and slowly stood up on her own.

I politely said, "Thank you."

Her mind eventually cleared up.

A marriage already in such a mess shouldn't involve any more people.

She wanted Shen Mubai to retain his original purity.

Halfway there, a familiar luxury car caught up with Shen Mubai's car and tried to cut it off several times but failed.

Finally, at a three-way intersection, he risked his life to stand across the middle of the road.

In the instant of emergency braking, Lin Zhi was thrown forward, and a bloody gash appeared on her forehead from the impact of the jewelry.

Just as Shen Mubai leaned over to check, the car window was pounded on repeatedly.

Lin Zhi looked up and saw Li Tingze's face, which was as black as ink.