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

After breakfast, Shen Mubai started the car and headed to the jewelry manufacturing factory.

As the car passed Li Tingze's luxury car, Shen Mubai's face showed a surprised expression, and his eyes unconsciously turned to Lin Zhi, while Lin Zhi looked straight ahead as if she hadn't seen anything.

Li Tingze stared intently at her, but she never glanced at him.

In that instant, Li Tingze tasted the bitterness of heartache.

He then realized that he cared about her more than he had imagined.

Once the car entered the highway, Lin Zhi's tense nerves finally relaxed. She leaned back in her seat, staring blankly out the window, remaining silent the entire way.

Shen Mubai finally couldn't hold back and tentatively asked, "Sister Zhi'er, do you want to reconsider your relationship with President Li? It's clear that he has changed a lot and cares about you a lot."

When a proud man, as proud as an emperor, is willing to bow his head and compromise, it means he is truly in love.

Lin Zhi smiled self-deprecatingly and replied in a flat tone, "Caring is not the same as loving. A marriage without love is hard to maintain for long, let alone last."

These words made Shen Mubai feel a pang of disappointment.

Wasn't it the same between him and Lin Zhi?

He loved her, but she didn't love him. Love that can't be reciprocated is unlikely to have a happy ending.

Even if it's unrequited love for him his whole life, he will work hard to make her fall in love with him.

All he can do right now is stay by her side.

The car quickly stopped outside the factory.

As soon as the two got out of the car, Klaus came out and approached Lin Zhi, looking troubled. He said, "I just went in and took a look. The materials we have here are not quite up to par and don't meet the requirements of our discussion."

Shen Mubai glanced at Lin Zhi and suggested, "How about we go and take a look at other factories?"

With the jewelry show fast approaching, she didn't have much time to compare the fineness of the materials.

Klaus had planned ahead, so he suggested, "I have a friend who is very interested in jewelry and also likes your designs. I contacted him before you arrived, and he is willing to sponsor Ms. Lin. But on the condition that three sets of jewelry be given to him personally after the jewelry show."

Three sets of jewelry, if made with the best materials, would certainly be very expensive.

But it's still far less than the total amount.

Lin Zhi couldn't understand why Klaus's friend was willing to do such a losing business.

Her silence led Shen Mubai to mistakenly believe that she did not want to.

So he took the initiative to say, "Sister Zhi'er, if you're willing, I'll give you the best materials that Shen's Jewelry currently has."

Lin Zhi shook her head again in refusal.

Shen Mubai was about to say something when Klaus spoke first.

“Ms. Lin, isn’t the purpose of designing jewelry to make it shine the brightest when worn by the right person? Since my friend likes your work so much, why don’t you do him a favor?”

"Moreover, the situation is urgent right now. My friend can not only provide funding, but also get the top-quality materials you need within a day."

"It's a win-win situation, so why not?"

These words truly moved Lin Zhi. Without further hesitation, she nodded in agreement and requested that she personally present the three sets of jewelry to the investor.

Klaus naturally wouldn't stop her; on the contrary, he thought Lin Zhi would be pleasantly surprised when she met the investor.

With the materials and funding secured, Lin Zhi and the others went to the factory to have the workers begin production.

It is made entirely by hand, and every step of the process requires extremely high standards.

When necessary, she also has to do things herself.

Shen Mubai stopped her in time, not wanting to worry about her hand condition at home, and kept reminding her to take it easy.

Night falls.

Klaus had other things to attend to, so he left first.

Shen Mubai escorted Lin Zhi home along the same route.

Halfway there, his friend called, and since he was driving, he put the call on speakerphone.

The other party invited him to a bar that night, saying they had prepared a surprise to celebrate his birthday.

He originally wanted to refuse, but when his eyes met Lin Zhi's, he inexplicably agreed.

The phone hangs up.

Lin Zhi took the initiative to say, "President Shen, I didn't expect it to be your birthday today. If I had known earlier, I definitely wouldn't have taken up your time dealing with work matters."

Shen Mubai smiled slightly: "As compensation, how about you come to my birthday party with me?"

Lin Zhi did not refuse and nodded in agreement.

No matter what, Shen Mubai treated her well.

She didn't want to be a spoilsport.

……

When Shen Mubai appeared at the bar with Lin Zhi, all of his friends looked surprised.

This was the first time he had brought a woman to a gathering with friends.

One of them recognized Lin Zhi's identity and his expression immediately turned confused.

He teased, "Mu Bai, I never expected you to have such unusual tastes."

He hasn't been in a relationship for years, and now that he's fallen in love, he's actually attracted to married women.

Undeniably, Lin Zhi is indeed very beautiful, but she's already married, which is really...

This left him completely baffled.

Does he like excitement?

Shen Mubai glared at them, and the others immediately suppressed their curiosity.

It was more of a party for friends than a birthday celebration.

They kept pressing Shen Mubai and Lin Zhi, deliberately egging them on to play Truth or Dare, and then, when it was Shen Mubai's turn to do a dare, they specifically asked him and Lin Zhi to complete it.

Shen Mubai wanted to refuse coldly so as not to put Lin Zhi in a difficult position, but Lin Zhi took the initiative to complete the task together in order to avoid an awkward atmosphere.

However, she didn't let Shen Mubai's friends succeed in their schemes; when it was necessary to keep her distance, she didn't allow any ambiguity.

They would even drink strong liquor to avoid intimate adventures.

Overall, it was awkward, but not entirely enjoyable.

As the event drew to a close, Shen Mubai invited Lin Zhi to blow out the birthday candles together. Lin Zhi accepted the invitation and joined in with a smile.

In a private room on the second floor not far away, Li Tingze sat with his legs crossed, holding a glass of wine in his hand, staring coldly at Lin Zhi.

He appeared here less than five minutes after Lin Zhi arrived at the bar, sitting there motionless and staring intently at her every move. Every time she gave Shen Mubai a silly, bright smile, his heart would instantly turn into a frenzy of jealousy.

His face grew increasingly dark, so much so that he went unnoticed in the dimly lit bar.

When it ends.

Although Shen Mubai had been drinking, he still insisted on personally escorting Lin Zhi home.

Lin Zhi refused! She advised him to go home with his friends first, and that she would take a taxi.

When they were at an impasse, his large hands gripped her slender waist and pulled her into his warm embrace.

She turned around and frowned slightly when she saw that it was Li Tingze.

The faint scent of alcohol emanating from each other filled their nostrils and mingled together.

Shen Mubai, his eyes blurry with drunkenness, looked at Lin Zhi, who was being held tightly in Li Tingze's arms, and his face immediately darkened, his previous happiness vanishing in an instant.

At this moment, he no longer wanted to maintain appearances.

Taking advantage of his drunkenness, he bluntly said, "Li Tingze, you can't give Zhi'er happiness at all. If you're still a man, let go quickly and stop forcing her. She doesn't love you anymore!"

These words enraged Li Tingze, who had been holding in his anger all night.

He clenched his fist, ready to punch Shen Mubai.

But Lin Zhi held him tightly around the waist.

As he lowered his eyes, Lin Zhi happened to be looking at him too. Afraid that he would go crazy on the spot, she pleaded softly, "Li Tingze, don't..."

Li Tingze's voice was icy: "You're begging me for his sake?"

Lin Zhi nodded frankly.

But she immediately regretted it, because she saw...

Li Tingze's eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty crimson.