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

Shen Mubai walked into the ward and gave Li Tingze, who was lying on the hospital bed with a pale face, a faint smile.

Li Tingze's eyes instantly turned cold.

His tone was cold: "President Shen, what is our relationship? Why would you sign something for me?"

Shen Mubai maintained his faint smile, took a step to the side, revealing Lin Zhi standing behind him.

Lin Zhi looked at Li Tingze with a calm gaze and said indifferently, "Mr. Li, in the future, please contact your real relatives in such emergencies."

“Yes, Zhi’er has been busy all day and is already tired enough. She still has to come and sign your surgery papers.” Shen Mubai said, unconsciously moving closer to Lin Zhi and gently saying, “If you don’t feel sorry for her, someone else will.”

This "someone" refers to himself.

Ignoring Shen Mubai's sarcastic remarks, Li Tingze stared straight at Lin Zhi.

My defenses crumbled because of her saying "Mr. Li".

She called him Mr. Li?

So unfamiliar.

She had truly made up her mind to cut off all contact with him.

A bitter look flashed in Li Tingze's eyes. He looked at Shen Mubai with a cold gaze and said, "President Shen, I have something I want to talk to Lin Zhi about alone. Please leave first."

Shen Mubai did not leave immediately, but looked at Lin Zhi, wanting to ask for her opinion.

Lin Zhi replied coldly, "No need. I've already made everything clear to Mr. Li on the phone. There are servants here to look after us. We'll be leaving now."

After saying that, she immediately turned and left.

Shen Mubai followed closely behind.

Li Tingze hurriedly shouted, "Lin Zhi, even if it's an injured cat or dog on the street, you would care about it. Are you really going to be so heartless to me?"

Lin Zhi stopped in her tracks and gave a bitter smile.

ruthless?

Is she heartless?

Compared to what he had done to her before, she had done more than enough by coming to sign for him in the middle of the night, hadn't she?

He received no response from her.

Li Tingze's voice weakened slightly: "Lin Zhi, can I have five minutes?"

For a moment, the ward was quiet except for the sounds of the medical equipment.

Lin Zhi stood quietly in place.

Shen Mubai gently patted her shoulder and whispered, "I'll wait for you outside."

The ward door is closed.

Li Tingze watched her retreating figure and said softly, "The day after tomorrow is the Li family's clan meeting. Grandpa will announce in front of the entire clan that Jiang Nan is recognized as a member of the Li family and will be added to the family genealogy."

Lin Zhi frowned: "You want me to persuade Grandpa not to include your father's illegitimate son in the family genealogy?"

“I never intended for you to intervene,” Li Tingze sighed. “Grandpa specifically requested that I bring you, his eldest grandson’s wife, to the conference. He probably has something more important to announce.”

Lin Zhi couldn't figure out what Grandpa Li was trying to do.

In the five years since she married Li Tingze, she has never attended a clan meeting.

In fact, almost no one from the entire Li family brought any female relatives to the event.

Since she has signed the agreement, she certainly won't refuse.

Li Tingze handed the prepared gift box to Lin Zhi: "Congratulations on the grand opening of your studio. If you need anything, feel free to let me know."

Lin Zhi looked somewhat uncomfortable.

She did not reach out to take the gift box.

He said in a cold tone, "I've already made myself very clear."

"Lin Zhi, now that we're divorced, can't we even be friends anymore?"

Despite the pain from his wound, Li Tingze sat up and placed the gift box in Lin Zhi's hands, saying gently, "Lin Zhi, without you by my side these past few days, every day feels like an eternity, and my insomnia has gotten worse. Every corner of our bridal chamber is filled with memories of our time together, and every time I think of those memories, I regret agreeing to let you go. Now, I just want you to continue to belong entirely to me."

Lin Zhi remained unmoved upon hearing these words.

She even smiled faintly: "Li Tingze, I don't belong to anyone, I belong to myself. If you want a woman who will obey you at will, you can just wave your hand and have a bunch of women rushing to you. Why do you need to play the devoted lover in front of me?"

Li Tingze looked at Lin Zhi helplessly, wanting to say something, but not knowing how to put it into words.

For the first time, he realized that all his life's learning was rendered useless in the face of Lin Zhi.

He scratched his hair in frustration, staring at Lin Zhi with bloodshot eyes, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Lin Zhi, what do I have to do for you to forgive me? For you to come back to me? You want to start your own business, you want to live a meaningful life, you want to become a rising star in the jewelry industry. Can't you do all of these things by staying by my side?"

Li Tingze spoke with great emotion, his chest heaving.

Based on his past behavior, he would usually resort to force against Lin Zhi in situations like this.

The fire in his heart had indeed been ignited, but he managed to suppress it.

He knew better than anyone that Lin Zhi didn't like him forcing her to do intimate things.

Lin Zhi looked at Li Tingze, who was about to lose control of his emotions, and gently shook her head.

She took a step forward and said coldly, "Li Tingze, it's not that I have to leave your side to do what I want, but that I no longer care about staying by your side. You are willing to change your attitude and treat me kindly, but I am not willing to accept belated charity."

"If you really want to treat me well, please don't bother me anymore."

After saying that, she placed the gift box on the cabinet next to the hospital bed.

Even when Li Tingze grabbed her wrist, she pushed his hand away, said no more, and resolutely left.

As soon as the ward door closed, Li Tingze's abdominal pain seemed to intensify tenfold.

He was in pain, and his eyes turned red.

……

On the day of the Li clan assembly.

Lin Zhi arrived at the scene as promised.

Li Tingze arrived late and immediately put his arm around her shoulder as soon as he got close.

Lin Zhi felt the situation was too ambiguous and moved her shoulders, wanting to escape.

Li Tingze leaned close to her ear and whispered, "With so many people watching, you have to at least pretend, right?"

Only after hearing this did Lin Zhi stop struggling.

As soon as the two entered the venue, they ran into Li's father, his lover, and his illegitimate son.

Father Li glanced at Lin Zhi and said, "You do look somewhat like a young Aya, and you're quite pretty. No wonder Tingze has only had you all these years."

Lin Zhi frowned.

Aya?

Does this refer to Song Ya?

Li Tingze instinctively pulled Lin Zhi into his arms and replied coldly, "My wife is only herself. She doesn't need to look like anyone else, and it's none of your business to judge her."

Li's father's eyes turned cold: "Li Tingze, I am your father."

Li Tingze's tone grew even colder: "My father died over a decade ago when he abandoned his wife for his mistress and illegitimate child!!!"

"you!!!"

The father was furious.

She glared fiercely at Li Tingze, raising her hand to slap him across the face.

Lin Zhi pulled Li Tingze aside.

Father Li missed.

He glared at Lin Zhi angrily: "How dare you, a woman, interfere in the affairs of your elders? Today I will teach you a lesson about the rules of the Li family!"

The slap landed very quickly, giving Lin Zhi no time to react.

However, it ultimately hit Li Tingze.

Li Tingze didn't feel any pain.

On the contrary, I felt a little secretly pleased.

At least, Lin Zhi still cared about him.

Father Li wanted to attack Li Tingze, but Grandpa Li happened to appear and stopped him.

Li Tingze looked at the three people who surrounded him and fawned over his father, a disdainful sneer appearing on his face.

He lowered his head, stared intently into Lin Zhi's eyes, and said softly, "You pulled me just now, were you worried about me getting hurt?"

Lin Zhi shook her head decisively.

She said, "I just hate scumbags and third parties who destroy other people's marriages."

Li Tingze's expression changed.

It was as if the "scumbag" she was talking about was him.