After being reborn, the aloof female CEO became a paranoid.

Zhou Yu, you really are stupid.

He's the biggest idiot in the world!

He had considered that Mu Chenxi didn't love him and wouldn't acknowledge their engagement.

But he never imagined that after knowing each other for so long, she would describe their fake relationship in such a cold tone.

She spoke of saving him in the tone of someone haggling over prices at a market, as if she would abandon him without hesitation if the price was even slightly too high.

Before today, he had never imagined that Mu Chenxi was such a cold and ruthless person, and he had never imagined that this person would stand by and watch him die when he was in danger.

After spending so much time together, he still thought she was a kind, upright, and responsible person.

Even when he was determined to divorce her, he never had the slightest doubt about her character.

But now, it seems he's contradicted himself.

Zhou Yu was soon in tears, but as he cried, he suddenly gave a pale and bleak laugh.

He was laughing at his own blindness.

She has lived two lifetimes, but she has fallen twice.

From Xu Xinran to Mu Chenxi, each fall was harder than the last.

Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu, how can you truly understand people's hearts?

He was wrong, terribly wrong...

……

Meanwhile, the Mu Group.

Mu Chenxi was going crazy with worry!

The woman staggered around the office, frantically trying to think of a solution, but her mind was a jumbled mess, her thoughts completely blank.

She hasn't gone home these past few days because she doesn't know how to face Zhou Yu, or what method she can use to win him back.

In addition, the company had an urgent project that required her to work overtime, and she was so busy that she decided to escape and stayed in the office for a week.

As for Yan Hao...

She considered him a friend; after all, he had saved her life during a fire at her home when she was a child, and he had suffered extensive burns, leaving her with scars.

She has been burdened with debt for more than ten years, and it may be for the rest of her life. No matter what Yan Hao becomes, she cannot ignore him.

But aside from paying off his debts, she had no other feelings for him; he was just a friend and a benefactor, nothing more.

Even during the years Yan Hao spent recuperating in other places, his personality changed so much that she could no longer find any trace of the familiar feeling she once had.

Yan Hao's depression relapsed recently. He threatened to commit suicide and self-harm, and insisted on seeing her by name. She had no choice but to come to the hospital to accompany him for treatment, to calm him down and stop him from acting so violently.

After all, she felt guilty towards him. If it weren't for Yan Hao, she might have died long ago in that fire.

Debts once incurred must always be repaid.

For the past period of time, she spent most of her time leaving early and returning late at the hospital to accompany Yan Hao.

Zhou Yu asked her, but she didn't answer.

It's better to avoid trouble, since her relationship with Zhou Yu is currently very unstable, which is why she decided to keep it from him, afraid that he would overthink things.

Unexpectedly, what was bound to happen still happened; he actually wanted a divorce.

He wants to divorce her because he's going abroad to study.

He also said he was fed up with her and couldn't accept the limping, wretched woman he knew.

Her heart was also smashed to the ground, shattered into pieces...

During the time she lived at the company, Yan Hao would often come to see her, offering all sorts of greetings and concern, but all he brought her was annoyance.

She doesn't need Yan Hao's care at all; she needs Zhou Yu's!

What she needs is for Zhou Yu to say he won't divorce her, and that they will stay together forever!

But instead of receiving that news, she received the devastating news that Zhou Yu had been kidnapped.

This afternoon she received a call from the housekeeper saying that Zhou Yu had left and they couldn't stop him!

Upon hearing this news, Mu Chenxi felt inexplicably flustered. She knew that Zhou Yu was a grown man and could take care of himself even after leaving the Mu family.

But as if she had a premonition, she just couldn't settle down.

She called her repeatedly, but no one answered.

Later, when she had no other choice, she checked the home security camera footage.

Only then did she learn that Yan Hao had gone to the Mu family behind her back, and the two of them had said something in the surveillance footage.

But seeing Zhou Yu's face grow increasingly pale, Mu Chenxi felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.

Regardless of Yan Hao's motives, once he said something Zhou Yu didn't want to hear, she wouldn't be able to show him much leniency.

This person is actually being so restless right under her nose.

Although he had done me a favor, to be honest, over the years, the benefits he had gained were enough to repay the favor ten times over.

But before she could do anything, Zhou Yu was kidnapped!

When she received the video call and saw Zhou Yu covered in blood, disheveled, and weak, she was frantic with worry!

However, she couldn't provoke the kidnappers at this moment, so she forced herself not to panic, and even more so, she couldn't admit Zhou Yu's place in her heart, otherwise... she was afraid that the kidnappers would take advantage of this and hurt Zhou Yu to provoke her.

So Mu Chenxi pretended to be calm, said those words, negotiated with the kidnappers, and denied the fact that she cared about Zhou Yu.

After hanging up the phone, all the anger and despair she had been holding in poured out!

She, who was always calm, composed, and resourceful, and who had never been stumped by anything, was now truly at a loss and could no longer control her heart.

Even she herself didn't know when it started, but her emotions were constantly being swayed by this man. Perhaps it was from the very beginning, when he comforted her after her leg injury, and when she never saw any disgust on his innocent face, when they were clearly just strangers meeting, and he showed such kindness, that she had already fallen for him.

When faced with his resolute desire for divorce, she was truly at a loss.

She had considered letting him go, but whenever that thought arose, her heart ached as if it were being slowly tortured, making her wish she were dead.

The person she loved so much was kidnapped and hurt so badly by someone else.

How could she not hate it? How could she not break down?!

Mu Chenxi immediately picked up the landline on her desk and dialed a series of numbers.

The moment the call connected, Mu Chenxi roared in exasperation, "Right now, find Zhou Yu's location! I need the results immediately! He must be unharmed! If you can't find his exact location within two minutes, get out of here!"

The person on the other end of the phone nodded, sweating profusely, "Yes, yes, Miss Mu, don't worry, we'll investigate right away and get the results as quickly as possible!"

I had just hung up the phone when there was a knock on the office door.

The next second, Yan Hao's smiling figure appeared at the door.