After the divorce, the aloof female CEO was filled with regret.

A contemptuous laugh came from the other end of the phone, followed by a haughty and arrogant voice echoing in my ears.

"Ye Qiu, the divorce agreement you drafted clearly states that you will leave with nothing."

"It's only been a few days, and they're already demanding compensation for emotional distress and breakup fees. After going through all this trouble, isn't it all just about money?"

"Is it so hard to admit you're a greedy gold digger?" Even over the phone, I could already picture Jiang Yuwei with a slight upturn to her lips, looking down on me.

My eyes were cold and stern as I retorted without mercy: "Greed? Jiang Yuwei, you can't say anything nice."

“I’m not in the mood to argue with you about these trivial things. Think what you want, but you have to pay me the breakup fee.”

"Why should I?" Jiang Yuwei asked coldly.

I gritted my teeth and said, "Just because I've cooked all the meals for you this past year, and I've taken care of you in every aspect of your life, from food and clothing to housing and transportation."

"You are very capable of making money, but I'm not freeloading. I manage everything at home and take care of my parents. Hiring a housekeeper would normally cost a lot of money. I've been your personal housekeeper, so isn't it only right that I give you some breakup fee?" One year is only in this lifetime. Including the previous lifetime, I worked like a slave for her for four whole years. Asking her for two million would be a loss for me!

Jiang Yuwei, however, didn't care at all and said casually, "This is what you should do as a husband. How dare you take credit for it?"

My face turned pale and then red. Asking for money from others makes me feel inferior. Of course, I didn't want a single penny from her originally, but now my uncle is in urgent need of money for his illness. It's marital property, and I'm being merciful by not taking half of it.

“Jiang Yuwei, a husband has an obligation to take care of his wife, but a wife also has an obligation to take care of her husband. You have never taken care of me. Besides, I have been so devoted to you, otherwise your stomach would have been ruined by now, wouldn't it?”

"Even if we take a step back and say that a lot of the money is our joint property as a couple, shouldn't I get a share of it when we divorce?"

After a long while, Jiang Yuwei finally spoke in a calm voice, "So?"

"So? So you'd better give me the money and divorce me right now, and I promise you'll never see me again in this lifetime, and we'll each have our own peace and quiet." Jiang Yuwei scoffed, "Your dad has already called me, saying his company has a new project that needs my investment. You're now yelling at me for a divorce, isn't it just because you want money?"

“I can give him money, in exchange you must accompany me to a family dinner.”

Upon hearing this, my face immediately darkened.

My dad actually told Jiang Yuwei about this. I had already warned him, but he's still using my name.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Jiang Yuwei continued, "Grandpa likes you. As long as you agree to attend, I will fund your father's attendance. That way, you can explain things to him and stop making a fuss about getting a divorce."

Jiang Yuwei's grandfather was indeed very kind to me and liked me a lot.

He was the kindest person to me in the entire Jiang family. He brought me to Jiang Yuwei and told her that I was a good husband who could take on the responsibilities of the family, and asked her to marry me.

He also said that if Jiang Yuwei bullied me, I should go and complain to him. He said that he was afraid of others, but he was very afraid of his granddaughter.

I just felt that Jiang Yuwei hadn't bullied me in any way. She simply didn't want to get married, didn't care about me, and didn't want to acknowledge me as her husband. That was all. So I never said a bad word about Jiang Yuwei to my grandfather.

Jiang Yuwei became increasingly emboldened and treated me worse and worse.

"What if I don't go?" I challenged.

Jiang Yuwei's voice softened a bit, "Over the past year, how many times have you come to me for your father's sake? Every time, I've done my best to help."

"If you add it all up, the amount must be close to nine figures, right? What makes you think you have the right to negotiate with me and oppose me?"

I:"……"

I was speechless, because my father was indeed insatiable and had no qualms about asking for money. Nine figures is an astronomical number for me now. If she asked me to pay back the money, I wouldn't even be worth it if I sold my organs in installments.

All I can say is that although Jiang Yuwei wasn't good to me, as a daughter-in-law, she gave the Ye family a lot of face.

I'm not a good person either. Although I know we are an arranged marriage and our families will inevitably have business dealings, feelings, once mixed with too much interest, even if they are sincere, are just a show.

“Okay.” I readily agreed. “But I want to change the terms. You give me two million as a breakup fee. As for my dad’s project, you can give it to him if you don’t want to. That’s between you two. Go threaten him to negotiate, don’t use it on me.”

Jiang Yuwei scoffed again, "Whatever, I'll pick you up tomorrow."

“Okay, I’m not home, I’m at…” I was about to tell her the address when I heard her say it clearly: “Xu Yikang’s house.”

I was shocked and quickly asked, "How did you know? Were you following me?"

Jiang Yuwei scoffed again, "A poor person like you can't afford a hotel and isn't even at home, so all you have left is your cronies, right?"

Did she look down on me again?!

And why are you insulting my good friend!

My face flushed with anger, and I gritted my teeth. "Jiang Yuwei, we're business partners now. Watch your attitude. If you insult my friend again, I'm going to lose my temper!"

"Hmm." Jiang Yuwei responded casually, clearly not taking it seriously.

I was so angry I wanted to grind my teeth. After much agonizing reflection, I cursed myself severely.

Being a sycophant isn't the worst thing; the worst thing is being a sycophant to someone who is rich, powerful, intelligent, and influential.

It's one thing for her to economically crush and look down on you, but she also intellectually crushes you. Every move she makes is under her control, leaving you with absolutely no dignity.

How could I have fallen for such a shrew in my past life? But if she were bad, I wouldn't have fallen in love with her at first sight.

I compromised, "Come pick me up at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Ah."

Actually, there was a similar family banquet in my past life, and I was bullied by all sorts of people at the banquet.

They said I was just a mascot placed in the Jiang family, good for nothing except serving Jiang Yuwei as a nanny. They said it was a business marriage, but in reality, I was just a hindrance.

Any man she married at the banquet would be better than me. I'm just a gigolo. Jiang Yuwei could have easily kept a sugar daddy, but she married me instead. What a waste of resources.

Although I was embarrassed at the time, I didn't break off relations, because I loved Jiang Yuwei and didn't want to have a conflict with her business partners.

At that time, I was surrounded and ridiculed by too many people, like a monkey in a circus, while Jiang Yuwei just watched expressionlessly, completely indifferent to my life or death.

Perhaps she thinks so too.

Another time, her father publicly said that I was no good and couldn't have children, and that if all else failed, I should try IVF. Jiang Yuwei acquiesced to this, and I took the blame for everything.

She knew perfectly well how insulting it was to publicly say that a man had erectile dysfunction!

Moreover, after being reborn, I just had a fight with her dad. If we meet tomorrow, he will definitely be even worse.

Thinking back on all that happened, I suddenly felt an urge to ask a question.

In Jiang Yuwei's heart, what am I?

Did she agree to get married just to appease her elders?

I was about to speak when I suddenly heard a cold voice, "Mr. Jiang, where did you put the medicine? Your stomach problem is getting worse, you can't tough it out..."