After a wealthy woman went bankrupt, her live-in husband became her sugar daddy.

I rushed up to him as if to hit him, but after seeing his attire, my hand froze.

I saw my brother wearing a food delivery rider's uniform, putting on a helmet, getting on the electric scooter next to him, and heading off to deliver food without looking back.

"This...is Gu Bai?"

Is this still the pampered younger brother I know?

I was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. I never thought money was that important when I was spending it like water, but now that I'm bankrupt, I realize that you can't get by without money.

How much does our family owe exactly?

I tentatively opened my mouth. I had never worried about these issues before, so my brother was right. I really was an idiot in this regard.

My dad remained silent with a sullen face, while my mom sighed, "Fifty million. If we can't pay it back, our whole family will be defaulted on and subject to enforcement."

"..."

The three of us went upstairs in silence.

I lay on the moldy sheets all night thinking, but I still managed to appear downstairs at Jiang Yichen's office building just before his work start time.

Jiang Yichen's car arrived right on time.

Just as I mustered up the courage to step forward and stop him, I saw a well-dressed woman get out of the passenger seat.

All the mental preparation I did overnight vanished in that instant.

Looking at my reflection in the glass door, disheveled and with wrinkled clothes, I suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of inferiority.

I wanted to run away, but they had already seen me.

Jiang Yichen stopped in his tracks. The woman beside him looked at him, then at me, and suddenly covered her mouth and laughed, "I've heard people say that President Jiang's... ah, no, his ex-wife is a stunning beauty, one in a million. Could it be her?"

If you can't speak, you can shut up.

I suppressed my panic, forced myself to straighten my back, and nodded to them, saying, "Good morning."

"Is something wrong?"

Jiang Yichen glanced at me indifferently, exuding a noble air I had never seen before.

I felt a little flustered by his gaze, and quickly shook my head. "No...it's nothing, I was just passing by."

I almost bit my tongue because I was so nervous.

Jiang Yichen looked away from me and pointed behind him. "I saw you at that intersection. So, what's up?"

"I……"

When my last gasp was exposed, my momentum instantly crumbled.

I stammered out the details of my family's recent situation, subtly expressed my regret, and lowered my head in shame.

Jiang Yichen looked at me in silence.

I didn't know what to say, but the woman next to him teased, "Oh, where were you all this time? Now you're finally thinking of getting back together with our CEO Jiang. Get in line!"

As she spoke, she deliberately took Jiang Yichen's arm, as if in a provocation.

Jiang Yichen did not refuse, but continued to stare at me with a deep gaze, as if he had tacitly accepted the fact.

I admit my heart was pierced for a moment, but as proud as I am, how could I possibly show the slightest disappointment or sadness in such a situation? I immediately denied it, saying, "It's not a reconciliation!"

The words fell...

The gaze directed at me seemed to grow colder, but I could only steel myself and say, "I only request a redistribution of the property."

"Oh, so it's about the money!"

The woman laughed even harder, covering her mouth and shaking with laughter, saying, "I wonder who it was that said yesterday that they would rather beg for food than take a single penny from our CEO Jiang, but today they've changed their minds!"

"Did you tell her?"

I froze, staring at Jiang Yichen in disbelief.

Jiang Yichen remained silent, like a silent knife that severed all my self-esteem.

The woman stopped smiling, extended her hand to me, and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Lin Nan, Mr. Jiang's new assistant. I will be handling your divorce matters, so you can tell me if you have any requests."

Why?

I slapped her hand away and said coldly, "I'm talking to Jiang Yichen, what right do you have to interrupt?"

Lin Nan cracked her knuckles, looked at me with the same cold expression, and pulled out the divorce agreement I had signed from her bag. "Let's get to know each other again. My name is Lin Nan. I was Jiang Yichen's roommate when he was studying abroad. In terms of seniority, I was ahead of you."

White moonlight.

It suddenly dawned on me; no wonder Jiang Yichen was in such a hurry to divorce me.

Jiang Yichen nodded. "She's my assistant and legal advisor now. She'll settle the money matters with you."

"Row!"

Jiang Yichen, you're really something!

I suppressed my anger and followed Lin Nan into the private conference room.

To my surprise, the result of my negotiation, which involved swallowing my pride, was less than two million. Ignoring Lin Nan's attempts to stop me, I kicked open Jiang Yichen's door.

I was about to scold him for treating me like a beggar, but I swallowed the words back. Who says I'm not a beggar now?

I lowered my head and suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

Jiang Yichen sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, looking at me lazily. "Do you think it's too little? How about five million?"

"..."

Is this what it feels like to be humiliated with money?

I looked up and stared intently at the man sitting by the window, as if I were seeing my past self.

Jiang Yichen got up and walked towards me, closing the door behind me. He then half-pressed me against the door and whispered in my ear, "Or, fifty million?"

My eyes lit up.

Fifty million could indeed save my family from dire straits!

However, the oppressive atmosphere I was in told me that things were not that simple.

I swallowed hard, forcing myself to stay rational as I asked, "What are the conditions?"

Jiang Yichen tucked strands of my disheveled hair behind my ear, his tone gentle and seductive, "How about letting me sleep here for one night?"

"Jiang Yichen!"

I shoved the man in front of me away, almost wondering if I had misheard.

We've been married for seven years, and he's had countless opportunities to sleep with me. But even if I'm drunk, disheveled, and vomit on him, he'll only clean me up, carry me back to bed, leave a glass of warm water by the bedside, and then go back to his nanny's room to sleep on the floor.

Now he says he wants to sleep with me?

I can't think of any other possibility besides mocking me!

My face flushed red, and I retorted angrily, "Is it fun to make fun of me? Even if you want to humiliate me, you don't have to do it like this!"

Jiang Yichen's gaze suddenly turned cold as he stared into my eyes and asked, "You think this is humiliation?"

I felt a little flustered by his gaze, so I avoided his eyes and my voice became weak. "I was blind to your greatness in the past, but even so, you don't need to retaliate against me like this."

"revenge?"

Jiang Yichen's gaze grew even colder, and he said in a deep voice, "Is this how you look down on me?"

The temperature in the room kept dropping sharply, and I couldn't help but shiver a few times. When I looked up and met his eyes, I suddenly felt as if I had never known this man before.

In my memory, Jiang Yichen has always been a weak and easily bullied lamb, but he managed to go from being exiled overseas to regaining his financial power...

Even a fool would know he's no pushover!

I don't want this money.