Disorder in marriage

The car didn't slow down, and Gu Yunmo's last words echoed in Yan Zhi's mind over and over again.

Her anger flared to the point that she lost control and unbuckled her seatbelt.

Gu Yunmo had just stepped on the brake when she had already opened the car door.

He held her tightly, while keeping his other hand steady on the steering wheel. He didn't have time to get angry, fearing that Yan Zhi might suddenly jump out of the car.

"Yan Fei is so nice, why don't you go find her!"

Yan Zhi raised her arm to try to break free, but the force was too great, and she slapped Gu Yunmo across the face.

"Snapped!"

Gu Yunmo's cheeks bulged out, and his eyes practically screamed murder.

At this moment, Yan Zhi's temper flared up and subsided quickly; her imposing manner instantly diminished, and she looked at him somewhat guiltily.

"I want to go back to the capital."

Gu Yunmo parked the car on the side of the road and said coldly, "Going back to the capital? I think you're more likely to be looking for death."

Just as Yan Zhi was about to say that she didn't mean to, he turned around, took her bag from the back seat, and threw it at her.

"Go wherever you want, get off."

Yan Zhi originally wanted to leave, but under these circumstances, it was as if Gu Yunmo had driven her away.

Feeling wronged and angry, she couldn't believe that Gu Yunmo would really leave her here.

After getting out of the car, Gu Yunmo drove off.

In an unfamiliar city, on unfamiliar streets, Yan Zhi walked along the roadside, trying to hail a taxi. Before long, Gu Yunmo returned in his car.

Yan Zhi wiped away the dried tear stains. "What?"

"Let's go back to the hotel today, and I'll take you to the airport tomorrow." Gu Yunmo said irritably, "You came out with me, so if anything happens to you, I'll be responsible."

Sure enough, she knew he was still doing it for himself.

Yan Zhi scoffed, "You think I'll get off just because you tell me to, and get on just because you tell me to? Am I your dog?"

The man's tone was unfriendly, and his eyes revealed impatience. "Even a dog is more obedient than you."

"What did you say?"

Gu Yunmo opened the passenger door for her. "Princess, please get in. Is that alright?"

Yan Zhi did this when she was pregnant. At that time, she just wanted to tease Gu Yunmo, but she didn't expect him to actually do it.

Yan Zhi got back into the car, though she felt incredibly embarrassed.

"Hey, does your face still hurt?"

Gu Yunmo drove indifferently, "It's none of your business."

Yan Zhi explained to him, "I didn't mean to. It was because you spoke up for Yan Fei in front of me that I was so angry... I'm sorry."

Gu Yunmo hummed in agreement.

"You should apologize to me too. What you said was very offensive."

Gu Yunmo did as he was told mechanically, "I'm sorry."

Regardless of whether he was sincere or not, Yan Zhi simply couldn't argue anymore.

She looked at flight tickets on her phone, booked a ticket back to Beijing for tomorrow morning, and told Gu Yunmo. He simply said "I know" in a low voice.

See? Yan Zhi thought, that's how it is with couples, sooner or later their feelings will fade, and eventually they'll even get tired of each other.

If one person is no longer willing to contribute, it's only a matter of time before the other leaves.

She would witness Gu Yunmo gradually lose interest and patience in her, which was both lucky and unlucky.

In short, the endings were all terrible.

-

The next day, she didn't bother Gu Yunmo and left the hotel alone with her suitcase.

Aside from sending him a message before boarding the plane, she hasn't contacted him again.

Upon arriving in Beijing, Xia Linglong picked her up in her car. "How have things been going with Gu Yunmo these past few days?"

In the past, when Yan Zhi chatted with Xia Linglong, the topics were always about husbands and children, which annoyed Xia Linglong.

Now I don't want to mention it anymore.

"So that's how it is. How's Lu Zhenzhen?"

"She's already been discharged from the hospital," Xia Linglong said. "She had nowhere to go, so I found her a hotel for 30 yuan a day. She can stay there for now, and things will gradually get better once we receive the compensation."

Yan Zhi didn't have time to rest; she went straight to work as soon as she got back.

"Back to the law firm, I need to figure out how to deal with her ex-husband."

Xia Linglong nodded. "By the way, you asked me to investigate Chen Jiayi before. I went to the hospital, and the people there said she resigned. Did something happen?"

Yan Zhi told Xia Linglong about Ji Shanmei breaking her leg. Although there was no evidence, Xia Linglong firmly believed that Yan Zhi could not possibly have done such a thing.

She said, "Look on the bright side, Ji Shanmei is helping you. She's blaming everything on you, and now Chen Jiayi has run away. Even a fool could see something's fishy! If Gu Yunmo can't see it, then all his business has been for nothing!"

Yan Zhi looked out the window, her fist pressed against her head. "But he'd rather believe in ghosts than believe that the ghost is Yan Fei."

"Xiao Zhi, do you know why Yan Fei was able to get together with Gu Yunmo back then?"

Yan Zhi hadn't really investigated that much. She had only heard that the Yan family and the Gu family had always been in contact, and she assumed that the marriage was arranged by both families together.

"Your parents passed away, and the Yan family is not what it used to be. Your uncle and aunt aren't the kind of people who can accomplish great things. How could the old lady of the Gu family possibly be interested in Yan Fei?"

Yan Zhi thought about it and agreed. "Then why did they get engaged later?"

Xia Linglong said, "I heard about it not long ago. It seems that when Gu Yunmo was in high school, his father was sick and needed a bone marrow transplant. The person who originally agreed to donate bone marrow backed out at the last minute. Later, they found many volunteers, and only Yan Fei was a match."

Gu Yunmo's father was in poor health and had been recuperating abroad. Yan Zhi had only seen them a few times and never even contacted them.

All I remember is that when I married Gu Yunmo, his parents rushed back from abroad overnight, called Gu Yunmo into their study and scolded him, and then flew back the next day.

Looking back now, they must have been blaming Gu Yunmo for not treating Yan Fei well.

"No wonder." She gave a self-deprecating laugh.

If she had known their bond was so deep, she would never have gotten involved with Gu Yunmo.

Living with three people is really too crowded.

That night, she stayed at Xia Linglong's house again, which also made it convenient for her to discuss Lu Zhenzhen's case with Xia Linglong.

Ling Xiao was away on a business trip, but he managed to order takeout for the two of them, mostly dishes that Yan Zhi liked.

Xia Linglong and Yan Zhi video-called him to thank him, "Senior, when are you coming back? If you don't come back soon, we won't be able to go to the movie premiere!"

Ling Xiao said, "You guys can go. I don't really like participating in those kinds of activities anyway."

"That works too! Then Xiaozhi and I will dazzle everyone and outshine all the other beauties! Who knows, we might even meet some suitors!"

"Then I wish you success."

Xia Linglong opened a can of beer and said casually, "If I ever get a boyfriend, I'll definitely treat you and Xiaozhi to dinner!"

"OK."

Ling Xiao's gaze then fell on Yan Zhi beside him. "How have you been lately?"

Yan Zhi gave a dry laugh at the phone camera, "It's...it's pretty good."

"How's Lu Zhenzhen's case going?"

When the conversation turned to business, Yan Zhi felt less reserved.

"Although Lu Zhenzhen's ex-husband has no assets, according to my intelligence, he runs a small company in the Jiangcheng area. If all else fails, you can investigate this company."