Disorder in marriage

Two months later.

In the villa, only the dining room chandelier was still lit, and Yan Zhi and Gu Yunmo sat facing each other in silence.

She pressed her fingertips against the divorce papers and slowly pushed them toward the other side.

"Take a look at this. If there are no problems, sign it."

Gu Yunmo had just returned from a business trip and was exhausted from the journey. It took a lot of patience for him to sit here.

Before, when I came home, there would be delicious food and Yan Zhi, who was pregnant and had a happy face.

Now there is only a heavy, oppressive atmosphere and the cold, aloof Yan Zhi.

His gaze swept over the five large characters of "divorce agreement" before he frowned. "What does this mean?"

Yan Zhi lowered her eyes; every second she looked at him brought her more pain.

She hadn't seen Gu Yunmo once in the past two months. From hating him at the beginning to accepting him, she had long since given up any expectations or fantasies about him.

The marriage had come to an end, and she no longer had the strength to continue.

She delivered her prepared statement in a calm tone.

"Let's get a divorce. We signed a prenuptial agreement, so I'll only take my share of the assets. I'll move out by the end of the month, and then we'll be even."

Gu Yunmo scoffed. It seemed that she had been keeping quiet for the past two months to plan her divorce.

"You'd planned this all along, hadn't you?"

His mocking tone made Yan Zhi resolutely raise her head and look him directly in the eye.

The bright white light shone on the cold gray decor, making this place, where she once worked as a writer, look like a ruin, desolate and barren.

Where is my daughter?

Her voice trembled as soon as she opened her mouth, even though she thought she had accepted reality and was ready.

Gu Yunmo remained expressionless, his thin lips parted slightly, and he said coldly, "You won't see her again."

His attitude could no longer hurt Yan Zhi.

"Fine. If you won't tell me, I'll find out myself. I refuse to believe you and Yan Fei can hide my child on Mars!"

Gu Yunmo said impatiently, "Have you made enough of a scene? You haven't figured it out in the past two months, have you?"

"From childhood to adulthood, you've always tried to take everything from Yan Fei. Yan Zhi, do you genuinely want a child, or are you just trying to spite Yan Fei?"

"Yes, that's the kind of person you think I am! I'm determined to go against her! So what?"

The scene froze for three seconds before Gu Yunmo spoke again, "Back then, because you forced us to get married, we both owe Yan Fei an explanation. Don't bring this up again. The child belongs to Yan Fei."

"Bang!"

Yan Zhi slammed her hand heavily on the glass-topped dining table. She stood up abruptly, her eyes red-rimmed, each word dripping with venom.

"Is the child only mine? Aren't you her father? Your job is to protect her and take care of her, not treat her like a commodity to repay favors! If you really feel that Yan Fei is wronged, you can give her money! Pave the way for her! What else could you use to repay her? Why use our child?!"

Gu Yunmo was stunned for a moment, probably not expecting her to have such a strong reaction.

But then he smirked, his eyes filled with utter incomprehension, "Wasn't it you who first used this child to negotiate with us? Who was the one who treated her like a commodity first?"

Yan Zhi's vision went white for a moment, and she felt a lack of oxygen in her head. She struggled to keep herself upright.

She wiped away her tears and looked at him coldly: "Sign it! I don't want to deal with you anymore."

Gu Yunmo subconsciously reached into his pocket, wanting to smoke.

He quit smoking for two years in order to conceive, but he smoked more cigarettes in the last two months than he had in the previous years combined.

But knowing that Yan Zhi couldn't stand the smell of cigarettes, he just held the cigarette pack in his hand and played with it.

"Don't want to get entangled with me? Then who do you want to get entangled with? Ling Xiao?"

Upon suddenly hearing this name, Yan Zhi felt utterly absurd.

"What does this have to do with Senior Ling Xiao?"

"Don't think I don't know how many times he's come to see you in the past two months."

"You had Xia Linglong cover for you, but secretly you just wanted to rekindle your old flame, right?"

Yan Zhi's voice suddenly rose, "Gu Yunmo! You can say whatever you want, but don't drag innocent people into this!"

"Innocent people?" Gu Yunmo sneered. "Yes, Ling Xiao is innocent, Yan Fei is innocent. Everyone is innocent, except for you, Yan Zhi, who is the least innocent."

Yan Zhi's heart sank suddenly. So that's how much he hated her for forcing him into marriage back then.

That's good, so that when it comes to divorce, everyone can make a decision more easily.

Suddenly, the doorbell in the entryway rang at that moment.

Gu Yunmo got up to open the door, and a sweet voice called out "President Gu" from outside.

Yan Zhi followed along as if possessed. The woman standing at the door was Gu Yunmo's financial manager, Ji Shanmei.

She was wearing a tight-fitting dress and had applied bright makeup late at night, with a strong, pungent perfume scent wafting towards you.

"Mr. Gu, you left this with me."

Ji Shanmei handed over a black toiletry bag, which Gu Yunmo took.

"Is there anything else?"

Ji Shanmei looked at Yan Zhi with a surprised expression: "Mrs. Gu, it's been a long time."

Yan Zhi looked her up and down, noting her curvaceous figure, and asked, "Have you been accompanying him on business trips for the past two months?"

"Yes, Mrs. Gu, don't worry. I packed all of Mr. Gu's luggage for him, and he even praised me for being thoughtful."

Seeing that Yan Zhi didn't react, Ji Shanmei immediately changed the subject.

"Is Mrs. Gu feeling better? Don't be too sad. You and Mr. Gu can definitely have another child of your own! You're still young, and you don't need to work anyway, so you'll have plenty of time to have children in the future—"

"Snapped!"

Without hesitation, Yan Zhi raised her hand and slapped that face full of technology and ruthlessness!

"what!"

Ji Shanmei lost her balance and stumbled a couple of steps in her high heels. She then covered her cheek, looking at Gu Yunmo with a mixture of surprise and grievance.

"President Gu..."

The man grabbed the hand Yan Zhi had used to hit him, and, unable to contain himself any longer, growled in a low voice, "Yan Zhi!"