After drinking a glass of vodka, the noisy atmosphere of the bar made him feel irritable, so he grabbed his phone and left the bar in frustration.

He hired a designated driver to take him home from the bar, but halfway there, he asked the driver to change routes.

At the restaurant where Yan Zhi was on a blind date, Gu Liji searched for a long time but did not see the two of them.

Frustrated, Gu Liji took out his phone and called Yan Zhi. The phone rang for a long time, but Yan Zhi did not answer.

He circled around twice, then got into the car and asked the designated driver to take him to Yan Zhi's house.

When he arrived, he found that she still hadn't returned. He checked the time; it was almost eleven o'clock.

It's so late, even someone who's been drinking and partying should be home by now. How can a woman like her come home so late after a blind date with a stranger? I don't know what she's thinking.

Watching the time tick by,

Realizing he was worried, he thought angrily, "Sure enough, she was just pretending at my house. After using me, she revealed her true nature. This woman is like a venomous snake."

Just as he was filled with hatred for Yan Zhi, Yan Zhi returned.

When she saw Gu Liji sitting on her sofa, she was slightly taken aback, but quickly regained her composure. "What are you doing here?"

Gu Liji retorted, "Why can't I stay with you?"

"I thought you hated me so much you wanted to tear me to pieces." Yan Zhi poured herself a glass of water; the mere sight of Gu Liji gave her a headache. "What do you want from me?"

Looking at Yan Zhi, who had dressed up so carefully, Gu Liji felt as if he had been stung by a poisonous bee, a burning pain in his heart, and his head was throbbing with pain from the smell of alcohol.

"I heard you went on a blind date?" The question came out in an accusatory tone.

Yan Zhi glanced at him and said indifferently, "You're quite well-informed."

If there's no denial, then the news is true.

Gu Liji was furious. "You're in such a hurry? We've only broken up for two months, and you're already looking for someone else? Does he know you're the kind of person who'll do anything for profit?"

"Break up? We weren't even dating, what kind of breakup is this?" Yan Zhi clarified their relationship. "At most, we just failed to get to know each other, and two months isn't a short time. Considering that Gu Shao used to find someone new after a day or two after a breakup, I'm actually quite loyal, aren't I? As for my character, I think he understands the meaning of the arranged marriage better than you do."

Gu Liji's chest heaved violently a few times; he knew he could never win an argument with her.

Smelling the alcohol on Gu Liji, Yan Zhi didn't want to talk to him anymore and directly told him to leave, "Alright, it's getting late, Young Master Gu, you should go back."

"I've waited for you for so long, and you're just going to let me go like this?" Gu Liji looked at her in disbelief.

“First, I didn’t make you wait for me. Second, coming to my house like this is considered trespassing. I’ll let it go this time, but next time I’ll have the housekeeper keep an eye on things.” Yan Zhi said to the housekeeper who came over, “Uncle Sun, find a driver to take Young Master Gu home.”

Her attitude infuriated him. She used to ask him to come home three times a week, but now she thinks it's too much to see him.

Yan Zhi, that woman who kicks you when you've served your purpose! He thought through gritted teeth.

"I'm not leaving. Why should I go back three times a week just because you tell me to? And now you're telling me to leave just because you say so?"

He has completely forgotten that he was the one who proposed the condition of three times a week.

Yan Zhi sighed and looked at the butler who was waiting beside her. "Uncle Xu, since Young Master Gu isn't leaving, find him a guest room to rest in."

After saying that, she ignored Gu Liji's reaction and went upstairs on her own.

Watching Yan Zhi leave so heartlessly, Gu Liji picked up a sofa pillow, raising it as if aiming at Yan Zhi's back, seemingly deliberating on which part to throw it at.

Back of the head, waist, legs...

Yan Zhi's figure disappeared around the corner of the stairs. Before he could throw the pillow in his hand, he angrily threw it on the ground, stomped on it a few times, and then kicked it into the corner of the living room.

After observing Gu Liji's actions, Uncle Xu calmly asked, "Young Master Gu, do you want to go back or stay?"

"Stay." He squeezed out the word through gritted teeth.

The next day, when he came downstairs, he didn't see Yan Zhi. He asked Uncle Xu and found out that Yan Zhi had already gone to work. It was only 7:30 a.m.

He couldn't help but mutter, "Why is work so tiring..."

Remembering what Gu Rongqi had said about her family, he reluctantly stopped muttering to himself.

When he came again later, he was indeed stopped at the door by the housekeeper. He went to the company to find her, but was also turned away at the door. Only then did he realize that Yan Zhi was not joking.

He was filled with resentment, and even knowing that his company had won the bid he was competing with Yan Zhi for did not lessen his anger in the slightest.

He couldn't tell his group of cronies about this, and after thinking about it, the only people he could confide in were his brother's family. His brother was tight-lipped, and Cheng Qicai didn't have much contact with their circle.

When Cheng Qicai heard that he was still entangled with Yan Zhi... no, it was him who was harassing her relentlessly, Cheng Qicai was speechless.

She asked, "Brother Gu, what exactly do you want Yan Zhi to do? An apology or compensation?"

This question stumped him. He wanted Yan Zhi... but he didn't seem to know what he wanted Yan Zhi to do.

Cheng Qicai looked at him and sighed, "I heard from Rong Qi that you've snatched several projects from Yan Zhi. How can she possibly see you like this? Think about it, she doesn't like you, but she chose to be with you for the sake of her career, which shows how much she values ​​it. And you still try to sabotage it like this. If I were her, I would hate you to death."

"..." Gu Liji's lips moved twice, but he still argued, "She used me, so I should repay evil with kindness?"

Seeing that she couldn't reason with him, Cheng Qicai stopped talking to him.

Seeing that Cheng Qicai was ignoring him, he pressed on, "Cheng Qicai, I'm asking you!"

“Brother Gu, we have different ideas, and I have nothing to say.” Seeing his furrowed brows, Cheng Qicai still softened and added, “I only have one question for you: what’s the difference between the lies you and my sister told to play the victim and Yan Zhi’s current situation?”

Gu Liji was taken aback; he had been thinking about this question all the way home.

The only difference might be that one is after love and the other is after money, but both are scams.

After figuring it out, he lay dejectedly on the sofa, his phone showing the latest progress updates from the project group he had snatched from Yan Zhi.

The sense of revenge he had felt before had vanished, and now he only felt bored and listless.

If neither of them takes the initiative, their relationship is essentially cut off.

Gu Liji would sometimes be in a daze when he returned home. In the past, when he came back, he would always see a slender figure on the dark blue sofa, and then the other person would stand up and say to him, "You're back."

The ringing of the phone broke his reverie. It was his secretary asking if he wanted to attend a charity auction party tomorrow.

He thought about it and decided that it wouldn't hurt to go and take a look, so he agreed to go.