Chapter 105 The CEO’s Divorced Wife’s Gentle Knife (4)

Chapter 105 The CEO's Ex-Wife's Gentle Knife (4)

Is this Tang Qing?

This wasn't the first time Li Zhou had seen Tang Qing cry, but this time, it was completely different...

Fat tears rolled down her cheeks, and Li Zhou suddenly realized his wife had always had a red beauty mark at the corner of her eye—something he'd never noticed before.

"Just now downstairs, Assistant Zhai stopped me from coming up..."

"I just came to give you the agreement, but she kept shooing me away."

"I said something out of anger..." Tang Qing sniffled, her voice wobbly and small. "I told Assistant Zhai that if she quit, I'd sign the papers."

"Li Zhou, can you get me someone else? I don't want... to deal with Assistant Zhai."

Her eyes brimmed with tears, lashes clumped wetly as she gazed pitifully at Li Zhou.

This side of Tang Qing...

President Li remained silent, absently tapping the desk. After a long pause, he finally turned to Zhong Jiaze standing nearby. "Lawyer Zhong, can you take this?"

Zhong Jiaze was a partner at a top-tier law firm, primarily handling corporate finance and M&A. Divorce cases weren't his usual practice.

Just as he was about to decline this messy case, Zhong Jiaze met Tang Qing's pleading gaze, and the words "find someone else" stuck in his throat.

Zhong Jiaze: "I can."

"Alright, name your terms."

Unconsciously, Li Zhou's usual coldness softened slightly. "Within reason, I'll try to accommodate you."

"Thank you, Li Zhou."

Tang Qing scrubbed at her face, her pale skin flushing from the force, amplifying her wounded, fragile air.

She placed home-cooked food on Li Zhou's desk, her voice timid. "Mom asked me to bring this for you."

"I was delayed downstairs, so it might need reheating."

Li Zhou recognized their chef's cooking.

Sheng Baihui actually arranged for someone to bring him food?

Surprised, he'd noticed Mrs. Zhang hadn't arrived at the usual time—likely because Sheng Baihui, furious about the divorce, had deliberately stopped her.

"Then... since I've agreed to the divorce, I'll discuss the terms with Lawyer Zhong."

Like a small animal, she stuck close to Zhong Jiaze. When they passed Zhai Shi on their way out, Tang Qing snubbed her with a huff, clinging to Zhong Jiaze as she hurried away.

"This is your condition for the divorce?"

Sitting in the café, Zhong Jiaze blinked at her terms.

Tang Qing wanted changes to the settlement—because she thought Li Zhou was offering too much?

"Mhm... I don't want the 30 million or the house. I know Li Zhou owns a shop across the commercial street. Can I have that instead?"

"I'll keep 70% of the profits, and the rest can go to Li Zhou. Would that work?"

The shopfront across the street was somewhat familiar to Zhong Jiaze. Poorly located, buried deep in the commercial street, it had long served as a warehouse for the current tech company.

A place like that would be worth three million at most.

Instead of taking thirty million, Tang Qing only wanted a shopfront?

"Ms. Tang, think carefully. After all..." Zhong Jiaze chose his words carefully, "you don't need to pinch pennies for Li Zhou."

For someone of Li Zhou's wealth, thirty million was pocket change.

"I've made up my mind. I have no right to take so much from Li Zhou... And with that shop, I can start something of my own." Absently stirring her coffee, Tang Qing looked dejected.

"Li Zhou... has always despised me. Useless, indecisive, always cowering, falling apart at the smallest thing."

"A man like him must be ashamed to have a wife like me."

"I don't mean to... I just cry too easily." As she spoke, Tang Qing seemed to realize tears were coming again, quickly rubbing her eyes to fight them back.

Her voice thick with unshed tears, she struggled to get her point across. "Once I turn a profit, I'll give Li Zhou 30% every year."

"That way he'll see I can earn money too."

So this was Tang Qing's reasoning.

Zhong Jiaze couldn't help but sympathize. Until now, Li Zhou's wife had been practically invisible, a mere background character. But today revealed Tang Qing had her own convictions.

"Ms. Tang, I'll convey your request exactly to Li Zhou. Here's my card—contact me if you have other conditions."

Rising to leave, Zhong Jiaze remembered Zhai Shi. "About having Assistant Zhai resign...?"

Tang Qing gave a gentle smile. "Just a joke."

"Assistant Zhai's brilliant and capable. I only wanted to scare her." The fragile woman suddenly sounded almost playful. "While I can still throw my weight around for a bit longer—soon I won't have the chance."

"Besides, she was so rude to me."

Pouting, her voice held a petulant edge.

Sunlight filtered through the café's side window, illuminating Tang Qing's face. Zhong Jiaze noticed the small red mole at her eye's corner. With her gaze downcast, he recalled how she'd nearly cried earlier.

Tang Qing's eyes were beautiful—especially when tearful.

The lawyer didn't linger. Settling the bill politely, he took his leave.

*Tang Qing, Li Zhou's Love Points for you just increased! Now at 12!*

*Zhong Jiaze's currently at 9!*

The system bubbled with excitement. After just one meeting, the points had shot up fast.

As Tang Qing had said—being pretty when you cry is a talent too.

*Tang Qing, last world we won over three male leads, racking up 18 million Love Points. When the dating show blew up nationwide, public Love Points settled at 16.54 million!*

*Now we've collected 68.47 million Love Points!*

Tang Qing asked, "Is this enough to go back and save Gu Xiaoman?"

The system, which had been so upbeat, suddenly dropped. *Not yet. You still need to recover your memories...*

"Moreover... bringing you back will also consume Love Points."

Tang Qing: "Tsk, Gu Xiaoman isn't very useful but costs a fortune."

If it were before, the system would’ve argued back upon hearing Tang Qing badmouth its master again. But now... it dares not make a sound. Tang Qing isn’t wrong—cooperating with her is indeed the only viable option at the moment.

Besides, working with Tang Qing is highly efficient.

On the sly, the system noticed Tang Qing is practically a genius in romance—her methods for boosting Love Points are just too effective. Being bound to her, the system has experienced the joy of having an in-game carry, effortlessly racking up points...