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Before marriage, she had looked like she had a car and a house, was a local, and lived a glamorous life. Only after getting married did she realize that, aside from the house and that one car, she had nothing at all.

After deducting her daily expenses from her monthly income, she was left struggling. When she had been single, she could still occasionally go out for Haidilao, but after getting married, even eating out became rare. Every meal was cooked at home because it saved money.

Not only had marriage failed to bring her the stable, carefree life she had imagined, but it had instead piled on even more pressure. She and her husband quarreled every few days, and their lives were even worse than before marriage.

That was because all her monthly income went toward maintaining the household, while her husband's income was even lower than hers. After all, Lin Shiyu was an elite who had graduated from a top university and fought her way up. Although life was difficult, she was still far better off than this local punk.

Her husband had merely relied on his advantage as a native local to scrape together a car and a house. His actual abilities were thoroughly mediocre. By the recruitment standards of their company, he did not even meet the qualifications to join.

Thus, after deducting their expenses from their monthly income, they still could not save any money even after adding her husband's earnings. Their life was painfully difficult.

Such a life was suffocating. In the eyes of outsiders, it was passable, but the reality was far from glamorous or comfortable.

But was this the life Lin Shiyu wanted?

Obviously not.

Since Lin Shiyu could soberly marry a man ten years older than herself for a house and a car, she could naturally also soberly and calmly get divorced.

So after enduring it for half a year, she suddenly came to her senses. She immediately announced that she was getting divorced, moved out early to live alone, and entered the cooling-off period before the divorce.

And today, she had finally gotten the divorce done for good.

"The marriage is over. No house, no car, and my youth has been ruined by all this too. Li Yang, tell me, why is my life so miserable?"

Lin Shiyu drank another glass of liquor and looked at Li Yang with a sorrowful expression. "I just wanted a car and a house. Was that wrong? I even poured my youth into it, but I got absolutely nothing out of it..."

Lin Shiyu chattered on. Whether intentionally or not, large expanses of her snow-white skin were exposed, giving Li Yang quite a feast for the eyes.

Listening to Lin Shiyu, Li Yang thought of his former self. He could not help thinking that if he had not obtained the World Gate, he would probably have ended up even worse than Lin Shiyu.

Lin Shiyu might only have been a team leader, but she had earned that position through no small amount of exploitation and sacrifice. Even so, she could save only a pitiful five thousand yuan a month.

If he had not obtained the World Gate...

"All right, Sister Lin. As the saying goes, everything is fate, and nothing is in our own hands. Let's head back after we finish this glass. You still have to work tomorrow."

His thoughts raced in a thousand directions. Li Yang smiled and shook his head, clinked glasses with Lin Shiyu, and spoke softly.

Why am I thinking about all this? I'm not the person I used to be anymore.

"Oh, okay."

Reminded by him, Lin Shiyu realized that it was getting late. After clinking glasses with Li Yang, she swayed to her feet. Seeing the faint outline beneath her tights, Li Yang pressed his lips together, stepped forward, and supported her as they walked.

They had already called a designated driver. Li Yang handed him the keys, sent Lin Shiyu to the back first, then sat in the rear seat as well so he could look after her.

"Mmm~"

Lin Shiyu had drunk quite a lot. More than half a case of beer had ended up in her stomach, and while the car was moving, she felt Li Yang sitting beside her and leaned against him.

The car had a spacious interior, but with Lin Shiyu dressed so alluringly and all that pale flesh exposed, the moment she leaned against him, the space seemed cramped. The scent of perfume, mixed with a faint trace of alcohol, slipped in through her hair and into his breath, while the wind pouring through the open window carried a chill.

After the air-conditioning had blown for a while, Li Yang reached out and closed the window. The noisy howl of the wind inside the car abruptly fell silent.

Lin Shiyu's full, fleshy body leaned against him, swaying slightly from the alcohol. Afraid she would topple over, Li Yang naturally moved his right arm around her shoulder after closing the window to support her.

But after glancing at the black-stockinged thighs beneath Lin Shiyu's hip-hugging skirt, his right hand somehow slid from her shoulder onto the stockings.

The silky, smooth sensation instantly traveled from his palm into his heart. His right hand subconsciously stroked them a couple of times before Li Yang suddenly realized what he was doing. He froze, then hurriedly stopped his wandering hand.

Damn.

Automatic Navigation!

Li Yang awkwardly tried to withdraw his hand, but Lin Shiyu suddenly pressed herself closer into his arms.

"..."

What does she mean by that?

Li Yang's eyes widened slightly as he looked at the female superior leaning against him, his expression becoming extraordinarily complicated.

Had her life been so unsatisfactory that she had finally come to her senses and wanted to find someone who could make money?

His hand continued stroking the stockings of its own accord, while he could not help thinking that there could not possibly be such a wonderful thing in this world.

But after looking at Lin Shiyu's alluring figure and recalling how they had once rented a place and worked together...

At most, I'll keep her.

Li Yang secretly made up his mind. He glanced at the designated driver, and fortunately, Lin Shiyu was sitting right next to the door, so the rearview mirror could not show her leaning against him. He immediately relaxed, and his mind began running wild.

He did not know whether his thoughts were right, but... he had already begun thinking in that direction against his will.

The atmosphere along the way suddenly grew somewhat quiet. Li Yang did not know whether the driver had noticed that he kept stroking Lin Shiyu's stocking-clad thigh. When the car reached the building where Li Yang's apartment was, the driver collected his fare, mounted his own little electric scooter, and sped off.

Li Yang's hand was still on Automatic Navigation, but he stopped it in time when they got out of the car. Supporting Lin Shiyu by the waist, he escorted her back to their room.

"Click~"

After opening the door and naturally placing Lin Shiyu on the sofa, Li Yang's thoughts ran wild. Still unsure what Lin Shiyu was thinking, he was just about to leave and probe her again another time when—

Lin Shiyu, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly tugged at his hand. "Li Yang, can you really make a lot of money now?"

Li Yang turned around and saw Lin Shiyu's flushed face and moist, glistening eyes as she looked at him.

Was she drunk or not...

Besides, earning money is private information. Did she think I had to tell her just because she asked?

Li Yang chuckled inwardly, casually took out his phone, and showed her the balance in his bank account.

Lin Shiyu's eyes widened slightly. She examined it carefully for quite a while before Li Yang silently put his phone away. With the corners of his lips slightly raised, he went to the living room and poured her a glass of water.

What a joke. How could he not let her see a little of what he was capable of?

"Sister Lin, you drank a little too much today. If you have something to say, tell me tomorrow. As for me, I may not have many other abilities, but buying a small house would still be easy."

Li Yang looked at Lin Shiyu, who radiated seductive charm. After placing the glass of water on the coffee table, he suddenly blurted that out in a fit of heated emotion. Then his gaze swept over her once more, just in time to meet her drunken stare.