Chapter 7: The Legendary Masochistic Constitution

The wealthy ladies had just left the Fu Mansion when Zhou Hechen found out.

He found out Ye Li had attended Fu Yanci's matchmaking banquet.

He also found out that Old Mrs. Fu had kept Ye Li there, and she had stayed at the Fu Mansion overnight.

Though he didn't know what either Old Mrs. Fu or Fu Yanci had said to Ye Li, just thinking about Ye Li appearing so splendidly at the party was like a slap in his face in front of so many people.

Zhou Hechen felt a surge of anger in his heart.

But now, seeing Ye Li and noticing she had lost weight since their last meeting, Zhou Hechen suddenly wasn't angry anymore.

"Xiao Li, I know you were forced to attend the banquet. I don't blame you!"

His gaze swept over Ye Li's ethereal beauty, making him realize the women he had been with these past few days were nothing but ordinary.

Zhou Hechen stepped forward, his face troubled as he sighed, "As for the Ye Family's situation, I'm already looking for a solution. Can you give me some time?"

"Mr. Zhou must be joking!"

Ye Li slowly stood up, "You must have received the WeChat message I sent. Since you received it, you must know I went to the rooftop looking for you."

Speaking of the rooftop, Zhou Hechen's expression shifted slightly.

The lies he bragged about to his friends, coincidentally, were overheard by Ye Li.

Thinking of the one billion debt, Ye Li would eventually bow down and come begging him. He wasn't in a rush then.

But unexpectedly, Ye Li threw caution to the wind and directly went to his uncle's matchmaking banquet.

Thinking of how Fu Yanci looked down on him with a cold face, as if saying, "If you can't even protect your own woman, what kind of man are you?"

Zhou Hechen felt like his blood was rushing to his head.

In the vast Imperial Capital's rich circles, Ye Li could be linked to any man.

Only Fu Yanci was off-limits.

"Xiao Li, I know you're just speaking out of anger! It's my fault, okay?"

He reached out to pull Ye Li, his tone extremely tender, "I have ten million here, take this for now. For the rest, I'll find a way, okay?"

"Zhou Hechen, we are already divorced!"

Dodging his hand, Ye Li's expression was icy, "From now on, please stop bothering me!"

"And..."

Facing Zhou Hechen's furious expression, Ye Li's smile was gentle yet stunning, "Next time we meet, remember to call me aunt. Otherwise, Fu Yanci will be unhappy."

???

Zhou Hechen was stunned. "What, what did you say?"

Part of him felt that Fu Yanci had made some promise to Ye Li, enabling her to be so brazen.

Yet, he also thought that Fu Yanci was clueless, and it was just Ye Li borrowing his influence.

Zhou Hechen wanted to ask more to clarify things when he saw Qin Chu wave over a waiter, and the two changed tables to a private room upstairs.

Watching that exquisite figure disappear at the stairway, Zhou Hechen's eyes darkened with malice.

...

Inside the president's office at the top floor of Fu Group, Xiang Yang pushed the door open and met Fu Yanci's icy gaze.

Xiang Yang hurriedly explained, "Mrs. said she had arranged to meet a friend for coffee, and the friend would drive her back later."

After speaking, Xiang Yang's face showed a hesitant expression of whether to speak further or not.

"Speak!"

"Yes!"

Xiang Yang stood in front of the desk, "The coffee shop is called 'Meet,' the barista is Italian. Mrs. likes their lattes a lot, she used to go there for afternoon tea with friends."

"Buy it, and gift it to her! Consider it a... wedding present!"

"Yes! Also..."

Xiang Yang cautiously said, "Mr. Zhou blocked Mrs. Fu."

Fu Yanci abruptly looked up.

Xiang Yang quickly added, "He only stayed a few minutes before leaving, and they parted on bad terms."

After a long silence, Fu Yanci looked at Xiang Yang, "In the future, if she is bullied or wronged, just come and tell me. If it's anything else, who she meets, what she says, what she does, you don't need to tell me."

"Yes!"

"Xiang Yang!"

"Here!"

"I married her because I wanted to protect her, not to confine her in a golden cage and make her a bird without freedom,"

"Yes!"

...

After having coffee and lunch, Ye Li and Qin Chu stayed at Meet until the afternoon before leaving.

They called the waiter for the bill but, unexpectedly, it was the manager of Meet who hurried over.

"Hello, boss!"

Taking the bill from Ye Li's hand and handing it to the waiter, the manager bowed to Ye Li and said, "Meet has been transferred into your name, and the procedures are being handled now. They should be completed by tomorrow at the latest. From now on, this private room will not be open to the public. Whether you come for coffee or a small gathering with friends, you're welcome anytime."

Facing Qin Chu's teasing expression, Ye Li quickly understood.

After dismissing the manager, Ye Li took out her phone and called Xiang Yang.

She initially wanted to thank Special Assistant Xiang.

But hearing the cold, magnetic "What is it?" on the phone, Ye Li changed her mind.

"Fu Yanci..."

Ye Li whispered, "That café, can it be... turned into cash?"

???

As his gaze swept over the documents on his desk, he was inexplicably reminded of the marriage agreement locked in the safe.

"Mrs. Fu..."

Fu Yanci's gaze darkened, "Let me remind you that even if I turn it into cash for you, every penny you have now is still considered joint marital property."

If you're planning to start saving up that billion now and then casually wave goodbye one day in the future,

I advise you not to delude yourself!

Automatically imagining the unsaid second half of Fu Yanci's words, Ye Li snapped, "Got it!"

Beep beep beep!

After hanging up, Ye Li looked back at Qin Chu, "Chuchu, let's go shopping!"

A red Ferrari roared towards the mall.

Fu Yanci's phone buzzed incessantly.

[Your card ending in 1028 has a charge of 60,000.00 yuan on November 16th at 15:28.]

Hmm, bought a bottle of perfume.

[Your card ending in 1028 has a charge of 300,000.00 yuan on November 16th at 15:56.]

Bought a handbag?

...

[Your card ending in 1028 has a charge of 1,900,000.00 yuan on November 16th at 16:19.]

What was... bought this time?

The illuminated phone screen was filled with bill notifications.

Clearly, they all came from Ye Li.

Xiang Yang was terrified.

When he lifted his head, he saw a fleeting smile on Fu Yanci's face.

"Xiang Yang?"

"Present!"

"The card in the lady's hand, switch it!"

"Switch to which one?"

Confused for a moment, Xiang Yang wasn't sure what to do.

Meeting Fu Yanci's cold gaze snapped him back to reality.

"The unlimited black card, right? I'll handle it right away!"

The office, cold due to Ye Li's request to liquefy assets, instantly warmed like spring.

Seeing Fu Yanci return to his documents, and knowing he hadn't misunderstood, Xiang Yang left the office.

The question marks above his head were arranged in a square formation!

When the lady doesn't spend money, Boss is furious.

When the lady switches to crazy shopping mode, Boss seems to be in a good mood???

Is this what they call... a masochistic trait?