After the divorce, I became a rich girl

The engagement ring lay quietly in the velvet box. He Zhizhou's mouth curled down slightly and he exhaled lightly, the breath was full of helplessness and loss.

His eyes fell on Li Xuanbao, and he slowly asked, "Xuanbao, if you have to choose between me and your career, which one would you choose? Me or your career?"

Li Xuanbao's eyes were full of confusion. She looked straight at He Zhizhou and asked in a puzzled voice, "Zhizhou, why do you ask this suddenly? There is no conflict between your career and mine. I just hope you can give me another year. It's that simple. How can it involve such a ridiculous choice of choosing one from two? You are not such an irrational person."

Hearing what Li Xuanbao said, He Zhizhou frowned slightly and his expression became solemn. He paused and said, "Mr. Liang sent someone to the law firm today. He knows that we are together again. He asked his assistant to go to the law firm to convey that when his contract with Wanyan Law Firm expires next year, he will stop cooperating with Wanyan Law Firm and transfer all legal cases related to his business to other law firms."

Upon hearing this, Li Xuanbao frowned and said anxiously, "Is there any conflict between my being with you and Uncle Liang's business dealings in your law firm? Are there any other problems? This shouldn't be the case."

He Zhizhou's chest rose and fell slightly, and another sigh escaped from the corner of his mouth. His tone was like the autumn wind blowing across the lake, full of complex ripples: "You know that Mr. Liang is now training Jiawei as his successor. He regards Jiawei as a treasure and cares for her with all his heart.

And there is a special relationship between you and Jiawei, so he will certainly not tolerate people close to you getting too involved in Jiawei's business.

To be honest, I can understand Mr. Liang's decision from the bottom of my heart. So, Xuanbao, I can't let Wanyan Law Firm suffer losses because of my relationship with you, do you understand?"

Li Xuanbao's eyes were fixed on He Zhizhou, her eyes showing seriousness and persistence: "So, after all you've said, what choice will you make? Do you want me or Wanyan Law Firm?"

He Zhizhou's lips were tightly closed, he just stared at Li Xuanbao quietly, his gaze seemed to have traveled through the long river of time. There was no doubt about the love between them, but time passed, so many years had passed, they were no longer young, without the impulse and purity of their youth, they were no longer the only choice in each other's life without question.

Seeing that He Zhizhou had not answered for a long time, Li Xuanbao's heart suddenly shook, and she suddenly realized something. A bitter smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "So, He Zhizhou, you abandoned me again this time, right?"

He Zhizhou's eyes flashed with pity, and he didn't dare to look directly into Li Xuanbao's eyes: "Xuanbao, after all this, do you think our relationship is still as pure as before? Can you tell how many conflicts of interest are involved? So, Xuanbao, I am not your only, unreserved choice."

"So, I'm obviously not your only choice!" Li Xuanbao looked up at He Zhizhou, her eyes revealing a bit of clarity and pain. After all, they are already adults who have experienced a lot in life, and have long passed the youthful age when they were only intoxicated with romance and didn't have to consider anything else.

But even so, Li Xuanbao's eyes were still fixed on He Zhizhou, unable to move away.

He is the man she loves from the bottom of her heart, the only person who has lived in her heart so far.

She has known since she was a child that in this world, the kind of love that puts everything aside and is pure and without any impurities is nothing but a mirage and does not exist at all.

So, although there were many impure things between her and He Zhizhou, it was undeniable that she loved him.

Therefore, she didn't want to be separated from He Zhizhou again at all. The thought of losing him made her heart feel like it was being grabbed by an invisible hand, causing her to feel terribly painful.

Li Xuanbao took a deep breath slowly, as if she had mustered up her courage, and said resolutely: "I'll go find Uncle Liang!" She wanted to have a good talk with Uncle Liang, maybe all the problems could be solved.

However, just when Li Xuanbao was about to turn around, He Zhizhou reached out his hand and grabbed her, saying with some helplessness: "Xuanbao, don't go!"

Li Xuanbao stopped walking and looked back at He Zhizhou stubbornly. Tears of grievance began to well up in her eyes uncontrollably. There were too many puzzlements and sadness hidden in those tears: "Have we committed some unforgivable sin by being together? Uncle Liang clearly loved me so much before, why is he treating me like this now? Even if I have no blood relationship with the Li family, he has no blood relationship with the Li family either. Why do you have to interfere with us because of those external things?

I have already left and will not fight with Li Jiawei, why do they have to do such a thing? "

He Zhizhou looked at Li Xuanbao's aggrieved and sad expression, sighed distressedly, stretched out his arms and gently hugged her, and said softly: "This is the choice everyone makes based on their own considerations."

When Li Xuanbao heard this, it was as if all the strength was drained away from her body in an instant. She leaned softly in He Zhizhou's arms, and asked helplessly with a trembling voice, "I have been excluded by them. So, Zhizhou, are you planning to give up on me too?" Her words were filled with fear and uneasiness of losing.

At this moment, He Zhizhou felt as if a heavy rock was pressing down on his heart, and he was in great trouble.

For him, Wanyan Law Firm is a business he has worked hard to build over the years, carrying his ambitions and ideals; and Li Xuanbao is the person he loves most in his heart, the lover he longs to walk through life with.

These two were like equally important weights on the two ends of a scale, which put him in a dilemma for a moment. He didn't know how to respond to Li Xuanbao's question that was full of expectation yet fear.

Li Xuanbao hugged He Zhizhou tightly, like a drowning person who had grabbed the last straw. Her arms tightened more and more, as if she wanted to merge herself into He Zhizhou's body. She cried and her voice was full of pleading: "Zhizhou, don't leave me, I don't have a home anymore!" The helplessness and fragility in her words would move anyone who heard them.

He Zhizhou only felt a wetness on his neck, which was Li Xuanbao's tears, hot and burning. His will, which was not very firm to begin with, melted little by little in these hot tears.

He Zhizhou couldn't help but stretch out his arms and hug Li Xuanbao tightly in his arms.