After I Asked for a Clean Break Through Divorce, My Scumbag Father and His Daughter Panicked

After seven years of keeping their marriage secret, Jiang Yinxing had exhausted every bit of tenderness under Li Chengyuan’s cold gaze, yet she still tried to hold on to a marriage that had long since become a hollow shell.

Then one day, she crossed half the globe, soaked to the skin, hoping to surprise her daughter on her birthday. Instead, she discovered that he had deliberately used a business trip as an excuse to send her away so he could stay with another woman. And then came her daughter’s childish birthday wish: “I want a different mommy!”

With trembling hands, she signed the divorce papers, gave up custody of her daughter, and finally saw the truth as she turned away: the marriage she had carefully nurtured had rotted from the roots long ago.

Back in the workforce, Jiang Yinxing rose like a phoenix from the ashes, transforming from a housewife everyone mocked into an industry legend.

Just as she prepared to embrace her new life, the man who had once left her utterly broken began closing in on her at every turn.

Li Chengyuan stubbed out his cigar and pinned her against the floor-to-ceiling window. His voice was so hoarse it bordered on obsession. “You want to leave? Only if I’m dead!”