The Doormat Wants a Divorce, but Her Wealthy Husband Won't Let Go

[Rekindled romance | marriage before love | powerful man driven mad by love | intense push and pull | both leads are each other's only one | happy ending]

[Gentle, sweet-natured fallen heiress x devoted, restrained, aloof husband]

The engagement between Pei Shurou and Lian Yuli, the eldest son of Jiangcheng's wealthiest Lian family, was once called off after the Pei family went bankrupt.

But Lian Yuli overruled everyone's objections, honored the engagement, and married Pei Shurou.

For three years after their wedding, Pei Shurou dutifully played the role of Lian Yuli's wife.

Though her in-laws repeatedly slighted and humiliated her, she endured it all to protect her husband's interests.

Until her mother-in-law went too far, intent on forcing her son to divorce and marry a banker's daughter to strengthen the family's standing.

Pei Shurou decided to leave the marriage.

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After three years of meekly putting up with everything, she was the one who asked for a divorce.

At first, Lian Yuli thought his wife was just throwing a little tantrum.

Until she started sneaking away, staying out all night, ignoring his calls and never replying to his messages...

The wife who had once depended on him completely was slowly pulling away, and Lian Yuli panicked.

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Pei Shurou nearly gave up half her life, but finally managed to get divorced.

After the divorce, Lian Yuli's temperament changed completely, and not a trace of his former restraint remained.

He became ever more ruthless and unpredictable, like a blade-wielding Judge of the Underworld. He forced back the family's opposition, purged its ranks, and secured his hold on the inheritance.

He even pursued her more madly than he had before the divorce.

"Lian Yuli, don't forget, you're my ex-husband now!"

One day, after getting drunk, Pei Shurou was carried home by him and firmly blocked him outside the door.

Lian Yuli suddenly leaned closer, his eyes full of possessive tenderness, his voice utterly unyielding:

"An ex-husband is still a husband."