Reborn Before Divorcing My Wife

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1. Three years ago, Shen Hezhao was called back from abroad to inherit the corporation. He unexpectedly slept with Qiao Sui'an, and to secure his position in the company, he was forced to marry him. After the wedding, he went abroad and did not return for three years.

Three years later, the marriage agreement expired, and Shen Hezhao returned to China to get a divorce. The process went smoothly, and that very day he received the bright red divorce certificate.

At the Civil Affairs Bureau, he looked at the silent, slender young man behind him. "If you ever need anything, you can contact me."

"Sure." Backlit, the young man's pale face disappeared into the shadows. He replied mildly, "Thank you."

He never expected that the next time they met, his taciturn, well-behaved, bland "ex-husband" from before the divorce would hold a knife to his own father's throat.

Amid the crowd's screams, Qiao Sui'an's pale lips looked stunningly vivid, as if set aflame. He turned and glanced at Shen Hezhao, then leaped from the high-rise building.

That single glance was heart-stopping and unforgettable, and it haunted Shen Hezhao's dreams.

After that, Shen Hezhao dreamed night after night of Qiao Sui'an's final, parting look.

When Shen Hezhao woke up one day, he had returned to three years earlier, one month after he and Qiao Sui'an had married by agreement.

Shen Hezhao: "..."

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, I have to get back to China! What kind of newlywed groom goes abroad for a whole month?"

The assistant who had nearly broken up with his girlfriend because Shen Hezhao insisted on going abroad for work: "..."

2. Qiao Sui'an thought his whole life was destined to be spent struggling against the family he despised. He had no goals and no direction, and as he drifted through life, he fantasized about dragging his so-called "family" down into the abyss.

Until one day, someone appeared before him, took his hand, and said:

"Qiao Sui'an, tell me what you want."

As if he would give him anything he wanted.

Coming soon: My Assistant's Inner Thoughts Are a Little Too Much

After more than a decade making his way in the world, Shao Jingzhi was summoned back by his father with a letter of succession, to take over his older brother's position.

He wasn't satisfied with anything his brother had left behind. The office was too empty, the chair too small, the sofa color too plain, and the potted plant on the windowsill too ugly. The assistant, though, was pretty good.

The Far Ocean Group CEO's chief assistant was sharp, calm, and deadpan. His gold-rimmed glasses made him look like he could hold up the sky for three seconds if it fell. He solved plenty of problems for rookie CEO Shao Jingzhi.

Until one day, when his brother was arguing with his male lover, Shao Jingzhi suddenly heard:

[They've been arguing for ages over something that could be settled with one "I just happened to bump into him." Are they filming a costume drama or what?]

Shao Jingzhi looked at his assistant, who stood expressionless in front of his brother, and a "?" slowly appeared in his mind.

Two directors got into a fight over their competing interests. His assistant pretended to break it up, while thinking:

[Come on, hit him harder! This is the only fun I've had all day at work.]

The marketing director wanted to cut the department's dinner budget because quarterly profits had fallen short of expectations. The assistant listened with an apparently calm expression, secretly clenching his fists beside him:

[Don't tell me it's that awful restaurant again. You'd better know your place. Don't make me expose the kickbacks you've been taking from the brands!]

Shao Jingzhi: ? You can hear thoughts and get the inside scoop, too?

When Shao Jingzhi's two rumored girlfriends came to the office to argue, the assistant dutifully blocked the door, internally griping as he went half-dead on the spot:

[I can't do another day at this stupid job.]

Listening to his assistant complain, Shao Jingzhi secretly laughed. Maybe this job wasn't completely boring after all.

Then one day, a fresh graduate joined the company as a junior assistant. She couldn't figure out the printer, messed up the spreadsheet until the numbers were all garbled, then tripped while carrying coffee and fell right onto Shao Jingzhi with the coffee.

The vein at Shao Jingzhi's temple throbbed. He couldn't take it anymore, no matter whose connections had gotten her the job. The next second, he heard his assistant's thoughts:

[Wow, a sweet, innocent assistant! She's clumsy and impulsive, but optimistic and kind. Her stubbornness and strength will captivate the cold-hearted CEO, and from then on he'll run while she chases him. They'll soon be living happily ever after!]

Shao Jingzhi hesitated. Wait, Assistant, do you have some kind of misunderstanding about my taste?

The next second, he heard:

[What a shame. I don't go after men who are taken, so from now on I can't fantasize about his six-pack abs anymore.]

Shao Jingzhi froze. After the assistant left, he lifted his shirt to look at his own rock-hard six-pack, a meaningful expression spreading across his face:

Bro, this is a high-level game. You're counting on me!

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