I Just Want a Little Money

After Bo Wu divorced Gu Yan, she became a lowly outsourced worker. Back when she looked down on Gu Yan for dropping out of school and having no future, he had been a wannabe influencer. Now he'd made enough to buy luxury cars and mansions. Every morning, Bo Wu woke up feeling so inadequate she could have fallen into depression.

If they hadn't divorced, she could have been living the good life too.

Back then, they'd split the 22 yuan registration fee. Bo Wu had gotten nothing out of the marriage. Life was just too hard. After a long period of psyching herself up, she finally went back to cling to her ex-husband.

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Gu Yan noticed that lately his ex-wife seemed to have had a change of heart and might want to remarry. Unfortunately, he was already seeing someone new. No matter how infatuated the other person was with him, the two of them had missed their chance.

“I signed a couple's contract with her. It's just for the account, nothing more.”

At their first meeting, he immediately came clean.

“If you have time, we can go to the civil affairs bureau right now.”

At their next meeting, he politely took the initiative and asked with a smile.

Bo Wu hesitated, unable to make up her mind. Gu Yan understood. After all, they were worlds apart now. He had everything a wife who'd stood by her husband through hard times could envy: wealth, status, and power. She didn't dare get close, and could only fight to restrain herself.

Hmph. But he didn't mind. It was fine.

Gu Yan carefully set up a little “truth comes out after drinking” scene. After a couple of drinks, he took advantage of the mood to kiss the lips he hadn't touched in so long. He still had the habit of grabbing her thigh. Bo Wu hurriedly shoved him away in alarm.

“...Ex-hubby, don't do that.”

“I, I, I just wanted a little money...”

Was there really any need to heroically sacrifice herself over two glasses of 99-yuan whiskey?

Gu Yan: “...”

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Later, she was thrown hard onto the sofa. Gu Yan loomed over her, his face dark as he gritted his teeth. Bo Wu was just an honest outsourced worker with a hard life; she'd never seen anything like this. She whimpered and cried, trying to dodge him.

Gu Yan's eyes turned dangerous as he said in frustration, “So as long as I pay enough, you'll do anything?”

Theme: Bowing down for a meager salary means bending your butt, knees, face, head, limbs, and whole body