When his wicked ex-girlfriend beckoned him, CEO Li lost control!

"No, landlady, don't listen to her, we're keeping this TV."

Lin Zhixia suddenly spoke up.

The landlady smiled and said, "Yes, we just bought this TV not long ago. I think you should keep it."

Li Chengyuan didn't say anything more and immediately signed the contract with the landlady.

"I've already had my assistant transfer the money to you. Please check."

The landlady was practically beaming with joy. She had been a landlord her whole life and had never seen anyone pay so readily.

"Okay, okay, I'm going back now. You two can look at it a little longer. Also... remember to send me an invitation when you two get married."

After saying that, the landlady turned and left.

Lin Zhixia stood frozen in place, feeling as if the air itself was suffocating.

"Um... I'm going out for some fresh air."

After saying that, Lin Zhixia turned around and prepared to leave, but Li Chengyuan suddenly grabbed her by the back of her collar and said in a cold voice.

"Where are you going? Help me pack your things."

Lin Zhixia was lifted back like a chick, and she asked cautiously.

"You're not staying here, so why bother cleaning?"

"I bought this house with my own money, so it's mine. What's wrong with tidying it up a bit?"

At this point, Li Chengyuan paused again, then suddenly realized.

"That's true, you used to hate doing chores the most."

This statement is highly sarcastic.

Lin Zhixia was a little angry. What did she mean by saying that she hated doing chores the most? She was very good at doing chores. It was the original owner of the body who didn't want to do chores.

She rolled up her sleeves and raised her chin.

"What's so hard about doing work? I told you long ago that I'm not the same Lin Zhixia I used to be. People change."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengyuan's thin lips curled into a self-deprecating smile.

"Yes, people change. One second they might say they'll get married after buying a house, and the next they might be planning to elope with another man."

Lin Zhixia felt a lump of air stuck in her throat, unable to go up or down, making her feel suffocated.

She felt that Li Chengyuan was completely unwilling to listen to her explanation, so she simply kept quiet.

"Pack your things first."

Lin Zhixia turned around to get a bag to put it in, but when Li Chengyuan saw her nonchalant attitude, the anger in his chest flared up again.

He strode up to Lin Zhixia, snatched the things from her hands, and pulled her into his arms. Lin Zhixia, unsteady on her feet, stumbled and leaned against him.

The scent of ambergris lingered in my nostrils; it was unfamiliar.

Before, she could only smell laundry detergent on him, but now...

In some mysterious way, the two of them seemed to have changed. Just like in the original story, all that remained between her and Li Chengyuan was hatred.

She suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia for the past. Although they had a tough time together, Li Chengyuan had always treated her very well. Even if he only had a hundred yuan, he would go to a food stall, eat some spicy hot pot for twenty-odd yuan, and then go home to stay in bed and watch horror movies.

When she sees something scary, he will hold her close and cover her eyes with his hands, but she will still peek through his fingers and then hide back in his arms.

Lin Zhixia didn't know why, but lately she kept dreaming about her past with Li Chengyuan.

"Mr. Li, please let me go."

Her tone was indifferent, even carrying a hint of coldness and aloofness.

"Lin Zhixia, doesn't seeing this remind you of anything? It was right here that you said we'd get married after we bought a house. What were you thinking when you said that? Did you think it was so fun to play with me?"

Lin Zhixia was so overwhelmed by his aura that she subconsciously tried to back away. Her heel hit something and she fell backward. Li Chengyuan didn't have time to react. He caught her waist and they rolled onto the bed together.

The two were very close.

Lin Zhixia's pupils trembled slightly, and she could clearly see his sharp jawline and the complex emotions churning in his eyes.

Her heart suddenly raced, and her ears turned visibly red.

Li Chengyuan propped himself up, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead. His narrow eyes stared straight at her, the corners of his eyes slightly upturned.

"Lin Zhixia, why is your heart beating so fast?"

Lin Zhixia was stunned for a moment. After realizing what was happening, she immediately reached out to push him away, but Li Chengyuan seemed to be deliberately supporting himself above her.

She used a lot of strength, but Li Chengyuan remained unmoved.

Lin Zhixia was slightly out of breath, her shallow breaths hitting Li Chengyuan's face, her chest rising and falling.

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat ambiguous.

She was breathing heavily: "Li Chengyuan, get up, you're pressing down on me so hard."

Li Chengyuan lowered his eyes, and her fine downy hairs were faintly visible in the dim light. Her eyelashes trembled slightly with nervousness.

But he didn't intend to let her off so easily. He only left her enough space to breathe with the size of a fist, but Lin Zhixia still felt too much pressure.

She desperately wanted to escape; the smell emanating from him was enough to unsettle her.

"Lin Zhixia, tell me, if it weren't for me impersonating you online, you wouldn't have planned to keep it from me forever."

"Or are you planning to squeeze every last drop of value out of me and then run off with Xu Yanzhou?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhixia's pupils suddenly contracted, and her heart felt as if it had been stabbed, throbbing with pain.

"In your heart, that's who I am, isn't it?"

Li Chengyuan questioned in a deep voice, "Does your every word and action prove that you are not that kind of person? Otherwise, why did you choose to elope with Xu Yanzhou when the truth came out, instead of coming back to explain to me?"

Lin Zhixia wanted to say that she wasn't going to elope with Xu Yanzhou, but simply because her fate in the original story was just too tragic.

Survival is everyone's instinct, and she is a human being too; we can't expect her to risk her life.

Moreover, she had died once before and knew all too well the feeling before death. It wasn't a sudden fainting spell; there was a dull pain in the heart, a sense of impending doom, and a period of discomfort. Her mind raced like a revolving lantern before she finally passed away.

But she couldn't tell Li Chengyuan about this feeling. If she did, he probably wouldn't just want to send her to prison, but to a mental hospital.

Lin Zhixia didn't dare tell the truth. She just looked into his dark pupils and asked, "Even if I come back and explain, will it do any good? Will you let me go and forgive me?"

Li Chengyuan fell silent. He didn't know if he could forgive Lin Zhixia, but ever since he learned that Lin Zhixia was planning to leave Beijing with Xu Yanzhou and abandon him, he had no way of forgiving her.

She used herself when she had value to others.

When she was no longer of any use to her, she left without looking back.

Li Chengyuan's eyes were as dark as the deep sea.

"Lin Zhixia, you're really realistic!"