The CEO's Fiery Quest to Win Back Her Heart

Li Tingshen's call came in immediately after. Yin Luoxue adjusted her composure, answered the phone, and with a voice soft as water, spoke affectionately, "Tingshen brother..."

"What's with the video?"

"What do you mean? You were drunk, and I was just helping you wipe your face."

She was certain that there were no cameras in the corridor, which allowed her to deliberately fall and blame Gu Mian. However, she didn't expect there to be hidden surveillance in the private room!

"Do you need to be that close to wipe someone's face?" Li Tingshen asked displeasedly, "And from the direction of the door, it looked like the two of us were embracing. No wonder Gu Mian said we were kissing."

Yin Luoxue bit her lower lip tightly, "I was simply wiping your face. I had no idea Gu Mian would come, let alone that she would misunderstand..."

"You know I prefer people who are honest." Li Tingshen sat behind his desk, took a puff of smoke, and spoke calmly, "I have already asked around, and it was you who had someone call Gu Mian to the club. You wanted her to see that scene."

"Tingshen brother, I didn't..."

"The club manager has been fired, and you should stop these petty actions in the future," Li Tingshen said coldly. "No matter what, Gu Mian is my wife. I don't wish for misunderstandings to disturb the peace of our home."

Yin Luoxue complained aggrievedly, "Even if she misunderstood, she shouldn't have pushed me, right?"

"You were in the wrong to begin with; it's not her fault she lashed out. Since you weren't hurt, let's consider the matter closed."

Yin Luoxue was shocked; he was actually weighing right from wrong instead of siding with her!

Her hands clenched the hem of her clothes tightly, "Tingshen brother, have you fallen in love with Gu Mian?"

Without a second thought, Li Tingshen replied, "You're overthinking it."

Yin Luoxue breathed a sigh of relief, "I understand. I won't do such foolish things to bother you again."

"That's good to hear."

"Tingshen brother, Gu Mian wants to divorce you, is it because she doesn't want to give me a blood transfusion anymore? She still wants me dead, doesn't she?"

Li Tingshen took another drag of his cigarette, "I am already hurrying to find the Divine Doctor Lu Ming. Once he cures you of your sickness and your legs, you won't need to depend on Gu Mian for blood transfusions. You will be able to stand up and live a normal life."

"Tingshen brother, you are so good to me..."

Yin Luoxue hung up the phone with a blissful smile on her face.

It seemed she had been overthinking. How could Li Tingshen possibly fall for someone like Gu Mian, a labor reform convict!

However, before her illness was cured, she would surely kill Gu Mian!

Having occupied the position of Madam Li for three years, Gu Mian had it way too easy!

The position of Madam Li could only belong to her, Yin Luoxue, from now on!

...

Gu Mian slept until dawn, and when she opened her eyes, she found herself lying on the bed in the master bedroom of Yunyue Bay, looking at a beautifully handsome sleeping face.

She lowered her eyes and saw that she was wearing a silk slip nightgown, her cheeks instantly flushing red!

But upon careful reflection, there was no feeling of soreness in her body, which indicated that Li Tingshen hadn't touched her.

Gu Mian let out a silent sigh of relief. Just as she was about to get up, the man's arm suddenly tightened, forcing Gu Mian to lean closer to his side, their faces nearly touching!

"Awake?" The man's deep voice carried a hint of grogginess, deadly sexy, "Did you sleep well?"

Gu Mian pushed at his arm, "Let me go."

Li Tingshen curved his lips, "But last night you kept burrowing into my arms."

Without thinking, Gu Mian replied, "Impossible!"

"How is it impossible? You always cling like that in bed, don't you know?"

Gu Mian's face instantly turned red up to her ears, "That was in the past!"

Only during those moments when they were intimately entwined could she feel that he truly belonged to her, and hence she would cling to him exceptionally.

Even after it ended, she would entwine herself around him, not letting him leave.

But now it was different. Thinking back to last night's scene in the club, she felt utterly repulsed and instinctively pushed him away.

"Still angry?" Li Tingshen reached for his cell phone on the nightstand, unlocked it, and showed her a video.

As Gu Mian watched the video, she was taken aback.

"I didn't kiss Luoxue, the video proves it," Li Tingshen pulled Gu Mian into his arms, his lips close to her ear, his deep and hoarse voice carrying a bewitching tone, "Feeding you is already a lot of work, I wouldn't sneak around behind your back."

Gu Mian: "...!!!"

Her face turned so red it seemed like blood could drip from it; she quickly pushed him away and headed straight into the bathroom.

Gu Mian splashed her face with cold water until she finally calmed down.

It had been three years of marriage, and this was the first time Li Tingshen had explained anything to her.

But what did that matter?

Yin Luoxue was still between them, and he still couldn't accept the child in her womb.

When Gu Mian had finished washing up and came out, Li Tingshen was no longer on the bed.

She went to the walk-in closet, found some clothes to change into, and as she was descending the stairs, Nanny Yang immediately greeted her, "Madam, good morning, please go have breakfast."

"I don't need any."

"The master isn't here." Nanny Yang's face was all smiles, "You both slept in today, the master rushed to the company for a meeting and didn't have breakfast at home."

Only then did Gu Mian follow Nanny Yang into the dining room.

Nanny Yang served Gu Mian a bowl of congee and said, "Madam, I don't think the master wants to divorce you. Does he truly not want the child?"

"I have no reason to lie to you." Gu Mian took a sip of the congee and said indifferently, "He said that if I got pregnant, I couldn't give blood transfusions to Yin Luoxue anymore."

Nanny Yang became furious, "That Miss Yin is doing this on purpose, saying the blood from the blood bank is of unknown origins and not clean, insisting on using only the blood you donate. She's fussier than the empress herself!"

Gu Mian gave a faint smile, "Anyhow, from now on, I won't donate blood to her anymore."

"But Madam, once you're divorced, how will you live alone with a child..."

"It will be okay." Gu Mian looked down at her flat stomach, a tender smile spreading in her eyes, "I will find a job and raise the child well."

Suddenly, her phone rang. It was a private hospital calling her for an interview.

Gu Mian was overjoyed, eating only a few bites before heading out.

Strangely, the interview location wasn't at the hospital, but at a nearby coffee shop.

Arriving at the coffee shop at the appointed time, Gu Mian found, apart from the servers, only Yin Luoxue sitting alone by a window.

Gu Mian thought of something and turned to leave, but Yin Luoxue's voice came from behind, "Gu Mian, if you walk out today, I'll make sure you never find a job in the Capital, believe it or not?"

Gu Mian stopped, turned around, and approached her, "What do you want?"

"Sit. What will you drink? It's on me."

Gu Mian sat down opposite her, "I'm not thirsty."

Yin Luoxue sipped her warm coffee leisurely and began, "The hospital you're interviewing at is owned by my uncle. Normally, a criminal like you wouldn't have the chance to be a doctor, but if I ask my uncle, it might be different."

"No need." Gu Mian flatly refused, "I don't need your pity."

Yin Luoxue laughed, "So you're not really eager to find a job. You're just pretending, aiming for a divorce to look independent, trying to catch Tingshen's attention?"

"I'm not as fond of acting as you are. When I say I want a divorce, I mean it," Gu Mian declared, "I told you, I'm not sitting in Madam Li's position anymore; it's yours."

"I need you to give it up? It was mine to begin with." Yin Luoxue chuckled lightly, "Gu Mian, it's quite pitiful when you think about it. Even though you're married, Tingshen's heart has always been with me. I asked him yesterday, and he doesn't love you one bit. Forgive my frankness, but your role as Madam Li has been a complete failure..."

Gu Mian's heart ached as if it was being sliced with a knife.

She was indeed a failure, not only unloved by Li Tingshen but her child as well.

If Yin Luoxue were the one pregnant, Li Tingshen would certainly be overjoyed, wouldn't he?

Suppressing the pain in her heart, Gu Mian said, "Then please urge him to hurry up with the divorce so I won't interfere with you two being together."

"If it weren't for needing your blood, Tingshen would have divorced you long ago," Yin Luoxue raised an eyebrow, "Don't worry, as soon as Divine Doctor Lu Ming cures my illness, he'll kick you out immediately. But for now, you must obediently stay in the Li Family as my backup blood supply."

Gu Mian's hands clenched into fists under the table.

Just as she was about to respond, a sudden surge in her stomach made her rush to the restroom, where she retched over the basin!

Yin Luoxue's suspicious voice followed, "Gu Mian, are you pregnant?"