Only after her death did I realize that she was the white moonlight of a billionaire CEO.

Chapter 111 Zhen-ge, are you wearing any clothes underneath?

Li Xi hid under the covers, too ashamed to lift her head.

Gu Zhen was taking a shower in her bathroom.

There were no men's clothes in the house, so after taking a shower, Gu Zhen dried himself off with a towel and put on one of Li Xi's winter bathrobes.

It was a fluffy robe with cow-spot patterns. It was warm to wear, but since I was completely naked underneath, it wasn't very comfortable.

I need to go back and change my clothes first.

Having made up his mind, Gu Zhen walked out of the bathroom. Not seeing Li Xi, he searched the bedroom carefully before noticing that the blankets were somewhat bulging.

He yanked back the covers, and sure enough, Li Xi was lying sprawled out on the bed.

Seeing Li Xi's flushed face, Gu Zhen wanted to laugh. "So shy?"

Li Xi pretended to be dead.

Gu Zhen laughed at her: "With such little courage, you still want to imitate male models?"

"So, does my profile match the information on the app's website? I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Li Xi ignored him and simply turned over, burying her face in the blanket.

"I'm not teasing you anymore." Gu Zhen smoothed out the blanket and covered Li Xi with it.

He lay on his side on the blanket, pulling Li Xi and the blanket into his arms, and whispered in her ear, "I'll go upstairs and change my clothes first."

"Will I come down and keep you company later?"

After all, they had just done something intimate and ambiguous, and Gu Zhen felt that he should stay at Li Xi's house tonight to be responsible.

Li Xi was too ashamed to face him. "No need, I'll give you the bathrobe. Go back now."

"Then I'll lie down with you for a while longer."

The room was heated, so Gu Zhen wasn't cold. He lay on the bed, holding Li Xi and chatting with her.

"What have you been busy with while I was away?"

"Just drawing, finding directors, auditioning actors..."

"When will you turn it on?"

"Wait a little longer," Li Xi said. "Once Xie Zheng has dealt with Zhou Yaoguang, the crew can start filming."

"Oh?" Gu Zhen asked curiously, "What happened between her and Zhou Yaoguang?"

"Zhou Yaoguang slept with Xie Jiaoyue. When Xie Zheng found out, she wanted to cancel the engagement and break up with him. But Zhou Yaoguang disagreed and even imprisoned her."

Gu Zhen couldn't help but sneer, "Zhou Yaoguang can have his cake and eat it too, and then he won't even let Xie Zheng break up with him after it's all over?"

"So unreasonable?" Gu Zhen had no idea that Zhou Yaoguang was this kind of person.

Li Xi complained, "His views on relationships are problematic. He must think that as long as his heart is with Xie Zheng, he loves her, but JB can be with any woman."

"..." Gu Zhen was silent for a moment before saying, "Then it's not true love."

"When you truly love someone, your physical and psychological desires will be directed towards that person." Gu Zhen's words were clearly a double entendre, implying something about Li Xi.

Li Xi understood, but she pretended not to, directly avoiding the topic, and continued, "Zhou Yaoguang's mother suffers from uremia and has been living on dialysis for more than ten years. Recently, her condition has started to worsen."

"Coincidentally, Xie Zheng and Madam Zhou's antibody type is a perfect match. Now the Zhou family is hoping that Xie Zheng will agree to donate a kidney to Madam Zhou."

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhen frowned. "Xie Zheng is so young, and she hasn't even married into the Xie family yet, but she dares to sacrifice herself to save Madam Zhou?"

"Knowing about Zhou Yaoguang and Xie Jiaoyue's affair, she still wants to donate a kidney?"

Gu Zhen almost blurted out, "Is she brainless?"

"Xie Zheng isn't that stupid. She didn't want to donate a kidney at all. It was Jay Chou who secretly had an antibody test done for Xie Zheng."

Jay Chou?

"Are you talking about the old shipping magnate's eldest son, the one named Zhou Tiexiong?" Gu Zhen had a fairly good impression of the old shipping magnate.

After the death of the old shipping magnate, his eldest son Zhou Tiexiong inherited the Zhou family business and became the new chairman.

However, Gu Zhen didn't know much about Zhou Tiexiong, only that he, like Old Boss Zhou, had also been involved in organized crime.

Later, with his grandfather's guidance, Old Zhou retired from his life of crime and became a true industrialist, while Zhou Tiexiong still harbored some ulterior motives.

"Yes, that's the old man."

"The current situation is that the Zhou family all know that Xie Zheng and Madam Zhou are the perfect match for a transplant, and they are all pressuring Xie Zheng to agree."

"Although Zhou Yaoguang didn't say it out loud, I'm sure he was hoping for it too."

Gu Zhen felt aggrieved. "What does Xie Zheng think? Will she donate or not?"

"She has no choice but to donate. No matter how famous she is, she's just an actress. Zhou Tiexiong has plenty of ways to get her to donate!"

"Furthermore... Xie Zheng also plans to cooperate with Zhou Tiexiong in order to escape Zhou Yaoguang's forced imprisonment."

"She donated a kidney to Mrs. Zhou in exchange for Zhou Tiexiong granting her freedom and forbidding Zhou Yaoguang from harassing her anymore." This was a helpless act out of desperation.

Xie Zheng's small arms couldn't possibly twist the thigh.

If Zhou Yaoguang were just an ordinary scumbag who had betrayed her, Xie Zheng could still be ruthless enough to gamble her future and use her influence as a big star to confront the Zhou family.

Even if her future is ruined, the Zhou family will still suffer a great loss.

But Zhou Yaoguang had genuinely loved her before.

Xie Zheng has loved Zhou Yaoguang, the man who risked his life to save her during the explosion on set, all her life.

But the soul of the man who loved her so deeply was already dead.

"...Tell Xie Zheng not to act rashly," Gu Zhen said. "I'll call Mr. Gu and ask him to give Xie Zheng a way out."

If Grandpa Gu makes a phone call to the Zhou family, Zhou Tiexiong will definitely cooperate and set Xie Zheng free.

Li Xi was well aware that Gu Zhen had this ability.

After all, that scoundrel is Gu Huaizhou.

Li Xi put on her dramatic act, turned around, grabbed Gu Zhen's pajamas, and said with a worried look, "You're just an ordinary junior in the Gu family, can you convince Grandpa Gu?"

Gu Zhen fell into an eerie silence.

He quickly regained his composure and explained, "Gu Huaizhou and I grew up together. He's one of the younger generation that the old man watched grow up."

"I've never asked him for anything before, this is the first time, I think he'll give me that favor."

"How could I possibly accept that?" Li Xi said tactfully, "The debts of gratitude are the hardest to repay. You and Grandpa Gu have a bond between you, so you should save this opportunity and ask for help when you really encounter trouble in the future."

"You've wasted such a big favor on me; I feel terrible about it."

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhen's heart melted.

He kissed Li Xi's forehead tenderly and said in a deep voice, "You deserve it."

"Okay, you rest first, I'll go back now."

"It's so late, don't call and wake the old man up. Call him tomorrow."

"it is good."

Gu Zhen chatted with Li Xi for a while longer, and seeing that Li Xi had started to yawn, he reluctantly left her house and returned to 2301.

Seeing that the elevator was stopped on the first floor, he thought it was too much trouble and went directly up the stairs.

As Gu Zhen climbed the stairs, he wondered whether he should connect his and Li Xi's apartments and build a staircase...

"I rely on!"

Jiang Xinghe's exclamation interrupted Gu Zhen's thoughts.

Jiang Qingkong had suddenly come to his house today for some unknown reason. Jiang Xinghe didn't know how to face her, so he deliberately hid in the stairwell to smoke.

I had only smoked half of my cigarette when I saw Brother Zhen coming up the stairs in a fluffy women's cow-print bathrobe.

Jiang Xinghe looked at Gu Zhen's bathrobe with a strange expression.

Without a doubt, this bathrobe must belong to Li Xi.

Noticing that Gu Zhen's legs were bare under his robe, Jiang Xinghe blurted out, "Brother Zhen, are you wearing any clothes underneath? You're not going commando, are you?"

Gu Zhen was indeed not wearing anything underneath, because his underwear had gotten dirty at Li Xi's house...

Seeing that Gu Zhen remained silent, Jiang Xinghe also fell silent for a moment.

Their eyes met, and they stared at each other in bewilderment.

Gu Zhen had never been so incredibly stupid in his life.

After a moment, Jiang Xinghe tried to smooth things over: "Haha, you're both single men and women, and you're both of legal age to get married and have kids. It's perfectly normal for you to sleep together."

Gu Zhen: "..."

"Hmm." He replied curtly.

Jiang Xinghe pressed his advantage, saying, "I heard that Li Xi's rent is several thousand yuan cheaper than mine..."

Knowing what Jiang Xinghe was up to, Gu Zhen said expressionlessly, "Starting next month, your rent will be the same."

"Brother Zhen, you're so generous!" Jiang Xinghe, like a little follower, took the initiative to open the iron gate of the fire escape. "Brother Zhen, please."

Gu Zhen walked past Jiang Xinghe with seemingly steady, long strides.

Stepping through the fire door and standing in the public elevator lobby, Gu Zhen looked towards the entrance of Jiang Xinghe's apartment building.

He reminded Jiang Xinghe in a stern tone: "Tenants who do not belong to the apartment are not allowed to stay overnight in the apartment. This is written in black and white in the rental contract."

"Moreover, this Miss Jiang Qingkong once drugged Li Xi."

If it were any other girl, Gu Zhen would have been more forgiving, considering that Jiang Xinghe had helped Li Xi before.

But Jiang Qingkong is not an option.

She is Xie Xingyun's wife, and a fool who hurt Li Xi.

He couldn't tolerate the fool who had hurt Li Xi staying in his apartment.

Gu Zhen is such an unreasonable person.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xinghe looked somewhat embarrassed. "Sorry, Brother Zhen, I didn't know she would be coming today..."

Gu Zhen interrupted Jiang Xinghe: "Without your permission, the housekeeper downstairs won't let her up."

Jiang Xinghe was completely speechless.

After a long pause, Jiang Xinghe explained in a low voice, "She was just discharged from the hospital and doesn't want to go back to the Xie family for the time being. She's probably afraid that going back will cause arguments among her family, so she came here to hide."

“Jiang Xinghe,” Gu Zhen said without room for argument, “I don’t care how many difficulties she has, it has nothing to do with me.”

"You have half an hour to get her out of here, or the rental agreement will be void."

After saying that, Gu Zhen coldly returned to his apartment.

Jiang Xinghe was somewhat lost in thought.

He thought of some inside information he had gathered recently—

The heir of the Gu family is a person with emotional disorders.

Brother Zhen seems easy to get along with, but isn't being easy to get along with just another form of being 'cold and unapproachable'?

Gu Zhen, Gu Huaizhou.

Are these two people really not the same person?

Putting aside any inappropriate thoughts, Jiang Xinghe returned home.

The apartment Jiang Xinghe rented was about the same size as Li Xi's apartment. He converted it into a gaming room, a study, and a gym, so there was no guest room in the house.

Jiang Qingkong was sensible and didn't take over his master bedroom, but instead lay on the sofa in the living room.

Jiang Qingkong was covered with a thick blanket, her breathing was even and deep, and she looked like she was sleeping soundly.

With his hands in his pockets, Jiang Xinghe walked over and kicked the sofa, sending it back a meter.

Jiang Qingkong was immediately startled awake.

She sat up abruptly, thinking it was an earthquake.

"Go back to your own home, don't stay here with me." Jiang Xinghe walked to the corner of the wall, picked up Jiang Qingkong's suitcase, and carried it to the front door.

Turning around, he saw Jiang Qingkong still sitting on the sofa, hugging the blanket and lost in thought. He looked impatient and said, "What are you still sitting there like an idiot for?"

Jiang Qingkong rubbed her face, looked at the night outside the window, and said incredulously, "You're trying to kick me out in the middle of the night?"

"Ah."

"Get up!" Jiang Xinghe grabbed her arm and pulled her off the sofa. "Let's go. Don't sleep here. Our relationship isn't good enough for me to take you in."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingkong felt like crying.

With tears welling up in her eyes, she asked Jiang Xinghe, "Do you hate me?"

Jiang Xinghe looked at her as if she were crazy, and said, "Is it so hard to tell that I hate you?"

Jiang Qing felt utterly miserable and cried even harder, "If you hate me, why did you go to the Xie family to save me!"

"Why did I save you?" Jiang Xinghe's face turned cold, and he explained calmly, "Because I am a mentally healthy man with relatively sound values."

"Because I'm not as heartless as the Jiang family. I can't stand by and watch someone I know be killed."

"Jiang Qingkong, do you understand? Even if it wasn't you who almost died that night, even if it was that old bastard Jiang Zhulang, I would still go to save him."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingkong's pretty face turned deathly pale.

“…I see.”

She wiped away her tears, picked up her bag from the corner of the sofa, and left.

Reaching the main gate, Jiang Qingkong turned back to look at Jiang Xinghe, her lips moving silently for a long moment before she finally said, "Jiang Xinghe, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have thrown your mother's portrait at the horse farm..."

"Get out!" Jiang Xinghe grabbed the remote control from the coffee table and threw it at Jiang Qingkong.

Jiang Qingkong didn't dodge; she was hit in the chest by the remote control.

It does hurt a bit.

She had committed such atrocities against Jiang Xinghe countless times.

"You were the one who burned down the Jiang family mansion, weren't you?" Even though the police investigated carefully afterward, they found no evidence.

But Jiang Qingkong and Jiang Zhulang both knew in their hearts that Jiang Xinghe was the one who started the fire.

It's unclear what methods he used to start a fire remotely and burn down the Jiang family mansion.

Jiang Xinghe sneered, neither admitting nor denying.

“I know you set fire to the Jiang family home to avenge your mother.”

"Haven't you always wanted to find your mother's ashes? I know where they are."

Jiang Xinghe looked at Jiang Qingkong with suspicion.

Because Jiang Qingkong had tricked him countless times before, Jiang Xinghe wasn't sure if Jiang Qingkong was serious this time or just playing a trick on him again.

Seeing the doubt in Jiang Xinghe's eyes, Jiang Qingkong felt bad.

She sobbed a few times sadly before stammering, "I overheard my grandfather talking to my father, and they mentioned your mother's ashes and the ancestral hall."

“I think your mother’s ashes might be hidden in the Jiang family’s ancestral hall.”

"Believe it or not, I didn't lie."

Jiang Qingkong gripped the handle of her suitcase and said, "Jiang Xinghe, you saved my life, and I've told you all the clues I know."

"I won't bother you anymore."

Jiang Qingkong then pulled her suitcase and left.

After leaving Lanting Apartment, Jiang Qingkong took a taxi back to the Xie family home.

She used a password to open the Xie family's large iron gate.

The sound of the iron gate being pushed open caught Xie Xingyun's attention. He put on his bathrobe and went downstairs. As soon as he reached the entrance hall of the living room, he saw Jiang Qingkong standing in the yard.

She was wearing a thick black down jacket, a maternity hat to block the wind, and carrying a suitcase.

Jiang Qingkong stared blankly at the tea pavilion in the corner of the courtyard, which had been largely burned down.

Hearing Xie Xingyun's footsteps, Jiang Qingkong turned around and gave Xie Xingyun a cold smile, greeting him softly, "Husband, I'm back."

Xie Xingyun stared at her sweet smile, feeling a lump in his throat.

"...Welcome home."

My indestructible wife.