Chapter 1: You wouldn't refuse to exchange shares for a divorce, would you?

"Zheng Jie, look, since Zheng Tian has already returned... you should just divorce Su Qiaoer. After all, the person who was supposed to marry Su Qiaoer in the first place should have been Zheng Tian."

In the Zheng Family Villa, Zheng Jie stood by the window with a calm expression. The dim, golden sunlight shone through the window onto Zheng Jie's face, adding infinite charm to him, who was already ridiculously handsome.

People in their circle who have seen Zheng Jie have all said that the most charming thing about him is his eyes—a pair of phoenix eyes that look affectionate even when gazing at a dog. When he looks at you with those eyes, you wouldn't hesitate to die for him.

After listening to his parents' words, Zheng Jie sighed.

"The plot of the novel has started after all."

Zheng Jie thought to himself.

That's right, in fact, Zheng Jie was not from this world.

In his previous life, Zheng Jie lived on a planet called Blue Star. Born into an ordinary family, he relied on his own abilities and opportunities to become the chairman of a company. On the day the company went public, Zheng Jie thought about celebrating properly, but he didn't expect that on the way back, his heart would suddenly feel a sharp pain, and immediately after, Zheng Jie lost consciousness.

When he opened his eyes again, Zheng Jie discovered that he had transmigrated into an angst-filled novel he had read during middle school, and had become the male lead.

It's just that this male lead's treatment was a bit poor; unloved by his elders, he was the second young master of an Imperial capital tycoon family, yet he had always been raised in the countryside. Later, because his older brother was pursuing freedom, he ran away on the eve of the wedding. With no other choice, the Zheng family had to rush Zheng Jie from the countryside to the Imperial capital to replace his brother and complete the marriage alliance that originally belonged to his brother.

Over these five years, Zheng Jie took meticulous care of his wife, Su Qiaoer, wanting his love to make her fall in love with him. However, he didn't expect that on the day his brother Zheng Tian returned to the country, Su Qiaoer did not hesitate at all and chose to pick him up from the airport, completely disregarding that it was actually Zheng Jie's 27th birthday.

According to the plot of the novel, after Zheng Tian returned, he suppressed, slandered, and spread rumors about Zheng Jie. Yet, every single time, Su Qiaoer and the family would stand firmly by Zheng Tian's side, as if in their eyes, Zheng Jie was the type of person to do such things.

Actually, a normal person would have chosen to divorce immediately in this situation. However, the Zheng Jie in the novel might have been called the male lead, but there was no real difference between him and a simp; he insisted on giving Su Qiaoer 100 chances, and only after Su Qiaoer wasted all 100 chances would he choose to divorce.

And during these 100 chances, Zheng Jie was admitted to the ICU 6 times and received 29 critical condition notices. Finally, because the 100 chances were used up, Zheng Jie became disheartened and chose to agree to the divorce.

It was just that when he divorced, he actually chose to leave with nothing.

Zheng Jie still remembered that when he first read this plot, his entire state of mind was: speechless, utterly ridiculous.

After all, their combined assets totaled 100 billion, yet he actually chose to leave with nothing?

Too much of a simp, right?

The plot after the divorce was quite formulaic: Su Qiaoer discovered that she had actually fallen in love with Zheng Jie over those five years, so she began the road of chasing after Zheng Jie, the so-called "crematorium of chasing one's husband." If Zheng Jie hadn't accepted Su Qiaoer's pursuit in the end, this could barely count as a decent "regret" story, as this part was indeed quite satisfying.

But who knows if the author had a screw loose, as they arranged for Zheng Tian to discover that Su Qiaoer had fallen in love with Zheng Jie, filling him with jealousy, and finally, he sent someone to assassinate Zheng Jie. Su Qiaoer took a knife for Zheng Jie, and so Zheng Jie actually forgave Su Qiaoer.

Even though during the 100 chances, I received nearly thirty critical condition notices, even though Su Qiaoer cheated, had multiple affairs with the other party, and had two miscarriages, even though for Zheng Tian's sake, she stole the project proposal that Zheng Jie had carefully prepared, causing Zheng Jie to lose 30 billion in investments and, because of this, get kicked out of the position of company president—yet, because she took a knife for him (even though he didn't end up in the ICU, and there were no critical condition notices), Zheng Jie still forgave her. The two reconciled, and the final chapter of the novel was their remarriage wedding.

If it weren't for this ending, Zheng Jie probably would have forgotten most of the books he read in middle school.

Although Zheng Tian ended up in the Prison at the end of the story for hiring a hitman, which was decent, thinking about this process, as a reader of male-oriented web novels in his past life and a former chairman of a listed company, Zheng Jie was certainly unwilling to experience it all himself.

After all, that's nearly thirty critical condition notices...

Therefore, after realizing he had been reborn into this world, Zheng Jie had already started making arrangements, and now... it was time to start closing the net.

Watching Zheng Jie standing there without saying a word, the Zheng Parents looked at each other.

"Zheng Jie, Mom knows you like Su Qiaoer, but a twisted melon is not sweet. We have also asked for Su Qiaoer's opinion, and she also hopes to marry Zheng Tian... You and Su Qiaoer haven't had any children over these years... so a divorce is... a very good choice, isn't it?"

"Just consider it fulfilling the wish of your brother and Su Qiaoer, this pair of star-crossed lovers..."

Star-crossed lovers?

Hearing these four words, Zheng Jie really wanted to laugh.

After all, if he remembered correctly, the person who voluntarily ran away from the wedding in the first place was his own brother... Heh, now they've become star-crossed lovers? That's funny enough.

However, during these five years, what Zheng Jie had been waiting for was the start of the plot, because the beginning of the plot was also the beginning of Zheng Jie's plan.

Listening to the Zheng Parents' words, Zheng Jie turned his head and looked at them.

Having floated in the business world for many years, Zheng Jie had cultivated decent acting skills. At this moment, his eyes were red, his lips trembled, and one could even vaguely see tears, giving people a sense of heartbreak that made one feel pity. When seeing Zheng Jie like this, the Zheng Parents also felt uncomfortable, after all... this was their own biological son.

When he saw the flash of guilt in his parents' eyes, Zheng Jie knew that his performance had succeeded.

"Mom and Dad, you said back then that if I agreed to the marriage alliance, you would give me 10% of the shares... Now, if you give me 10% of the shares, I will agree to the divorce. Otherwise, I will not agree to the divorce."

The main purpose of Zheng Jie's performance was for these 10% of the shares.

As long as he obtained these 10% of the shares, the Zheng Group would belong to him.

And this was a behemoth of a company with a market value exceeding 1 trillion.

Therefore, Zheng Jie had to obtain these 10% of the shares.

It was just very obvious that, in the eyes of the Zheng Parents, they felt that Zheng Jie asking for shares at this time had other motives.

And at this moment, Zheng Jie's gaze was fixed tightly on their faces.

"Trading shares for the marriage of your eldest son, whom you hold dearer than life, you wouldn't be unwilling, would you?"