"Have you really decided?" Zhang Qiang asked Zhang Yu once again, worried. He feared she might soon go crying back to her old friend, regretting her decision after saying she didn’t need help.

Zhang Yu made a sound of acknowledgment, "It’s unnecessary, not worth it." The client truly put their heart and soul into it for a scumbag.

"But I hope Uncle Tao won’t let anything slip, considering I still need to divorce Lin Yu. Once he knows there’s no hope of promotion..."

Yes, exactly, Zhang Yu planned to use the promotion Lin Yu cared about the most to control him, forcing him to agree to leave the family’s assets to her.

Right, the so-called clean exit from the family, to Lin Yu, was not a big deal at all. He kept the bulk of his earnings, while living expenses had mostly been shouldered by the client over the years.

"You..." Zhang Qiang looked at Zhang Yu with concern, "If you do this and Lin Yu fails to get promoted, he’ll be ashamed and angry."

"You’re both in the same company, and he has good relationships with the higher-ups." Zhang Qiang sighed again, knowing his daughter was far more capable than that useless Lin Yu, yet she had to push him up.

"I plan to resign." Stay in the company? Listen to colleagues gossip about Lin Yu while he crushes her? She wouldn’t be that foolish.

"I plan to study abroad, take Zi Xuan with me, and change the environment." Zhang Yu would not stay in the country, and Lin Zixuan certainly wouldn’t either.

"Mom, Dad, you should come with me when the time comes." Zhang Yu knew Lin Yu realized she had left him, and he’d be quite angry.

After things calmed down, he would surely find ways to retaliate; they couldn’t stay in the country, and of course Zhang Qiang’s elderly parents couldn’t either.

"Going abroad?" Zhang Qiang’s elderly parents had traveled abroad before, for work and leisure, but never considered residing there permanently.

Zhang Yu made a sound of acknowledgment, "I plan to sell the house then."

"Go abroad for further studies, avoid his limelight."

"Besides, Dad, didn’t you say you wanted a chance to thoroughly study the international financial circles?"

"I’ve been researching Europe and America’s stock markets and Japan and Taiwan’s markets; I want to get involved." The domestic stock market often follows policy.

More importantly, any move she made in the stock market could be known by Lin Yu, and who knows how he’d interfere?

If she’s abroad, Lin Yu wouldn’t be able to reach there or meddle.

"Plus, Dad, Lin Yu failing to get promoted might drive him to madness; for safety’s sake..."

Zhang Qiang and Han Yu glanced at each other and then nodded, "Okay, since you said this, we’ll go and see the outside world."

It’s very likely Lin Yu would act desperately, can’t be too careful. Plus, after Zhang Yu goes abroad for her studies to enhance her skills, what about grandson Lin Zixuan?

Although he was a grandson, since birth, they’ve cared for and raised him; his grandparents are busy with Mahjong, dancing, or traveling in their hometown.

If asked to come take care of their grandson, they always have discomforts and issues. "By the way, would the Lin Family fight for the child?"

Despite Lin Yu’s parents never taking care of Lin Zixuan, he’s still their grandson; they might not agree to let Zhang Yu take Lin Zixuan away.

"Lin Yu won’t want him."

"Lin Yu has other children outside, and once he and Han Xue get together, won’t she have one?"

"Besides, Lin Yu is a very selfish person; he thinks I won’t remarry with a child from the divorce."

"Why wouldn’t he agree?" Zhang Yu knows Lin Yu too well; even if he has others outside and flaunts it, in his mind, all his women, including his first love and wife Zhang Yu, should be loyal to him.

"And I’m not unprepared." Zhang Yu originally thought the client was just infatuated, but despite such appearance and actions, she wasn’t entirely unprepared.

Zhang Yu just checked the client’s backup, containing many secrets about Lin Yu, not meant for public disclosure.

With these, plus the promotion leverage, Zhang Yu was confident that even if Lin Yu was unwilling, he would consent to a divorce.

"What have you prepared?"

"But Little Yu, once you really decide to divorce him, there is no going back." Once significant steps are taken, there’s no undoing them.

"Mom, don’t worry, I’ve long lost feelings for him. I used to think he was Zi Xuan’s father; if I divorced him, his resources would go to others."

"Dad, I’m really unwilling, I, I really gave so much for him..." Certain things are deeply rooted; such a drastic change will strike people as odd.

"I’ve struggled with sunk costs, unwilling." Zhang Yu clenched her hand tightly, "But yesterday, after drinking heavily, I realized he never came back."

"No messages either, I’ve even forgotten how long he’s been absent."

"Previously, he tried to cover his tracks, now he doesn’t even bother." Zhang Yu chuckled, "Mom, Dad, I’m just a laughingstock."

"And that Han Xue, narrow-minded, will she spare Zi Xuan and me?"

"Now, needing me, he behaves this way; once we stop being useful, he’ll kick us aside."

"Dad, I’ve figured it out; despite sunk costs, it’s okay, I’m still young, I can rise again."

"As for him, let him continue to shine in the finance world." Zhang Yu admits that young Lin Yu was truly capable; otherwise, the client wouldn’t have liked him.

He worked hard to stand out among colleagues with family backgrounds, skills, and credentials.

Unfortunately, now he’s focused on networking and dropped his expertise, relying on the client for strategy.

In Lin Yu’s mind, all achievements were his doing, dismissing the client’s ideas as marginally effective, success due to his connections.

If connections brought success, let him continue his glorious deeds.

"Since you’ve decided, alright." Zhang Qiang no longer urged Zhang Yu.

Indeed, divorcing now means her previous investments in Lin Yu sunk, but continuing the marriage will only increase the losses.