After the divorce, Mr. Gu spent every day at the crematorium.

For twenty years, Shen Yao has loved Gu Tianyou, from the age of 6 to 26, until it became a habit ingrained in her bones.

Until she was pinned to the ground and repeatedly slapped across the face by several men;

Until she collapsed to the ground, blood streaming from her ears;

Until, in her world, there was no sound left.

Her heart died too.

........

A bald, tattooed man sat in a chair, legs crossed, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He glanced sideways at Shen Yao, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and pulled out his phone.

"Hey, Mr. Gu, that woman has fainted."

“She must be faking it. Pour cold water on her to wake her up, and keep doing it until she admits her mistake.”

A cold, emotionless voice came from the phone.

"Okay, Mr. Gu."

The bald man with the tattooed arm asked one of his underlings to fetch a basin of cold water mixed with ice.

As soon as he got the basin, he splashed it directly onto Shen Yao's head.

The biting cold jolted Shen Yao awake.

Her head felt like it was being pierced by thousands of cold needles at once.

The biting cold made her curl up and hug her head.

My head was buzzing incessantly.

The bald man with tattooed arms stood up from the chair, walked to Shen Yao who was curled up, bent down, and evilly exhaled a long string of smoke rings towards Shen Yao's pale face.

"Miss Shen, be sensible and admit your mistake quickly, so I can explain to President Gu."

Shen Yao looked at the bald man with tattooed arms and his fleshy face, closed her eyes, and said weakly but firmly, "I did nothing wrong, why should I confess?"

The tattooed man chuckled, "Girl, you're pretty stubborn!"

He took a cigarette out of his mouth and pressed it directly onto Shen Yao's fair arm.

The sound of meat scorching could be heard in the air.

The tattooed man, his face cold, asked, enunciating each word clearly: "Do you admit your mistake or not?"

Fine beads of cold sweat seeped from her forehead, and the burning pain in her flesh almost made Shen Yao lose consciousness.

My head started buzzing again.

She couldn't quite hear what the bald man was saying.

But subconsciously, she still managed to squeeze out a sentence, "I did nothing wrong, I don't plead guilty!"

"Hmph, you bitch, you've got some backbone! Brothers, give her a good beating!"

"yes, Sir!"

The bald man with the tattooed arms lost his patience and stood up, letting his underlings give the stubborn woman a good beating.

Several thugs began to surround Shen Yao and beat her with punches and kicks.

Some grabbed her hair and slammed her head against the ground.

Some of them kicked her hard in the stomach.

Some of them slapped her hard across the face.

..........

"You're three months pregnant and you didn't even know?" The doctor looked at Shen Yao in shock as he examined the ultrasound images.

Shen Yao stroked her lower abdomen, murmuring to herself, "Gu Tianyou, we have our own child, we have our own child..."

She was so happy and wanted to tell him right away.

"Hey, your body isn't getting enough nutrition. Go home and have your husband give you some proper nourishment, okay?"

"Okay, thank you, doctor!"

Having just learned the results of her pregnancy test this morning, and before she could even tell Gu Tianyou, Shen Yao was kidnapped here by a group of people.

The mastermind behind the kidnapping was the father of the child she was carrying.

A mother's instinct made her cover her stomach tightly to prevent those people from kicking her lower abdomen.

But the force with which those thugs stomped was more terrifying than she had imagined.

Violent impacts kept coming from his lower abdomen.

Shen Yao cried and pleaded, "Please don't kick my stomach, please don't!"

The bald man with the tattooed arms discovered Shen Yao's weakness. He immediately ordered his henchmen to hold down her hands, and then he himself kicked her hard.

Shen Yao let out a painful scream.

A warm sensation gushed out from my lower body.

Shen Yao looked down and saw blood, lots of blood.

Her tears, which she could no longer hold back, flowed out like a burst dam.

"Big brother, this...this...is this going to kill someone?!" A henchman asked fearfully as he saw Shen Yao lying in a pool of blood, barely alive.

The bald man with the tattooed arms also changed his expression.

If someone were to die, that would be terrible. He was so frightened that he quickly led his men away.

When Shen Yao woke up, she was already in the hospital, surrounded by the smell of disinfectant.

The doctor, holding her medical record, told her in a compassionate tone that she had lost her baby and that she would most likely never be able to conceive again for the rest of her life.

Shen Yao lay on the bed, staring blankly at the white ceiling, silent.

Seeing that Shen Yao's face was covered in bruises, the doctor asked her if she needed to call the police, and the hospital could provide her with a medical examination report.

Shen Yao remained silent.

The doctor sighed, turned around, and walked out of the ward.

For three days after Shen Yao woke up, she neither ate nor drank, relying entirely on glucose administered by the hospital.

Every time the attending physician came to check on the patient, he would sigh and shake his head.

If this continues, we will have to contact a psychologist for intervention.

On the fourth day, the attending physician came to check on her again, and Shen Yao, who had been silent for several days, suddenly spoke.

"Doctor, I want to know, who brought me here?"

The attending physician was overjoyed to see Shen Yao finally speak.

"He was a tall, strong man. He took you to the hospital and then left without leaving any contact information. But I remember he had a blue dragon tattooed on his arm, which looked quite scary."

Shen Yao pressed her slender hand against the hearing aid, memorizing the attending physician's words.

It turned out that he was the one who saved him.

Shen Yao thanked the doctor and didn't say another word.

Shenzhen, Jinghua Building, CEO's Office.

Gu Tianyou lost contact with Shen Yao.

Four days have passed, and no one knows whether Shen Yao is dead or alive.

Gu Tianyou felt a little flustered.

He comforted himself, thinking that this woman was so vicious and scheming that she was probably playing hard to get.

They've known each other for over twenty years, and every time Shen Yao has begged him, she's cried and pleaded, as if she were about to die.

Thinking of this, Gu Tianyou felt a little more at ease.

The office door was knocked open.

The assistant came in, finally bringing news of Shen Yao.

"Mr. Gu, Shen Yao is currently hospitalized at Shenzhen Medical University."

"Hmph, here we go again."

Gu Tianyou scoffed. This woman always used hospitalizations and disappearing acts to get his attention; it was ridiculous.

He grabbed his coat and drove straight to the medical university hospital.

Neurosurgery ward.

Shen Yao remained sitting on the bed in a daze, neither crying nor laughing, like a living dead person.

When Gu Tianyou stormed in, she didn't even lift her eyelids.

When Gu Tianyou saw the thick bandages wrapped around Shen Yao's head and the bruises on her face, his pupils contracted slightly.

This woman looks quite badly injured.

When the thought crossed his mind, Gu Tianyou cursed himself for being too soft-hearted.

Thinking about the woman's heinous acts, Gu Tianyou's unease gradually disappeared, replaced by cold-blooded ruthlessness.

"Shen Yao, do you know you were wrong? For the sake of our years of acquaintance, if you just kneel down in front of Yingying and apologize to make her happy, I will let you go."

Shen Yao remained silent, her eyes glazed over.

Her attitude infuriated Gu Tianyou.

Every time Gu Tianyou appeared in front of Shen Yao, Shen Yao would shamelessly talk to him and try to make him happy.

At this moment, Shen Yao was like a dead person, indifferent to everything Gu Tianyou did.