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

After hanging up the phone, Gu Tianyou put his phone in his pocket, his eyes filled with confusion.

Seeing his expression, Shen Yao guessed what was going on. "Mr. Gu, how's the data survey for my account's followers? Did I falsify anything?"

Gu Tianyou's hand, clenched in his pocket, curled up little by little at the knuckles. After a long silence, he had no choice but to give a faint "hmm," "It's true."

"In that case, may I leave work now?" Shen Yao glanced at her phone; it was almost midnight, and she had a video conference later.

"Yaoyao, since it's a misunderstanding, please don't be angry with Brother Tianyou, okay? It's almost noon, let's have lunch together." Ye Yingying stepped in again, acting as a peacemaker.

"No need, I won't be able to eat if I eat with you." Shen Yao grabbed her handbag and turned to leave.

Ye Yingying grabbed her wrist, but Shen Yao turned her head and shook off her hand.

The unexpected happened at that moment...

A scream came from behind, followed by the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

Shen Yao turned her head and saw Ye Yingying lying on the ground, her face pale and in pain.

"Yaoyao, you..." Ye Yingying covered her arm, her voice choked with grievance.

Shen Yao frowned and said coldly, "Don't you get tired of doing the same thing every time?"

After she finished speaking, she turned and left, followed by Gu Tianyou's deep, angry voice, "Are you just going to leave like that?"

Without turning her head, Shen Yao said, "Gu Tianyou, are you going to stay here and wait for you and Ye Yingying to extort money from me?"

He quickened his pace and left, hearing Ye Yingying's sobs and Gu Tianyou's gentle words of comfort behind him.

Gu Tianyou carried Yingying back to the chair and told her that he was going to settle accounts with Shen Yao.

Ye Yingying grabbed Gu Tianyou, "Brother Tianyou, it was me who went to catch Yaoyao. Yaoyao just accidentally bumped into me. Don't blame her! Your Gu family's banquet is in a couple of days. You're all family, so let's not cause any unpleasantness in front of Grandpa because of me, okay?"

Gu Tianyou felt uncomfortable looking at Ye Yingying holding his hand.

Gently pry Ye Yingying's hands open, "Yingying, you're just too kind, which is why Shen Yao takes advantage of you. If I don't bring her back and apologize to you today, I'll be letting you down."

After saying that, he quickly walked out of the office, leaving Ye Yingying alone in the office.

Ye Yingying watched Gu Tianyou's hurried departure, a sinister smile curving her lips. Just as she smiled smugly, a sudden tightness gripped her chest...

Just as the elevator doors were about to close, a hand with distinct knuckles pried them open.

Shen Yao was forcibly dragged out of the elevator.

Her wrist was gripped in the man's hand, almost broken.

"Go apologize to Yingying."

Ignoring everything else, Gu Tianyou grabbed Shen Yao's hand and headed straight for the office.

Chen Jie happened to walk towards them and was about to greet them when he saw Gu Tianyou's angry face and immediately slipped into the passageway next to him.

The office door was slammed shut, and Shen Yao was thrown onto the sofa.

Ye Yingying looked at the disheveled Shen Yao on the sofa with concern, and tried to tug at Gu Tianyou's clothes. "Brother Tianyou, Shen Yao really didn't mean it. Don't make things difficult for her. I really don't blame her."

"Shen Yao, listen to this! This is the difference between you and Yingying! The three of us grew up together, how did you become like this?"

Upon learning that Gu Tianyou was her boss, Shen Yao endured it all and let him drag her back to his office.

Faced with Ye Yingying's hypocritical attempts to mediate, Gu Tianyou continued to criticize her as always. Suddenly, a dark corner in her heart seemed to suck her in like a black hole.

As memories of the past replayed in her mind, Shen Yao suddenly burst out laughing.