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

Lu Ning picked up each painting and looked at them one by one, his appreciation growing stronger with each look.

The brushwork is delicate, the colors are intense, and it has a surrealist feel...

"Miss Shen, your paintings have allowed me to see you in a new light."

When Shen Yao saw that it was Lu Ning, Gu Tianyou's good friend, she instinctively felt a sense of rejection.

"Mr. Lu, please return these paintings to me."

Sensing Shen Yao's aloofness and rejection, Lu Ning did not force her, but very gentlemanly returned all the hand-drawn pictures to Shen Yao.

Shen Yao carefully put all the hand-drawn pictures into her handbag and hurriedly said goodbye.

"Miss Shen, please wait a moment." Lu Ning called out to Shen Yao, took long strides, walked up to her, and handed her a business card.

"I'm planning an art exhibition at the end of the year. If you'd like to showcase your work, feel free to contact me anytime. Your piece might just get seen by many people."

Shen Yao looked at the business card Lu Ning was extending and was about to refuse when Chen Jie spoke up, "Ms. Shen, your work is really beautiful and stunning. Wouldn't it be a good thing if more people could see it?"

Chen Jie's words reminded Shen Yao of a dream she had had many years ago.

She hesitated for a long time before finally accepting Lu Ning's business card.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu. I have to go now." Shen Yao said in a hoarse voice, and hurriedly left.

She needs to prepare some clothes carefully for the Gu family's banquet tomorrow night.

"Jiajia, I'm off work. Can you come pick me up?" Shen Yao called Lu Jiajia after waiting for 20 minutes for a ride-hailing car.

“No problem, I’ll come pick you up right now.” Lu Jiajia immediately got out of bed and went into the dressing room to change her clothes.

Shen Yao canceled the ride-hailing order and waited for Lu Jiajia.

After an unknown amount of time, a black Bentley pulled up in front of Shen Yao.

Shen Yao thought it was Lu Jiajia's car; in her memory, Lu Jiajia's car was black.

She looked down at her phone, then opened the back door and got in.

But when she got into the car and looked up at the person in the driver's seat, she couldn't help but be stunned.

Lu Ning saw Shen Yao's shocked expression in the rearview mirror and slightly curled his lips.

"Miss Shen, where are you going?"

"Excuse me, I thought it was Jiajia's car," Shen Yao said, and was about to open the car door.

Lu Ning smiled and said, "It's okay, she's my sister, it's the same whether I give it to you or she gives it to you."

Shen Yao pushed open the car door and turned to Lu Ning, saying, "Mr. Lu, please continue with your business. I apologize for getting into the wrong car."

Seeing that Shen Yao didn't appreciate it, Lu Ning shrugged and said, "It's alright, then goodbye, Miss Shen."

"Okay, bye-bye." Shen Yao got out of the car and stood by the roadside again to wait for Lu Jiajia.

The Bentley's engine restarted, and Lu Ning rolled down the window, looking at Shen Yao with concern, "Are you going to the Gu family's banquet tonight?"

Shen Yao nodded.

"Grandpa Gu called me personally and asked me to go. I don't want to disappoint him."

Lu Ning frowned slightly. "You'd better not go. It seems that Ayou has some misunderstanding about you."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yao's heart skipped a beat.

Is this man in a bad mood again?

Looking back on what had happened, Shen Yao felt as if she were standing in an abyss again.

Shen Yao's phone vibrated, and she looked down to see that it was a call from Old Master Gu.

Taking a deep breath and calming herself, she answered the phone in a cheerful tone.

"grandfather."

"Yaoyao, come early tonight, preferably around 8 o'clock, okay?" The kind voice of Grandpa Gu came from the other end of the phone.