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

The bottle flew through the air, about to hit Shen Yao, and Wang Haiya used all her strength to try to push Shen Yao away.

"boom!"

The bottle made a popping sound.

Wang Haiya felt no pain whatsoever.

But her heart ached as if a piece of her flesh had been ripped out.

Because Shen Yao used her own body to protect her.

The bottle hit Shen Yao's arm squarely and shattered.

Wang Haiya felt Shen Yao's body tremble, and her heart almost broke at that moment.

She tried to turn Shen Yao's body around with her good right hand, but she couldn't budge it no matter what she did.

She could only plead through her tears, "Yaoyao, let Mom... let me see how badly you're hurt, let me see!"

She felt unworthy of being a mother, so she found it difficult to utter the self-designation "Mom".

Shen Yao straightened up, covered her bleeding shoulder with her hand, and said with a smile, "I'm fine, it's just a superficial wound, a bandage will do."

Seeing Shen Yao still smiling and comforting her, Wang Haiya felt even more heartbroken, and tears kept falling.

She looked at Shen Dequan with grief and indignation, and cried out in a hysterical tone, "She is your own daughter! How could you do this? How could you do this!"

Shen Dequan snorted, showing no remorse whatsoever.

"Is she my daughter? If she is my daughter, she should be filial to me, stay in the Gu family, and send me money regularly! Instead of talking back to me and divorcing Gu Tianyou! Be smart and call me right now to remarry! Otherwise, we might as well all die together, hahaha!"

Looking at Shen Dequan's insane smile, Shen Yao finally began to believe what Wang Haiya had said: "Shen Dequan has gone mad."

"Boom boom boom!"

"Open the door!"

There was a loud knocking on the door.

When Shen Dequan saw someone trying to break in, he quickly used his body to block the door.

"Open the door! We are from the Public Security Bureau, please cooperate with our work!"

The knocking on the door intensified.

Upon hearing that the police had arrived, Shen Dequan instinctively looked at Shen Yao and asked in a harsh voice, "Did you call the police?"

Shen Yao didn't answer her, but instead grabbed the fruit knife in her hand to defend herself.

"If you dare to lay a finger on one of our heads, don't blame me for being impolite."

Some people are beyond reasoning with, so violence must be used to combat them. Shen Yao believes that Shen Dequan is one of those people who must be dealt with through violence.

Shen Dequan snorted disdainfully, "Overestimating yourself, just like your mother! I'll beat you into submission today!"

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the door to the ward was kicked open!

Two or three heavily armed police officers rushed in and immediately subdued Shen Dequan.

Shen Dequan, his face flushed and neck bulging, tried to continue struggling, but the police immediately restrained his limbs.

"be honest!"

Unable to move after being pinned down, Shen Dequan finally gradually became obedient.

He stared intently at Wang Haiya, a cruel and sinister smile spreading across his face.

Wang Haiya shuddered with fear at the sight of Shen Dequan's smile.

The final outcome of the negotiations between the police and Shen Yao was that Shen Dequan was temporarily taken to the Public Security Bureau for detention on charges of intentional injury.

Upon hearing this, Shen Dequan immediately changed his expression and said to the police officer with a smile, "Officer, a beating is a sign of affection, and if you don't discipline your daughter, she'll go astray! I was just disciplining my daughter, and I was a little rough with her, but it's not enough to charge me with intentional assault!"

The police officer frowned and said sternly, "When disciplining children, you should speak to them properly. What you did—beating your daughter by hitting her—is a criminal offense and will land you in jail!"

Upon hearing that he was going to jail, Shen Dequan's eyes showed panic. His previous arrogance vanished, and he became a weeping and repentant figure.

“Officer, I’m uneducated, and this is how we raise children in our village. My daughter wouldn’t listen to me and insisted on divorcing a man who earns money and takes care of his family. In my panic, I drank a lot and made a mistake! I swear, I really didn’t mean to hit my daughter. If I’m lying, may I die a horrible death!”