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

"Yaoyao, come here, okay?"

Grandpa Gu spoke to Shen Yao almost pleadingly.

Shen Yao had very mixed feelings.

The thought of the abuse her mother had endured over the years made it impossible for her to take that step.

However, what hurt Shen Yao the most was that Grandpa Gu's kindness towards her was actually all for ulterior motives.

This was unacceptable to Shen Yao.

"Shen Yao, didn't you hear Grandpa calling you? Hurry up and go over there!"

Gu Tianyou couldn't bear to see his proud and strong-willed grandfather begging Shen Yao in such a humble manner.

He was still hesitating, wondering whether to marry Shen Yao or Ye Yingying.

Looking at Shen Yao's arrogant, stubborn, and ungrateful appearance now, Gu Tianyou felt that Shen Yao was still that vicious woman.

Shen Yao was startled by Gu Tianyou's shout.

She snapped out of her emotional turmoil and looked again at Old Master Gu's bloodshot, sorrowful eyes. She sighed and walked towards him step by step.

Seeing Shen Yao approach him step by step, Old Master Ye's face showed a joyful smile.

His heart started beating even faster.

He smiled happily, reached out his hand to Shen Yao once more, and called out his name for the last time in his life, "Yao Yao!"

Old Master Gu's hand, raised halfway in the air, suddenly collapsed like a tree that had been cut in half.

He was pale, clutching his chest with one hand, and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"grandfather!"

When Shen Yao saw the old man who had once doted on her fall before her eyes, she panicked. Her heart felt as if it had plunged into an abyss, and the other side of her world had collapsed.

She rushed over to help Grandpa Gu up, but was thrown aside by a strong force.

Shen Yao was already feeling a bit dizzy, and when she was thrown like that, she bumped into the desk next to her.

A dull pain shot through the back of her head, and her mind was buzzing. She seemed to be unable to see or hear anything clearly.

"Grandpa, hang in there, I'll take you to the hospital." Gu Tianyou picked up the old man, his eyes coldly glancing at Shen Yao lying on the ground. "And here I am, having felt guilty towards you before. It seems I was too lenient with you!"

"Brother Tianyou, what's wrong with Grandpa?"

Taking advantage of Uncle Wang's absence, Ye Yingying rushed in as soon as she heard arguing coming from inside.

"Yingying, it was this vicious woman who harmed Grandpa!" Gu Tianyou, who was usually strong, choked up.

He felt a tightness and pain in his throat and could no longer utter a single word.

Over the years, no matter how strict Old Master Gu was with him, or how much they argued, they could not shake the important position Old Master Gu held in Gu Tianyou's heart.

Seeing Gu Tianyou's sadness, Ye Yingying turned around, narrowed her eyes slightly at Shen Yao, raised her hand, and slapped directly at Shen Yao's face.

"Snapped!"

With a sharp crack, Shen Yao's face was slapped to the side.

Her ingeniously designed in-wall hearing aid also fell out.

My head started buzzing again.

The world suddenly became much quieter.

She could see Ye Yingying's lips moving as she cursed at her, but she couldn't hear what she was saying.

Ignoring the burning pain on her face, Shen Yao struggled to her feet and reached out to find her earphones.

The flesh-colored earphones had fallen under the desk, and Shen Yao reached out to pick them up.

A high heel stepped on her arm and then stomped down hard.

The piercing pain quickly spread throughout her body, and Shen Yao broke out in a cold sweat.