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

Lost in a jumble of thoughts, Shen Yao gradually drifted off to sleep.

I didn't sleep well last night, and I was still a little sleepy when I got to the lab.

She made herself a cup of coffee to perk herself up before heading into the lab.

The lab is currently developing a new drug to treat myocardial infarction, so we can't afford to be careless.

Busy work always makes time fly by.

After finishing her workday, Shen Yao collapsed onto the sofa as soon as she got home.

She had been on tenterhooks all day, worried that Chu Yao would cause her trouble.

After all, this man has intricate connections with the underworld.

A whole day passed, and Chu Yao neither sent her a message nor made a single phone call.

Last night, Chu Yao was clearly so angry that he wanted to kill Shen Yao.

But today, it's eerily quiet, like the dead.

Shen Yao's unease intensified.

She saved Chu Yao's life and had met Chu Yao's father, so she knew the Chu family's background clearly.

If Chu Yao wanted Shen Yao dead, Shen Yao wasn't sure if she could survive.

While lost in thought, Shen Yao's phone rang.

Upon seeing those two words on the phone, her heart nearly leaped out of her throat.

"Chu Yao..."

"Come out here, let's have a proper talk."

Before Shen Yao could speak, Chu Yao's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Where are you?" Shen Yao also wanted to have a proper chat.

"Don't worry, this coffee shop is near your home. There's a police patrol post less than 1 kilometer away from the coffee shop."

Chu Yao seemed to know what Shen Yao was worried about, so he simply told her the location of the coffee shop.

As soon as Shen Yao heard the name of the coffee shop, she knew roughly where it was located.

It is indeed near where she lives now, less than 3 kilometers away.

The coffee shop is not in a remote location; on the contrary, it is located on the first floor of a high-end shopping mall.

"Okay, I'll go there now."

Shen Yao hung up the phone, drove her car, and arrived at the designated coffee shop in less than 15 minutes.

As soon as you enter the coffee shop, a waiter will come up to greet you.

"Ma'am, have you made a reservation?"

Shen Yao told the waiter the location of the private room Chu Yao had booked, and the waiter immediately led her there.

The door was pushed open by the waiter, and Shen Yao immediately saw Chu Yao sitting by the window, lost in thought.

He turned his head upon hearing the noise.

When he saw that it was Shen Yao, he managed to force a smile.

"Sister, you are here."

"Ah."

Shen Yao felt that Chu Yao was acting strangely today, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why.

It wasn't until the waiter left, closed the door, and she sat down that she could see the man in front of her clearly.

A pair of sunglasses adorned his fair and handsome face.

Even with his oversized sunglasses, he couldn't hide the fact that he had a dark bruise around his left eye.

Chu Yao appears to have been attacked.

This shocked Shen Yao.

She had something to say, but seeing Chu Yao like this, she didn't know how to start.

It was Chu Yao who spoke first.

"Sister, let's break up. I'm getting married."

Shen Yao swallowed the coffee she had just been holding in her mouth.

She choked on her food.

After a fit of violent coughing, Shen Yao finally calmed down.

"Chu Yao, this joke is not funny at all."

“I’m not kidding. One of my fans is pregnant, and my dad wants me to marry her. The wedding is at the end of the year.”

As Chu Yao spoke, he took off his glasses, revealing a large bruise around his right eye.

Shen Yao was slightly stunned, still not recovered from Chu Yao's words.

After a long while, she finally calmed down.

"You and your fans...you got her pregnant?"

Chu Yao's eyes drooped, like a child who had done something wrong.

Seeing his cowardly appearance, and recalling his destructive attitude last night, Shen Yao couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Chu Yao seemed to hear her soft chuckle, and cautiously raised his head. "Are you disappointed in me?"

"No, you should indeed take responsibility for that girl."

"Aren't you angry?"

"There's nothing to be angry about. Adults have to take responsibility for their choices," Shen Yao said calmly.

She had thought that Chu Yao was going to have a serious talk with her.

Unexpectedly, it was Chu Yao who had done something wrong.

"I'm sorry," Chu Yao said softly.

Shen Yao shook her head, then, as if remembering something, asked again, "How far along are you in the pregnancy?"

"Huh?" Chu Yao didn't react at first.

After a long while, he finally understood what Shen Yao wanted to ask.

Chu Yao lowered his head even further.

"About two and a half months."

For more than two months, Chu Yao and Shen Yao were showering each other with attention.

Shen Yao felt nauseous.

The smile on her face receded like a receding tide.

"We should definitely break up. From now on, let's each live our own lives well. Goodbye."

After Shen Yao finished speaking, she picked up her handbag from the table and left.

As Chu Yao watched the woman's resolute departure, the sense of loss in his heart grew ever larger, like a collapsing hole.

"Have you and Bo Yuxiu been having an affair for a while now?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yao stopped in her tracks.

She turned around and stared intently at Chu Yao. "We've always been colleagues. As for why he did that last night, I don't know. Maybe you can ask him for me."

After saying that, Shen Yao opened the door and went out.

Actually, Shen Yao wasn't angry about Chu Yao breaking up with her and then marrying someone else.

She felt nauseous when she heard that Chu Yao was making advances towards her while sleeping with another woman.

It's ridiculous. After finally trying to rediscover the feeling of being in love, I encountered this kind of thing, and this kind of man.

Shen Yao found this somewhat ironic.

But after returning home, she changed her mind.

Fortunately, we cut our losses in time.

From now on, at least I won't have to worry about Chu Yao getting me trending again.

The following month was busy with work and overtime.

Lu Jiajia was transferred to an overseas business trip, which will last for more than a month.

With no one to disturb her, Shen Yao began to establish a pharmaceutical company and a hospital.

Therefore, she went on to study some business management.

She was busy until December, when the weather gradually got colder, and she put on a trench coat.

Gu Tianyou's wedding is approaching.

Shen Yao felt uneasy and didn't want to face the couple again.

However, perhaps because she thought about him day and night, she dreamed of the deceased Old Master Gu.

"Perhaps, Grandpa wants me to go."

Having figured all this out, Shen Yao made up her mind to attend Gu Tianyou's wedding.

She also had reasons why she had to go.

That means I'm going on behalf of Deep Space Technology.

The bell rang suddenly at that moment.

Shen Yao was puzzled, wondering who would come to find her so early in the morning while she was resting.

As they approached the courtyard gate, they saw Bo Yuxiu standing there, impeccably dressed.

For some reason, she remembered that night and that lingering kiss.