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

When Shen Yao opened her eyes, she saw a middle-aged man with a bluish mustache around his lips.

She blinked, and it took her a while to realize who the man was.

"Gu Tianyou?"

She tried calling the man's name.

When the man saw that she was awake, he reflexively withdrew his hand.

"Did I wake you up?"

The man seemed a little embarrassed, his eyes lowered slightly, not daring to look at Shen Yao.

Seeing his reaction, Shen Yao's anger, which had just begun to rise, dissipated somewhat.

But thinking about what the man had done, her anger kept rising.

Shen Yao has not yet investigated what the man did.

In the end, she was told by the man that she wanted a divorce.

Shen Yao will not forgive this man.

will never.

Therefore, the way she looked at the man again gradually became as cold as an icicle.

"What are you doing here?"

Gu Tianyou was prepared to be scolded and ignored by the woman.

Therefore, at this moment, hearing Shen Yao's hostile tone, he felt quite relieved.

His gaze first fell on Shen Yao's face, and then on her stomach.

I asked the question that had been on my mind.

"Can't you live a good life, for the sake of your child?"

"For the sake of the child?" the woman murmured, repeating Gu Tianyou's words, her angry expression softening slightly.

Her wandering gaze finally settled on the man in front of her.

It was only then that she noticed the man had lost some weight in the two weeks she hadn't seen him.

The man who used to care so much about his image is now so unkempt.

His face had become noticeably thinner, and his newly grown buzz cut and beard made him look like a homeless person on the street.

Shen Yao's brows were furrowed so tightly they were almost knotted together.

Why do you look like this, so pitiful? Are you trying to make me feel sorry for you?

Gu Tianyou didn't expect that his poor image management over the past few days would cause him to lose points with Shen Yao so much.

He subconsciously touched his buzz cut and rubbed his beard before earnestly asking the woman in front of him.

"Will managing your image guarantee a good life?"

"What's the reason I'm alive? Is it because the child in my belly is yours?"

Shen Yao was still very weak.

She still can't eat.

He can only maintain his strength through intravenous fluids.

Therefore, she spoke very softly.

When the words reached Gu Tianyou's ears, he felt that the woman's words were soft and gentle, unlike her previous fierce tone.

Gu Tianyou's mood wasn't that bad.

He forced himself to stay awake and looked at the woman in front of him. "Didn't you say you were going to punish me properly? How could you do all this if you were dead?"

The woman's bewildered gaze lingered on Gu Tianyou's thin face for a long time.

After a long pause, she stared into the man's eyes and said, "If you die, who will I turn to for revenge for my Haoxuan? Bo Yuxiu, he has never harmed you, so why are you looking for someone to deal with him?"

Gu Tianyou's complexion, which had just begun to improve, gradually turned pale again.

Although Uncle Wang had given prior notice, Gu Tianyou was mentally prepared.

However, when Shen Yao brought up the past, he froze on the spot.

The woman indeed stirred up all the past memories.

She remembered everything about Haoxuan and Bo Yuxiu's deaths.

Gu Tianyou felt as if he were completely naked in front of Shen Yao, even though he was wearing clothes.

He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

He wanted to explain that he didn't mean to harm anyone.

However, he couldn't explain what had already happened.

Women don't want to listen either.

Gu Tianyou hesitated for a long time before finally squeezing out three words.

"sorry."

"I'm sorry, will that do any good? Can my Haoxuan come back? Can Bo Yuxiu come back to life?"

Shen Yao stared coldly at Gu Tianyou, her eyes as icy as icicles on a cliff in winter.

Looking into that gaze, Gu Tianyou felt as if he had been judged by a woman a thousand times over.

These countless trials, like sharp arrows, gradually pierced Gu Tianyou's heart.

Gu Tianyou felt a tightness in his chest.

His fingers slowly curled into a fist.

Then, little by little, he opened his eyes and looked at Shen Yao with despair.

"Would you be happier if I died?"

"If only I could die, then you could forgive me for everything in the past. Don't worry, I..."

Gu Tianyou hadn't finished speaking.

Shen Yao interrupted him.

Did I give you permission to die?

Gu Tianyou was speechless for a moment.

Since being buried underground and then rescued, he feels that his mind is not as sharp as before.

He always felt powerless, especially when facing women.

He fell silent again.

Seeing that the man had his head down and was not speaking, Shen Yao struggled to get up.

However, after struggling for a long time, I still had no strength left.

He could only helplessly lie back down in his hospital bed.

Gu Tianyou, sitting in his wheelchair, wanted to help, but just as he was about to get up...

But he found that he couldn't use his lower body strength.

He could only watch helplessly as Shen Yao lay there, while he himself could only sit helplessly in his wheelchair.

A feeling of helplessness welled up inside me.

Gu Tianyou lowered his head deeply and pounded his knees with his fists.

He cried out in his heart, "I'm so useless, so utterly useless!"

Just as he was cursing himself inwardly, Shen Yao's voice rang out above him.

"Do you want to atone for your sins? If so, help me up."

Gu Tianyou looked up in shock at the woman in front of him.

Just as he was wondering if the woman was mocking or making fun of him, he saw helplessness and pleading in her eyes.

A silent helplessness, a plea. That's the kind of look that women give Gu Tianyou.

His face looked as if he had been slapped hard.

His lips trembled, his hands gripped the handles of the wheelchair tightly, and he gritted his teeth, trying to prop himself up.

Both arms were bulging with veins from exertion.

Cold sweat trickled down my forehead.

Gu Tianyou's lower body was as stiff as a stone Buddha statue, almost devoid of feeling.

No matter how hard he gritted his teeth, it was all in vain.

Shen Yao lay on the bed, turned to her side, and saw the man whose face was flushed red from exerting too much force.

She knew that the man was incapable of doing that right now.

But she still said those words to the man.

After exhausting his last bit of strength and still unable to stand up, Gu Tianyou sat back down in his chair in despair.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the woman turn to look at him.

He slowly raised his eyes, looked at the woman, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"To be honest, if you told me to die, I would do it immediately. I wouldn't hate you; on the contrary, I would be grateful to you."