These years have seen a gradual drifting apart.
From daily calls to not even one in a year.
Li Huiyun, however, was very concerned about her.
She would run to school every day to deliver soup.
Each time, she'd spill the soup, yet Li Huiyun persisted in bringing it.
Once, she even took the soup and had it tested for toxins.
When Le Haitian found out, he slapped her.
She didn't believe Li Huiyun was so kind.
Back then...
Who was it that put her in Qin Yusheng's bed!
She didn't believe Le Haitian and Li Huiyun were uninvolved in this.
Because of this, she also grew increasingly distant from the entire Zhao family, even rejecting all of Li Huiyun's kindness.
Seeing Li Huiyun acting weak again, Zhao Shuyao's heart pounded. "No need to pretend with me. You're only nice to me for the Qin family's money!"
"Mom! Listen to what this ungrateful wretch is saying! You're so good to her, and she speaks to you like this. Truly, good intentions are wasted on a donkey's liver and lungs!"
Zhao Shuhui cried, giving Zhao Shuyao a resentful glare.
"Yanran, stop talking! Your sister lost her mother at a young age, and we suddenly joined this family. If it were you, you wouldn't accept it either..."
Zhao Shuhui then retracted her words, "Mom, she's just ungrateful. Why are you so good to her!"
"Yaoyao doesn't owe the Zhao family anything. Don't call her ungrateful."
After only a few words, Li Huiyun began to cough violently.
"Medicine, medicine." Zhao Shuhui quickly gave Li Huiyun her medicine, finally finding it in Li Huiyun's pocket.
After swallowing it, Li Huiyun seemed to feel a little better.
She then looked at Zhao Shuyao, who was standing not far away. "Yaoyao, I know we have many misunderstandings, but you must know that your father loved you very much. Don't let misunderstandings damage the father-daughter relationship."
Zhao Shuyao pulled Wu Guifen and walked out. "My father marrying you is the most damaging thing to our father-daughter relationship. If you don't want us to damage our relationship, then divorce my dad!"
"Zhao Shuyao!" Le Haitian slapped his thigh in anger and helplessness.
Li Huiyun held Le Haitian back and shook her head at him. "Yaoyao is still young. She'll understand when she grows up."
Zhao Shuyao took Wu Guifen out of the Zhao residence and got into the car. It was only then that Zhao Shuyao remembered she didn't have a place to stay in Haicheng.
She could only temporarily arrange for Wu Guifen to stay in a hotel.
Zhao Shuyao had been out for four days and had not returned to the residence.
Qin Yusheng sent people to look for her, but they couldn't find Zhao Shuyao, so he had to go himself.
When he knocked on the hotel room door, only Wu Guifen was inside.
"Who is it? Oh my! Wow! Handsome guy, who are you looking for?"
As soon as Wu Guifen saw Qin Yusheng, her eyes lit up, and she immediately perked up.
Her back no longer hurt, and she spoke fluently.
Although Wu Guifen was seventy or eighty years old, her mental state was still very good.
Her skin was loose and wrinkled, but it was still evident that she was a beauty in her youth.
And her features were very much like Zhao Shuyao's.
"Who are you to Zhao Shuyao?" Qin Yusheng frowned.
"You're looking for Yaoyao? Yaoyao went out to buy me medicine. My old bones aren't well..."
"You don't live at the Zhao residence, but you're in a hotel?" Qin Yusheng looked around and indeed saw no sign of Zhao Shuyao.
"She doesn't get along with her parents. Years ago, because her parents sold her to the Qin family, this little girl has held a grudge. She argues whenever she goes home, and she feels they've wronged me, so she brought me out... This hotel is so good, I can watch TV all day. I couldn't watch TV every day at the Zhao's..."
Though called an old woman, she acted more like a mischievous old child.
This personality was very much like Zhao Shuyao's. If he hadn't been told, he wouldn't have believed she wasn't Zhao Shuyao's elder.
Hearing the old woman's words, Qin Yusheng's gaze deepened slightly.
"What did you say? Her parents sold her to the Qin family?"
"Yes, yes. If someone hadn't framed her back then, how would she have married that scoundrel from the Qin family? Seeing my precious granddaughter become so introverted, I'm heartbroken..."
Wu Guifen clutched her chest. Thinking of Zhao Shuyao living a life worse than death at the Qin family, she, an old woman, couldn't help.
"..."
...
Qin Yusheng's expression darkened slightly.
This fool was describing herself so miserably in front of her own family?
She really knew how to play the victim!
The Qin family had never mistreated her. How was she pitiful?
However, Qin Yusheng fell into deep thought upon hearing Wu Guifen's words.
When Zhao Shuyao returned with the medicine, Qin Yusheng had already left.
Zhao Shuyao brewed the medicine for Wu Guifen. Wu Guifen vividly described the handsome guy who had come to see her.
She responded perfunctorily, handed Wu Guifen the brewed medicine.
After drinking it, Wu Guifen fell asleep shortly after.
Zhao Shuyao then opened her tablet to look at houses in Haicheng.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened the webpage, the first thing that caught her eye was the husband of her dear Shiyu.
Murong Cheng's scandal.
Because it was truly a once-in-a-century occurrence, like a dinosaur emerging, the webpage directly popped up with the news.
Zhao Shuyao almost cried out in surprise and quickly called Jiang Shiyu.
Jiang Shiyu was currently sitting in Murong Cheng's office on the top floor of Lingsheng.
An Yan said Murong Cheng was in a meeting downstairs.
She said she would wait, and she had been waiting there.
After waiting for several hours, Murong Cheng still hadn't come up.
An Yan said Murong Cheng was very busy and asked her to return to her office first.
Murong Cheng wasn't busy; before, no matter what happened, as long as she said a word, he would immediately put down his work to accompany her.
After the incident last time, she hadn't seen Murong Cheng for many days.
She wanted to explain things to him, but she never had the chance.
"Ruofeng?" Hearing that the misunderstanding was caused by Ruofeng, Zhao Shuyao could understand Jiang Shiyu's feelings.
Ruofeng was a ray of light and hope in Jiang Shiyu's life.
"Did you send him a text message? Is he not answering your calls either?"
"Even Cheche won't let me see him..."
Zhao Shuyao clicked her tongue.
Although she had only met Murong Cheng once at the wedding banquet last time, she didn't expect this man to be so possessive and jealous.
"Don't worry, I feel like Murong Cheng still likes you a lot. Go home and wait for a couple of days. If it doesn't work, I'll hack into his phone for you, and you can call him directly."
With Zhao Shuyao's comfort, Jiang Shiyu's mood calmed down considerably.
In the end, she followed Zhao Shuyao's advice and went home to rest for a few days.
An Yan was waiting nervously.
Suddenly seeing Jiang Shiyu stand up, An Yan almost suffocated. "Madam... what's wrong?"
"Thank you, I'm going back now." Jiang Shiyu said and then picked up her bag and left.
An Yan patted her chest and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
She felt like she had survived a disaster, escaped from death.
On the way back, Jiang Shiyu was somewhat absent-minded.