Pan Min questioned coldly, “Exactly. You can eat recklessly, but you can’t speak recklessly. Which eye of yours saw that I’m his new fling?”
Ye Cang also spoke with dissatisfaction, “She’s completely blind! Making baseless assumptions!”
Did she really think he would downgrade like that?
Not that Pan Min wasn’t good enough—she was actually very pretty and had a good temperament. But she always wore that same black professional outfit, never changing it. Plus, those old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses completely sealed off her beauty.
And with her young lady Qin Junfei as a comparison, the gap was just too wide.
No woman could stand out next to Qin Junfei. They all became mere background.
“You…” Pan Min was so furious she nearly coughed up blood. She almost swung her fists at Ye Cang’s face.
He had the nerve to look down on her?
What, he felt wronged just because others misunderstood their relationship?
Pan Min had originally planned to deny it, but when she saw Ye Cang’s attitude, she changed her mind. “Yes, I am his new fling. So what? You’re just his ex-wife. What does it have to do with you?”
“Pfft…” Ye Cang was caught completely off guard by that.
What the hell?
His little assistant just went rogue?
Watching the two bicker flirtatiously right in front of her, Gu Yuyao was so mad she almost laughed from the absurdity.
She stared coldly at Ye Cang, sneering, “Wow, Ye Cang. Not even a gap in between—you jumped straight into a new relationship. No wonder you were the one who brought up the divorce. So it was all pre-planned, huh?”
Gao Yanqing also looked at Ye Cang with a deep and meaningful gaze.
“I actually felt guilty about your mother. But since you’ve already moved on behind my back, don’t blame me for being heartless!”
Gu Yuyao suddenly raised her voice, “From now on, I won’t care about your mother’s illness at all! I won’t pay a single cent of her medical expenses! You can live or die on your own! And when your mother ends up with nowhere to turn, don’t come crawling back to me!”
Oh right, she had to tell her grandfather about Ye Cang’s ‘affair during marriage’ too. With that as leverage, he would finally stop objecting to her and Gao Yanqing being together!
Catching Ye Cang and Pan Min’s so-called ‘affair’ in person didn’t make Gu Yuyao angry—in fact, she felt somewhat pleased.
Because even the last bit of guilt in her heart was now gone.
And it was all Ye Cang’s own doing!
Maybe before, just an apology would have been enough. But now, even if he got down on his knees and begged, it wouldn’t work!
She would never care about Ye Cang again!
“Pfft!” But right after she said that, Pan Min let out a mocking snort instead of panicking.
Ye Cang also looked at her calmly, his gaze icy.
That reaction surprised Gu Yuyao. Shouldn’t they be panicking or afraid?
In her Valentino heels, she stood a full head taller than Gu Yuyao. Her commanding aura made Gu Yuyao instinctively step back.
“You… what are you trying to do?”
“That’s what I should be asking. What are you trying to do?”
Pan Min’s long, sharp eyes scrutinized her coldly. Her red lips parted, “You said you won’t care about Ye Cang’s mother anymore? Are you truly unaware or just pretending not to know… that his mother is about to—”
Thud!
Her shocking words caused Gu Yuyao’s heart to suddenly sink.
It felt like she had plunged into an abyss. A choking suffocation overwhelmed her chest—she could barely breathe.
She held her breath, her voice hoarse, “What happened to Ye Cang’s mother?!”
“She’s about to have a fune—mmph…”
Just as Pan Min was about to finish, a large hand covered her mouth from behind.
The words stopped instantly. It took her a lot of effort to break free, and she snapped, “What are you doing? I was standing up for you!”
“I don’t need you to stand up for me,” Ye Cang said indifferently. “She doesn’t deserve to know. And there’s no need to tell her. We’re leaving.”
Without giving her a chance to argue, Ye Cang pulled Pan Min away with him.
He didn’t want that woman anywhere near his mother’s funeral.
Gu Yuyao shouted at their retreating figures, “Hey! Don’t stop halfway! What happened to your mother?!”
But Ye Cang and Pan Min were already gone.
Just then, Gu Yuyao’s phone rang—it was a call from the hospital’s finance department.
“CEO, reporting on this month’s financials—the deficit is getting worse. If we can’t plug the gap in the funding chain soon, our hospital may go bankrupt within a month.”
The voice on the other end was heavy.
BOOM—
Already suffocating, Gu Yuyao felt even more breathless hearing that.
“It’s all because of that money Deng Shigao owes!” she gritted her teeth.
With Ye Cang’s mother’s unknown condition, the hospital’s dire financial crisis, and the predators like Deng Shigao pressing in… multiple pressures made it hard for her to breathe.
“Yuyao, what’s wrong?” Gao Yanqing helped her up and gently patted her back, finally easing her a little.
After explaining how Deng Shigao had maliciously delayed payment for the Gu Family’s medicine, Gao Yanqing nodded, “It’s definitely a tough situation, but don’t panic. Let’s go back and think this through. When the boat gets to the bridge, it will naturally straighten. There will be a way.”
Gu Yuyao looked at him, “Brother Yanqing, do you have a solution?”
But Gu Yuyao felt uneasy.
This was Deng Shigao they were talking about—someone who’d eat the meat and chew the bones too. Trying to get money out of him? She might as well be asking for funeral coins.
Meaning, if you dare to ask for money… you’d better be ready to die!
“Why didn’t you let me tell her about your mother’s funeral? Shouldn’t she kneel and kowtow in front of your mother’s casket to repent?”
On the way to find Deng Shigao, Pan Min still couldn’t let it go, fuming over Ye Cang stopping her earlier—and even more furious with Gu Yuyao.
Even just hearing the story from an outsider’s perspective was infuriating!
Let alone the fact that it was Gu Yuyao who caused Ye Cang’s mother’s death.
She should be on her knees, begging forgiveness in front of the deceased!
“Because to me, she’s a stranger.”
Ye Cang looked straight ahead, his expression calm and unreadable.
From the moment he decided to divorce her, Gu Yuyao was no longer part of his life.
She wasn’t even a passerby anymore.
He didn’t even want to hear her mention his mother’s name again.
It was disgusting.
Sensing his mood, Pan Min wisely shut her mouth. This man said he didn’t need her help, but she could feel the fury burning in his heart, suppressed and unresolved.
Soon, they arrived at Deng Shigao’s turf—the Dark Night Club!
Pan Min’s expression changed. “Getting into Dark Night Club is like climbing to heaven…”
But Ye Cang casually dug at his ear. “How is it that troublesome?”
BANG!
He kicked open the club’s doors with brute force.
Several security guards immediately charged out, full of aggression. “What do you think you’re doing? We’re not even open yet. Get lost!”
“Tell Deng Shigao to come out! Tell him the one person he can never afford to offend is here!”
Whoosh—
The moment those words left his mouth, the guards’ eyes sharpened instantly, their expressions turning fierce.
“Coming to collect debts? You must be here for Gu Yuyao, right?”