Gu Yuyao quickly asked Doctor Zhang, who was in charge, “Did Ye Cang take the patient from this room?”
Doctor Zhang, whose full name was Zhang Dezhong, looked at her and nodded. “Yes, he took her away.”
“Hah, how heartless. He even took his seriously ill mother with him? Just to provoke me? How ridiculous!” Gu Yuyao sneered.
So he really didn’t want to be with her anymore?
She had originally thought Ye Cang’s sudden demand for a divorce, even drafting the Divorce Agreement, was just a tactic to scare her. As long as she apologized and softened her tone, he would surely return.
But to think, he even took his mother with him.
It looked like he was really serious this time…
“Fine, let’s see who lasts longer!”
After understanding the situation, Gu Yuyao acted indifferent and turned to leave. She didn’t want to waste any more time on Ye Cang—how boring!
“But what Mr. Ye took away was his mother’s corpse…” Doctor Zhang murmured as he watched her leave, his expression conflicted.
“Grandpa, Ye Cang already took his mom away. What could possibly happen now?” Gu Yuyao reported the matter to Gu Zhenghong after returning home.
Gu Zhenghong stood up abruptly. “What? He took her away?”
His face instantly darkened to the extreme, and his brows furrowed tightly.
It looked like things had gotten very serious this time. Even Xiao Cang had taken his mother away…
And his mother was still ill, her life hanging by a thread!
“Pa!” He slammed the table and shouted at Gu Yuyao, “This is all your doing! You just had to get involved with that Gao brat!”
“Hurry and call Xiao Cang. Tell him to come home for dinner. I’ll apologize to him personally!”
Gu Yuyao panicked. “Grandpa, you’re the elder. Why should you apologize to him? I’m not calling!”
“Are you calling or not? If you don’t, stop calling me ‘Grandpa’!” Gu Zhenghong fumed, his beard bristling and eyes wide.
Gu Yuyao was extremely reluctant. They were already in a standoff. Calling now would mean she was backing down.
But she couldn’t disobey her grandfather, so she dialed Ye Cang’s number with great reluctance.
The call didn’t go through—his phone was off.
Gu Yuyao frowned and tried again.
Still switched off.
“Grandpa, I can’t get through. His phone is off,” she said in annoyance.
“Keep calling! Call until he answers!” Gu Zhenghong shouted.
Inside the office, Gu Yuyao stared at the call log that showed nearly a hundred outgoing calls and was on the verge of going mad.
She started venting to her best friend.
“Yuyao, this is ridiculous. He’s the one who wanted the divorce. Why are you the one bowing your head?”
Those words suddenly enlightened Gu Yuyao.
Right, when the dog gets hungry, it’ll come back. What was she so anxious for?
With that in mind, she sent Ye Cang two messages.
“Ye Cang, just to spite me, you even took your mom with you. Fine, you’ve got guts. But let me remind you, once you walk out of the Gu Family’s door, coming back won’t be so easy…”
“If you want me to continue treating your mother, you’ll have to kneel and beg me, and apologize. Only then will I consider it!”
After sending them, Gu Yuyao felt refreshed, as if she’d vented her anger.
At the Cryogenic Preservation Center, Ye Cang looked at the two texts and the dozens of missed calls, a cold sneer appearing on his indifferent face.
“Unfortunately, you’ll never get the chance to see me kneel…”
Because… my mom is already dead!
Without hesitation, Ye Cang blacklisted Gu Yuyao’s number, then changed into a white mourning outfit and quietly sat in front of an icy crystal coffin.
The coffin was specially made, cold enough to freeze water instantly, perfectly preserving the body inside.
Ye Cang’s mother lay within, her pale face still carrying traces of her former elegance and beauty.
At this moment, Ye Cang was at Jiang City’s funeral home, preparing for the funeral.
He smiled softly and spoke to the coffin, “Mom, you were so smart all your life. How did you have such poor judgment in people? First that heartless bastard Ye Fengcheng, and then that ungrateful Gu Yuyao?”
“I remember all the kindness you showed Gu Yuyao… You treated her like your own daughter. When the Gu Family was about to collapse, you even gave them the ancient formula for developing that special medicine. And how did she repay you?”
“Your greatest wish was to return to the Ye Family with me, to earn their recognition. Just rest for now. When you wake up, I’ll bring you back to the Ye Family in glory!”
Ye Cang gently touched the crystal coffin, smiling as he talked to his mother, as if she were only asleep.
Suddenly, the sound of high heels echoed in the quiet hall.
Ye Cang didn’t look back or stop her. He let Qin Junfei, dressed all in black, kneel beside him and silently pray to his mother in mourning.
The people she brought, including Pan Min, also bowed respectfully, their expressions solemn, as though mourning a loved one.
The funeral arrangements had been made by Qin Junfei herself.
Once everything was done, Ye Cang finally said, “You actually came out?”
Qin Junfei nodded slightly, her profile stunning. “Yes, it’s the first time in so many years.”
Ye Cang nodded. “Seems the treatment is working well.”
As the two of them looked at the body in the coffin, she continued, “With your medical skills, you were married to Gu Yuyao for three years and never noticed anything off?”
Even Pan Min showed a change in expression.
Married for three years, living together day and night—how could Gu Yuyao not have noticed anything unusual?
Ye Cang smiled mockingly. “So what if it was three years? Her heart was always with her white moonlight. How could she ever notice me?”
Qin Junfei nodded, showing no trace of sympathy. After a brief silence, she tilted her head slightly and asked, “This so-called white moonlight of hers… should I make him disappear?”
“Shua…” Her words were so shocking that even Pan Min twitched at the corner of her eye.
She had never heard the young miss talk about doing something like that for any man…
Qin Junfei, the daughter of the God of Wealth Qin, could make someone vanish without a trace if she wanted to.
But it wasn’t worth it.
Gao Yanqing was tied to Gu Yuyao. If Gu Yuyao no longer mattered, then neither did Gao Yanqing.
Qin Junfei didn’t insist. When she noticed Ye Cang looking at her in surprise, her expression turned cold, and she looked away slightly.
Then, as if explaining herself, she said, “You cured me, so I just want to do something for you. If you don’t need me to act, then I’ll make a promise to you—betrayal like Gu Yuyao’s will never happen again. A golden-scaled dragon never stays in shallow waters. When it meets the storm, it will rise to the heavens. I will be your storm.”
“…”
Looking at her saying that with such seriousness, Ye Cang felt a strange sensation in his heart.
How to describe it?
He didn’t know if it was the treatment working, or if she had truly changed, but she no longer seemed so cold. There was finally some warmth in her.
In the days that followed, aside from funeral preparations, Ye Cang continued treating Qin Junfei.
It was a long and complicated process. He not only needed to remove the cold Qi from her body but also treat her mental illness.
To put it plainly, every man who had gotten close to Qin Junfei in the past had died. In the eyes of others, she was a bringer of misfortune. She herself no longer wanted anyone to die because of her. Over time, she closed herself off, refused to interact with others, and grew to dislike human contact.
What Ye Cang had to do was slowly help her untie that knot in her heart.
Of course, to untie a knot, one must find the person who tied it.
Ye Cang knew he could only assist. To truly heal her, they needed to find the person who harmed her back then.
During these days, Ye Cang seemed to vanish from the world. No matter how hard Gu Yuyao searched, she couldn’t find him.
Even Gu Zhenghong was on the verge of panic.
But no matter how he asked, Gu Yuyao kept saying the phone wouldn’t connect.
Not believing her, Gu Zhenghong called Ye Cang himself.
The Old Servant’s call had to be answered.
“Hello? Grandpa Gu, is something the matter?”
The fact that Ye Cang answered right away while Gu Yuyao couldn’t get through made Gu Zhenghong believe even more that Ye Cang was truly angry.
So he softened his tone, “Xiao Cang, we haven’t been able to reach you these days. Where are you now?”
He even invited him warmly, “Come back tonight for dinner. Let us have a drink together, just the two of us… And bring your mother too.”
Ye Cang calmly replied, “No need, Grandpa Gu. Whatever it is, you can say it over the phone. My mother and I… will never come back again.”
“What? You’ll never come back again? Why… why not?”
Gu Zhenghong was completely shocked.
“I’ve already divorced Gu Yuyao,” Ye Cang said, his tone calm and steady.