Chapter 36 Grandma Yan Passes Away

After Yan Sui and Yu Li left, the ward remained quiet for a while.

Grandma Yan leaned against the headboard, groaning in pain as she held her head.

She caught a glimpse of the ward door opening out of the corner of her eye and thought it was Yan Sui returning. She quickly looked up, only to find that it was Yan Shiting who had entered.

"Click." The ward door closed again.

Holding a thin document in his hand, Yan Shiting slowly walked to the hospital bed and sat down on the stool next to it.

"What are you doing here?" She was already somewhat weak, and her speech was a little unclear. She could only try her best to speak clearly, word by word.

"Could it be that you got anxious because you knew I was going to give my shares to Ah Sui?"

Yan Shiting sat upright, listening calmly as she finished speaking.

Then, he asked in a deep voice, "Your shares?"

It was a very calm sentence, but Grandma Yan heard something else in it.

She felt a little guilty and stammered a few times.

Seemingly finding some courage, she said, "My son left me this, so why can't I say it's mine?"

Yan Shiting's eyes gradually turned cold, and he pursed his lips.

Why can you say that so calmly?

He closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again, the pain in his eyes had vanished, and he had regained his composure.

Yan Shiting calmly said, "Forcing Yan Sui to join the company and give him shares is tantamount to putting him on the hot seat."

Grandma Yan sneered, "I'm doing this for his own good. I don't want him to be idle in the future."

To outsiders, her leaving all the shares to Yan Sui was simply a grandmother's love for her grandson.

In reality, once Yan Sui becomes the largest shareholder of the Yan family, Yan Shiting will lose his veto power in the Yan family.

Ultimately, whether he listened to Yan Sui or Yan Sui listened to him out of consideration for his elder brother, a rift between the two brothers was inevitable.

Whether it was for Yan Sui's good or to cause trouble for Yan Shiting, only Grandma Yan herself knew.

Yan Shiting lowered his eyes.

After a long pause, he said, "Even knowing that Yan Hui has a child, are you still going to give all your shares to Yan Sui?"

Yan Hui, his cousin, and Yan Sui's older cousin.

Upon hearing this name, Grandma Yan, lying on her hospital bed, suddenly stirred.

Her old, withered hands gripped the bedsheet as she struggled to sit up: "A child? Hui'er has another child?"

But then she had some doubts.

Could it be that Yan Shiting deliberately made up this story to prevent her from giving the shares to Yan Sui?

Yan Shiting saw the doubt in her eyes.

He silently placed the document in his hand on the bedside table, indicating that Grandma Yan could read it herself.

The document contains a paternity test result from nine years ago, showing the entire process from application to result report.

The application also had Yan Hui's fingerprint and signature.

Grandma Yan has not forgotten the handwriting of her most beloved grandson.

As she looked at the application, her hands began to tremble, and she eagerly flipped to the report results at the back.

A girl, who is indeed Yan Hui's daughter.

Grandma Yan's eyes welled up with tears as she murmured, "Hui'er's child, isn't that my great-granddaughter?"

“That’s wonderful, that’s wonderful. Hui’er has a child, my great-granddaughter.”

After the initial excitement subsided, she looked at Yan Shiting and asked excitedly, "Where is that child? I want to see her."

Yan Shiting said calmly, "She doesn't want to see you."

Grandma Yan was stunned.

"I am her great-grandmother, how could she not want to see me?"

She panicked a little.

Is it that the child doesn't want to see her, or is it that Yan Shiting won't let the child see her?

Now, Yan Shiting is the only one who knows the child's whereabouts.

Grandma Yan clutched the report in her hand and got out of bed weakly.

By the time she reached Yan Shiting, she had already used up a lot of strength, and in the end, she had no choice but to hold onto the armrest of the hospital bed.

Grandma Yan pleaded:

"Shiting, I'm begging you, please let me see that child."

The spacious VIP ward was quiet for a moment.

Yan Shiting glanced at the door of the ward and said, "When Yan Hui was executed, this child was less than a year old. In her life, there was no father figure."

He gazed at Grandma Yan and said slowly, "Naturally, I didn't know there was another great-grandmother."

Grandma Yan stood there, stunned.

Yan Shiting stood up, his tall figure blocking half of the sunlight from the window.

"I'm here today just to give you this choice. If you have the answer, call me anytime."

He picked up a black cell phone from the side, nodded, and said, "I'm leaving now."

Grandma Yan quickly reached out to stop him: "Shi Ting, Shi Ting, don't go..."

No matter how she called out, Yan Shiting didn't turn around and strode out of the ward.

After closing the ward door, he glanced indifferently at the corridor on the right.

Yu Li leaned against the wall and saw him come out, so she quickly explained, "I came here to..."

Yan Shiting handed over the phone: "I know."

Yu Li was taken aback, took the phone, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on her lips.

The two walked a bit towards the elevator.

Yan Shiting asked in a low voice, "Is Yan Sui here?"

Yu Li nodded: "He came to visit Grandma."

Yan Shiting paused for a moment, then said, "I'm not busy today. I'll be home on time tonight."

The elevator has arrived, and the doors open with a "ding".

Yu Li gripped her phone tightly. "Okay, I'll be back in a bit."

Yan Shiting nodded and stepped into the elevator.

Until the elevator doors closed, their gaze remained fixed on Yu Li.

Yu Li waved to him, and only after the elevator went down did she turn around and quickly walk to the end of the corridor.

"I got my phone back."

Yan Sui came to his senses.

He wasn't as devastated as before; he seemed to have come to terms with something, and his expression became somewhat solemn.

Yan Sui took the phone. "Okay, thank you."

Yu Li sat with him for a while longer and asked, "What exactly is wrong with your grandmother? Why is she in such a hurry to force you to join the company?"

Yan Sui sighed, "Late-stage brain cancer. It was diagnosed before her birthday banquet."

Knowing she didn't have long to live, she held a lavish 80th birthday celebration so that Yan Sui could get to know more business tycoons.

Yu Li nodded in understanding.

He had just overheard the last few sentences of conversation between Grandma Yan and Yan Shiting.

Even in the final moments of their lives, the atmosphere between them remained the same.

Could it be related to that Yan Hui?

Yu Li sighed inwardly.

He still knew too little about Yan Shiting.

...

Grandma Yan's condition was very serious, and she passed away in less than half a month.

Before her death, she never contacted Yan Shiting again, and the contents of her will remained unchanged, leaving all her shares to Yan Sui.

Between providing some security for her young great-granddaughter and causing trouble for the two brothers, she chose the latter.

Despite loving Yan Hui so much, he chose hatred over love for Yan Hui.

When Yan Shiting heard Jiang Miao's report, there was not a trace of surprise on his face.

This result was exactly what he expected.

He didn't expect Grandma Yan to have any deep feelings for her great-granddaughter whom she had never met; he just presented this option to let Grandma Yan experience the feeling of being caught in a dilemma.

Jiang Miao withdrew her gaze and continued, "The burial site has been chosen in Xishan Suburbs, and the burial will take place in two days."

Yan Shiting nodded, "Let Butler Liu take care of it."

Housekeeper Liu is Grandma Yan's housekeeper. She has been working at the Yan family's ancestral home and taking care of Grandma Yan's daily life for more than ten years.

"Yes, Mr. Yan."

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Many people attended Grandma Yan's funeral.

Of these people, a small portion had some connection with Grandma Yan, but most came because of Yan Shiting's influence.

During the days of the funeral, Yu Li, Liu Cong, and Xu Changke stayed with Yan Sui.

On the day of the burial, after the urn was placed in the tomb and the tombstone was erected, Yan Sui couldn't help but bite her lip and cry.

Although in the last period of his life, Grandma Yan always forced him to join the company against his will, it was impossible not to feel sad when he thought about the more than ten years they had spent together.

Yan Sui was only six years old when her parents passed away.

At that time, Yan Shiting was still a high school student and had limited time. It was Grandma Yan who took care of Yan Sui.

Yu Li and Liu Cong comforted Yan Sui for a few words, then quietly left, leaving Yan Sui and Xu Changke to have some peace and quiet.

Yu Li left the crowd, glanced around, and finally spotted Yan Shiting dressed in black at the front of the crowd.

It was drizzling today. Yan Shiting stood in front of the tombstone, holding an umbrella, his expression indifferent.

Yu Li, holding an umbrella, wanted to walk forward and get closer to him, but she overheard a discussion among the people nearby:

“My dad told me that President Yan didn’t shed a single tear when his parents passed away.”

"He didn't cry at his grandmother's funeral today. Tsk tsk, he really is cold-blooded and heartless."

“I heard that he and his grandmother don’t get along very well, so there’s probably nothing to cry about.”

Yu Li paused, watching the group slowly walk away.

He stared blankly at Yan Shiting's back, not noticing someone walking up to him.

"Ignore what those people are saying."

A gentle voice rang out; it was Dr. Yan.

Yu Li snapped out of her daze, turned around, and greeted, "Dr. Yan."

Then he noticed that Dr. Yan was accompanied by a girl who looked to be about ten years old.

However, the girl seemed a little strange, with timid eyes, and she clung tightly to Dr. Yan's clothes.

Noticing his gaze, Dr. Yan gently patted the girl's shoulder and said, "This is Shi Ting's cousin's daughter, and now she is my granddaughter. Her name is Mingyao."

Yan Shiting's cousin, Yan Hui?

So, is this girl the child that Yan Shiting and Grandma Yan were talking about that day?

Yu Li understood, bent down and greeted softly, "Hello, my name is Yu Li."

Yan Mingyao hid behind Dr. Yan and didn't say anything.

Dr. Yan apologized, "Mingyao suffered a brain injury when she was very young, and now she has some intellectual disability and is very afraid of strangers."

Yu Li nodded.

He felt around in his coat pocket and found a small packet of soda crackers, which he slowly handed to Yan Mingyao.

This is his favorite snack after he became pregnant. Yan Shiting prepared a lot of it at home, and he would take a few packs with him every time he went out, taking them out to nibble on occasionally.

Yan Mingyao looked at the packaging in front of her, and then at Yu Li in front of her.

Finally, he reached out and carefully took it.

Dr. Yan smiled and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Yu Li straightened up and tightened her grip on the umbrella handle.

He thought for a moment and said, "Dr. Yan, I have some questions I'd like to ask you..."

Dr. Yan understood: "You want to know about Shi Ting and his uncle's family, right?"

Yu Li nodded.

Dr. Yan chuckled lightly: "I was abroad during those years, so I didn't know much. I only knew that after my second brother and sister-in-law—that is, Shi Ting and Yan Sui's parents—passed away one after another, the Yan family was managed by Uncle Shi Ting."

"But Uncle Shi Ting was incompetent. Under his management, the Yan family encountered many problems, and in the end, the Yan family almost changed their surname."

"Later, when Shi Ting came of age and joined the Yan family, he discovered that his uncle's family had embezzled public funds and illegally raised funds."

Yu Li was taken aback. "Then why were Uncle and Yan Hui sentenced to death?"

Dr. Yan sighed and frowned, saying, "Yan Hui's parents took all the blame, and Yan Hui was not punished for embezzling public funds. He was sentenced to death because he later broke into a house and committed murder, which was a heinous crime."

Dr. Yan raised his eyes, looked at Yu Li, and slowly said, "I don't know anything more."

Yu Li fell silent, then looked at Yan Shiting.

Embezzlement and illegal fundraising are not grounds for my uncle to be sentenced to death.

Perhaps, besides these, something else happened.