The fear in her heart about this laughter made her tremble uncontrollably.

Ji Shuyu was dragged out of the cupboard and thrown directly to the ground. She held on tightly but still groaned.

The man hunched over and slowly approached, then squatted down to look at her.

Puff——

Like a father joking with his child, he laughed out loud and tucked the hair that was scattered on her face behind her ears.

"Stop pretending." The man laughed. "You're already in your teens, how come your acting is still so bad?"

Cough, cough, he said and coughed twice.

Ji Shuyu couldn't help but shiver, cold sweat rolling down her back. Knowing that she couldn't deceive him, she slowly opened her eyes.

The man in front of her was still wearing the cleaner's clothes, without the gray wig on his head, and Ji Shuyu could see his face clearly.

After so many years, she even forgot his name, let alone his appearance, but she still felt an instinctive fear of his smile...

He was in his 60s, probably in his 50s, but he looked like a man in his 60s. With his silver hair and wrinkled face, if you didn't know how terrifying he was, he would have looked like a kindly grandfather.

No wonder there are children playing with him in the hospital.

"The look in your eyes... is exactly the same as when I was young." He chuckled twice, then continued: "We've been together for more than ten years. I never thought that we, father and daughter, would see each other again one day!"

Hearing him say the word "father and daughter", Ji Shuyu couldn't help but think of the time when she was beaten for trying to please her father, and she couldn't help but shrink back.

The man was not annoyed and continued talking to himself.

"I've thought of many scenarios for us to meet as father and daughter, but none of them is like today..." He recalled and shook his head.

"It's really not easy to find you..." He looked at her face carefully, then smiled: "You've grown up and become more beautiful!"

Obviously, every word he said sounded like praise from an elder, and even the smile on his face was kind, but Ji Shuyu felt a chill down her spine...

She took in her surroundings.

At this moment, she was in a room filled with cardboard boxes, bottles and other sundries, with a shabby bed in the corner.

There was a table in the middle of the room, on which were some shriveled fruits and a black-and-white photo.

That was his father, Ji Shuyu seemed to know what he wanted to do! !

"That's grandpa, what are you looking at?"

He was like a kind father, comforting a frightened child, "Don't be afraid."

"Don't be impulsive." Ji Shuyu tried hard to calm herself down. "You're out of prison now and can start a new life. Don't do anything stupid."

"Silly thing?" He chuckled. "It's been so long. I've been working hard to reform and behave myself in there, just to get out sooner..." He looked at her with a sudden change of expression. "To fulfill your grandfather's last wish."

Ji Shuyu felt as if her blood began to flow backwards when she heard this, but he seemed to be chatting with her casually. He picked up the photo on the table, wiped it, and then put it back.

Ahem…

He coughed violently twice, and Ji Shuyu's heart trembled with his coughing.

"You, you're not feeling well?" Ji Shuyu tried to comfort him, "Have you seen a doctor?"

"I've seen it! The doctor said it will only last for one or two months." He said and coughed again.

Ji Shuyu's head buzzed.

"No." She swallowed, "I'm working now. I'll take you to see a doctor. You'll be fine..."

The man listened and looked at her, "What a filial child, but it's useless..."

As he spoke, he pulled out a chain from the corner and dragged it towards her.

Ji Shuyu desperately tried to stand up, but her hands and feet were bound with ropes, leaving her no room to struggle. Just as she managed to stand up, she was grabbed back and forced to watch as her feet were entangled in the chains and then locked...

His movements weren't rough, as if repeated discipline and reform had taught him to be patient and repressive. But his eyes grew colder and colder, just like... the hatred on the TV screen not long ago.

He believed that she had killed his father and left him with regrets.

"You can't blame anyone else. If it weren't for you, how could Grandpa have died?" He said, pulling out a half-smoked cigarette from his pocket and lighting it shakily. "This is all your own fault..."

Ji Shuyu's shoulders drooped.

If he came for someone else, maybe she could still deal with it, but if he came with murderous intentions... then there would be no point in anything she did.

"Don't be afraid, our family will be reunited soon..."

He played with the lighter, clicked it, and then threw it at the pile of debris.

The pile of debris instantly caught fire, and soon the room was surrounded by flames and thick smoke...

Ahem…

The man coughed and said, "You go ahead, I'll come find you later." As he said that, he opened the door and went out.

The door was open, and her instinct for survival made her try her best to climb out, but her feet were chained, and on the other side of the chain was a clumsy, abandoned iron frame. Even though the door was open, she had no hope of escape...

Perhaps this is his intention.

Let her see the hope of life, but be unable to touch it, let her experience the taste of despair before she dies...

The night wind rushed in through the open door, accelerating the spread of the fire. Ji Shuyu lay on the ground, coughing non-stop due to choking.

She thought that after going through so many things, she had become indifferent to everything, but at this moment she found that she was... still a little scared.

Her consciousness gradually faded, and at this moment, she seemed to hear someone outside calling her name heartbreakingly.

"Xiao Yu——"

A self-deprecating smile spread across his lips.

Ji Shuyu, you're truly hopeless. Even at this hour, you're still dreaming of the impossible.

But the closer I get to the end, the harder it is to deceive myself.

At this moment, her mind was still thinking of the first time she met him in the orphanage, and she was still thinking of that little boy who reached out his hand to her...

A tear rolled down my eyes.

Because I am reluctant to leave, and also because I blame myself for being useless.

It's okay, Ji Shuyu. Even if I'm hopeless, this is the last time...

Everything is about to end. No matter how painful the past was, it will end at this moment.

It's just a pity that after living for more than 20 years, she still doesn't know who her parents are.

But it doesn't matter. Even though her parents don't want her, she can go find her baby.

She slowly closed her eyes...

Goodbye, Gu Xiuyuan.

Love it or hate it, it's all over at this moment.

“Xiao Yu!!”

Anxious shouts came into my ears along with the sound of the wind.

It is said that when a person is on the verge of death, he will see the person he wants to see. Ji Shuyu's eyes were hazy, and he vaguely saw a figure rushing through the fire and rushing in.

It’s still him…