Gu Fanyan has lost a lot of weight; her already slender body has become almost as thin as a paper doll.

She wore light makeup, but it couldn't hide her haggard appearance; one can only imagine how listless she would be after removing her makeup.

As the year draws to a close, my nose and throat feel sore.

Sister Fanyan has always been beautiful, especially her eyes, which shine like stars in the summer night sky.

But now, her eyes are like dried-up wells.

Yun Suiwan couldn't imagine what kind of life Gu Fanyan had been living with her parents these past few days.

During the day, she had to force a smile so as not to worry her parents.

When the night is deep and quiet, she can take off her mask, but she is constantly tormented by the pain of losing her lover.

"Sister Fanyan." Yun Suiwan tried her best to control her emotions, but her eyes still involuntarily reddened.

"Wanwan, don't be sad," Gu Fanyan forced a smile, "I'm perfectly fine."

"Yes, please sit down and have some tea." Yun Suiwan nodded vigorously.

"Wanwan, I've come to ask you for help." Gu Fanyan got straight to the point. "We want to find Yun Wanqing, but right now only you can help me."

"You want me to persuade Li Xiaoyun to reveal Yun Wanqing's whereabouts?" Yun Suiwan asked in return.

“I know this is difficult for you…” Gu Fanyan said apologetically, “but it’s the only solution I can think of.”

“He left so quickly, so suddenly, without leaving me a single word… The only thing I can do for him is to find out what happened.”

Gu Fanyan finally lost control of her emotions, and tears rolled down her cheeks like a rose trembling in a storm.

"Sister Fanyan, don't worry, I will definitely make Li Xiaoyun give you an explanation."

Li Xiaoyun lay in the hospital bed with an IV drip hanging at the head of the bed.

The doctor said that after these days of rest, the results of various tests show that her physical condition is fine.

But she kept saying she felt uncomfortable here and painful there, so the doctor had no choice but to continue giving her IV drips.

Actually, the IV drip only contains some common anti-inflammatory drugs.

Yun Suiwan understood that she wanted to stay here as long as possible, since she didn't have to pay any money anyway.

"The former Mrs. Yun has now fallen so low as to stay in the hospital and refuse to leave in order to save money?"

Yun Suiwan walked into the ward and bluntly exposed Li Xiaoyun's little scheme.

Li Xiaoyun, who had been sleeping with her eyes closed, opened her eyes and glared fiercely at Yun Suiwan upon hearing this.

"You paid for the hospital bills, so your money is the Yun family's money, and it's something I'm entitled to enjoy," she said bluntly.

“You can stay as long as you want,” Yun Suiwan said, going along with her words, “On the condition that you tell me where Yun Wanqing went?”

She and Yun Wanqing planned the escape route that day together, so she knew it best.

Li Xiaoyun sneered, "Do you guys even have brains? Qingqing ran away all by herself. Do you think she'd follow the route I prepared beforehand?"

He seemed completely unyielding.

"You still want to protect Yun Wanqing," Yun Suiwan retorted. "Hasn't that kick of hers woken you up yet?"

Then she added, "If you tell them now, you might still get on the good side of the Gu and Murong families. But once they find Yun Wanqing themselves, you'll probably be implicated too."

Li Xiaoyun's expression changed slightly; these words made her feel a little suffocated.

These days, people from the Gu and Murong families have indeed been coming frequently, and she has seen their methods very clearly.

Although she has managed to keep quiet for now, it doesn't mean she can keep it up forever.

She looked at Yun Suiwan, "Wanwan," her voice suddenly became gentle, "Wanwan, please forgive your mother, I was wrong before."

Yun Suiwan remained calm and watched as she continued her performance.

As Li Xiaoyun spoke, tears streamed down her face. "Mom is such a pitiful woman. It's bad enough that her husband is useless, but she raised two daughters, and now she's ended up like this in her old age! Wanwan, now the only person Mom can rely on is you!"

Yun Suiwan chuckled lightly: "You've probably forgotten, haven't you? You've already published a notice in the newspaper severing our mother-daughter relationship."

Li Xiaoyun's tears flowed even more freely: "But you are, after all, my own flesh and blood. We are still connected by blood even if we break our bones."

“Alright,” Yun Suiwan went along with her words, “Since you put it that way, I’ll tell you the truth. Right now, the Gu family and the Murong family are chasing after me asking for Yun Wanqing’s whereabouts. If you help me resolve this matter, I’ll take care of your retirement.”

Yun Suiwan admitted that she had finally softened her heart.

The true relationship between Yun Wanqing and her father is something that Li Xiaoyun will keep secret if possible.

Let her be kept in the dark for the rest of her life.

Li Xiaoyun was silent for a moment, then said with tears in her eyes, "Wanwan, you have to handle this well. I don't want to be seen as someone who betrayed her daughter, and you don't want people to say you betrayed your sister, do you?"

Yun Suiwan was so angry she laughed. It turned out that Li Xiaoyun not only didn't want to talk about it, but also wanted to drag her into protecting Yun Wanqing.

So she stood there for ages, looking more like a clown than a clown.

She lost patience; playing the saint was so tiring.

"Li Xiaoyun, do you know who Yun Wanqing's biological mother is?" she asked directly.

Li Xiaoyun was stunned, not understanding why she suddenly steered the question here.

Qingqing's birth mother... she knew about her, but she had never met her.

"Why bring her up?" Li Xiaoyun said unhappily. "She wasn't good to Qingqing either."

"Then do you know who Yun Wanqing's biological father is?" Yun Suiwan continued to ask.

"Who knows what kind of random guy Chen Lizhen is dating?" Li Xiaoyun said with even more disdain.

“The wild man you’re talking about is none other than your husband,” Yun Suiwan replied.

Li Xiaoyun was stunned; for a moment, she didn't understand what Yun Suiwan meant.

Her husband?

With Chen Lizhen?

"Yun Suiwan!" she suddenly roared in anger, cursing, "Have some decency! Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?!"

“I’m telling you the truth because I want to do good deeds,” Yun Suiwan said, tossing down a large envelope. “The evidence is all inside, take a good look.”

Li Xiaoyun looked away: "These days, anything can be faked. I won't look at what you give me."

Yun Suiwan shrugged indifferently: "Whether you see it or not, it doesn't affect the fact that it exists."

"Perhaps you can recall whether your husband acted strangely before Yun Wanqing became your adopted daughter?"

Li Xiaoyun's expression gradually darkened, clearly indicating that she was slowly sinking into her memories and had also come up with some clues.

Gradually, her face began to contort.

Suddenly she grabbed the envelope and almost tore it open to pull out its contents...

A few minutes later, a series of hysterical screams echoed from the ward—shrill, grief-stricken, resentful, and ultimately desperate…

On the way back, Yun Suiwan was not in a good mood. She looked at the clouds in the sky outside the car window.

It changes rapidly and has no set pattern.

The human heart is like that too, isn't it?

When things change, it happens so quickly.

You can't see it, you can't touch it, let alone control it.

Often, you can only be passively pushed forward, and by the time you understand the truth, you no longer have the chance to fight back.