In another ward on the same floor

Gu Yanxin slowly opened her eyes, and a continuous pain came from her hands.

"Hiss." She gasped, struggling to lift her bandaged hands.

"Xinxin! You're awake! Quickly put your hand down." Yun Rujin pushed open the door and walked in, carrying some food.

"Mom... my hand..." Gu Yanxin turned to look at Yun Rujin, her voice hoarse.

Yun Rujin lowered her eyes, placed the porridge in her hand on the table, and said softly, "Mom will help you up to eat something first."

Gu Yanxin's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously felt uneasy. She pursed her lips and asked persistently, "How is my hand?"

After a few seconds of silence, Yun Rujin walked to the bedside and sat down. "Xinxin, the doctor said... your hand... will never be able to play the piano again... and you won't even be able to lift heavy objects..."

"What? Impossible! Mom, are you lying to me? How could I not be able to play the piano anymore?" Gu Yanxin's expression collapsed, her lips trembled, and her watery eyes were filled with disbelief.

Yun Rujin felt extremely distressed seeing her daughter like this. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and comforted her, "If we can't play the piano, we can do other things. It's okay."

A fierce light suddenly flashed in Gu Yanxin's eyes as she roared at Yun Rujin, "How can it be nothing? What else could I have done? Why didn't you protect me last night? Just because I'm not your biological daughter, you just watched me have my hand crippled by Shi Miao?"

Yun Rujin couldn't believe these words came from the mouth of her daughter, whom she had doted on for over a decade. She raised her hand and slapped her across the face. "Gu Yanxin, I think you've really gone mad!"

Gu Yanxin's face was slapped hard to the side, and she chuckled softly, "Yes! I'm crazy! It's all your fault!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Rujin trembled violently, her eyes reddening, her heart chilled to the bone. "What did we force you to do?"

Gu Yanxin took a deep breath, her eyes flashing with resentment and anger, and gritted her teeth as she said, "If you hadn't brought Shi Miao back, none of this would have happened! Shi Miao stole everything that should have been mine!"

Yun Rujin staggered back a few steps, looking dazed, and slumped into a chair. Her throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton, and she couldn't make a sound.

At this moment, Gu Yunbai's assistant pushed open the door and entered, holding a divorce agreement in his hand. "Mr. Gu asked me to give this to you. He hopes you will sign it as soon as possible."

Yun Rujin regained her senses, her hands turning white as she took the divorce agreement and began to read it carefully.

"Has Gu Yunbai gone mad? Why should I leave with nothing? Take this, I won't sign it." Yun Rujin didn't expect Gu Yunbai to be so heartless, not even caring about their years of marriage.

"Mr. Gu said he hopes you won't be ungrateful, otherwise it won't be as simple as leaving with nothing... Do you really want your daughter to go to jail?"

Yun Rujin's face turned ashen. She turned her head away and said unwillingly, "I want to see Gu Yunbai!"

A hint of impatience flashed in the assistant's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "President Gu will not see you. Don't make things too ugly and end up not even able to stay in H City. Just sign it quickly."

"Give it to me..." Yun Rujin closed her eyes in despair. She knew Gu Yunbai's methods, and she couldn't let her daughter go to jail.

Gu Yanxin had calmed down by now and said shrilly, "Mom! What are you doing? How are we supposed to live without a single penny?"

Yun Rujin ignored her, took the pen handed to her by her assistant, and signed her name on the last page.

The assistant took the signed divorce papers and left the ward without looking back.

"Mom!" Gu Yanxin felt a tightness in her chest. Did she have any future if she followed Yun Rujin?

Yun Rujin rubbed her throbbing temples and said wearily, "That's enough. Do you want to go to jail?"

Gu Yanxin's throat tightened, her lips moved as if she wanted to say something more, but for some reason she couldn't make a sound.

Yun Rujin said softly, "I've accumulated some savings over the years, enough for the two of us to live on, but we can't be as extravagant as before."

Gu Yanxin bit her lip, her fingertips tensing slightly, her lips pursed tightly in despair, regretting that she hadn't poisoned Gu Yunbai back then.