It's already late at night, and with the fastest speed, I went back home.

I opened the door, poured a glass of hot water, and carefully walked to the front of grandma's bed, softly calling her.

"Grandma, are you asleep? I'm home."

But grandma didn't respond as she used to.

Her face was purple, her brows were tightly furrowed, and her eyes were slightly open, as if...

there was no more breath.

My heart jumped and I shouted desperately, "Grandma! Wake up! Wake up!"

But grandma...she'd never respond to me again.

The bed was already wet with a large puddle, emitting a foul, stifling smell.

A tiny black blood was flowing from grandma's nostrils, ears, and the corners of her lips.

She was holding tightly to the phone I bought her, and my number was displayed on the phone screen.

But she never dialed it.

Grandma...

can never dial my number again.

Grandma died alone.

No one accompanied her.

And I, like a dog.

Taunted and humiliated by Jiang Yan and Lin Nian.

Ridiculed.

Jiang Yan's curses to grandma echoed like a curse in my ears.

"What does her death have to do with me?"

"Just a dirty old lady who picks up garbage--"

I held grandma's already cold, rough hands with grief, crying out in pain and despair.

My grandma.

My grandma--

the kind old lady who was so gentle, kind, and hardworking, who supported me to go to school by picking up trash.

She left this painful world, alone, desolate, and regrettable.

She just...

wanted to see Jiang Yan;

I don't have my grandma anymore.

I have nothing left.

Grandma's funeral was exceptionally desolate, with very few people paying their respects.

Only a few old ladies who were friends with grandma when she scavenged.

They wiped away their tears, leaving a few hundred dollars and left hunched over.

Former classmates, worried about Jiang Yan's retaliation, all deleted and blocked me, not a single one showed up.

Except... for the teacher who spoke up for me initially, Mr. Zhou.

Mr. Zhou sighed and patted my shoulder, "Suyun, life always has to move forward."

I wanted to cry but couldn't shed a tear.

I hung up on my cell phone in a daze.

On social media, the news of Jiang Yan and Lin Nian's engagement once again exploded.

【Blessings! The young master of the Jiang family got engaged today!】

Lin Nian wearing a gorgeous red cheongsam, donning a valuable pearl necklace, smiled charmingly and gracefully.

And Jiang Yan, in a neat Zhongshan suit, looked at her tenderly.

After a short while, Lin Nian posted a moment:

"Mr. Jiang, please take care of me for the rest of my life!"

Jiang Yan immediately re-posted: "Mrs. Jiang, please take care of me for the rest of my life."

There were sincere blessings in the comments.

And there were those mocking me.

"Suyun has been a substitute for many years, and she was robbed by Miss Lin in the end, haha!"

"Tsk, Suyun is like a toad who wants to eat swan meat! Look at the kind of family she comes from and she dares to have improper thoughts about the young master of the Jiang family!"

"Lin Nian is the best, Beautiful and kind, the perfect match for the young master of the Jiang family!"

Endless, intense pain struck my brain.

I held a picture of my grandma, feeling like I was about to suffocate at any moment.

"Jiang Yan, you knew today was my grandma's funeral.

Why did you choose to get engaged today?

Why?!"

He was deliberately stabbing a knife into my heart, Jiang Yan, even if I die, I will never forgive you!