Only those eyes were strikingly bright, like a lurking beast, biding its time in the shadows, ready to pounce and bite you at any moment. "Ji Yunya, did you come to gloat over my misery?" The voice was dry and hoarse, like the sound of sharp nails scraping against a wall, making listeners extremely uncomfortable. "How could I dare? I came to see if grandma is doing well here. Don’t worry. I have already taken care of the warden and will ensure that grandma is well taken care of." She emphasized the word "taken care of," leaving no doubt about what she meant by it. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on N0v3l.Fiɾe.net "Do you think you’ve won? How laughable," she said with a mocking tone. "Sitting here safe and sound, watching your distress, I have already won. The weak always make excuses for their failures, spew grandiose talk, and delude themselves into thinking they can still turn the tide. I understand, they need to give themselves a little courage to go on living." Yun Ya smiled with a gentleness that was unsettling. The sunlight outside the window showered upon her, bathing her entire being in light, her features almost appearing translucent, exuding an untouchable sanctity. The two of them were in the same space, yet they inhabited different worlds. Yun Shu watched, her fingernails digging fiercely into the palm of her hand, the piercing pain serving as a sharp reminder. "Quite the silver tongue," Yun Shu mocked with a curve of her lips. That smile carried a smug confidence. Yun Ya’s heart tightened—could Yun Shu still have a trump card up her sleeve? She dared not underestimate this woman. Despite her current plight, she was mentally tough, harder to deal with than most. Then with a smile, she said, "Soon, daddy’s company will declare bankruptcy, and he himself will be clanging into prison on charges of fund-raising fraud. He’ll never step out of there in this lifetime. A fitting end for a mother and son so utterly devoid of conscience." Yun Shu’s pupils contracted sharply. She hadn’t expected Ji Yunya to go so far as to even scheme against Yun Shen, "He’s your father. Such actions will bring divine retribution." Yun Ya laughed as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world, her eyes brimming with tears. Her gaze suddenly turned fierce, and malevolence spread across her face as she stood up abruptly, looking straight at Yun Shu, "You dare talk to me about divine retribution? It’s you and him, my dear grandmother and father, who should be struck by it. Have you forgotten all the things you’ve done? I remember every single deed, clear as day. If I’m to be cursed, then you should go to The Eighteen Layers of Hell, forever barred from reincarnation. No, that’s not enough. You should be cast into the animal realm, working as beasts for eternity, unable to atone for your sins." Yun Shu seemed startled by such a Yun Ya, her resolute words echoing like a court sentence, plunging one’s heart into a bottomless abyss. She watched Yun Ya quietly, "Your sins are deeper than any other." "Hahaha, aren’t I just the product of incest? The original sin spoken of in the Bible, I’ve been born with it. But you gave me this burden. If I am sinful, then what does that make you who created me? Do you think you’re Adam and Eve? Gifting humanity with life while also burdening them with sin. You really shine your own brass. Take a good look at yourself—just a twisted soul, nothing more than a deranged lunatic." Yun Ya’s mocking voice was like a sharp knife, stabbing fiercely into one’s heart, bloodless yet piercing to the core. Yun Shu’s face turned pale, "What nonsense are you spouting?" "Can’t understand? You’ll understand once you’re in the Underworld. Weren’t you fond of my maternal grandfather? You twisted your entire life for him. Yet look at yourself now; how will you have the face to meet my grandfather there? Your dirty soul, your filthy body. He would find it disgusting to even give you a second look; it’s a humiliation for him to even be liked by someone as sordid as you." "Shut your mouth," Yun Shu suddenly covered her ears, those words hitting her like a bloodless blade. "Haha, didn’t you love your grandfather dearly? You remained unmarried for him your whole life, acting out of love to exact revenge, using your son as a tool for vengeance. How wonderful. Your son did well, perfectly destroying this family. Is this your so-called love? It only fills me with endless disgust. How can you, a woman so venomous and vile, compare to my gentle and kind grandmother? You can’t even match a single strand of her hair. How do you find the courage to live in this world, why don’t you just go die..." Yun Ya’s words were sharp and formidable, piercing straight to the heart. Yun Shu clasped her head shaking it wildly, "Shut up, just shut up... You don’t know anything. He loved me; he never loved that woman..."