After a moment of silence, Sui Wanhe carefully used her true essence to gather the shattered jade piece by piece and place it in Tang Yu's hand.
"It's nothing, just a piece of jade... This Palace knows quite a few skilled craftsmen. I'll find someone to repair it for you later."
Tang Yu merely gave an "Mm."
Seeing the obvious resentment on Tang Yu's face, Sui Wanhe said guiltily, "This Palace bears ten percent of the responsibility for knocking the jade down, but it's mainly your fault too. This Palace told you to paint, yet you kept stalling and fobbing me off. That's karma—there had to be a cause before there could be this result."
"I understand. When my grandfather was alive, he said I was a worthless good-for-nothing who couldn't hold on to anything. I never expected that even the keepsake he left me would suffer the same fate. That's probably how cause and effect work in this world."
Tang Yu said mournfully, "If I'd been more capable back then and could have gotten Grandfather some pills to prolong his life, this jade would surely still be by his side today instead of shattering in my hands. Alas, when a child wishes to care for his parents, they are no longer there."
"..."
Sui Wanhe was already starting to suffocate. She really had brought up exactly what she shouldn't have.
As though her mouth had been glued shut, Sui Wanhe pondered for a long while before finally forcing out a sentence.
"Don't put yourself down too much. If your grandfather were still alive and could see you today, he would surely be very gratified."
Meanwhile, in Suhang on Blue Star.
An old man surnamed Tang was playing Honor of Kings on his phone in his backyard.
It was a