Well, it wouldn't really be that weird. Considering that she's an elderly lady with obvious signs of failing health. Her dying from old age during the interim between the flashback and current time would be pretty natural.
Ik but like she needs to be loaded and have an award for being a bad ass boss grandma before she dies
Well, old people do die...so there's that. And we already pretty much know she dies, that's why Ye Zi said he took care of Gao Hang all that time.
...i smell bullshit for some reason cause the author is probably gonna kill the grandma for some weird ungodly reason....FUCK