Seeing that Su Minghan didn't respond, Tian Danni murmured in a low voice, "But there were only a few seats in the viewing platform on the second floor. When the event started, the sound from the speakers was so loud that even if there was any commotion, it would be inaudible."
His body stiffened. "Yes! That's right! That's it!"
"Ah... what?" She looked at him with a confused expression.
Su Minghan was talking to himself, trying to figure out what had happened.
"Xi Man must not have done it on purpose. There must be something wrong with this surveillance video!" he said to himself while staring at the video on his phone.
More than ten minutes later, in the emergency room of Yancheng Hospital.
Bo Jingyu was standing there alone, leaning on his crutches. His expression was solemn and anxious. He simply couldn't believe that it was Shen Ximan who had pushed his grandfather.
Moreover, this news was told to him by Bo Siming himself. That made it even harder for him to believe.
But what could he do if he didn't believe it?
There were only three people at the scene at that time. His grandfather was now lying on the operating table, his life hanging in the balance. The other two people had their own versions of the story.
Bo Jingyu even regretted letting Shen Ximan attend the cooperation meeting.
The wound on his calf, which had just healed, was torn open. Scarlet blood stained a large patch of the clean gauze.
But he was completely unaware of it.
"A Yu!" Su Minghan ran over. "Your leg is bleeding!"
"It doesn't matter. Hurry up and show me the video."
Bo Jingyu hobbled over on his crutches.
"But..."
"What do you mean 'but'? There must be an explanation for this!"
Su Minghan looked at his anxious face covered in sweat. Sighing in his heart, he pulled up the video on his phone.
"Let me make it clear first. I'm on Xi Man's side."
Bo Jingyu took the phone seriously and watched the video in silence.
"Oh my god! Is this person as fast as a rabbit?" Tian Danni gasped for breath, propping herself against the wall. She lifted her leg and rubbed her swollen ankle. On closer inspection, she found that the skin was chafed.
"Impossible!"
The loud voice echoing through the corridor startled her.
She cautiously peeked out her head and saw two men not far away, staring at each other tensely.
It seemed as if they would start fighting the next second.
"Isn't that the second young master of the Bo family?" Tian Danni murmured to herself.
So, the reason why Su Minghan had been acting like a lost soul just now was because of his good friend.
Everyone in Yancheng knew that the Su family and the Bo family had a long - standing friendship.
The video on Bo Jingyu's phone was playing on repeat. It clearly showed Shen Ximan and Bo Yanhai.
They were struggling for two or three minutes, and then she pushed him to the ground forcefully.
Bo Siming had been standing at the elevator entrance the whole time without moving. He only rushed over with a shocked expression when Bo Yanhai fell.
Bo Jingyu had a feeling that something was going to happen. Coincidentally, his premonition had come true.
"Don't jump to conclusions so quickly. This video must have been tampered with!"
Su Minghan tried his best to persuade him, afraid that he would misunderstand.
"Everything was captured on video. How could it have been tampered with?"
Bo Jingyu's face was ashen. His pupils were like a stagnant pool of water, lifeless.
"At that time, there were only the three of them on the second floor. Tian Danni was so close to the corridor but didn't hear any commotion. It must be Bo Siming who was behind all this," he said anxiously, pouring out all his thoughts for analysis.
"Seeing is believing, while hearing is deceiving."
"I shouldn't have let that woman attend the cooperation meeting on my behalf."
Bo Jingyu's eyes were dark. Although he didn't want to believe it in his heart, the evidence was right in front of him. He simply couldn't convince himself.
"I still stand by what I said. I'm on Xi Man's side. I believe she wouldn't harm Old Master Bo for no reason."
Su Minghan was completely at a loss for words because of his determined attitude.
"You believe her? What do you believe about her?"
Bo Jingyu was so angry that he was on the verge of despair. His dejected aura was like a landmine with an uncertain time of explosion. A slight touch would blow him to pieces.
"Believe that she has caused trouble time and time again? Or believe that she disappeared without a trace for more than half a month and then suddenly showed up to disrupt my life again?"
His eyes turned red miserably. He threw away his crutches, ignoring the pain from his calf. He forced a bitter and ugly smile.
"She has never considered my feelings, nor does she care about the consequences this might bring to the Bo family. She only cares about herself. Do you think such a woman is worthy of trust?"
Su Minghan opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
From the moment he met Shen Ximan, he had inexplicably felt that the girl was very pitiful. The scar on her face must have brought her a great deal of psychological harm.
Coupled with the despicable things her biological family had done in secret, it had further stirred up his desire to protect her.
Now, Bo Jingyu's words left him speechless.
After all, Su Minghan hadn't known her as long as Bo Jingyu. He had no idea what had really happened behind the scenes.
Ding—
The operating light in the emergency room went out. The doctor walked out, sweating profusely. His expression didn't look very optimistic.
Bo Jingyu rushed forward anxiously, but the wound on his leg almost made him fall to the ground. Fortunately, Su Minghan caught him in time.
"Professor Yan, how is my grandfather?"
The doctor took off his mask and shook his head regretfully. "The old man already had heart disease. He was in shock for quite a while before we managed to save him."
"But..."
"Just tell me straight!" Bo Jingyu's voice trembled with anxiety.
"The back of his head hit a hard object, injuring his nerves. From now on... he can only lie in bed. Whether he can wake up depends on the old master's will," Professor Yan said, his voice filled with deep regret.
Bo Jingyu stared blankly, forgetting to blink. His mouth hung open.
"Are you saying... my grandfather has become a vegetable?"
Su Minghan asked the question that everyone in their hearts knew, but no one wanted to say. The atmosphere became extremely awkward and silent.
"How could this happen... He was fine just now!"
Bo Jingyu's eyes were filled with tears. He shouted out the anger and pain that had been pent up in his heart for a long time.
"I haven't even had the chance to prove to him that I can manage the company well! I haven't even made him change his opinion of me! Why did this have to happen?"
He stared blankly ahead, shouting at the top of his lungs. Sobs were barely held back at the corner of his mouth. The suffocating pain was unbearable and no one could replace it.
Su Minghan tightly held his arm, afraid that he would collapse to the ground. "Jingyu, it will get better. As long as we actively treat him, he will recover!"
Professor Yan quickly interjected, "Yes, Second Young Master! This kind of situation is quite common. There are cases where patients wake up after one or two years."
"No... this can't be real."
Bo Jingyu's head started to hurt again.
It felt as if someone was tearing his skin open without anesthesia. The pain was unbearable.
"Jingyu! Jingyu!"
He could hear Su Minghan's shouts in his ears.
But he only felt that his head was so heavy and his consciousness was slowly fading away.