Several young nurses were so afraid of offending him that they quickly explained.
"Second Young Master, we were just suspicious. We don't have any actual evidence!"
Bo Jingyu looked solemn. "Give me a straightforward account of the whole thing. It's best not to spread this around, so as not to alarm the patients and their families. Otherwise, you'll be held fully responsible."
"Yes, yes, yes. We definitely won't say anything more!"
The nurse on duty recalled the situation that night.
"The day before yesterday, when I came out of the bathroom, I always felt an extremely unpleasant smell wafting from outside the pipes, something like the smell of dead fish and rotten shrimp. But I didn't think much of it at that time. I just had a little suspicion."
"I didn't expect to smell it again last night, and it was still coming from the drain. The pipes are all connected. The smell is so strong. Maybe it's coming up from below..."
The others pursed their lips to hold back their laughter, afraid they might burst out.
"Aya, you've read too many horror novels."
"Maybe it's just that the toilet wasn't cleaned properly."
Bo Jingyu ignored their lack of respect and said, "I don't want to hear a single word about this. Whether it's suspicion or a joke, keep your mouths shut. Do you understand?"
They nodded like pounding garlic, wishing they could flee the scene immediately.
"Understood!"
After getting out of the elevator, he walked along lost in thought, absent - minded.
Qian Li called him several times before he came back to his senses.
"Second Master... Are you too tired? You actually didn't have to come on such a bad - weather day."
Bo Jingyu said indifferently, "These are all small things. It's not that tiring. There's something I need you to do for me. The sooner, the better."
"Just tell me."
"We need to check the casualties on the second basement floor."
Just this single sentence made Qian Li's nerves fully on edge.
"Don't worry. I guarantee I'll check thoroughly."
After saying that, he took a few steps forward and then turned back.
"Second Master, a nurse is changing the dressing in the old master's ward. It should be almost over soon. Could you please wait outside the door for a while?"
Bo Jingyu nodded.
It might have passed Qian Li's scrutiny, but it might not pass his.
Out of caution, he didn't even knock on the door and walked right in.
The nurse was so startled that she suddenly stood up from the chair and stared blankly.
"What are you doing?"
Bo Jingyu couldn't have been mistaken just now.
The nurse was holding something between her fingers, glinting with a thin silver light.
"I'm changing the old master's dressing."
Shen Ximan lowered her voice, trying to muddle through.
This trick might work on others, but for Bo Jingyu, he could tell from just a look or a tiny movement.
"You pushed Grandpa down and then secretly came here to treat him?"
"Shen Ximan, what on earth are your motives?"
She was like a cat caught red - handed by its owner, extremely nervous.
She had calculated the time so well that she could even fool Qian Li.
But not Bo Jingyu!
"Second Young Master, I don't quite understand what you mean."
He squinted his eyes in dissatisfaction and stepped closer. "Are you still going to pretend?"
Shen Ximan lowered her head and didn't meet his gaze. She slowly stepped back.
Until her back hit the wall and there was nowhere to escape.
Bo Jingyu's breath gently blew in front of her face, making it itch.
"Where's the overbearing you from that day? Now that I've caught you red - handed, you don't even dare to say a word?" He reached out his hand to take off her mask.
But Shen Ximan refused.
She quickly turned her face away, stubbornly disobedient.
This action instantly ignited Bo Jingyu's anger. He grabbed her chin and forcefully turned her face to look at him. The flames in his eyes were burning.
"I'm talking to you. Have you gone mute?"
"You've already recognized me. What else is there to say?"
He gritted his teeth, and the strength in his hand unconsciously increased.
This made Shen Ximan frown in pain, but she didn't make a sound.
If there was one thing that remained the same about her as before, it should be this unyielding character. Before, she would adapt to the situation according to its severity, but now she had become even more extreme.
"Didn't I tell you before to leave Yancheng!"
Bo Jingyu's glaring eyes seemed to be able to eat people.
"Why didn't you listen? And why did you use a substitute to deceive me!"
All the information he had sent Qian Li to check before was false.
To cover her tracks and her motives.
It turned out that the way out he had kindly left for Shen Ximan was not a way out at all, but a mysterious scroll that allowed her to get ahead.
He had saved her, but she came to take revenge on him.
"I wasn't interested in you at first. It was you who provoked me."
Shen Ximan angrily retorted his gaze without any fear.
"Do you know? I thought your feelings for me were something I could rely on, something I could use as a solid back - up! But what happened? You're no different from your heartless brother."
"Both of you think that it's my fault that Grandpa has become like this. I don't deny that I'm not completely unrelated to this, but I, Shen Ximan, won't take the blame for something I didn't do."
She was like a leopard lurking in the night. At first, she was gentle and amiable, but when she showed her fangs, there wouldn't even be a bone left of the enemy.
Bo Jingyu was pushed away forcefully by her.
All the disbelief and unacceptance in his eyes were revealed.
"Then tell me, who is the culprit?"
Shen Ximan pulled down her mask and sneered. Her extremely beautiful face was captivating.
Even when she was disdainful and her tone was bad, it was hard to look away.
"What good people can there be in your Bo family? A low - level question like who the culprit is. Go home and rack your brains to think about it. I don't have the time to explain."
After saying that, she threw the used needle in her hand into the medical trash can. When she was about to put on her mask again and quickly leave, her wrist was grabbed and she was forcefully pulled back.
"You can't leave without giving me a proper reason."
Bo Jingyu's tone was full of command and unassailability.
If it were the former Shen Ximan, she would definitely obey obediently.
But why should she now?
She had money, power, and status. She had good looks and a good figure.
Why should she listen to someone she wasn't even that familiar with?
"You'd better let go. If you keep tugging and pulling in front of Grandpa, aren't you afraid he'll sit up and give you two slaps?" Shen Ximan mocked.
Bo Jingyu looked coldly at her profile. His emotions were very unstable.
"I actually hope he can sit up and scold me."
"Don't let me see you come to visit Grandpa again. Otherwise, I'm not sure what I'll do. This is the last time."
Her cold eyes merged with the emotions in his eyes.
"Up to now, you still don't believe me."
Shen Ximan actually still hoped that he would say something different from before. It seemed that she was still too soft - hearted and had tortured herself again.
"Even if you had stood up and said a single word for me back then, I wouldn't hate you this much now. You're a complete coward. I was blind to say I liked you regardless of everything."
Her face was ashen. The river of love in her heart had already dried up.
Maybe it was because he was used to her devotion, or maybe it was because he was used to being loved.
When Bo Jingyu heard her heart - rending words, he actually felt a flutter in his heart.