Bo Jingming had been in a rather good mood initially. However, after listening to Steward Qin's vivid recount, his face gradually clouded with anger.
"From what you're saying, the second young lady has quite a disgraceful conduct?"
"You bet! The eldest young master saw that she'd never received a good education or learned proper etiquette since childhood, so he specifically asked me to teach her."
"But she's good-for-nothing and always half - hearted. It's such a pity that the eldest young master's good intentions went to waste," Steward Qin said, shaking his head regretfully.
Bo Jingming snorted, "It's my fault that I've been abroad for too long and haven't come back often. If I'd met that girl before she passed away, I'd never have agreed to such an absurd marriage."
"She's not worthy of Jingyu. Siming is just too kind - hearted!"
Steward Qin hooked the corner of his lips triumphantly. "Sir, you're truly a reasonable man."
Having said that, he stopped the topic and didn't want to mention it anymore.
"You may leave."
The bedroom fell silent again, causing Bo Jingming's mind to be in turmoil.
The news that Shen Ximan had hospitalized the elder master of the Bo family was still making waves on the internet. In fact, the heat hadn't subsided at all.
Whether it was the outside world or within the Bo family, everyone was saying that Shen Ximan deserved to die.
She shouldn't have left this world so early. She hadn't even tasted all the hardships in life or atoned for her sin against Bo Yanhai. How could she leave so easily?
However, the more extreme these remarks were, the more suspicious Bo Jingming became.
At that time, Bo Siming was also discovered at the cooperation meeting.
After being away from his sons for so many years, their personalities were somewhat similar to when they were kids, but also different in some ways.
Why were all these negative remarks targeting a woman while Bo Siming remained unscathed?
Was it because he was the eldest young master of the Bo family and his status could support him no matter what?
Or, thinking from another perspective -
Was Bo Siming actually the mastermind behind the scenes and Shen Ximan was just taking the blame?
Just thinking of this made Bo Jingming's back go cold.
No wonder he had taken the initiative to mention going to Xijiao Sea to look for that lost medicine bottle. His expression seemed calm, but there was always something amiss.
Could there be something fishy about that medicine bottle?!
Knock, knock, knock.
"Who is it!" Bo Jingming exclaimed in a startled growl.
Bo Siming walked in with a beaming smile. "Father, it's me."
"Why do you look a bit unwell?"
"… I was just thinking about something and got distracted for a moment. It's nothing serious."
"That's good. I heard from Steward Qin that you were looking for me?"
He squinted his eyes as he looked at Bo Siming's flawless face.
"Siming, what about the thing I asked you to find?"
"Ah~ I'm here to give it to you," Bo Siming slowly took out the medicine bottle from his pocket and handed it over. "Please check it quickly."
"I searched for a long time. The security guards even thought I was a thief."
Bo Jingming took it and took a rough look. There was nothing unusual.
Was he just being over - suspicious?
"I've found the thing for you. I'll go back to my bedroom to rest now. I've been discussing business with General Manager Xiao and the others all day. I'm quite tired."
Bo Siming had long noticed his suspicion.
But in order not to arouse more of his suspicion, he shifted the focus by bringing up his work.
"General Manager Xiao? Xiao Zhenguo?" Bo Jingming was surprised.
"Yes, it's him. Do you know him, Father?"
Talking about this, Bo Jingming's knot in his heart eased a bit.
"Xiao Zhenguo is a client who often cooperates with our overseas branch. If you can be on good terms with such a person, you must seize the opportunity firmly."
Bo Jingming said with a smile, "Maybe we can finalize the domestic trade deal. The economic strength of the Bo family will surely rise to a new level."
"I will, Father."
After saying that, Bo Siming walked out of the room with a beaming smile.
The moment he closed the door, his face instantly fell.
Steward Qin had been waiting downstairs for a while. Looking up, he finally saw his figure. "Eldest young master, the hot water in the bathroom has been drawn."
"Yeah, you did a good job today. Go downstairs and receive your reward."
Steward Qin's eyes sparkled with excitement. "Thank you, eldest young master!"
Bo Siming rubbed his temples and walked into the bathroom wearily.
The hot water instantly opened the pores of every inch of his skin. While relieving his fatigue, it also cheered him up a bit. He even hummed a tune.
"It's really hard to have a happy life," he murmured to himself. "I have to set traps to make Li Rui stumble, and also cause a rift in the cooperation between the Su family and Juanyi. Now Bo Jingyu should be jumping up and down in a hurry, right? He should be wracking his brains on how to explain things to Ah Hairui. Heh, let's see how you clean up this mess."
For now, half of the most urgent matter had been resolved.
The remaining half was how to deal with Yang Wan in the small courtyard.
She had offended Xiao Zhenguo by covering up for Shen Shiyu. If it hadn't been for Bo Siming's timely arrival and him calling in a bunch of top - notch women to save the day, today's project would have most likely fallen through.
"A family of good - for - nothings! I'll deal with them properly tomorrow," he cursed lightly. Then he got out of the bathtub naked.
After drying the water on his body, he wrapped himself in a bath towel and fell onto the bed, falling into a deep sleep.
If he hadn't been so exhausted, Bo Siming would surely have driven to pull Shen Shiyu back and taught her a good lesson.
A wild horse like this needed to be whipped from time to time. Otherwise, if it got too wild, it would forget who its master was.
In the early hours of the morning, at Yancheng Hospital.
Yan Yueyue tiptoed out of an empty ward with Xiao Shuyuan after they had disguised themselves. They were looking for Tian Danni's ward.
"Yueyue, let's go back!" he advised regretfully.
"If you want to go back, go by yourself!"
She glared at him. "It's such a good opportunity. Don't you know how to cherish it?"
"But what if we accidentally kill her? It's a matter of life and death. I don't dare to do such an immoral thing. It's too unethical."
During the time when Xiao Shuyuan was recuperating in Lanshan Hospital, all his hostility had been smoothed out. He would carefully weigh every decision before taking action.
Today, he was completely dragged here by Yan Yueyue.
"I just want to ask you, isn't it good for Shujing to be with that guy surnamed Su?"
"… It's quite good."
Yan Yueyue rolled her eyes. "Then that's that!"
"Standing up for my friends is my consistent style. Besides, I'm just here to play a very small prank. I'm not here to be a killer. Do you think I'm that vicious?"
Xiao Shuyuan was still a bit hesitant. "Then how are we going to get in?"
"There must be a lot of people guarding the door. Just the two of us…"
She proudly patted her chest and took out two syringes.
"I've got these!"
He looked at her in surprise. "Where did you get them?"
"I just took them from the nurse's station. They're just sedatives," Yan Yueyue said, pretending to be calm as she looked at the group of bodyguards in the distance. "Later, you don't say a word. I'll handle it."
"But!" Xiao Shuyuan was still reluctant.
"Think of it as doing this for Shujing's lifelong happiness! Tian Danni can't be in between them. She'll ruin things!"
Before he could say anything else, she took the first step.