Yun Bu Ji completely forgot about what had just happened, his eyes focused solely on Jiang Mian Mian. The young girl’s face was taut, her expression grim. After disinfecting his wound, she took out powder and sprinkled it onto his hand, then meticulously bandaged it with gauze.
Once his hand was bandaged, she fixed him with her bright, clear eyes and demanded, "Can you tell me what's going on now?"
Yun Bu Ji then came to his senses. The recent events flooded back into his mind, causing a pang in his heart. He nodded and recounted everything that had transpired.
Li Xiang listened, dumbfounded, and looked at him with disbelief. "What kind of spell has that woman cast on Zhou Hao? How can he be so utterly devoid of judgment?"
Jiang Mian Mian was equally shocked. Her impression of Zhou Hao was of a righteous young man, someone who exuded honesty and reliability. How could he have been so thoroughly manipulated by a woman?
"Perhaps I shouldn't have saved him in the first place. If I hadn't, maybe his grandfather wouldn't have died," Mian Mian mused, frowning.
"It's not your fault, and it has nothing to do with you. Don't think that way. Blame that woman for being so manipulative. She's even gotten Zhou Hao thrown in jail, yet he still trusts her wholeheartedly. It shows how skilled she is. It's only normal for Zhou Hao to be infatuated with her," Yun Bu Ji felt they shouldn't dwell on what they might have done wrong. It was all the woman's fault. She intended to harm Zhou Hao and had even killed Grandpa Zhou.
"But Grandpa Zhou had no grievances with her. Why would she kill him? The old man was so elderly; how could he have been an obstacle to her?" Li Xiang was so incensed he wished he could rush to the hospital and beat that woman to death right now.
"Does Zhou Hao's family have anything valuable?" Mian Mian understood human nature. If the woman was willing to be with Zhou Hao and meticulously plan all this, there must have been profit involved.
Perhaps that item was connected to Grandpa Zhou's death.
"The house!"
Yun Bu Ji and Li Xiang said it simultaneously.
Zhou Hao's family was poor, extremely poor. But they owned an old, dilapidated house. Despite its condition, due to government planning and school districts in recent years, property values had not been low. It was worth at least several million.
"As far as I know, that house is under Grandpa's name. The most legitimate way to change ownership would be after his passing," Yun Bu Ji knew the Zhou family's situation inside out.
"That bitch is after the house! Zhou Hao has nothing, not even savings. The only valuable thing in his family is that house. To get the house, she orchestrated this entire scheme! We have to warn Zhou Hao, tell him not to fall for her tricks anymore!" Li Xiang slammed the table and stood up, his voice filled with urgency.
"It's no use. Zhou Hao is completely convinced by that woman now. He even claims she's pregnant. He'll likely give her that house," Yun Bu Ji felt a headache and a chill thinking about Zhou Hao's attitude towards him compared to his attitude towards that woman.
Once this woman's matter was settled, his friendship with Zhou Hao would effectively be over.
"She killed Grandpa Zhou, and Zhou Hao is going to give her the house? Nothing in this world comes that easy! We absolutely cannot let her succeed!" Mian Mian said angrily.