After walking a few steps, seeing that Su's father hadn't followed but was instead standing respectfully outside the private room, Hao Min breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took out her phone to send the scene she had just captured to Zhou Yi.

Hao Min: [Pjg Image]

[Zhou Yi, do you think this is Su Qingjiao? A friend of mine saw her at a restaurant; she seems to be in some trouble.]

After a while, Hao Min received a reply from Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi: [I don't know, what's it to me?]

The restaurant lights weren't dim, and although Hao Min's phone wasn't a high-resolution camera, it still managed to capture Su Qingjiao lying on the ground with several men eyeing her nearby.

Zhou Yi couldn't possibly be unaware of the implications.

Upon seeing Zhou Yi's indifferent reply, Hao Min felt a secret joy in her heart.

It seems Zhou Yi really doesn't like Su Qingjiao anymore. After seeing such a photo, he can still remain unmoved and say, "What's it to me?"

Hao Min felt that her chances had increased significantly.

Thinking back to what I saw before closing the door, one can imagine what Su Qingjiao's fate would be.

In the past, I was always inferior to Su Qingjiao. When Su Qingjiao was angry, I had to try my best to make her happy, and I was ordered around like a lackey.

She used to resent that some people were born with endless money and happiness!

Now, seeing Su Qingjiao's miserable end, she felt extremely pleased.

It seems that heaven is still looking out for me!

Hao Min pushed open the door to her private room, a charming and ingratiating smile appearing on her heavily made-up face: "Boss, I'm so sorry, I stayed in the restroom a little too long~"

The meal lasted five hours, and both hosts and guests enjoyed themselves immensely.

The door to the private room was opened from the inside, and the bosses, looking completely satisfied, walked out.

Su's father quickly stood up straight and bowed to greet each of the business owners.

The boss who passed by him didn't even give him a glance.

Until the last boss in the private room straightened his belt and came out, he slapped Su's father hard on the shoulder, as hard as if he were swatting a fly.

Su's father felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, but before he could speak, the boss's voice suddenly came from above.

"Old Su, your daughter is really wonderful. We are all very pleased with her."

"I've heard about your situation. As long as you let your daughter stay with us for a month straight, just drink and laugh with us, we'll help you pay back the money you borrowed!"

Upon hearing that the repayment was settled, Mr. Su no longer cared about the pain in his shoulder and swore to the man with gratitude, "Boss, don't worry, I know my daughter best. She's stubborn and won't listen to reason."

“As long as I threaten her, she will definitely obediently stay with you.”

After watching the boss leave, Su's father then entered the private room.

Seeing Su Qingjiao sitting in the chair staring at him with a resentful expression, Su's father's facial muscles twitched, and he walked over with a forced smile.

"Daughter, did you hear that?"

"If you spend a month with them, Dad's debts will be paid off."

"You are truly a good daughter to your father. You've grown up and can now help your father with his responsibilities."

Under the lights, Su Qingjiao's face was even paler than the restaurant lights. A trickle of blood flowed from her chest, and the wound that had just scabbed over was reopened because it was being rubbed vigorously.

But the more Su Qingjiao acted this way, the more she resembled a sickly beauty, which aroused the bosses' interest even more, and they became even more ruthless in their actions.

Every second in the private room felt like an eternity.

This humiliation was even more unbearable for her than when she was kidnapped and forced to eat earthworms and drink urine.

"Waaaaah!" Su Qingjiao clutched her clothes, crying sadly and desperately.

Seeing this, Su's father felt irritated. His triangular eyes narrowed like those of a venomous snake: "My dear daughter, Dad will take you back. I will pick you up from school every month."

"If you behave well and help Dad pay off these gambling debts, Dad won't force you to do anything in the future!"

Su Qingjiao resignedly followed her father back home. As the night wind blew, warm tears welled up in her eyes again.

Her chest hurt terribly.

She regretted it terribly!

If only I had cherished Zhou Yi's feelings for me back then, I wouldn't have ended up like this.

Zhou Yi had always been very open and honest with me. Despite his wealth and status as the heir to the Zhou family business, he never treated me as roughly as those greasy middle-aged men of today.

Recalling the days when Zhou Yi doted on her, Su Qingjiao's tears flowed uncontrollably like a burst dam.

She's now kicking herself!

I long to go back to the old days.

But now...

The thought of Zhou Yi seeing her like this would surely make him despise her even more.

Su Qingjiao felt even more desperate.

The following afternoon.

After school, Zhou Yi asked the driver to take him to the hospital. The driver waited in the hospital parking lot, while Zhou Yi went to his grandmother's ward alone.

Pushing open the door, I saw the caregiver talking to Aunt Zhou.

When Zhou Yi arrived, Aunt Zhou told the caregiver to go out and rest.

The nurse carefully checked all the medical equipment on Grandma's body before she felt relieved enough to go out and rest.

Zhou Yi first went to his grandmother's bedside. Looking at his grandmother's increasingly thin face, a pang of pain welled up in his heart.

Although the hospital fed Grandma liquid food and administered nutritional injections on time, the long-term bedridden patient still had a weak and sickly appearance.

"Xiao Yi, the nurse just said that Godmother's health is staying good."

"Don't worry too much. I heard that the United States is currently researching a device to stimulate brain nerves. If the research is successful, it might be able to wake up Godmother."

Zhou Yi held his grandmother's hand tightly and made a silent vow in his heart.

Grandma, wait for me.

I will find a way to save you as soon as possible.

Zhou Yi held his grandmother's hand in silence for a long while before gently putting her hand down and sitting down on the sofa.

Grandma's ward was a single deluxe ward, equipped with a TV, sofa, and all other amenities.

Seeing that Zhou Yi had calmed down, Aunt Zhou took out a car recorder from her LV bag: "Xiao Yi, listen to this."

“These days, I’ve used some methods to turn the shareholders’ drivers against their will.”

"This is the car audio recording he gave me."

Zhou Yi looked up at the car's recording device, only to see Aunt Zhou stand up and connect it to the playback device in the ward.

Then, a conversation broke out in the quiet ward.

"Four years ago, I arranged for people to monitor Jay Chou...that fire..."

The shareholder's voice slowly echoed in the hospital room; it was a recording of his conversation with Su Qingjiao that day.

Although there were many hidden meanings in the shareholders' words, Zhou Yi and Aunt Zhou were smart enough to guess the general idea just from these words.