Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 27 If you survive a disaster, you will be blessed later.

Director Gao and the others hurriedly said it was nothing, and the Du family quickly placed the fresh flowers and fruit baskets they had bought along the way next to the hospital bed.

Everyone tacitly avoided mentioning what had just happened, instead turning their concern to Yang Jiantao's health: "We heard you were injured and hospitalized, so we arranged to come and see you. How are you feeling now? Are you still in pain?"

Yang Jiantao lay back on the hospital bed and weakly waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's just a mild concussion. I'm just a little dizzy right now, so I have to lie down. I feel dizzy as soon as I get up. But the doctor said it's nothing serious, and I should be fine after a few days of rest. It won't delay the filming of the movie."

Upon hearing this, Director Gao quickly reassured him, "No, no, no, no rush. You've already filmed most of your scenes. I'll have someone arrange the rest and try to postpone it until you've recovered. Your health is the most important thing."

This arrangement was perfect, and Yang Jiantao finally smiled, saying gratefully, "Okay, thank you, director."

Yang Xiaoxiao had regained her composure by this time and said, "Thank you."

After greeting the director and assistant director, Yang Jiantao's gaze lingered on Du Hexuan for a few seconds before he looked at Du's parents behind him with some confusion: "Who are these two...?"

“They are my parents. They happened to be there when Director Gao and the others mentioned your hospitalization. Since they had nothing else to do, they came to visit you.”

Mr. and Mrs. Du were not much older than Yang Jiantao, and he didn't know how to address them, so he simply said politely, "Thank you for your trouble."

He then turned his attention to Du Anrao and called out respectfully, "Miss Du."

Du Anrao was startled: "Brother Yang, why are you suddenly calling me that? It sounds so distant."

Yang Jiantao was amused by her look of utter disbelief, and his expression softened. "Alright, alright, I was wrong. An'an, I'm not kidding. I really have to thank you this time."

The people in the ward looked at each other, and after what had just happened, they deliberately avoided the topic to avoid accidentally saying something that would bring up the two people's sad memories.

Unexpectedly, Yang Jiantao, the person involved, didn't mind and took the initiative to tell them about what had happened in the past few days.

It turned out that after Du Anrao helped him with the divination that day, Yang Jiantao was very unwilling to believe that his wife, with whom he had shared a bed for more than ten years, would turn against him with a knife for the sake of his younger brother. However, his reason told him that it was not impossible.

When doubts arise in one's mind, one will naturally pay more attention to certain things.

After several days of careful observation, Yang Jiantao finally discovered that many of the things that had recently gone missing from the house had actually been secretly taken out and resold by his wife.

Thinking back to the reason for his argument with his wife some time ago, Yang Jiantao initially thought that his wife was reselling these things to raise money for his younger brother's betrothal gifts.

I had planned to go home and have a good talk with my wife after finishing filming today, but I didn't expect to learn a shocking truth when I returned home early from filming.

"It turns out that his girlfriend had met his parents in the first month of their relationship and broke up with him after learning about his family situation. So there was no talk of marriage, let alone an exorbitant dowry. It was all a lie that woman made up to pay off her brother's gambling debts."

Upon hearing this, apart from the family of four who already knew the truth, many onlookers in the ward couldn't help but gasp in shock.

Yang Jiantao lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "If it were just that, it would be fine. What's worse is that after I kept refusing to lend money and sold many valuable things in my house, they have already set their sights on the property certificate of my house and my ID card."

Yang Jiantao currently lives in a three-bedroom apartment, which he bought with most of his savings from his early years in the entertainment industry. He intentionally didn't put his wife's name on the property deed because he was worried about his wife's brother's health. Huang Zhaodi had complained about this, but since he paid for the apartment in full, she couldn't do anything about it unless he agreed.

Unexpectedly, after all the twists and turns, we still couldn't stop them from setting their sights on this.

Du Hexuan frowned slightly: "I can understand the property certificate, but why would they steal your ID card?"

"They wanted to use my ID card to apply for a large number of online loans and high-interest loans."

Du Anrao had anticipated this answer: "Is this why you had a conflict with them?"

Yang Jiantao nodded: "That woman told him that the property certificate was in the safe at home, and I usually carry my ID card with me, so it wouldn't be easy to get it. After discussing it, they planned to break into the safe at home to get the property certificate first. I was so angry that I went in to argue with them."

However, he clearly underestimated the danger posed by the "brother-supporting demon" and the gambler, and he never expected that Du Anrao's prediction would come true so quickly.

“I didn’t expect him to be carrying a knife. When they found out I knew the truth, their first reaction wasn’t to apologize and beg for my forgiveness, but to curse me for being stingy and petty. I felt they were hopeless, so I told them to get out of my house. That beast probably realized that he couldn’t cheat me out of money anymore after I kicked him out, so he decided to go all the way and threatened me with a knife, demanding that I hand over the property certificate immediately or he would stab me to death.”

Just from Yang Jiantao's description, everyone present could imagine how dangerous the situation was.

A gambler blinded by greed is no longer a human being; at best, he is a wild beast acting solely on instinct, and if pushed to the limit, he is truly capable of murder.

"Is this how you got the injury on your hand?" When Yang Jiantao greeted them, Du Anrao and the others noticed that he not only had a concussion, but also had one hand wrapped in thick gauze.

"No, Dad injured his hand to protect me."

Yang Jiantao recalled the scene with lingering fear: "When I was arguing with them, Xiaoxiao had just come home from school. That beast knew that I loved Xiaoxiao the most, so he tried to kidnap Xiaoxiao to force me to submit. In my desperation, I went over to grab the knife from him, which is how I injured my hand."

"You injured your hand while fighting him for the knife, and you have a concussion..."

Yang Xiaoxiao interjected indifferently, "That woman did it."

Yang Jiantao scratched his head, his smile growing increasingly sarcastic: "If it weren't for our neighbor hearing the commotion inside and calling the police, and also notifying the property management to come and help, Xiaoxiao and I might be dead already."

Du Anrao noticed that both Yang Jiantao and Yang Xiaoxiao referred to Huang Zhaodi as "that woman," clearly indicating that they no longer considered her family.

Indeed, anyone would be unable to remain indifferent if someone pointed a knife at them and they were almost killed, yet their wife (mother) was still helping the culprit who was trying to take their lives.

Being betrayed by a loved one is always more chilling than being targeted by a stranger.

Thinking of this, Du Anrao let out a long breath and stared at the father and daughter earnestly, saying, "Those who survive a great calamity are bound to have good fortune in the future. I hope that although your future days may not be without twists and turns, everything will eventually go smoothly and peacefully."

(End of this chapter)