Wang Shan had never imagined that, no matter how one looked at it, he was innocent.
Yet Zhang Ming had actually said something like that.
He had originally thought that deep down, Zhang Ming was still the same soft-hearted, timid, trouble-avoiding man he used to be.
But that one sentence made him realize that Zhang Ming was no longer the same person.
Zhang Ming was actually pulling this sort of stunt on him, leaving him at a loss for how to react.
Zhang Ming looked at him and shook his head. "There's no need to deny it. I know that girl has been pestering you lately."
Wang Shan immediately sensed an immense crisis descending upon him.
He could not help realizing that he had made a massive mistake.
But fortunately, the other man had not killed him right away.
That gave him time to maneuver.
With a thud, he dropped to his knees. "Grandfather, although I hated her, I truly never wanted to kill her."
"I only ever avoided her."
Zhang Ming shook his head. "I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that I have no evidence, that I'm framing an innocent man, aren't you?"
"It was clearly an accident. Clearly a shipwreck."
"Yet the moment you said that, deep down, you had already admitted that you killed her."
"No, I didn't kill her. I really didn't."
At that moment, Wang Shan began to regret it.
He should not have courted death.
It was not that he should not have killed that woman, but that he should not have gone near Nan San Dai.
He could still have reached the peak slowly and fulfilled his goal of becoming a second Sima Yi.
"There's no need for you to deny it. I have now decided that you killed my granddaughter."
"You