Chapter 5 My heart still hurts.

Chapter 5 My heart still hurts.

Jiang Ruan's heart shattered into pieces, and she finally spoke through her pursed lips: "Does it have to be this ruthless?"

"I just want to tell you that your life will be a mess without me." Huo Zhizhou walked up to her and looked down at her. "Of course, if you really want to sell some of it to make a living, you can ask An Ran if she agrees."

Su Anran pointed to herself: "Me?"

"You are the mistress of this house, so you have the final say on what to do with these things." Huo Zhizhou spoke to Su Anran, but his eyes glanced at Jiang Ruan, as if to tell her that the consequence of disobeying was being replaced by someone else.

Jiang Ruan's hands, hanging limply at her sides, clenched tightly.

A sense of humiliation welled up inside me.

“If Ruan Ruan wants to take it as a souvenir, that’s fine.” Su Anran is good at stirring things up. “But if it’s for resale, it feels like you’re selling your sincerity to her cheaply. If it were me, I wouldn’t do it even if I was short of money.”

Huo Zhizhou looked at Jiang Ruan: "Did you hear that?"

In response to him, Jiang Ruan threw something.

With a whoosh.

She threw the jewelry in her hand onto the ground.

She took a step and walked out without looking at them again.

"Why is Ruan Ruan so angry? Did I say something that upset her?" Su Anran bit her lip, looking full of self-reproach. "Should I go and apologize to her?"

"No need," Huo Zhizhou refused.

Su Anran hesitated, then said, "But..."

"Go see if there's anything you don't like. If there is, I'll have someone remove it." Huo Zhizhou ruffled her hair, his tone indulgent. "From now on, everything in here is yours."

"Thank you, Zhizhou." Su Anran hugged him.

This scene.

Jiang Ruan saw it out of the corner of her eye.

Even knowing that the two of them would do intimate things together, seeing him treat Su Anran with such doting tenderness still made her heart ache.

He had clearly said before that she was the person he loved most, that she was his exception and his favorite.

But all of that is gone.

"You haven't finished packing yet after so long, do you not want to leave?" Huo Zhizhou came up to her and looked down at her.

Jiang Ruan closed her suitcase: "I just wanted to see how a perfectly good person can turn into trash."

"Did you get the answer?" Huo Zhizhou asked.

Jiang Ruan: "I got it."

Huo Zhizhou: "Then please leave. You are not welcome here."

Jiang Ruan suddenly wanted to say, "Aren't you afraid that I'll stay here and not leave or get a divorce, and that Su Anran will be a mistress who can't see the light of day for the rest of her life?"

But then she remembered that these were exactly what he wanted.

"You don't need to pack Sui Sui's things. I'll have someone deliver them to you once you find a place." Huo Zhizhou was as infuriating as ever. "I hope you won't sell his things to pay for your mother's medical expenses."

"Don't assume everyone is as shameless as you," Jiang Ruan replied.

Huo Zhizhou took a step closer to her, leaned down slightly, and trapped her in front of him: "Then I'll wait and see, and look forward to your self-reliance."

Jiang Ruan glared at him.

Just as she was about to push him away, Su Anran came out.

Seeing how close they were, the smile on her face vanished instantly. Afraid that Huo Zhizhou would discover her jealousy, she forced herself to act nonchalant and said, "Zhizhou."

"What's wrong?" Huo Zhizhou turned to look at her.

“I really like everything inside. Can you give it all to me?” Su Anran said, glancing at Jiang Ruan out of the corner of her eye.

Huo Zhizhou straightened up, his composure revealing a hint of nonchalance: "Take it if you like, no need to report to me."

"But these were given to Ruan Ruan by you. Would it be inappropriate for me to take them?" Su Anran's face was full of complicated emotions.

"If you really think it's bad, don't bring it up in the first place. If you do bring it up, don't pretend to be upset here." Jiang Ruan's small face was filled with barely suppressed anger. "You've already been a mistress, so what's there to worry about?"

Su Anran's eyes reddened: "Zhizhou."

Huo Zhizhou's attitude suddenly turned cold.

He took a step toward Jiang Ruan, the two so close they could feel each other's breath: "Has no one ever told you that the one who isn't loved is the mistress?"

Jiang Ruan slightly raised her eyes.

It felt like the first time I'd ever heard such mind-blowing words.