Chapter 26 I told you before not to push me like this

Chapter 26 I told you before not to push me like this

Jiang Ruan glanced at her sideways.

She kept talking non-stop, her gaze fixed intently on the road ahead, and at the end, she didn't forget to ask for her opinion: "Can you accept this?"

"You're the collector, aren't you?" Jiang Ruan exposed her without hesitation, but felt a warm glow inside because she had such a friend.

Su Zhu showed no sign of discomfort: "Huh?"

Jiang Ruan didn't want to drag her into this anymore: "Huo Zhizhou already told me that no one would dare to buy this ring unless he agrees. The only person in the industry who would dare to offend him and help me is you."

"Is he stupid?" Su Zhu stubbornly refused to admit it. "Others may not dare to offend him, but his mortal enemies may not."

The words had barely left his mouth.

Suddenly, her phone started receiving a series of text messages.

Every text message told her that her card had been suspended.

In addition, there was a text message from someone labeled "Scumbag Daddy": "[I had the card suspended. Huo Zhizhou just sent word that no one is allowed to interfere with Jiang Ruan's affairs, otherwise the Su Group will suffer unbearable consequences. Tell me what you need or want to buy during this time, and I'll take care of it.]"

Su Zhu: "..."

Jiang Ruan: "..."

Su Zhu drove the car into the parking lot, still trying to argue: "Would you believe me if I said this was my dad's prank?"

"I believe you," Jiang Ruan said, then quickly added, "Yeah, right."

Su Zhu was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Ignoring the fact that Jiang Ruan knew she had just lied, she grabbed her phone and called her father.

If her card is suspended, how can she transfer ten million to her best friend?

Jiang Ruan reached out and hung up for her.

"What are you doing?" Su Zhu asked, puzzled by her actions.

“You’ve already helped me a lot.” Jiang Ruan saw those text messages and knew very well that Huo Zhizhou wanted her to be independent and not rely on anyone. “I’ll handle the rest.”

“How are you going to deal with this? He’s clearly doing all this to cut off your escape route, so that you’ll have nowhere to go and will willingly return to him to be his kept woman.” Su Zhu saw it very clearly. “Can’t you see that he’s deliberately making things difficult for you?”

How could Jiang Ruan not see it?

When Huo Zhizhou tried to stop her from finding a job, she assumed he was just angry that she hadn't agreed to his demands when she brought up divorce, which had embarrassed him and made things difficult for her.

But when her mother had the accident, and he held her in his arms while doing those things and saying those words, she understood everything.

Not to mention what we just experienced.

"That's precisely why I can't let anything happen to you," she said, trying to sound casual. "You're my last line of defense; I can't let you fall apart at the very beginning."

Su Zhu really wanted to tell him that he couldn't bring me down.

But when she thought about how the other party had stopped her card with just one sentence, she didn't know how to refute it.

She knew very well that Huo Zhizhou was serious, and her entertainment company wouldn't last more than three days. The Su Group would also be suppressed by him to the point of being unable to fight back.

This man wields immense power, and can do whatever he wants with a mere thought.

“From today onwards, let’s just chat and talk like before.” Jiang Ruan knew Huo Zhizhou’s methods well, so she decided to face it alone. “At most, you can pick up Sui Sui for me when I’m busy, but don’t worry about anything else.”

"But..." Su Zhu hated her own incompetence for the first time.

Jiang Ruan raised her hand and flicked her forehead: "Be good."

"Then tell me what difficulties you've encountered." Su Zhu couldn't really trust her; she needed at least a general idea. "Why are you in such a hurry to sell the ring?"

"My mother's condition suddenly worsened and she needs surgery." Jiang Ruan didn't hide anything. "The cost will be at least 500,000 yuan."

Su Zhu took out her phone to transfer the money to her.

The card was suspended, but there are still some on Taobao and WeChat.

Jiang Ruan stopped her.

"The most urgent thing now is to use this money to save lives." Su Zhu didn't care about anything else; let them censor us if they want.

"No need." Jiang Ruan already had an idea. "I have a plan."

Su Zhu: "?"

Su Zhu immediately became alert: "What plan? Don't tell me you're going back to find Huo Zhizhou. If that's the case, it's better to let him deal with me!"

“It’s not about him, it’s about his older brother.” Jiang Ruan thought of this because of the mortal enemy Su Zhu had mentioned earlier. “He wouldn’t refuse to buy something worth hundreds of millions for a million, especially since Huo Zhizhou has made it clear in the industry that no one is allowed to buy it. Knowing his personality, he would only go against him.”

"But his older brother isn't exactly a saint either." Su Zhu didn't know much about this man, but she had heard some things about him. "If you make a deal with him, I'm afraid Huo Zhizhou will... you know what?"

It's common knowledge within the entire industry that the Huo brothers don't get along.

By doing this, Jiang Ruan was essentially jumping from one wolf's den into another fire pit.

But Jiang Ruan had no other choice. She couldn't just stand by and watch her friend get into trouble because she was helping her, and she certainly couldn't ignore her mother's comfort.

That very evening, she sent a message to Young Master Huo. She was actually gambling on a possibility: that Huo Zhizhou's possessiveness and personality would prevent her from contacting his older brother, and even less likely that the ring would fall into his older brother's hands.

She made the right bet; her mother's surgery expenses were covered.

Even if you bet wrong, you can still sell the ring.

Before the news even reached Young Master Huo, Huo Zhizhou already knew about it.

He sat in a luxurious booth at the bar, and after his subordinate finished reporting the news, his eyes turned deeper than ever before, and he gradually tightened his grip on his glass.

"I told you not to push me like this." Gu Shixi, who was standing nearby, refilled his glass. "Now look what's happened. If she really sides with your older brother, let's see what you do."

"She dares." Huo Zhizhou's tone was colder than ever before.

“She wouldn’t dare,” Gu Shixi said in a sarcastic tone, “why would she send someone to tell your brother if she wouldn’t dare?”

Huo Zhizhou's dark eyes were shrouded in a layer of black mist.

He never expected this guy to dare threaten him like that.

"If you really want to stop her, you should quickly find someone to buy her ring," Gu Shixi advised. "Otherwise, it will be too late for you to make a move once she gets in touch with your brother."

"Go," Huo Zhizhou ordered without hesitation.

Gu Shixi: "?"

Gu Shixi looked at him like he was an idiot: "I just played a prank on her with you today, are you sure she won't run away when she sees me?"

"Have someone impersonate my brother's men and meet with her," Huo Zhizhou said calmly, his mind filled with the desire to teach Jiang Ruan a lesson. "Keep the price at 600,000."

"Are you serious?" Gu Shixi asked tentatively.

Huo Zhizhou raised his eyes, his dark eyes unfathomable: "Do I look like I'm joking with you?"

Gu Shixi: "..."

Gu Shixi resigned himself to his fate, standing up with a grumble: "I really don't know if I owed you something in my past life."

"Wait a minute," Huo Zhizhou called out to him.

"What else? Tell me quickly," Gu Shixi urged.

"Don't push the price down too obviously," Huo Zhizhou reminded her, somewhat surprised that Jiang Ruan had thought of taking this approach. "Take a natural approach and negotiate the price down to 600,000."