Chapter 29 You will repay An Ran tenfold for every drop of blood she shed.

Chapter 29 You will repay An Ran tenfold for every drop of blood she shed.

When Huo Zhizhou arrived, Jiang Ruan was still discussing the details of the surgery with the doctor.

He was still wearing an expensive, high-end custom-made suit, and his expression remained unchanged, showing little emotion. When he arrived, Su Anran stood up despite the pain, her eyes looking at him as if she had suffered a great injustice: "Zhizhou."

Dr. Zhou quickly greeted him, "Mr. Huo."

"What happened?" Huo Zhizhou came up to Su Anran and looked at her newly bandaged wound.

“I heard that Ruan Ruan is raising money everywhere for her mother’s surgery, so I thought I’d talk to her to see if there’s anything I can do to help.” Su Anran glanced at Jiang Ruan, her eyes filled with a mix of emotions. “After all, we’re friends.”

Huo Zhizhou did not speak.

Waiting for her to finish speaking.

"But I didn't expect her to be so unhappy when she saw me. She called me a mistress and said that I..." At this point, Su Anran's eyes suddenly reddened, as if because the following words were too harsh, and she covered her face and cried.

Huo Zhizhou gently reached out and put his hand on her shoulder, helping her sit on the chair next to him: "What did I say to you?"

"She said I deliberately picked up things she didn't want, the position of Mrs. Huo, the black card you gave me, and you." Su Anran became more and more agitated as she spoke, and even started to cry. "I can accept whatever she says about me, but why did she say such things about you?"

Huo Zhizhou looked up at Jiang Ruan.

He didn't say a word, and his expression showed no anger, but Jiang Ruan could feel the coldness in his eyes.

Dr. Zhou felt the air pressure in the room drop significantly in an instant, making it difficult to breathe.

“I couldn’t help arguing with her for a bit, and she acted all high and mighty and told me that if I believed her, everything I had now would come back to me with just one word,” Su Anran said. “But I don’t care about any of that. All I need is to be by your side.”

As the words fell.

The temperature in the ward dropped to freezing point in an instant.

Huo Zhizhou's unwavering eyes remained fixed on Jiang Ruan: "I'm quite curious to know how Ms. Jiang managed to take back what An Ran possessed with just a few words."

Jiang Ruan tried to say something, but then realized that although Su Anran's words were somewhat exaggerated, she had indeed said them.

"Zhizhou." Su Anran tugged at his arm.

Huo Zhizhou's eyes softened instantly: "What's wrong?"

“Ruan Ruan was just saying those things in anger, so please don’t take it to heart.” Su Anran added another charge against Jiang Ruan without saying a word. “She was just too worried about her mother, which is why she spoke without thinking and pushed me. If I were her, I might not be as rational as her. I’m telling you this just so you can comfort me.”

"Was this injury caused by her pushing you?" Huo Zhizhou's expression darkened slightly.

Su Anran glanced at Jiang Ruan, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping herself: "It was an accident. I wanted to stop her and have a proper talk, but she..."

The rest of the sentence was left unsaid, leaving the reader with endless room for imagination.

Huo Zhizhou didn't speak, but his cold expression said it all.

“I admit I said some things, but I didn’t push her.” Jiang Ruan hadn’t experienced the dangers of society or seen too many dirty hearts, so her personality was too direct, to the point of being foolish. “If you don’t believe me, you can check the surveillance footage.”

Huo Zhizhou stood up and walked towards her step by step, each step feeling like a blow to her heart: "Have I been too lenient with you lately, making you think I won't do anything to you?"

"So in Mr. Huo's eyes, cheating is called indulgence, transferring marital property is called indulgence, and using tricks to prevent me from finding a job is called indulgence." Jiang Ruan said, word by word, "If that's the case, then I beg you not to indulge me."

"As you wish." Huo Zhizhou felt she really needed to be taught a lesson.

Jiang Ruan looked away, no longer in the mood to pay attention to the two of them.

She suppressed the piercing gaze from Dr. Zhou, composed herself, and began to discuss the details of her mother's surgery with him: "Dr. Zhou, let's continue."

Dr. Zhou swallowed hard, unable to ignore the overwhelming pressure from his boss.

I was just about to tell her to go back first, and we'd talk about it later.

Huo Zhizhou spoke up: "Dr. Zhou."

“Mr. Huo,” Dr. Zhou responded immediately.

"From now on, you are not responsible for Jiang Ruan's mother's affairs." Huo Zhizhou spoke to him, but his eyes, as deep as an ancient well, were fixed on Jiang Ruan. "Leave her to someone else."

“This…” Dr. Zhou subconsciously looked at Jiang Ruan.

Jiang Ruanxin suddenly tensed up, and the rebuttal blurted out: "Dr. Zhou has been in charge of my mother's condition, why did you replace him?"

Since her mother fell into a coma a few years ago, Dr. Zhou has been in charge of everything, from daily data monitoring to surgeries when her condition suddenly worsened.

If it's changed at this point, what will happen during surgery?

"You didn't beg me not to indulge you." Huo Zhizhou's words were like a knife. "Since I agreed, I have to take back all the privileges you and your mother have, including but not limited to special care in the hospital."

Dr. Zhou frowned slightly, instinctively wanting to say a few words on Jiang Ruan's behalf: "President Huo..."

“If you insist on treating her mother, I can fire you right now.” Huo Zhizhou was utterly ruthless. “The compensation will be deposited into your account after you leave the company.”

After that conversation, Dr. Zhou didn't dare say anything more. This was a top-tier private hospital under the Huo Group, and it would be easy for him to fire someone, since everyone here was recruited by him with high salaries.

Jiang Ruan never expected him to go to such extremes.

She also knew that he made the decision not just because of what she said, but because he was supporting Su Anran.

"Zhizhou." Su Anran stood up and limped over, tugging at his sleeve. "Ruan Ruan is straightforward and doesn't know how to speak properly, so don't get angry with her. After all, this is a matter of life and death."

"She has to learn to bear the consequences of the outcome she chose," Huo Zhizhou said coldly.

Su Anran continued to plead for Jiang Ruan: "Then let her take the blame, don't let her mother take it, okay?"

After saying that, she shook his arm in a coquettish manner.

Huo Zhizhou turned his gaze from Jiang Ruan to the person beside him: "She treated you like that, why are you still pleading for her?"

“After all, we used to be friends. Even if she doesn’t like me now, our past feelings can’t be erased,” Su Anran said softly. “Besides, Auntie used to be very good to me too. Please don’t make things difficult for her mother, okay?”

"Okay," Huo Zhizhou replied.

Su Anran hugged his arm and smiled gently: "I knew you were the best."

Seeing this, Dr. Zhou breathed a slight sigh of relief and couldn't help but look at Jiang Ruan standing next to him.

Her gaze remained fixed on the two intimately connected individuals. Watching their interaction, her pale yet stunning face showed no life, but rather a numbness.

"I don't need your hypocritical pleading," she said, her once innocent eyes now devoid of their usual clarity.

Dr. Zhou tugged at her: "Ms. Jiang..."

“State your conditions.” Jiang Ruan looked at Huo Zhizhou. She hated Su Anran and naturally wouldn’t accept the favor that Su Anran had deliberately obtained to annoy her. “How can you allow Dr. Zhou to continue taking care of my mother’s condition?”

"Beg me, apologize to An Ran again." Huo Zhizhou met her gaze and said the most hurtful words, "Or you can repay her tenfold for the blood she just lost."