Chapter 46 Su Anran's character is not as good as Jiang Ruan's.

Chapter 46 Su Anran's character is not as good as Jiang Ruan's.

"Then you go ahead with your work, you don't need to come back just for me." Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Su Anran said sensibly, "It's nothing serious, I'll be fine after a rest."

"Okay." Huo Zhizhou didn't insist.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before hanging up the phone.

Gu Shixi knew about his complicated relationship with Jiang Ruan and Su Anran, but he never expected him to be so ruthless: "You should know that Su Anran is lying, right?"

"What do you want to say?" Huo Zhizhou's deep, unfathomable eyes held an unreadable emotion.

"To put it simply," Gu Shixi leaned closer to him, carefully choosing his words, "Su Anran should be called a green tea b*tch or a white lotus."

Huo Zhizhou replied calmly, "Hmm."

Gu Shixi: "?"

Just one "hmm"?

"It was she who provoked Jiang Ruan, not Jiang Ruan who started the trouble. Aren't you going to have a proper talk with her?" Gu Shixi tried to bring back his last shred of conscience.

Huo Zhizhou looked again at Jiang Ruan, who was nervously staring towards the operating room on the monitor, and asked in a calm voice, "Is this the first day you've met me?"

“Shouldn’t we consider the circumstances before we defend our own?” Gu Shixi knew what he meant. “Su Anran’s behavior is very problematic.”

"Upholding justice is a matter for the law." Huo Zhizhou's thin lips parted slightly. "I only need to protect the people around me."

Gu Shixi swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

He knew that Huo Zhizhou was protective of his own. Just like before when Jiang Ruan was wronged, he stood up for her without asking what happened, telling everyone that he was there to support her, not to reason with them.

At that time, he thought his brother was a real man.

But now, just because Jiang Ruan wants to divorce him, and Su Anran has become one of his own in his eyes, he blames Jiang Ruan for Su Anran's sake, regardless of right or wrong.

It's essentially about protecting one's own, which is fine, but it just feels a bit strange.

"Tell me the truth," he thought to himself, "do you like the 'green tea' type?"

Huo Zhizhou gave him a look but didn't answer.

He doesn't like green tea.

Even Su Anran, who had been kind to him, was no exception.

He did this simply because he was dissatisfied with Jiang Ruan's attitude. He was certain that if Su Zhu had said those words to her today, and was 100% confident that she could get rid of him, Jiang Ruan would have left without hesitation.

In that case, let's use Su Anran to give her a good talking-to.

Let her know what the right choice is.

"Aren't you afraid that if you do this, Jiang Ruanzhen might come back to you one day and hold these things against you?" Gu Shixi changed the subject.

Huo Zhizhou paused.

Gu Shixi cautioned, "Women are very vengeful."

“I made things very clear to her from the beginning.” Huo Zhizhou thought for a moment and gave his answer, “If she wants to take the wrong path, she has to pay the price.”

Gu Shixi glanced at him but didn't say anything more.

His intuition told him that it was unlikely he would get Jiang Ruan to come back.

If she had even the slightest idea, she wouldn't have risked being taken advantage of and scammed by Lu Er's family by working part-time as a dance teacher.

A while later.

He glanced at him, wanting him to think it through: "Is Su Anran really that important to you? So important that you can give up the little girl you've doted on for five years?"

"Yes." Huo Zhizhou's eyes darkened slightly.

“Even if the cooling-off period is over, Jiang Ruan won’t turn back.” Gu Shixi said the cruelest thing.

Huo Zhizhou's large hand, which was placed next to the computer, tightened slightly, and his thin lips pressed into a straight line.

Only a fool wouldn't turn back.

She isn't.

"Before you do anything irreparable wrong, think carefully about which of the two women is more important to you." Gu Shixi treated him like a brother, and sometimes he spoke more directly, "In my personal opinion, Su Anran's character is not as good as Jiang Ruan's."

Huo Zhizhou looked at him with eyes that were so cold they had no warmth.

Gu Shixi promptly shut up: "Never mind what I said!"

Huo Er was smarter than all of them since childhood, but he was overly obsessive about some things.

She was so stubborn that no amount of persuasion from others could work.

About half an hour later.

The operating room door opened.

Jiang Ruan, who was watching the surveillance footage, immediately stood up and rushed over, her eyes filled with undisguised anxiety and worry: "Dr. Zhou, my mother..."

"The surgery went smoothly." Dr. Zhou took off his mask, revealing a heartwarming smile. "After that, you can come and talk to her every day, and she will wake up in no more than two months."

"Really?!" Jiang Ruan's eyes lit up instantly.

Dr. Zhou nodded, giving her an affirmative answer: "Really."

"Thank you!" Jiang Ruan said excitedly, bowing to him and all the medical staff who participated in the surgery, expressing her heartfelt gratitude, "Thank you for your all-out efforts."

Jiang Ruan's mother was wheeled into the ward.

Her heart, which had been pounding with anxiety, finally settled down a little, and the knife hanging over her head disappeared.

The medical staff settled her mother in the hospital bed and explained some precautions to her. After they finished explaining, Dr. Zhou asked Jiang Ruan, "Come to the office so I can talk to you. You can leave things here to them."

Jiang Ruan thanked the nurses and left with him.

Dr. Zhou sat down in the office chair, picked up the medical record book next to him and flipped through it. His expression was more worried and serious than before.

"Is there anything else difficult about my mother's condition?" Jiang Ruan was so nervous by his appearance that she became restless.

Dr. Zhou stood up and poured Jiang Ruan a glass of water, placing it in front of her.

Jiang Ruan became even more worried.

"There's nothing difficult about her condition; we just need to wait for her to wake up." Dr. Zhou sat down again, his eyes filled with a complex mix of emotions.

Jiang Ruan pressed, "What is that?"

"I told you before the surgery that it would cost 500,000, but we don't know how much it will cost after the surgery," Dr. Zhou said slowly under her gaze, trying to ease the seriousness of the situation with his tone. "You remember, right?"

Jiang Ruan nodded: "I remember."

Suppressing his inner turmoil, Dr. Zhou truthfully told her, "Based on the current situation, the cost per day ranges from three to five thousand, and per month it would be..."

He didn't finish his sentence.

A six-figure medical bill per month is a nightmare for ordinary people.

Although President Huo transferred money to her account, it wasn't actually transferred to Jiang Ruan's account; she still needed to earn it herself.

"It's okay, I can earn it." Since learning that the surgery went smoothly, Jiang Ruan felt relieved. "As long as she can wake up, I will earn any amount of money."

Dr. Zhou hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

He wanted to tell her that even if he didn't earn money, the treatment and expenses wouldn't stop, but he knew that if he told her, he would lose his job. Losing his job for someone else's personal matters would be a stupid thing to do.

“I still have some money on me, I’ll deposit it in later,” Jiang Ruan said proactively. “Don’t worry, I won’t default on the hospital fees.”

After paying for the hospital and rent, I still had tens of thousands left after selling the ring last time.

I earned three thousand from the artwork.

The dance training costs 1,500 per week.

As long as I pass the final interview, I'll have a stable monthly salary, and I can take on more drawing jobs and find more part-time work.

It's only two months anyway, just hang in there!