Chapter 49 Why So Stubborn

Chapter 49 Why So Stubborn

My phone vibrated twice.

It was a message from Sui Sui: "Goodnight, Dad."

Huo Zhizhou had heard those four words many times, but none had resonated with him as deeply as this time. He swiped his finger across the screen twice, and after a long pause, he replied: 【Goodnight, baby.】

Sui Sui saw it and pursed her little lips.

After getting in the car, Ye Yanzhi first took Jiang Ruan to have her wound bandaged. Only after that did he drive them back to Fengyue Huating. After watching the mother and son enter the community and go upstairs, he took out his phone and sent a message to Jiang Ruan: "[Don't get the wound wet, take good care of it.]"

Jiang Ruan only saw the message after putting Sui Sui to sleep, and replied: 【Mm.】

Ye Yanzhi replied almost instantly: [You seem to be in a bad mood today. Did Huo Zhizhou do something again?]

"Everything went smoothly today, how could I possibly be in a bad mood?" She didn't want him to worry, so she didn't tell the truth.

The interview went smoothly, and my mother's surgery went well.

If it weren't for what happened tonight, everything would have gone smoothly.

"After being your friend for so many years, do you think I can't tell if you're in a good mood or not?" Ye Yanzhi sent her a voice message directly. "If you don't want to talk about it, I won't press you. Just remember that no matter what happens, Su Zhu and I will be there for you."

Jiang Ruan replied with three words: 【I know.】

She couldn't sleep for a long time that night.

Throughout her more than two decades of life, she has never bowed her head to anything she did right.

Before marriage, she had her parents with her, and no one dared to force her or bully her; after marriage, she had Huo Zhizhou, who would never let her suffer any grievances outside. But now she is all alone.

But it's only just begun, and life has already turned out so badly.

I wonder if my mother will blame me when she wakes up and finds out that I apologized for something I did right.

Jiang Ruan didn't know when she fell asleep. She only knew that when the alarm clock rang, her head was foggy and her eyes were too sleepy to open, but she still got up early to prepare breakfast.

After leaving Huo Zhizhou's life, she had to do everything herself.

Three meals a day, household hygiene, and daily chores.

But this kind of life made her feel at ease.

She tidied up quickly, and after Sui Sui finished breakfast and took him to school, she took a car to the Waterside Villa.

She was mentally preparing herself the whole way. Apologizing to Su Anran was more painful than death for her, but life is sometimes worse than death, and in order to keep going, she had to put down some of her pride.

When they arrived at the waterside villa, it was not yet 8:30. Su Anran and Huo Zhizhou had just finished breakfast.

Upon seeing her appear, Su Anran stood up from the sofa and walked towards her, somewhat surprised, and said, "Ruan Ruan, what brings you here?"

After speaking, he glanced at Huo Zhizhou, who was dressed formally and coming downstairs.

Upon seeing her arrive, Huo Zhizhou's expression deepened slightly.

They actually came.

"Are you here to see me, or to see Zhizhou?" Su Anran, unaware of the situation, looked back and forth. "Should I leave?"

Jiang Ruan: "..."

Jiang Ruan composed herself.

After mentally preparing herself, she focused her gaze on Su Anran and spoke in the same formal, bureaucratic tone as someone giving a report in the workplace: "I'm here to see you. I got emotional yesterday and hit you with my bag. I'm here today to apologize. I'm sorry."

Su Anran paused for a moment.

I was a little taken aback.

"Zhi Zhou..." If you can't figure out the situation, you can only drag Huo Zhi Zhou into it.

Huo Zhizhou approached Su Anran, looking at Jiang Ruan with an imposing aura: "Is this the attitude you use to apologize?"

Jiang Ruan looked at him with unfamiliar eyes: "What does President Huo want?"

"You call it an apology if you don't even bend your back?" Huo Zhizhou's eyes were extremely intimidating.

Su Anran subconsciously tugged at his sleeve, trying to persuade him: "Why don't we just forget about it? I'm not in any serious trouble, there's no need to bend down and apologize. Besides, Ruanruan didn't mean it yesterday."

"Whether it was intentional or not, an injury is an injury." Huo Zhizhou's attitude was cold and unyielding, showing no sign of change.

Su Anran's blood seemed to freeze for a moment.

He had doted on Jiang Ruan for five years, yet he had become so heartless after only a few days apart. What would he do to her if he found out she was lying to him? She didn't dare to even think about the consequences.

Jiang Ruan's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this.

Since I chose to come, I was prepared to be made things difficult for him.

She looked at Su Anran again, bowed to her, and apologized: "I'm sorry, Ms. Su."

This time, her address, tone, expression, and attitude were all impeccable. Anyone with eyes could see that she was sincerely apologizing to Su Anran. Even though it was clearly his doing, seeing her bow to Su Anran with his own eyes suddenly ignited a nameless anger in his chest.

The next second.

To everyone's surprise, Huo Zhizhou grabbed Jiang Ruan's wrist and forcibly dragged her into the garage and shoved her into the car.

Su Anran lifted her foot to chase after him: "Zhizhou!"

"I have something to discuss with Jiang Ruan. You go in first." Huo Zhizhou said without turning his head.

Su Anran wanted to keep him, but her time together had given her a deeper understanding of him, and she knew that chasing after him would only upset him. In the end, she replied, "Okay, then come back early tonight."

She didn't chase after them to check, and returned to her bedroom, suppressing her worries.

Jiang Ruan thought Huo Zhizhou was a lunatic. She tried to break free from his grip, but he was too strong. Even after her wrist turned red, she still couldn't escape his control.

"I didn't expect Ms. Jiang to be so spineless." Huo Zhizhou leaned over and pinned her to the back seat, unable to move. "Apologize, then apologize."

"Stubbornness won't put food on the table." Jiang Ruan retorted, her initial stubbornness gone. "Didn't you tell me that?"

Huo Zhizhou gradually increased the force with which he gripped her.

He's raised her for so many years and she's never bowed her head. Even when they bicker occasionally, and he jokingly asks her to admit her mistake, she can punch him with red eyes while confidently saying she did nothing wrong.

Now he's actually bowing down over those two trivial matters!

The more I thought about it, the angrier I became.

"Since you know that backbone can't put food on the table, why are you still making a fuss about divorce?" He looked down at her, his eyes so deep that they could draw you in. "If you had just obediently agreed to my demands back then, none of this would have happened."

Jiang Ruan calmed down, letting him hold her captive, her eyes meeting his pupils: "It's different."

“What’s different?” Huo Zhizhou asked.

"I loved you," Jiang Ruan said from the bottom of her heart.

Huo Zhizhou was taken aback.

I didn't expect her to say that.

"I know that in my future life, I will never find anyone who treats me as well as you." Jiang Ruan knew that even Su Zhu had told her that she was inferior to the good she had been in the past. "But that's why I can't stand any imperfections in this relationship."

When Huo Zhizhou doted on her, it was truly to the extreme.

Even with such love, things have come to this point.

“An Ran’s existence will not shake your position in any way.” Huo Zhizhou softened his heart.

Jiang Ruan rationally talked to him: "Love cannot be divided in two, and favoritism and exceptions cannot be given to two people at the same time."

"Why are you so stubborn?" Huo Zhizhou asked her.