Chapter 66 Huo Zhizhou says Jiang Ruan is a stranger

Chapter 66 Huo Zhizhou says Jiang Ruan is a stranger

After saying that, he walked out, clearly indicating that he had no intention of lingering there.

Young Master Lu's gaze fell on him, his heart filled with a myriad of emotions. As he reached the door, he called out to him, "Wait a moment."

Huo Zhizhou paused slightly.

She turned her head, waiting for his next words.

"Is the news about her just news, or is there concrete information?" The usual nonchalant and carefree attitude in Lu Ershao's eyes was gone, replaced by solemnity.

"The exact details," Huo Zhizhou said, emphasizing each word, "including but not limited to her current job, address, and identity."

Young Master Lu's hands, hanging at his sides, tightened slightly.

Huo Zhizhou could see his struggle and hesitation: "To show my sincerity, I can tell you some news first."

Lu Ershao's eyes flashed with emotion: "What?"

"She's getting engaged soon." Huo Zhizhou said this while paying attention to his every move.

Lu Ershao's heart tightened suddenly, and almost instantly the words in his mind blurted out: "Impossible!"

"You can decide for yourself whether it's possible or not." Huo Zhizhou said casually, watching his fist tighten. "The message is only valid for one week. I will automatically destroy it after one week."

Young Master Lu pursed his thin lips, his mind filled with memories of the past.

He couldn't believe it.

Can……

Given Qiaoqiao's personality, it's entirely possible that she would act that way after what he did to her.

Lu Er stood at the door for a long time until his phone in his pocket buzzed and he slowly came back to his senses. When he saw that it was Huo Sinian calling, his fingers holding the phone tightened slightly.

After some consideration, he accepted: "Si Nian."

His voice was low and hoarse, and anyone with eyes could tell that he had an emotional problem, let alone Huo Sinian.

"What's wrong?" Huo Sinian asked in a gentle voice.

Lu Er tightened his grip on the phone, unsure how to say the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

As clever as Huo Sinian was, after waiting a short while without receiving a reply, he made a guess: "What did Huo Er say to you?"

Lu Er: "!"

Lu Er was somewhat surprised: "How did you know?"

"No one but him could make you feel this way," Huo Sinian said calmly, his gentle words carrying a comforting power that soothed Lu Ershao's anxious and uneasy heart.

“He told me to fire Jiang Ruan,” Lu Ershao told him truthfully, after all, Huo Sinian was his brother. “The condition was that he give me information about Qiao Qiao.”

Huo Sinian slightly raised his dark eyes behind his silver-rimmed glasses, a hint of emotion flashing in his pupils.

Young Master Lu leaned against the gatepost: "He said that no one but him could find out about this information, including you."

“That’s what he said,” Huo Sinian asked.

Young Master Lu: "Yes."

There was a moment of silence on both ends of the phone.

Huo Sinian pondered for a moment. He knew how important Qiao Qiao was to Lu Er, but Jiang Ruan was a crucial part of his plan: "Do you trust me?"

"Nonsense, of course I believe you," Young Master Lu said without hesitation.

"Qiaoqiao is in Huo's hands," Huo Sinian said with certainty.

Young Master Lu frowned slightly.

Huo Sinian fiddled with the pen in his hand, his eyes behind his glasses slightly upturned: "I will have someone investigate and give you an answer as soon as possible."

Before Young Master Lu could react, the call had already ended.

He was even more conflicted than before.

If it's just about hiding her so he can't find her, everything will be fine. But if Qiao Qiao is really in Huo Zhizhou's hands, then the road ahead will be anything but simple.

"Mr. Lu?" Jiang Ruan raised her hand and waved in front of him, calling his name several times in a row.

Lu Ershao immediately snapped out of his daze. Seeing her holding her bag as if she was about to leave, he couldn't help but ask, "Is today's dance over?"

Jiang Ruan nodded: "Mm."

Young Master Lu glanced at the time: "Lunch is ready. Eat before you go."

"No, I have some things to take care of at home." Jiang Ruan made up an excuse, then pursed her lips, composed herself, and spoke again, "Can I ask you a question?"

Young Master Lu, with one hand in his pocket, looked quite handsome: "Go on."

Jiang Ruan's hand holding the bag twitched slightly: "Did Huo Zhizhou come to see you because he wanted you to fire me?"

The reason I dared to stay was not only because of the high salary, but also because I wouldn't be worried about being fired if I couldn't find a job here. After all, everyone knows that Huo Zhizhou and Lu Er don't get along.

But the scene she saw as soon as she came out gave her a bad feeling.

Young Master Lu stared into her pure eyes for a while before answering truthfully, "Yes, but I haven't given him an answer yet."

Jiang Ruan's heart sank suddenly.

He said "thank you" to Lu Er and left.

"Miss Jiang," Lu Er called out to her.

Jiang Ruan stopped in her tracks.

Lu Er asked directly, "In all these years of your marriage to Huo Zhizhou, have you ever met a woman surnamed Qiao?"

Jiang Ruan shook her head: "No."

Lu Er's last hope was dashed.

Jiang Ruan didn't pay much attention to the matter. After the conversation, she left. On the way out of the villa, she kept thinking that if Huo Zhizhou also ruined her job, she would probably lose her job at Yuanyi as well.

What will she do then?

Thinking this, she took out her phone and made a call to Huo Zhizhou.

As the beeping sound rang out, my anger grew little by little.

Huo Zhizhou had just returned to the Waterside Villa from the hospital when he saw it was her calling. He casually swiped the answer button, but his gaze fell on the computer screen: "What's up?"

"Why did you ask Lu Er to fire me?" Jiang Ruan immediately launched into a barrage of questions, her anger clearly evident in her words. "You clearly said you wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for me. Have you forgotten what you said at the Waterside Villa?"

“Not deliberately making things difficult for you means treating you like a stranger,” Huo Zhizhou’s deep, magnetic voice escaped from his thin lips.

Jiang Ruan retorted, "If they're just passersby, why interfere?"

“Ordinary passersby naturally won’t interfere,” Huo Zhizhou said calmly. “But if it affects me, that’s another story.”

"How have I bothered you?" Jiang Ruan felt he was doing it on purpose. "Am I blocking your way, or getting in your way? Or did I do something to upset you?"

Huo Zhizhou's words were particularly hurtful: "Do I need to explain myself to a stranger like you?"

In short.

Like a sharp blade piercing Jiang Ruan's heart, it tore her emotions to pieces. Her hand holding the phone tightened little by little, and all the questions she was about to ask remained unspoken.

For him.

He really didn't need to explain himself to passersby.

After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't find a way to retort, so I simply hung up the phone.

She could only swallow her anger and keep quiet about it. If Lu Er decided to listen to him and fire her, she would have to find another way to make quick money, since she had no way to compete with Huo Zhizhou on her own.

Huo Zhizhou looked at the disconnected phone and gently traced her number with his fingertip.

Su Anran came in and saw him staring at his phone instead of working. She hesitated for a moment before walking in and asked, "Zhizhou, are you busy?"

"What's up?" Huo Zhizhou put down his phone.

"My mom sent me a message this morning," Su Anran said hesitantly, but after thinking it over, she finally said it, "She told me about my biological father."

Before this, she had always lived alone with her mother.

She had asked before over the years, but each time the woman gave vague answers and refused to tell her.

It wasn't until she repeatedly confirmed that Huo Zhizhou truly doted on her that he called her today to tell her about his identity as her father, something she had never considered before.