Chapter 81 Huo Zhizhou, Don't You Have Any Self-Respect?

Chapter 81 Huo Zhizhou, Don't You Have Any Self-Respect?

"Didn't you already know?" Huo Zhizhou said casually.

He placed one hand on the armrest of the chair, his dark gaze meeting hers without flinching.

Neither of them would give in.

In the end, it was Jiang Ruan who was the first to be defeated.

“You can give up on that idea right now.” Jiang Ruan hated his self-righteousness and indifference. Why should she be the only one whose emotions were affected? “Even if you have nothing to do with Su Anran now, I will not be with you.”

She'll remember what he said for the rest of her life.

Scumbag!

"As long as she doesn't ask, I will take care of her for the rest of my life," Huo Zhizhou said slowly.

Jiang Ruan really wanted to smash him. She wasn't stupid; how could she not tell that he was deliberately saying those words to her?

"Are you tired?" Huo Zhizhou asked her.

Since the last time, he has rarely talked to her. He knows how she has been doing during this time: "She works during the day, goes to the hospital at noon, and has to stay up late to draw for part-time jobs. She is busy like a spinning top all day long."

Even if she were Mrs. Huo, not even half as tired as the Huo family's servants.

Jiang Ruandun was there.

tired.

How can I not be tired?

Every day, I stay up until two or three in the morning drawing part-time artwork, then get up around six in the morning to make breakfast, and after work I make dinner. Then I continue drawing part-time artwork after my daughter falls asleep, and there are countless other household chores.

I've never been this tired in my entire life.

Huo Zhizhou noticed her exhaustion and tension, but he couldn't bear to see the person he had so carefully nurtured living like this: "Answer me, are you tired?"

"I'm tired," Jiang Ruan said candidly, facing her life directly. "But life is never easy."

"You have a choice," Huo Zhizhou said again.

Such leniency and boundaries have never been extended to anyone else.

Even year after year.

Jiang Ruan looked at him, her expression vanishing in that instant, leaving only pure innocence: "Go back and continue being Mrs. Huo."

Even though he knew she would refuse, he still answered, "Yes."

"Huo Zhizhou, don't you have any self-respect?" Jiang Ruan knew this was his indulgence, but she couldn't accept his relationship with Su Anran, and she couldn't forget what he had said and done during this time.

That put an end to his hopes.

It also cuts off one's expectations of those preferences.

"I've rejected you so many times, anyone would know not to bring it up again." Jiang Ruan lowered her voice, afraid that Sui Sui would hear her. "Are you shameless, or do you really think that Mrs. Huo is some kind of hot commodity?"

She spoke so ruthlessly, so ruthlessly that she left herself no way out.

She knew that these words would anger Huo Zhizhou, but she had no choice. She was afraid that if her mother didn't wake up soon, she wouldn't be able to handle it and would be too easy to make the wrong decision when she was mentally broken.

It's better to end it all.

Huo Zhizhou's dark eyes turned cold as he watched her small, rosy lips utter words that seemed to stab someone in the heart.

"Jiang Ruan, I would really get angry if I didn't know you." Huo Zhizhou called her name seriously for the first time, his voice a little hoarse.

Jiang Ruan looked at him stubbornly, refusing to admit defeat.

A "go ahead and send it" expression.

Huo Zhizhou's thin lips pressed into a straight line, but he gave in the next second, stood up, reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her into his arms.

Jiang Ruan struggled with all her might.

"Don't move," Huo Zhizhou hissed in a low voice, tightening his grip on her arms to prevent her from breaking free.

Jiang Ruan struggled even more fiercely.

I wanted to scold her a bit more, but thinking about what she had been through lately, I couldn't bring myself to be harsh: "I know you've been very tired lately, in a bad mood, and under a lot of pressure."

Jiang Ruan was stunned.

Huo Zhizhou sighed, "Be good, stop making a fuss."

This sound caused Jiang Ruan to break down emotionally.

She pushed him, hit him, and vented all her anger on him. Not satisfied with that, she bit his arm hard.

Huo Zhizhou didn't even frown.

Seeing someone so emotionally out of control, for a moment he began to wonder if it was a mistake to ruin his relationship with Jiang Ruan for the sake of a promise.

But if even he doesn't stand up for that thing, wouldn't that prove that his parents were right about what happened back then?

I don't know how much time passed.

Jiang Ruan stopped venting.

Huo Zhizhou kept holding her, his voice the warm tone she had heard most often before: "You haven't bitten the right side yet, why don't you bite it to make it more symmetrical?"

Jiang Ruan's eyes suddenly reddened, and her nose stung with tears.

Huo Zhizhou is despicable; he betrayed their relationship. Huo Zhizhou is also a good person; he understands her needs and thoughts. Yet, the two are inseparable; they are both the person holding her in front of them.

Huo Zhizhou released her and used his fingertips to wipe away the tears on her face.

He moved very gently, as if handling precious and exotic jewels.

Looking at the same gentle and patient person as before, Jiang Ruan felt even more suffocated, but she knew that things could never go back to the way they were. From the day he got together with Su Anran, there was no possibility between them anymore.

"Huo Zhizhou," Jiang Ruan called out to him.

Huo Zhizhou's voice was pleasant and gentle: "Hmm?"

"Can you please stop making things difficult for me?" Jiang Ruan was really tired. The emotions she showed on weekdays were just to better cope with life. "I'm really afraid that one day I won't be able to handle it."

Huo Zhizhou paused in wiping her tears: "I haven't made things difficult for you these past few days."

Jiang Ruan asked, "What about in the future?"

Huo Zhizhou was silent for a moment before speaking: "You know my code of conduct."

Jiang Ruan knew the answer from his words, and her heart sank once again. She knew that as long as she didn't return to his side, he could decide things according to his mood: "I understand."

"Ruan Ruan." Huo Zhizhou noticed the change in her emotions.

Jiang Ruan didn't say anything more, but took a step back.

This action stung Huo Zhizhou's heart, and his handsome eyebrows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Huo." Jiang Ruan looked at her wet clothes and once again put up her defenses. "I've dirtied your clothes."

Huo Zhizhou laughed in exasperation.

Use it and then throw it away, what do you take it for?

Who gave him this bad habit?

The thought had barely crossed his mind when he realized it was something he had spoiled her with. The tenderness in his eyes vanished, and his gaze locked onto her: "Who taught you to apologize like that?"

Jiang Ruan's emotions subsided like the tide, and she regained her usual aloofness: "What do you want?"

you?

This word ignited a fire in Huo Zhizhou's heart.

She was just crying and begging him not to make things difficult for her, and now she's acting like this?

He took a step toward her, looked down at her mouth which seemed incapable of uttering kind words, and said, word by word, "I want it this way."

Before Jiang Ruan could react, he lowered his head and kissed the back of her head. The moment his thin lips touched her soft skin, his emotions were satisfied.

He conquered the city step by step, with a mixture of gentleness and force.

Jiang Ruan felt as if the air in her chest had been taken away, and her consciousness was being gradually invaded by him.

She bit him with her teeth, and a bloody taste filled her mouth. But instead of making Huo Zhizhou let go, she was met with even more passionate actions from him.

"Take a breath," Huo Zhizhou said in a hoarse voice, noticing the increasingly limp body of the person in his arms.

Jiang Ruan: "Hmm."

She wanted him to let go, but before she could utter a single word, he silenced her with another kiss.

As their body temperature gradually rose, Huo Zhizhou picked up Jiang Ruan and placed her on the dining table, then leaned over her.