Chapter 104 Trouble Comes Knocking

Chapter 104 Trouble Comes Knocking

"I didn't know this number belonged to her either." Gu Shixi had come to understand some things by now. Huo Er had been nonchalant about the question he had asked earlier, which suggested that he had turned off his phone or put it on airplane mode beforehand.

But no one expected that Su Anran would call him.

That's good now.

The plan is completely ruined.

"I need to go to the hospital." Huo Zhizhou glanced at Jiang Ruan on the stage. "In the meantime, you keep an eye on Jiang Ruan for me. Those people can make things difficult for her, but they can't make her apologize, give in, or lay a hand on her."

Gu Shixi: "..."

What's the difference between this and not letting others bully you? If you can just talk back and forth, and your mentality is stable enough, you're almost immune to harm.

Despite his complaints, he would still diligently complete any tasks assigned to him by his brother: "Okay."

"Don't show yourself," Huo Zhizhou instructed again. "Don't let her think that I'm still backing her up."

"Understood." Gu Shixi agreed to everything.

Huo Zhizhou hummed in agreement.

He took out his phone, turned it on, and walked away.

"Wait a minute," Gu Shixi called out to him.

Huo Zhizhou: "?"

"Don't you think this is a bit strange?" Gu Shixi frowned slightly, his mind suddenly becoming exceptionally sharp. "How did Su Anran know my phone number? And why did she call me at such a coincidental time?"

“Someone gave it to her.” Huo Zhizhou’s eyes remained completely emotionless.

Gu Shixi was slightly surprised: "You know who it is?"

"It's not certain yet." Huo Zhizhou's voice was calm. From the moment Gu Shixi handed him the phone, he knew something was wrong. "Keep an eye on Jiang Ruan. Make sure nothing serious happens."

After saying that, he left without lingering and with steady steps.

He arrived at the hospital an hour later. Su Anran had just finished her last IV drip for the day. After what happened last time, she no longer hid her personality: "Zhizhou, you're here."

"Mm." Huo Zhizhou sat down beside her hospital bed.

“I know I shouldn’t have called you here right now.” Su Anran lay on the bed, her face still a little pale. “But I don’t want you to be with Ruan Ruan while I’m in the hospital and feeling unwell.”

Huo Zhizhou looked at her with his dark eyes.

Su Anran didn't dodge or avoid the question: "It's not that I'm jealous, it's just that I don't want to."

"How is the wound healing?" Huo Zhizhou ignored her questions, asking them like a machine performing a routine inquiry.

"It's just scabbed over." Su Anran said this with a hint of grievance, reaching out to take his hand. "If I don't look for you these past two days, you really won't come to see me. Don't you care about me at all?"

"You're telling me to be busy whenever I have something to do, and just come see you when I have free time?" Huo Zhizhou retorted.

Su Anran tightened her grip on her other hand, which was under the covers.

He really has absolutely no feelings for her.

This made her think of what that person had told her.

"He will only understand Jiang Ruan's insincere words. If you use this method, all you will get is his literal interpretation."

"If you want something, it's best to tell him directly, don't beat around the bush."

"I just said something in a fit of anger," Su Anran said, suppressing her emotions. "Have you ever seen a patient who doesn't want to be visited and cared for by someone they care about?"

Huo Zhizhou frowned.

Before he could speak, Su Anran said first, "I know what you're going to say. This is just a reasonable request, not an expression of love."

"I've been quite busy lately, so just tell me what you want, like you always have." Huo Zhizhou sounded just like an automatically triggered NPC. "If I've missed anything, please let me know."

Su Anran smiled and said okay.

The two chatted for a while longer, and then Huo Zhizhou received a message from Gu Shixi: "Those guys are here. I have to go now. Call me if you need anything."

Huo Zhizhou's fingertips twitched slightly: [Hmm.]

After seeing the message, Gu Shixi put his phone in his pocket and focused his attention on Jiang Ruan in the lobby below.

All the performances had finished, and the company began to award the Top Ten Leaders Award. Representatives from each department went up to receive their awards, and Bai Jian received her department's award.

After that, there will be the Top Ten Employees Award.

After all the awards were presented, the host began to give a passionate speech about the mutual success between employees and the company. After finishing, he looked to the other side of the stage and said, "Now let's welcome Mr. Song's friends with warm applause."

Everyone in the hall clapped and applauded.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Ruan saw Zhou Xulin, Miss Xue, Young Master Yu, Young Master Yi, and a group of other rich second-generation heirs go up on stage with President Song.

Her lips twitched.

I never expected them to appear in this way.

I really don't know whether to call them stupid or just plain stupid.

Leaving aside Zhou Xulin, the remaining three family businesses all have game companies under their names. Although their main business is not games, and they cannot compare with Yuan Yi, which focuses solely on games, their presence here is not an advertisement for Yuan Yi.

She would give these people a thumbs up if they didn't get a scolding from their families when they got home.

"Mr. Song, would you mind if I used the microphone?" Miss Xue glanced in Jiang Ruan's direction, standing on the stage with great politeness.

Mr. Song handed it to her.

Miss Xue first said a few words of blessing Yuan Yi for all the best. After saying these polite words, she got to the point: "Besides what I just said, I would like to invite a friend up."

Jiang Ruan: "..."

Jiang Ruan quickly bent down and slipped away from the crowd.

She wouldn't go up there and let someone like that play the fool. When the company executives came looking for her afterwards, she used the excuse that she had diarrhea and didn't hear them. Anyway, she had already told Sister Bai Jian and Xue Qian.

"Jiang Ruan." Miss Xue looked in the direction of the spot, only to find that it was empty.

The people in Jiang Ruan's department all looked around.

After not seeing anyone, everyone kept asking.

"Hey, where did they go? They were just here a moment ago."

"Sister Jian, have you seen Jiang Ruan?"

"She had an upset stomach and went to the restroom," Bai Jian lied without batting an eye.

"Why do you always fail at crucial moments?" Although Director Luo said this, there was no anger in his tone. "You had a fight with Young Master Zhou this afternoon, and now you're not giving Miss Xue any face. How can you be so willful?"

Jiang Ruan didn't care what others said about her; just in case she was exposed, she actually went into the bathroom.

Zhou Xulin was alright; she could use past events to threaten her a little.

Xue Yan and the others are different.

They're all tough to deal with.

Time passed slowly, and almost half an hour later Jiang Ruan finally came out of there, dawdling. Given their patience, they had probably already left by now.

She took out her phone and sent a message to Bai Jian: [Bai Jian, are they still there?]

Bai Jian: [Left ten minutes ago.]

Jiang Ruan breathed a sigh of relief.

She bent down to wash her hands, and as she looked up at the mirror to leave, she saw Xue Yan, who should have left, appear in the mirror, and they were staring at each other.