Chapter 113 Deliberately Distancing Them From Him

Chapter 113 Deliberately Distancing Them From Him

“Go check on Mr. Huo’s injuries.” Jiang Ruan didn’t address him as “elder brother,” but changed her form of address. “He was injured because of me, so I have to…”

"I will have someone take care of his injury." Huo Zhizhou glanced at the injury on her ankle, frowned, and said the second half of the sentence to clear her name, "Our family matters are none of Ms. Jiang's concern."

After saying that, he turned and left.

She left the hotel with Gu Shixi.

Jiang Ruan stood there for a long time, feeling as if a stone was pressing on her heart.

"There's nothing else here. Go check on Young Master Huo's injuries in place of Yuan Yi." Seeing that there were other people on the stage, President Song didn't make his intentions too obvious. "Let me know if there's any progress. I'll come over as soon as I've finished dealing with things here."

Jiang Ruan nodded and said okay.

President Song had his secretary take her there.

As she left, the crowd, who had been frightened by the accident, began to discuss how to resolve the situation.

"Find the hotel manager," General Manager Song immediately ordered. "Investigate the cause of this incident."

...

When Jiang Ruan went out, Huo Zhizhou and Gu Shixi's car had just left, so she immediately asked President Song's secretary to follow them.

Gu Shixi noticed it through the rearview mirror and said to Huo Zhizhou, "It looks like Jiang Ruan is behind us."

Huo Zhizhou's eyes grew even darker.

This person is becoming increasingly disobedient.

“If Huo Sinian gets into any trouble this time, your parents probably won’t let Jiang Ruan off the hook.” Gu Shixi hadn’t expected this at all. “How could a perfectly good chandelier suddenly fall down?”

Huo Zhizhou's eyes were frighteningly calm: "Man-made."

Gu Shixi: "?"

Gu Shixi glanced at him sideways: "What do you mean?"

"I've already sent Assistant Jiang to investigate." Huo Zhizhou sent a message to Jiang Yu the moment he saw Huo Sinian get hit. He didn't believe there could be such a coincidence. "We'll know the specifics after he finishes his investigation."

Gu Shixi was even more puzzled.

Why did he make such a fuss?

It brings neither benefit nor advantage.

When they arrived at the hospital, Huo Sinian had already been taken for surgery. He had a large wound on his head and his back was also seriously injured.

Jiang Ruan rushed in, bypassing Huo Zhizhou and Gu Shixi, and went straight to Huo Sinian's secretary: "How is my brother's injury? What did the doctor say?"

She knew this man was scheming and that he must have had a purpose in doing this.

But after all, it was because of her that he got hurt.

She felt uneasy.

"Boss..." Secretary Ye only managed to utter one sentence.

Huo Zhizhou reached out and grabbed Jiang Ruan's wrist, pulling her towards the empty room over there.

With a loud bang.

The door was slammed shut.

Jiang Ruan's eyes showed worry and anger; she disliked his unreasonable and domineering behavior: "What are you doing?"

"Didn't I tell you not to get involved in this?" Huo Zhizhou didn't want her to be used by Huo Sinian, and even less did he want her to get involved any further.

“My brother was injured while saving me, so isn’t it only right that I come to visit him?” Jiang Ruan didn’t back down this time and confronted him confidently, “Didn’t you say we had no relationship? Why are you interfering with me now?”

Huo Zhizhou blocked her against the door: "Are you only satisfied when you make me unhappy?"

Jiang Ruan looked away and did not answer.

I knew he wouldn't listen.

Seeing her looking like a wronged child, Huo Zhizhou suppressed his emotions and talked to her calmly: "There's something fishy about this. It's very likely that he arranged for the chandelier to fall."

Jiang Ruan: "???"

There's no way to hide someone on top of your head.

Everyone can see what's going on.

How should this be arranged?

"The chandelier was modified beforehand, and a special remote control mechanism was installed. It's easy to achieve this effect," Huo Zhizhou explained, noticing her confusion.

Jiang Ruan believed him, but she really didn't want to get involved with him anymore: "Do you have any proof?"

Huo Zhizhou: "Jiang Yu is looking for him."

“That means there’s no evidence.” Jiang Ruan said on purpose. “How you fight with your older brother is your business. I won’t get involved or care. But now that your older brother is injured because he saved me, I hope you won’t speak ill of him in front of me.”

A dark layer settled over Huo Zhizhou's eyes.

Jiang Ruan reached out and pushed him away from her, saying, "Excuse me, I need to go out."

"What if there's evidence?" Huo Zhizhou asked.

“If there’s evidence, then there’s evidence. Does that conflict with him saving me?” Jiang Ruan suppressed all her emotions and faced him with the coldest words.

She had also noticed what had happened during this time and knew that Huo Zhizhou had not given up on wanting to have both her and Su Anran at the same time. She could not accept it and could not understand his thoughts.

That's how it is.

She might as well use this incident to shatter the image she had in his mind. As long as she didn't believe him, focused solely on protecting Huo Sinian, and said some cold and distant words, he would eventually realize that she was different from before.

In this way, he would give up any thoughts about her.

He could then truly treat her as an insignificant person and leave her world forever.

"Are you really not understanding, or are you pretending not to understand?" Huo Zhizhou stared at her with his deep black eyes.

Jiang Ruan did not answer his question directly: "I only know that if he hadn't pushed me away tonight, I would be the one lying in the operating room right now."

Huo Zhizhou's hands, hanging at his sides, tightened slightly. If Jiang Yu hadn't not yet gathered all the evidence, he really wanted to smash it in her face and let her see what his savior looked like.

"Get out of the way," Jiang Ruan repeated.

Huo Zhizhou suppressed his emotions and didn't stop her anymore.

Jiang Ruan opened the door and left.

The next second.

Huo Zhizhou's phone rang. It was Assistant Jiang calling: "BOSS."

"How's the investigation going?" Huo Zhizhou walked to the window with his phone in hand.

“We found nothing.” Assistant Jiang reported calmly and truthfully, “Huo Sinian’s men disposed of everything perfectly beforehand, leaving no trace whatsoever.”

Huo Zhizhou's eyes darkened slightly.

The more this happens, the more it proves that he has a problem.

“Have a good talk with the hotel manager,” he instructed. “Traces can be erased, but people’s memories remain.”

"Understood." Assistant Jiang immediately complied.

After hanging up the phone, Huo Zhizhou stood by the window, watching the cars coming and going downstairs, slowly stroking his phone, his eyes gradually darkening.

Huo Sinian really made a brilliant move.

He pondered for a moment.

He picked up his phone and sent a message to Jiang's assistant, asking him to ban him and Huo Sinian from attending the Yuan Yi 10th Anniversary Celebration that night and from the incident of the chandelier being smashed, so that it wouldn't appear in the news.

Assistant Jiang: [Okay.]

About twenty minutes later...

The door to the room opened, and Gu Shixi stood in the doorway and said to him, "Huo Sinian has come out, and Jiang Ruan has gone to the ward with him."

Huo Zhizhou stepped out and arrived at Huo Sinian's ward. Jiang Ruan was standing by the bedside, expressing her concern and gratitude to him. Huo Sinian, as always, said gently, "No need to be so polite. We are family."

Gu Shixi: "..."

Gu Shixi felt a chill run down her spine. When she turned around, she saw a man with a menacing expression that suggested an impending storm.