Chapter 114 Truly a favored son

Chapter 114 Truly a favored son

"It's getting late, you should go home and rest early." Huo Sinian, with his back to the door and not seeing Huo Zhizhou, continued gently to Jiang Ruan, "I'll have Secretary Ye take you there."

"No need, I'll just take a taxi back," Jiang Ruan refused.

Huo Sinian gave a weak smile: "Taking a taxi late at night is dangerous. I'll feel more at ease if Secretary Ye takes you."

Jiang Ruan was about to refuse again, but when she looked up and saw Huo Zhizhou staring at her with dark eyes, she forced herself to agree: "Then I'll have to trouble you, brother."

"We're family, why be so polite?" Huo Sinian said.

Jiang Ruan said she would come to see him again tomorrow, then picked up her bag and left. She walked past Huo Zhizhou without even glancing at him, and headed straight out, disappearing from the ward with Secretary Ye.

Huo Zhizhou glanced at it sideways.

Gu Shixi asked in a low voice, "Do you want me to help you stop them?"

Huo Zhizhou simply replied with three words: "No need."

"Zhizhou is here." Huo Sinian greeted him from his hospital bed, his face pale, his eyes very gentle. "It's been more than ten years since you last visited me in the hospital."

Huo Zhizhou came to his bedside, his eyes slightly cold: "Everyone's gone, what's the point of acting?"

Huo Sinian's gentle face showed confusion: "Hmm?"

"Do you know why I'm the one in charge of the Huo Group and not you?" Huo Zhizhou asked calmly, seemingly unaffected. "Because rats in the gutter can't be brought to the table, much less see the light of day."

"Becoming President Huo really changes things," Huo Sinian joked. "You speak so eloquently now."

“I know you orchestrated tonight’s events,” Huo Zhizhou confronted him. “I also know your aim was to use this to drive a wedge between me and Jiang Ruan, but don’t forget, you’ll hurt yourself as well as the enemy.”

"You suspect that the chandelier incident is related to me?" Huo Sinian asked, somewhat puzzled.

Huo Zhizhou: "Isn't that right?"

Huo Sinian asked, "What benefit would I gain from doing this?"

There are many benefits.

But Huo Zhizhou didn't say.

There's no point in talking to him about these things.

“I know you’ve always had a problem with me because of the company competition,” Huo Sinian said rationally. “But like you, I won’t involve innocent people.”

"Would you dare swear on the safety of the person you keep at home?" Huo Zhizhou said.

Huo Sinian stared at him intently.

It was as if he couldn't understand why he, who never mentioned these things before, was bringing them up more and more often lately.

"There's something you probably don't know yet. After all, all your trusted confidants were brought here tonight to help you put on this act." Huo Zhizhou didn't like to use irrelevant people to make a point, but that didn't mean he wouldn't.

Huo Sinian remained calm: "What?"

"While you were playing the hero and saving the damsel in distress for your own benefit, your sister-in-law was being harassed by her gambling father." Huo Zhizhou spoke as if it were nothing important. "I heard she went back covered in injuries."

Huo Sinian's pupils showed a subtle change, but it was quickly concealed.

Huo Zhizhou took everything in. "Are you thinking that since you sent bodyguards to protect her secretly, nothing could happen to her?"

Huo Sinian looked up.

This time.

He was carefully examining his younger brother.

He did all these things very discreetly, and even Lu Er, who was often with him, never knew how he found out.

"You want to protect her, but nobody wants to harm her?" Huo Zhizhou said unhurriedly. "Judging by the timeline, she should be facing her second wave of trouble now."

Huo Sinian subconsciously reached for his phone.

Huo Zhizhou took in everything he saw: "Worried?"

Huo Sinian paused.

My heart sank little by little at this moment.

He knew Huo Zhizhou was cunning and ruthless, but he didn't expect him to maintain such keen insight after such an incident.

"Why should I worry about someone so insignificant?" Huo Sinian naturally picked up his phone, turned on the screen, and glanced at it. "I'm just feeling a little sleepy. Let me see what time it is."

A hint of mockery flashed deep in Huo Zhizhou's eyes.

People who don't even dare to face what they like are pathetic.

"Stop using Jiang Ruan." He stopped there, his dark eyes unfathomable. "Otherwise, I wouldn't mind dragging some other people into this."

After speaking, he turned and walked away, his back as calm and indifferent as ever. Only after he and Gu Shixi completely disappeared from sight did Huo Sinian pick up his phone and make a call, his eyes filled with a coldness he didn't usually have.

Inside the parking lot.

Gu Shixi sat in the driver's seat.

Looking at the silent person beside him, he spoke up to lighten the mood: "You just said that Huo Sinian has a girlfriend?"

Huo Zhizhou recalled the information he had inadvertently learned and replied, "Not a boyfriend."

Gu Shixi: "??"

Gu Shixi was a little confused: "What do you mean by not being a couple?"

Huo Zhizhou said briefly, "He has never admitted it."

"Your Huo family really does produce a lot of scumbags," Gu Shixi blurted out instinctively. "One of them filed for divorce from his wife for someone else, and the other is having an ambiguous relationship without committing to anything..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt the air pressure inside the car suddenly increase.

I glanced at it out of the corner of my eye.

There's a low-pressure atmosphere emanating from someone!

"I didn't mention divorce." He never brought it up from the beginning; it was always Jiang Ruan who brought it up.

"I misspoke. I'll slap myself ten times later." Gu Shixi immediately corrected himself, afraid of making the other person even angrier.

At this moment, I suddenly understood why the so-called judges on some variety shows only say good things and not bad things. Judging from this situation, I guess he wouldn't dare to say anything even if he went there.

The car continued driving for the rest of the journey.

As they approached an intersection, Huo Zhizhou said in advance, "Turn left at the traffic light ahead."

"Why turn left?" Although she asked this, she obediently changed lanes to the left turn lane. "That's not the way back to Ruanyuan."

Huo Zhizhou did not explain.

As for Jiang Ruan's side...

Back home, she replied to all the messages on her phone, informed the various directors who had inquired about Huo Sinian's injuries through the work check-in app, and then switched to her daily chat app to reply to others.

It was half an hour later when I finished replying to all of them.

She slumped onto the sofa, her eyes filled with a complex mix of emotions. It's so difficult to deliberately misinterpret someone when you know the truth.

Overwhelmed by a mix of emotions, she tossed her phone onto the sofa, found a set of pajamas, and went to take a shower, trying to wash away the chaotic and complicated feelings.

The sound of running water was heard in the bathroom.

There was a knock on the door.

After knocking several times without getting a response, Huo Zhizhou took out his phone and called Sui Sui, who was about to go to sleep. As soon as the call connected, he bluntly said, "I'm outside your mommy's room right now."

Sui Sui kindly reminded him, "Mommy doesn't want you to come to our place."

Huo Zhizhou: "I suspect she's in danger."

Sui Sui is not fooled: "Her greatest danger is you."

Huo Zhizhou: "..."

He truly deserves to be called my own son.

“I know you want me to agree to let you in.” Sui Sui is such a clever little girl; she guessed it in no time. “That way, you’ll have a valid reason when Mommy questions you.”

Huo Zhizhou fell silent.

Are all modern brains this good?