Chapter 116 Why couldn't I make a firm choice to him once?

Chapter 116 Why couldn't I make a firm choice to him once?

“I don’t want to repeat myself.” Huo Zhizhou knew how to control her. “There are only the two of us in this room now, and I’m not sure if something might happen later.”

"What else can you do besides threatening you with this?" Jiang Ruan thought he was despicable and shameless.

Huo Zhizhou stared at her with his dark, inky eyes, giving her a strong sense of pressure.

Jiang Ruan felt a chill run down her spine.

She looked away from him and stopped struggling.

Huo Zhizhou knew her stubborn temper, so he got up and squatted down in front of her. He lifted her ankle with his large hands and carefully peeled off the band-aid she had casually stuck on with his long, white fingers.

Knowing she was delicate, I breathed on her to relieve her pain throughout the process.

Looking at the same patient, gentle, and considerate person as always, Jiang Ruan really couldn't understand what was wrong with him that he wanted to support Su Anran for the rest of his life: "Huo Zhizhou".

"Mmm." He gently applied the medicine to her while answering her without looking up.

"Why are you with Su Anran?" This was the first time Jiang Ruan had talked to him so seriously about this, even though he still cared about her.

Huo Zhizhou paused in applying the medicine.

At this moment, his dark eyes were shrouded in an unfathomable emotion.

Thinking about what she had said last time, he swallowed the explanation that was on the tip of his tongue and deliberately used her words to reply: "Didn't you say it wasn't important?"

Jiang Ruanxin paused, suppressing all her emotions.

The room fell silent.

Neither of them spoke again.

Huo Zhizhou bandaged her up according to standard procedures, and only after confirming that there were no problems did he stand up and sit on the sofa next to her.

"To make the wound heal faster, don't let it get wet for the next two days," Huo Zhizhou instructed, handing her the medicine bag next to him. "Apply the medicine as I just showed you every night."

Jiang Ruan took it and said a few words very simply: "I understand."

"Didn't you say it wasn't important? Why are you still angry?" Huo Zhizhou knew everything about her, including but not limited to the subtle changes in her emotions. Naturally, he knew that her reaction was a rebuttal to what he had just said.

"I'm not angry," Jiang Ruan replied in the most neutral tone.

But she knew deep down she was a little angry. She knew this anger came out of nowhere and that this behavior was crazy, but she just couldn't control it.

"I know why you're angry." Huo Zhizhou understood her insincerity and her proud and strong-willed nature. "But do you really want to know the answer?"

Jiang Ruan paused for a moment.

The answer was not important to her.

The outcome between her and him will not change.

Regardless of why he got together with Su Anran, it's a fact that he decided to support her for life, that he forced her to apologize for her sake, that he transferred assets during their marriage, and that he ignored her contributions to the family...

There were far too many problems between them, and from that moment on, there was no going back.

Looking at her, Huo Zhizhou knew what she was thinking. His hand unconsciously clenched, and it felt as if a barbed knife had been plunged into his chest and pulled out, leaving him bleeding profusely and in excruciating pain.

For a moment, he wanted to question her: Why couldn't she choose him firmly just this once?

But he knew all too well what she would say if he asked that question.

"I'll answer your question whenever you come back." Huo Zhizhou concealed all his emotions, regaining his usual composure. "I'll tell you anything you want to know."

Jiang Ruan curled her lips slightly, her words laced with sarcasm: "Still dreaming."

Huo Zhizhou countered, "It's not a dream."

“You can give up on that idea.” Jiang Ruan has never compromised on this matter. “Even if I have to go begging on the street and starve to death, I will never turn back.”

"Don't jump to conclusions about the unknown." Huo Zhizhou said calmly and in a low voice, "Don't forget that what you say will always backfire."

Jiang Ruan didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Her dislike for him had reached its peak, but she couldn't swallow her anger, so after a moment of silence, she asked him emotionally, "Why do you keep harping on me!"

"Because you are Jiang Ruan." Her name is Ruan, but her heart is even kinder than his.

“Then I’ll change my name to Jiang Ying tomorrow.” Jiang Ruan was in a bad mood. “You go find a new Jiang Ruan.”

Huo Zhizhou looked at her with a hint of emotion in his dark eyes, but in the end he didn't refute her anymore, afraid that he would only make her angrier and fiercer.

A while later.

Jiang Ruan's emotions calmed down a little.

Just as they were about to tell the guest to leave, there was a commotion outside. Then the door was opened, and Sui Sui's small figure rushed in: "Mommy!"

Jiang Ruan was taken aback.

I didn't expect him to arrive so quickly.

"How are you? Where are you hurt?" Sui Sui's gaze swept over her, finally settling on her bandaged ankle. "Is it here?"

"Hmm, just a minor scratch." Jiang Ruan rubbed his little head.

Sui Sui's tense heart completely relaxed at this moment. He stood in front of Jiang Ruan like a little man, and looked at Huo Zhizhou with a questioning look in his eyes: "Is this the serious injury you mentioned?"

Huo Zhizhou remained calm and composed, showing no sign of guilt: "Yes."

Sui Sui's childish voice emphasized again: "Is it serious?"

"Although the wound isn't very big, if it becomes severely infected and isn't treated in time, there's a possibility of amputation," Huo Zhizhou said seriously, referring to something that was unlikely to happen.

Sui Sui: "..."

Jiang Ruan: "..."

"Liar!" Sui Sui said to him, realizing that her excessive worry had caused her mother to meet with him alone.

Huo Zhizhou raised his eyebrows slightly: "What did I lie to you about?"

Sui Sui glanced at Jiang Ruan's wound with her round eyes, then looked at him.

Although no words were spoken, the meaning was conveyed very accurately.

"I didn't check your mother's wound at the time, so I don't know if there was any rust on the glass shards that I accidentally got on," Huo Zhizhou said, spouting nonsense with a straight face.

"Do you dare to swear?" Sui Sui also knew how to manipulate him.

Huo Zhizhou asked calmly, "Send what?"

Sui Sui looked at him, her little mouth slightly open: "You came in only because you care about Mommy's injuries. If not, you and Mommy have no future in this life."

Huo Zhizhou paused in his hand as he stroked his phone.

little things.

They have a good eye for choosing.

"I'll believe you if you send it to me." Sui Sui raised her little head, "and I won't hold it against you for lying to me this time."

“Swearing is the most useless thing in the world.” Huo Zhizhou’s thin lips parted slightly, showing his utter disdain for such behavior. “Instead of wasting your time on this, you should ask your mother what I’ve been doing since I came in.”

Sui Sui looked at Jiang Ruan, who, although reluctant to speak up for him, could only objectively state the facts in front of the child: "He only bandaged my wound."

Since Mommy said so, Sui Sui believed it.

but……

He glanced at the door that hadn't been closed after he came in, and said in a clear voice, "Uncle Huo, Mommy and I are going to rest now, you can leave."