Chapter 129 Huo Zhizhou's brain is very useful

Chapter 129 Huo Zhizhou's brain is very useful

“We met five years ago at your wedding with Huo Zhizhou.” Si Ning stood outside the door, her eyes particularly beautiful when they were upturned at the corners. “You’ve forgotten?”

Jiang Ruan tried hard to recall.

I have no recollection of it.

"When I tried to seduce you, Huo Zhizhou glared at me," Si Ning reminded her again.

Jiang Ruan: "?"

Wedding, flirting?

Si Ning simply took out her phone, pulled up a photo from a few years ago, and handed it to her: "Look at this, do you remember it?"

Jiang Ruan stared at the photo on her phone. It showed a girl with shoulder-length, choppy short hair, an earphone around her neck, and a smile that was both youthful and a little roguish.

Jiang Ruan's memory was triggered, and she looked at her with disbelief: "You...you are Si Ning?"

"Don't you think I look more handsome now?" Si Ning flicked her hair, exuding an alluring charm.

“They’re all beautiful.” Jiang Ruan stepped aside, inviting her inside. “Come in quickly.”

She hadn't met Si Ning many times, except for the wedding and the few days after the wedding. Back then, her clothes and hairstyle were very different from now.

That's why she didn't recognize him.

She used to be a cool girl, now she's so handsome you can't tell if she's male or female.

After entering the room, Si Ning looked around and, seeing that it was even cramped than her own room, couldn't help but say, "Huo Zhizhou just lets you and Sui Sui stay here?"

“I chose it myself,” Jiang Ruan said.

Si Ning expressed his doubts.

She didn't know the details of Huo Zhizhou and Jiang Ruan's divorce, only that he had a scandal because of Su Anran, and then the two went through the divorce process.

"There's only coffee, milk, and tea at home. Which do you want?" Jiang Ruan asked. She didn't know much about Si Ning, only that she had a good relationship with Huo Zhizhou.

"No need for that, plain water is fine." Si Ning took the cup from her and filled it herself. "I actually came here today because I have something I want to ask you."

“You say,” Jiang Ruan said, sitting down with her.

Si Ning stroked the glass that had just been filled with water: "Do you know much about your mother?"

Jiang Ruan: "?"

“I only realized this time when I came back that your mother is very similar to a friend I used to know.” Si Ning didn’t mention what Huo Zhizhou had asked her to investigate. “But my friend’s life used to be very exciting, which is quite different from your mother’s contented personality.”

“My mother is over forty,” Jiang Ruan reminded her.

“I know.” Si Ning didn’t hide this from her. “I was only a few years old when I met her.”

Jiang Ruan was now genuinely curious, to the point that she was curious about things she didn't know: "Did you know she was an orphan?"

"An orphan?" Si Ning raised an eyebrow slightly.

Jiang Ruan hummed in agreement.

Si Ning's gaze fell on her. In her memory, although her master did not have a good relationship with her family, she was still a young lady from a wealthy family and had nothing to do with orphans. Why was she saying this to Jiang Ruan? Could it be that something serious really happened back then?

"What's wrong?" Jiang Ruan noticed her change in mood.

“That shouldn’t be the same one.” Si Ning didn’t say it explicitly; her master must have her reasons for choosing to keep it from her. “It might just be a coincidence.”

Seeing that she was unwilling to talk about it, Jiang Ruan did not press her further. Her mother's matter had become a mystery, and she could only wait until she woke up to ask.

The two chatted for a while longer before Si Ning decided to leave. As she looked at the small apartment before leaving, she couldn't help but ask, "Didn't Huo Zhizhou give you any of the house after your divorce?"

“That’s what he earned, there’s no reason for him to share it with me,” Jiang Ruan replied, echoing Huo Zhizhou’s words.

Si Ning understood what those words meant.

After leaving this place, she went straight to where Huo Zhizhou was.

Huo Zhizhou was somewhat surprised to see her: "You found out?"

"I didn't check." Si Ning replied simply.

Huo Zhizhou: "?"

Si Ning sat down on the sofa as if they were old friends, exuding a relaxed vibe: "When I was surfing the internet last night, I saw some details about your divorce from Jiang Ruan. It made me feel physically uncomfortable, so I don't want to look into it anymore."

Huo Zhizhou: "..."

Si Ning asked, "I also heard that you plan to make Jiang Ruan leave with nothing? But wasn't it you who cheated on her?"

"Cheating?" Huo Zhizhou asked, feeling that the biggest misunderstanding Jiang Ruan and others had about him was these two words.

"Aren't you already with that Su Anran? And you even spent the night at the Waterside Villa." Si Ning only knew what she knew online, and a small part through Jiang Ruan and Gu Shixi.

Huo Zhizhou asked in a very calm tone: "Did I ever admit it?"

Si Ning: "Isn't this just a matter of hammering nails into a board?"

"What you see is only what I want you to see," Huo Zhizhou said without further explanation. "I didn't cheat on you."

He never slept with Su Anran.

I never liked her.

Si Ning clicked her tongue: "Men, huh."

Huo Zhizhou's gaze fell on her, thinking about her unusual behavior yesterday and her sudden appearance today to deliberately say these things. A guess appeared in his mind: "Did you go to see Jiang Ruan this morning?"

"No." Si Ning slumped in her seat, completely at ease.

Huo Zhizhou: "Go and ask her about Jiang An?"

Even someone as composed as Si Ning felt a touch of helplessness deep down; making friends with such intelligent people meant having absolutely no privacy.

"Is Jiang An's identity very special?" Huo Zhizhou asked unhurriedly.

"It wasn't anything special, I just subtly inquired with Jiang Ruan to see if her mother knew any hackers." Si Ning lied without hesitation, "The person who helped Jiang An seal the information was very likely my master."

By revealing his true identity, the master would actually be safe.

Otherwise, with Huo Zhizhou's intelligence, it would have been too easy for him to find out through her.

"The one who taught you hacking techniques when you were a kid?" Huo Zhizhou vaguely remembered him.

"Yes." Si Ning exuded laziness, lounging on the sofa in an unladylike posture. "Although it wouldn't be difficult for me to break through her previous defenses with my current skills, it's still not ideal to do it this way."

Huo Zhizhou suggested, "Ask her."

Si Ning: "My master?"

Huo Zhizhou hummed in agreement.

“She retired a long time ago.” Si Ning sat up and poured herself a glass of water. “Many years ago she told me she was going to do something, and she hasn’t been seen since.”

Huo Zhizhou pursed his thin lips and fell into deep thought, his dark eyes unfathomable.

Si Ning picked up the water glass and brought it to her lips.

At that very moment.

Huo Zhizhou's gaze fell on her, and he blurted out, "Is it possible that Jiang An is your master?"

Si Ning: "!"

Si Ning's usually calm heart was suddenly stirred at this moment.

Huo Zhizhou's mind is truly exceptionally sharp.

"How could that be?" Fortunately, she was quite calm in the face of trouble, and that 0.01-second emotional fluctuation disappeared in the blink of an eye. "Not to mention that my master is not such a peaceful person, the name doesn't match either."

Huo Zhizhou didn't think much of it since she didn't seem to be lying.

Just then, his phone rang; it was Jiang Ruan calling.