Chapter 130 Not Planning to Leave

Chapter 130 Not Planning to Leave

He glanced at Si Ning, said he was going to take a call, and then walked to the window and swiped to answer the call. His voice was as calm and pleasant as ever: "What is it?"

"You still haven't answered yesterday's question." Jiang Ruan spoke to him calmly, not wanting to cause conflict at such a crucial time.

Huo Zhizhou: "Divorce?"

Jiang Ruan: "Yes."

"I'm busy on Thursday." Huo Zhizhou was telling the truth. As the president of Huo's Group, he had many things to decide every day, not to mention that he was also the boss of Yuanyi Games.

With his multiple roles overlapping, he is always busy every day unless he wants to make time for it.

"When are you free?" Jiang Ruan knew he was busy and didn't suspect he was doing it on purpose. "Let's set a time so I can ask for leave."

"Come to my office on Monday," Huo Zhizhou said seriously. "I'll have Assistant Jiang send over the work schedule for this period, and then we'll set a suitable time together."

Jiang Ruan frowned.

She didn't want to be alone with Huo Zhizhou in Yuanyi.

Those people are too gossipy.

“If you don’t want to, then you’ll have to wait for Assistant Jiang to schedule the time so I can send it to you,” Huo Zhizhou said, offering the second option.

Jiang Ruan answered without hesitation: "I'll come find you tomorrow."

Waiting for Assistant Jiang to make arrangements is uncertain, so the only way to avoid trouble is to take control of the time.

"Okay." Huo Zhizhou hung up the phone after saying that, and then dialed Jiang's number, asking him to fill his recent schedule.

Monday arrived quickly.

The meeting was held as usual in the morning and lasted for about half an hour.

As soon as the words "Meeting adjourned" were announced, everyone picked up their belongings and began to leave.

Jiang Ruan deliberately slowed down her packing, glancing at Huo Zhizhou, hoping he would offer to keep her there with work commitments. After all, this was a conference room; gossip wouldn't go too far here.

But Huo Zhizhou didn't say a word until she left with her things.

There were other people in the meeting room; if she didn't leave soon, it would be too obvious.

She had just returned to her seat when she received a message on her phone: "Weren't we supposed to be discussing business? Why did you leave?"

Jiang Ruan: "..."

Doesn't he know why she left?

"Sister Bai Jian." Jiang Ruan suppressed her emotions and decided to go to his office. "I have something to attend to, is that alright?"

"Go ahead." Bai Jian had always been quite lenient with her.

Jiang Ruan took two sheets of tissue and left her workstation, creating the illusion that she was going to the restroom.

When she arrived at Huo Zhizhou's office, she looked around to make sure no one was there before pushing the door open and entering.

Seeing her arrive, Huo Zhizhou showed no surprise whatsoever. He pulled up the work schedule that Assistant Jiang had sent him and showed it to her: "When do you think would be a good day to get a divorce?"

Jiang Ruan took a closer look.

The work I do every morning and afternoon is extremely important.

Under normal circumstances, they can't be arranged...

“I’m not very familiar with your meetings and project collaborations.” She handed the decision back to him, “as long as it’s within this week or next week.”

Dragging it out for too long is not good for her.

What if, as Ye Yanzhi guessed, he doesn't leave?

That would be truly terrible.

"You really want a divorce that badly?" Huo Zhizhou finally asked.

Jiang Ruan answered without hesitation: "Yes."

Huo Zhizhou: "Not a trace of reluctance?"

Jiang Ruan answered decisively: "No."

In fact, how could there not be? After five years of marriage, his meticulous care and attention to her were impossible to ignore. It's just that some bottom lines cannot be crossed and some things cannot be let go.

Everything between him and Su Anran lingered in her mind.

"You should know that I don't want to divorce you." Huo Zhizhou laid his cards on the table, his dark eyes fixed on her. "Everything before was just me playing along with you."

"I'm not in the mood for jokes." Jiang Ruan said seriously.

Huo Zhizhou retorted, "Do you think I'm joking with you?"

This moment.

Jiang Ruan suddenly panicked.

If Huo Zhizhou is truly determined not to divorce her, what can she do?

Filing for divorce? Evidence of infidelity is incredibly difficult to gather, practically impossible. As for other things, she's no match for him.

"Since you've called me here, it means there's still room for discussion." She could only pin her hopes on this. "State your demands. What would it take for you to agree to a divorce?"

"I don't plan to divorce," Huo Zhizhou stated frankly.

Jiang Ruan's anger flared up immediately: "Don't go too far."

Huo Zhizhou kept his gaze fixed on her without looking away: "I know very well that I will never find another Jiang Ruan besides you, and I also know that once I let you leave, you will never come back for the rest of your life."

"So what?" Jiang Ruan found it all laughable. "When you spent the night with Su Anran at the waterside villa, why didn't you think about these things? When you transferred your assets, why didn't you consider whether I would come back? When you denied my worth, didn't you think that I would hate you for the rest of my life?"

“I can explain,” Huo Zhizhou said calmly, “as long as you’re willing to listen.”

Jiang Ruan was quite stubborn: "There's no need. What's the point of making it sound so grand after all this time?"

Seeing her overly emotional state, Huo Zhizhou knew that if he didn't agree to the divorce, she might do something beyond his imagination.

Divorce is possible, but not possible.

"Next Friday at 3 PM," Huo Zhizhou said.

Jiang Ruan didn't react for a moment: "What?"

Huo Zhizhou repeated: "Go get a divorce."

Jiang Ruan: "?"

Jiang Ruan looked at him suspiciously, as if she hadn't expected him to say such a thing in such a short time.

"But I have a request." To convince her, Huo Zhizhou put on quite a show, "After the divorce, you can't stop Sui Sui from coming to play here, and you can't interfere if I take him out during winter and summer vacations."

“Sure,” Jiang Ruan readily agreed, “as long as he agrees.”

“Okay,” Huo Zhizhou said.

Jiang Ruan still had some doubts. He had just said he didn't want a divorce, but now he agreed so readily, which made her wonder if there was something going on.

But if she were to ask, he would definitely say: What, you can't bear to leave?

By then, it will be even more difficult to leave.

"Is there anything else?" Huo Zhizhou asked.

Jiang Ruan shook her head: "That's all."

She turned and left the office, heading towards her workstation. Her feelings were mixed the whole way. She felt that even if he agreed, it was all rather unreliable until she got the divorce certificate.

But this matter was difficult to resolve, so in the end, we could only ask Su Zhu and Ye Yanzhi for help.

I want to see if they have any reliable solutions.

It was evening.

They arrived after Sui Sui fell asleep. She was a little surprised when she saw them: "Why are you here?"

“Aren’t you worried about not being able to leave?” Su Zhu said as she walked inside, her voice lowered. “We’re here to give you some advice.”

“That’s right!” Ye Yanzhi came in as well.

Jiang Ruan led them to sit down on the sofa.

She briefly told them about what happened today. If Huo Zhizhou really didn't divorce her, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to think of a way to threaten him even if she racked her brains.

He's really too hard to threaten.