Chapter 138 Destroying my marriage wasn't enough

Chapter 138 Destroying my marriage wasn't enough

Upon seeing the message, Huo's father paused, his brows furrowing involuntarily. Ultimately, he decided to ignore it; it wasn't him who had acted, but Jiang Chenren. If Huo Zhizhou were to settle scores, it would be with Jiang Chenren.

The rest of the day was spent with everyone busy with their own things.

As for Jiang Ruan, before she could fully process what Huo Zhizhou had said, Jiang Chenren contacted her, saying he wanted to tell her the questions she had asked before, but only she could meet him alone.

"Impossible." Jiang Ruan refused without even thinking.

She wanted to know what his relationship with her mother was, but she hadn't forgotten the things he had forced her to do before.

If she were alone, it wouldn't matter; she could just fight to the death. But she has her mother, who is about to wake up, and Sui Sui; she can't take any risks lightly.

"If you don't come, I'll go to the hospital to visit your mother." Jiang Chenren is now very bold with Huo's parents backing him up, but he doesn't know that Huo Cheng and Qiao Shuyun are just empty shells.

Anything promised to him could not be delivered.

Jiang Ruan's hand holding the phone suddenly tightened.

He and his mother were still legally married. The accident happened too quickly; his mother hadn't even had a chance to divorce him before it occurred. If he really wanted to visit her, even if Huo Zhizhou's people tried to stop him, it wouldn't make much difference.

He would call the police and tell them that someone was refusing him access to his wife.

That's when the trouble will begin.

After all, there's a lot that can be made out of a story about absconding with the money; he could easily change his story in front of the police to gain sympathy.

“Your mother and I are considered a model couple by others,” Jiang Chenren said again, his words laced with threat. “A simple police investigation will reveal how good I am to her and to you.”

"If you were good to her, why wouldn't you visit her even once four or five years after her accident?" Only a few of them knew about the embezzlement and escape, but Jiang Chenren hadn't returned even once in all these years.

Jiang Chenren remained silent for a moment.

Jiang Ruan continued, "I still have a recording of the last time you came to me for money. Do you want me to play it for the police?"

"Do you still want to know those things?" Jiang Chenren had no choice but to bring it up again.

“I want to, but you’re not the only one who knows.” Jiang Ruan doesn’t like threats, and she’s even less likely to accept his threats if he has something on her. “It just so happens that Aunt Xu is coming back, so I can ask her too.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chenren's expression turned very unpleasant.

In the end, he had no choice but to resort to his trump card: "If you don't come, I'll go find the doctor to discharge Jiang An and take her out to take care of her myself!"

"Whatever you want." Jiang Ruan hung up the phone after saying those two words.

In the past, she might have been worried, afraid that Jiang Chenren might have some tricks up his sleeve.

But things are different now. Huo Zhizhou has been paying for Mom's medical expenses over the years, and she has been handling everything during this period. Jiang Chenren has not been involved at all. Even if he forces Mom to be discharged from the hospital, he is not in the right.

Most importantly, Huo Zhizhou would take care of it, even if she didn't want to admit it...

"What's going on?" Su Zhu heard the contents of the phone call and was a little confused about Jiang Chenren's attitude. "He just wanted you to go to him and tell you those things, but he used your mother to threaten you. Why didn't he mention that when he asked for money in the first place?"

Wouldn't it have been more beneficial for him to bring it up at that time?

This is clearly illogical.

"Probably..." Jiang Ruan thought for a moment about what had happened recently and came to only one conclusion, "I have gained confidence."

Su Zhu was on the same page as her: "You mean Huo Zhizhou's parents?"

Jiang Ruan hummed in agreement.

Su Zhu pondered for a moment.

It's not impossible.

“If it’s them, you should be careful during this time.” She was quite worried. “They’ve always been ruthless in achieving their goals. They probably feel they’ve lost face because of what happened today and they’re holding a grudge against you.”

"Never mind that." Jiang Ruan was exhausted by the two things that had happened in a row. "Let's focus on life first, and we'll talk about everything else when Mom wakes up."

"Call me anytime if you need anything," Su Zhu told her. "I'm always here."

Jiang Ruan: "Mm."

Su Zhu: "Never mind, I'll stay here with you just in case Auntie wakes up."

Jiang Ruan: "No need, I can handle it."

Su Zhu: "It's settled then, just like that."

In the end, Su Zhu was unable to stay. That evening, her parents called her back home because of family matters. Only when she got home did she realize that Huo Zhizhou had secretly sabotaged her.

For Huo Zhizhou, Su Zhu could provide Jiang Ruan with some emotional value that he couldn't provide, but he was enough to protect her.

Friday.

Jiang Ruan found breakfast on her desk as soon as she arrived at the company. She immediately recognized it as pastries made by Ruan Yuan's pastry chef, and knew without guessing that Huo Zhizhou had them made.

She picked up the cake, hesitating whether to throw it directly into the trash or deliver it to Huo Zhizhou.

Before she could draw a conclusion, Bai Jian's voice came first, her gaze as usual: "This was specially sent to you by President Huo; everyone in the office saw it."

Jiang Ruan paused for a moment.

She said that when she came in, she felt that they were looking at her strangely, and now she knows why.

After this incident, she calmly threw the cake into the trash can in front of her, feeling even more displeased with Huo Zhizhou's actions.

All that could be seen in this scene was Bai Jian.

No one else heard it.

Friday soon arrived, and Jiang Ruan sat next to Bai Jian as usual, her mood, expression, and attitude no different from usual, taking notes on everything Huo Zhizhou had instructed her to do.

until--

Meeting adjourned.

As soon as those two words were spoken, the others began to pack up their things, and Jiang Ruan closed her notebook and stood up.

Before the chair had even been moved, Huo Zhizhou's voice rang out again, his deep, unfathomable gaze falling on her: "Ruan Ruan, stay here for a moment."

Jiang Ruan pretended not to hear.

She wasn't the only one whose name contained the pronunciation "ruan," and she didn't want to get involved with him.

"Jiang Ruan." Huo Zhizhou saw through her thoughts and called out to her again, "Wait a moment, I have some work to arrange for you."

Everyone glanced at her. She didn't like being treated like a monkey in a zoo. To avoid misunderstandings, she asked as they walked away, "What kind of work?"

Huo Zhizhou glanced at the others, and they quickened their pace and left. Soon, only the two of them remained in the conference room.

Jiang Ruan felt negative emotions rising within her.

"Have you had breakfast?" Huo Zhizhou asked.

It would have been better if this hadn't been brought up, because as soon as it was mentioned, Jiang Ruan felt annoyed: "Is this funny?"

Huo Zhizhou: "?"

"You put breakfast in front of everyone, just to let people know that there's something special about our relationship?" Jiang Ruan blurted out emotionally, "Wasn't ruining my marriage enough? You want to ruin my job too?"

She finally found a job and earned money through her own abilities, and was no longer the person he described who didn't earn a penny.

Now that he's like this, everyone will think that her job was given to her by Huo Zhizhou, and once the relationship is revealed, she'll just be seen as a wealthy wife experiencing life.

The name "Jiang Ruan" will completely disappear from the workplace.