Chapter 165 A Resounding Slap

Chapter 165 A Resounding Slap

Jiang Ruan's tense heart still couldn't relax.

It wouldn't be difficult for Huo Zhizhou to find out the truth, but Sui Sui had just been through a near-death experience, and it's still unknown whether she'll suffer any lasting effects.

"He's always been in good health, he'll be fine." Huo Zhizhou noticed her worry and came to her side to hug her.

Jiang Ruan quickly pushed him away.

Her eyes were filled with disgust as she looked at him.

I feel physically disgusted and repulsed by his behavior of not taking the children's safety seriously.

“I understand you don’t want to have anything to do with me, and you feel disgusted and hate my behavior.” Huo Zhizhou’s gaze was fixed on her, and he exuded a strong sense of pressure. “But don’t forget the agreement you just signed.”

Jiang Ruan froze.

Huo Zhizhou approached her, bending down close enough to clearly see the fine downy hairs on her face: "Sui Sui is still in the hospital. If I'm unhappy, he might not be able to leave."

"What do you want to do!" Jiang Ruan was genuinely scared this time.

She was afraid Huo Zhizhou would go crazy.

I'm afraid he'll stop at nothing to achieve his goals and harm the child.

"What I do depends on whether you listen to me or not." Huo Zhizhou pulled her hand and rubbed his fingertips together. "If he's a good Mrs. Huo, he'll be fine. Otherwise, I don't mind letting them put something inside him."

"Smack!"

Jiang Ruan slapped him across the face.

She struck with all her might, and five red finger marks quickly appeared on Huo Zhizhou's face.

She glared at him, her anger palpable, and said, word by word, "Are you even human?!"

"It can be," Huo Zhizhou accepted all of this without question. "It can also not be."

As long as I can keep her by my side.

Even if she considered him utterly wicked, he accepted it.

Jiang Ruan was so angry that she was trembling all over!

She believed that she had come to know him well over the years of their marriage. She knew that although he was ruthless to outsiders, he was a responsible father to Sui Sui, playing with him, fulfilling his wishes, and reasoning with him.

He would stand up for him immediately if he was wronged.

When they bicker, they seem to be trying to annoy each other, but in reality, the father and son are just playing around.

But now, looking at the person in front of her who said such things, she suddenly felt like a stranger.

"Have you vented your anger?" Huo Zhizhou asked without changing his expression or tone. "If you haven't, keep fighting. You can choose either side."

"If anything happens to Sui Sui, I won't let you off the hook." Jiang Ruan wasn't joking. If he really did something messy to Sui Sui, she wouldn't mind going down the path of crime.

Huo Zhizhou emphasized: "As long as you are good and obedient, he will not do anything."

Jiang Ruan held her breath in her heart.

Amidst a mix of emotions, I felt a tearing pain in my chest.

"Go downstairs and bring your things up first." Huo Zhizhou's voice was very calm. "You'll be living with me from now on, and we'll go to and from get off work together every day."

Jiang Ruan's eyes were filled with hatred.

She was filled with resentment towards him.

Huo Zhizhou took her hand: "Let's go."

Jiang Ruan pulled back: "I want to wait for peace and safety every year."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Huo Zhizhou's phone rang. Seeing that it was the dean calling, he looked at Jiang Ruan, then turned on the speakerphone and slid to answer: "Hello."

"Mr. Huo, the young master is alright now," the hospital director reported, following his instructions. "Should we wait for him at the hospital or send him home?"

Huo Zhizhou: "Where is he?"

Dean: "She's asleep."

"You guys keep an eye on him for now, I'll have someone come pick him up later," Huo Zhizhou instructed, his thin lips slightly parted. "Call me if he wakes up in the meantime."

“Okay,” the dean replied.

After finishing their conversation, Huo Zhizhou prepared to hang up the phone.

Jiang Ruan spoke first: "I want to see him."

Huo Zhizhou hung up the phone and made a video call. Only after confirming that Sui Sui was truly out of danger did Jiang Ruan's tense heart finally relax a little.

"The person is confirmed to be safe. Shouldn't we go down and get the things?" Huo Zhizhou put away his phone, his cold and imposing gaze falling on her.

Jiang Ruan didn't want to go.

She didn't want others to know about her relationship with him.

But she had no choice now that things had come to this. Huo Zhizhou could just stand by and watch Sui Sui fall into danger without doing anything. If she didn't listen to him, he might very well do something heinous.

She didn't dare to gamble.

You can't gamble either.

"I have a request," Jiang Ruan said.

Huo Zhizhou remained calm throughout: "Go on."

"After this, you must not interfere with my work, and you must not disclose our relationship at the company." She didn't want the fruits of her hard work to ultimately be reduced to the words "connections."

She didn't want her worth to be associated with Huo Zhizhou.

"The first one is fine," Huo Zhizhou said in a low voice, his gaze fixed on them. "The second one won't do."

Jiang Ruan: "Why?"

Huo Zhizhou: "Am I really that unpresentable?"

Jiang Ruan didn't even feel like talking to him anymore.

He still doesn't understand.

I don't understand why she doesn't want to make this relationship public at the company.

She knew that in time she and they would all be just passersby, but she didn't want to end up as a rich housewife experiencing life, having worked so hard to earn what she had.

Such words would subtly negate her.

"If you don't want to go down, I'll get it for you." Huo Zhizhou really didn't understand her thinking in this regard. He only knew that she could swipe his card at will, and she still had to go to work hard. He thought she was a bit stupid.

However, since she liked him, he didn't try to stop her too much, lest he upset her.

Let her experience life.

"No need," Jiang Ruan refused. "I'll go myself."

She turned and left his room, heading towards the eighteenth floor.

When they saw her return, both Xiaofang and Xueqian turned their attention to her, one gossiping and the other worried.

"Why were you running so fast? Did something happen?" Xiao Fang asked, showing no concern whatsoever. "Do you need our help?"

"No need." Jiang Ruan went to her bedroom.

Xue Qian and Xiao Fang both stood at the door watching.

Jiang Ruan packed everything into her suitcase.

Like an emotionless machine, she packed all her things expressionlessly, then pulled her suitcase and walked out. Seeing her like this, Xue Qian couldn't help but ask with concern, "What happened?"

Both of them assumed that she was packing her suitcase and leaving.

Naturally.

Xue Qian thought of something bad.

Jiang Ruan opened her mouth, hesitating about how to answer her question, when Huo Zhizhou appeared at the door: "Is it convenient for you to come in?"

Xiao Fang: "!"

Xiao Fang immediately blurted out, "Convenient, convenient!"

Huo Zhizhou strode in, his neat attire exuding an air of nobility. He walked up to Jiang Ruan and naturally took the box from her hands: "Give it to me."

Xiao Fang's eyes widened in surprise.

Looking at their intimate stance and the suitcases she had just received, an idea began to form in her mind.

"Thank you for taking care of me these past few days." Huo Zhizhou took Jiang Ruan's hand and openly revealed their relationship. "Ruan Ruan will be living upstairs with me from now on and won't be coming back."

"Okay..." Xiao Fang didn't know how to describe her current feelings.

Xue Qian subconsciously looked at Jiang Ruan.

Although they were holding hands, Jiang Ruan didn't seem happy.

"President Huo..." Xiao Fang stared at the two's hands, which were touching intimately, and hesitated before asking, "May I ask what your relationship is with Jiang Ruan?"