Chapter 226 They couldn't stand each other.

Chapter 226 They couldn't stand each other.

Jiang Ruan listened attentively.

Jiang An led her back to the study and said the most important point: "That 20% share is rightfully yours, and you don't need to care what they say."

"Okay." Jiang Ruan nodded.

At first, she wondered if it was a bad idea to buy back the stock, which had increased in value more than a hundredfold, at the original price after more than 20 years. But then she thought that since the agreement to sell the shares stated that sentence, there must be a reason for it.

It can't be that they wrote it because their conscience bothered them.

If I had a conscience, I wouldn't have forced my mother to sell those shares in the first place.

Over the next half hour, Jiang An gave Jiang Ruan a general account of what had happened with the Qin Group. She glossed over how they had treated her and how outrageous Old Master Qin had been, focusing only on matters related to the company.

Even so, Jiang Ruan, who listened to the whole thing, still felt upset for a long time.

"That's about all the important stuff." That's all Jiang An could think of for now. "I'll tell you more about the other details later."

“Mom…” Jiang Ruan had no idea that Wen Nuan’s mother had gone through so much.

Jiang An: "Hmm?"

Jiang Ruan was determined this time: "I will definitely get your things back for you."

The Qin Group was saved by my mother.

The important business partners were negotiated by my mother.

The shares were earned by my mother through her own efforts.

But in the end, just because she was a woman, and because of the gossip and discussions from the outside world, the Qin family used every means to force her to hand over her shares. They were truly a rotten bunch.

"Yes, I believe you." Jiang An truly believed her.

Meanwhile, downstairs.

Huo Zhizhou looked at Li Zhishen, who was still lingering there, and asked casually, "Mr. Li, are you still not leaving? Are you waiting for Ruan Ruan to keep you here for a late-night snack?"

“I’m waiting for you,” Li Zhishen said.

Huo Zhizhou: "?"

Li Zhishen glanced upstairs: "Given your relationship with Ruan Ruan, they most likely won't let you stay overnight."

"I won't stay overnight," Huo Zhizhou readily admitted without the slightest embarrassment, "but I can stay a little longer than you."

Li Zhishen stared at him.

How did that brat manage to trick Ruan Ruan into his hands?

Huo Zhizhou paid no attention to his gaze and just sat there chatting with Sui Sui, asking him if he was used to being here and how Jiang Ruan was doing.

Before we knew it, it was past eight o'clock in the evening.

Jiang Ruan and Jiang An came downstairs.

Seeing that Li Zhishen was still sitting there, she asked directly, "Why haven't you left yet?"

“I’ll wait for him.” Li Zhishen looked at Huo Zhizhou, whose face was pale, clearly indicating that he was going to be kicked out and that he would have to drag some people down with him. “The night is dark, it will be much safer to have someone with you.”

Huo Zhizhou was about to speak.

Jiang Ruan looked at him and said, "You should go back."

Dragging your still-healed body out here is really reckless.

"Let's go, Mr. Huo." Li Zhishen stood up.

"Then I'm leaving." Huo Zhizhou didn't argue much. He raised his hand and ruffled Sui Sui's hair, but his gaze remained fixed on Jiang Ruan. "Happy birthday."

Jiang Ruan replied to him, "Happy birthday."

Huo Zhizhou paused, then a hint of tenderness flashed in his eyes.

He hugged Sui Sui, said goodbye to Jiang An, and then left.

Li Zhishen walked with him, but he was treated differently because he didn't receive a kind word from Jiang An, and Jiang Ruan treated him like a stranger.

Outside the villa.

Huo Zhizhou got into the car.

The moment the car door closed, his already pale brows furrowed slightly. Upon closer inspection, one could see that he had been enduring the pain from his wound, and his lips also appeared pale.

"Boss." Assistant Jiang placed the first-aid kit in the back row with concern.

Huo Zhizhou took off his dark casual clothes, revealing his thin, muscular upper body. The wound wrapped in gauze was now oozing some blood.

"It might hurt a little when you change the dressing." Assistant Jiang opened the first-aid kit; the car had already been disinfected. "Please bear with it."

Before coming, worried about unforeseen circumstances, he specifically learned how to change the dressing from the doctor.

Thank goodness I learned it.

Otherwise, things will definitely get worse if we go back.

"It's okay, change whatever you want." Huo Zhizhou's voice was low and hoarse. He had endured the pain all afternoon so that Jiang Ruan and Sui Sui wouldn't notice anything unusual, so this little bit of pain was nothing to him.

Jiang's assistant began to remove the gauze.

Just as he made a move, someone knocked on the car window. Huo Zhizhou looked over and saw Li Zhishen standing outside.

He raised his hand to roll down the car window, when Assistant Jiang's voice, tinged with concern, rang out: "Boss, the fewer people who know about your injury, the better."

“This is Haicheng; most news can't be kept from the four major families here.” Huo Zhizhou understood this perfectly and didn't care. “He already knew.”

That dinner that night said it all.

They deliberately fed him things that could easily cause inflammation of the wound, clearly knowing this.

He exposed him to Ruan Ruan's face, which could be considered a reciprocal gesture.

The car window rolled down.

Assistant Jiang was still changing his dressing.

When Li Zhishen saw the bloodstains on his gauze, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Why didn't you take advantage of such a good thing earlier? If Ruan Ruan had seen it, she might have put aside her grudges and cared about you."

The kid remained calm all afternoon; he thought the rumors about the wound were exaggerated.

I didn't expect her to just endure it.

"If Chairman Li likes someone, would he be willing to let her worry about you?" Huo Zhizhou asked.

“Normally I wouldn’t be willing to do it, but if necessary I can use a self-inflicted injury as a pretext,” Li Zhishen told him. “However, if you do it, I will expose you in front of them.”

Huo Zhizhou let Jiang, the special assistant, apply the medicine to him: "No wonder my mother-in-law doesn't miss you at all."

Li Zhishen's eyes darkened slightly.

Huo Zhizhou said something hurtful: "I don't see the sense of responsibility a man should have in you."

He would not intentionally make Ruan Ruan worry about him, much less use a self-inflicted injury scheme against her.

If he made her worry, it means that the situation and her emotions were no longer under his control.

For example, the dispute at the hotel last time.

That stab.

"Your brother probably doesn't know you're injured yet." Li Zhishen's face darkened as he spoke, giving him a warning. "Do you think I should have someone tell him?"

Huo Zhizhou remained expressionless: "Please, do as you please."

Li Zhishen scrutinized him.

Huo Zhizhou calmly met his gaze.

Assistant Jiang held his breath and carefully disinfected and changed the dressing for him. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was only some bleeding from the wound and the stitches had not broken.

"Do you think I wouldn't dare?" Li Zhishen couldn't see through him.

"You are the head of one of the four major families in Haicheng, and the chairman of the Li Group." Huo Zhizhou spoke calmly, "How could there be anything you wouldn't dare to do?"

Li Zhishen: "..."

That brat is quite good at being sarcastic and sarcastic.

If it weren't for the fact that doing so could easily get him into trouble, he would have definitely taught him a lesson.

On the surface, this guy and Ruan Ruan don't get along, but judging from what happened at the dinner table today, he knows that once Ruan Ruan finds out that he used Huo Sinian to trick this guy, she will definitely hold a grudge against him.

It's not worth getting yourself into trouble just to trick him once.