Chapter 248 I will keep my promise to you

Chapter 248 I will keep my promise to you

"I'll hang up now if there's nothing else," Si Ning said, not intending to say more. "I have other things to do."

Gu Shixi frowned slightly: "You really don't plan to do anything about him?"

Si Ning: "How old are you? Do you still need to be taken care of?"

Gu Shixi: "..."

Si Ning: "You can mind your own business, I don't have time for that."

Huo Zhizhou hadn't fully recovered from what happened back then, but this time he should learn his lesson. If he still can't understand and stubbornly believes that promises must be kept 100% regardless of the circumstances, then he deserves it.

"Are you serious?"

As soon as Gu Shixi finished speaking, Si Ning simply said "hmm" and hung up the phone.

Looking at this "inhuman" person, I wanted to say a few more words of advice, but I realized that no matter how much I said, she wouldn't listen. In the end, I put down my phone with a heavy heart.

They don't care.

He didn't care anymore!

Since Huo Er was so ruthless just now, why should he bother to fawn over him?

Thinking about this, Gu Shixi said to the driver sent by Assistant Jiang, "Don't go to the hospital, go to the airport."

...

Jiang Ruan arrived home after 8 p.m.

Before going in, she adjusted her appearance to avoid worrying Sui Sui if she saw her.

As soon as I entered, I saw Jiang An sitting on the sofa making a phone call. When she saw her and Su Zhu return, she exchanged a few pleasantries with the other person and then hung up. After putting down her phone, she asked, "Why are you back so early?"

"Nothing much, I just got bored and came back." Jiang Ruan didn't dwell on the matter and changed the subject, "Su Anran didn't come here to cause trouble, did she?"

Jiang An: "Here we are."

Jiang Ruan's heart tightened: "Then what about you and Sui Sui..."

“We’re fine. Yan Zhi stopped her before she could come in,” Jiang An said promptly, preventing her from worrying too much. “He’s upstairs playing with Sui Sui. Why don’t you go up and say hello to him?”

Jiang Ruan said okay and went upstairs with Su Zhu.

Before even reaching the playroom, they heard Ye Yanzhi's voice: "So, the question is, who is the murderer?"

Sui Sui's crisp voice rang out: "A".

"Is it really that easy to guess?" Ye Yanzhi was starting to doubt his own existence.

“Based on what you just said, only A fits.” Sui Sui was quite adept at handling these questions.

"What are you two talking about?" Su Zhu knew Jiang Ruan was a bit emotional, so she spoke first to lighten the mood after entering. "It's so lively."

"You're back so soon?" Ye Yanzhi knew about their banquet, so he wasn't too surprised. Instead, he stood up with the book in his hand and said excitedly, "Little Jiang Jiang, Sui Sui is amazing."

Jiang Ruan sat down next to Sui Sui: "What's wrong?"

Ye Yanzhi handed over one of the pages: "Take a look at this, you two. Who is the murderer?"

Su Zhu: "A".

Jiang Ruan: "A".

The two spoke in unison.

"What A? It's not the one Sui Sui just mentioned." Ye Yanzhi felt that the two of them were not paying attention at all. "There are only Xiao Li, Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhao, and Xiao Yuan in there. Where did the A come from?"

Jiang Ruan and Su Zhu exchanged a glance, feeling somewhat awkward.

Ye Yanzhi had little contact with Sui Sui, and this time he seemed to have discovered a treasure: "You two take a closer look."

Jiang Ruan and Su Zhu looked at it carefully.

About ten minutes.

Jiang Ruan sorted out the logic above: "Xiao Yuan, then."

Su Zhu nodded: "I also think it's him."

"It was him." Ye Yanzhi confirmed the answer, glancing at Sui Sui with a hint of excitement. "But do you know how long it took Sui Sui from when I finished reading the whole story to when she got to the conclusion?"

Jiang Ruan thought about their usual interactions: "One minute?"

Su Zhu: "Five minutes?"

"Ten seconds!" Ye Yanzhi emphasized. "He came up with the answer before I even figured it out."

One time could be a coincidence, but after a dozen or so questions, the pace was almost always the same.

That kid.

He was born to solve cases.

“Most importantly, he didn’t read it himself, but I read it to him,” Ye Yanzhi said. “After more than a dozen questions, he didn’t ask me to read it to him a second time.”

“Don’t you even know whose child it is?” Su Zhu put her hand on Jiang Ruan. “Ruan Ruan was highly sought after by various universities back then, and Huo Zhizhou was admitted to a prestigious international university through a direct admission program after high school.”

Ye Yanzhi nodded: "That's true."

Jiang Ruan rubbed Sui Sui's head and praised him a couple of times.

Sui Sui felt a little embarrassed by the praise, so she turned around and praised Jiang Ruan in return.

After a while, they met again.

The group stayed in the study for quite a while.

They didn't go to the rooftop to talk until after nine o'clock, after watching Sui Sui fall asleep.

The three chairs were arranged in a row. Ye Yanzhi looked at Jiang Ruan, who was more silent than usual, and asked with concern, "What's wrong? Who made our little Jiang Jiang unhappy?"

“It’s not that she’s unhappy, she just needs time to adjust.” Su Zhu understood her and spoke up for her.

Ye Yanzhi: "Adapt to what?"

Su Zhu: "Feelings."

Ruan Ruan and Huo Zhizhou's relationship was not an arranged marriage; it was a love match they genuinely loved.

Love is real, hate is real, disappointment is real, and regret is real.

Ye Yanzhi: "?"

Ye Yanzhi was even more puzzled.

Hadn't she and Huo Zhizhou already discussed divorce? Why does she still need to adjust?

"She and Huo Zhizhou are going back to Jingzhou tomorrow to finalize their divorce." Su Zhu knew her daughter didn't like to talk when she was feeling conflicted, so she acted as her explainer throughout. "They will never contact each other again."

Ye Yan asked sincerely, "How do we get a divorce tomorrow?"

Su Zhu: "Go to the Civil Affairs Bureau."

Ye Yanzhi blurted out, "Tomorrow is Saturday."

Su Zhu: "???"

Jiang Ruan, who hadn't reacted much, paused for a moment.

She picked up her phone and saw that it was Saturday, August 31st.

Such a simple and obvious problem went unnoticed by Jiang Ruan and Huo Zhizhou, by Assistant Jiang and Su Zhu, and even by Huo Zhizhou and Gu Shixi, who were so angry that they said they didn't care.

Everyone was so caught up in the shock of several events that they forgot about time.

"Oh right." Su Zhu realized, her gaze instinctively falling on Jiang Ruan. "Are you still going to Jingzhou tomorrow?"

Before Jiang Ruan could answer, her phone vibrated; it was a call from Huo Zhizhou.

She answered the call without thinking.

Huo Zhizhou's low, husky voice came through: "The Civil Affairs Bureau will be closed tomorrow, Saturday. If you still insist on getting a divorce that day, I can have Jiang Yu handle it."

"Okay," Jiang Ruan agreed.

She doesn't like using special passages, nor does she like troubling others.

But she didn't want to delay this any longer.

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

After a while, Huo Zhizhou's slightly heavy voice was heard saying, "Okay, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Jiang Ruan tried her best to appear emotionless.

After hanging up the phone, she answered Su Zhu's question: "Go."

The next afternoon, Jiang Ruan was picked up by someone arranged by Huo Zhizhou and taken to the airport. Three hours later, they arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau. The two submitted the required documents and, as before, had a one-month cooling-off period.

Looking at the divorce cooling-off period receipt in her hand, Jiang Ruan felt as if she had been in another world.

So much has happened since I last submitted this.

I hope everything goes well this time.

Looking at her expression, Huo Zhizhou knew what she was thinking. He suppressed his emotions and spoke to her rationally: "Don't worry, I will keep my promise to you, and I will give you the divorce you want."