Chapter 280 Your Eyes Say Yes

Chapter 280 Your Eyes Say Yes

"Jiang Ruan, where are you?" Gu Shixi asked urgently, his voice faster than usual. "Huo Er is in trouble. Can you come to Jingzhou?"

Jiang Ruantong's eyes widened slightly: "What's wrong with him?"

"I fainted and I'm in the hospital now," Gu Shixi explained as clearly as possible.

Jiang Ruan's tense heart relaxed slightly.

No one mentioned Huo Zhizhou to her during this month, and Huo Zhizhou didn't contact her either.

Her busy work schedule and the numerous meals that required her to rack her brains left her with no free time to think about things outside of work, so much so that her heart tightened instinctively when she heard about his accident.

Perhaps she didn't want anything to happen to Sui Sui's father.

Or perhaps the feelings developed over the past five years have taken too deep root in her heart.

“He’s been having a very hard time lately.” Gu Shixi stood outside the ward, looking through the viewing window at the haggard-looking man on the bed, who appeared listless and exhausted. “Could you come and see him?”

Jiang Ruan was silent for a moment: "I'm not a doctor, so it won't help for me to see you."

Gu Shixi got a little anxious: "How do you know it's useless if you haven't even looked at it?"

Jiang Ruan didn't say anything.

Gu Shixi continued to persuade him, "Considering that he has been quite good to you over the years, just come and see him for a moment, and leave once he wakes up, okay?"

"Sorry." Jiang Ruan suppressed her emotions and declined his suggestion. "I have a lot of things to do here, I'll hang up now."

"Jiang Ruan, you..."

Gu Shixi's next words were drowned out by the disconnected phone call.

Jiang Ruan held her phone in her hand, her mind a battleground of conflicting emotions.

Gu Shixi wouldn't contact her unless it was a serious situation, but as she said, she's not a doctor, so there's no point in her going. They shouldn't have any more involvement.

"It's President Gu on the phone," Mo Mo reminded him.

Jiang Ruan lowered her eyes.

Gu Shixi's phone number kept flashing on the screen.

She paused for a while before hanging up, sending him a text message: "I have nothing to do with Huo Zhizhou anymore. Don't contact me about anything related to him in the future."

Gu Shixi was so angry he wanted to smash his phone.

He slammed his fist against the wall, his knuckles turning white.

"Miss Jiang didn't agree?" Assistant Jiang guessed the general idea from his expression.

"It's a waste that Huo Er is so good to her all the time, but he didn't even bother to come and see her when it really matters." Gu Shixi was angry. "I never thought she could be so heartless."

“What the BOSS did before hurt Miss Jiang a lot.” Assistant Jiang was also upset, but he could put himself in her shoes. “It’s normal for her to care.”

Moreover, it might not be out of cruelty, but rather out of fear.

I'm afraid that seeing the BOSS like this will make me feel soft-hearted, make me feel sorry for him, and make me unable to resist getting involved with him again.

"What happened to Su Anran was Huo Er's fault, but is she completely innocent?" Gu Shixi was so worried that she started to say things without thinking. "She is the only person Huo Er cares about. When this happened, instead of trying to solve Huo Er's psychological problems, she directly brought up divorce. How much does she care about Huo Er?"

Assistant Jiang didn't say anything, just kept his eyes on him.

Gu Shixi: "Husbands and wives should share happiness and hardship. But she is different. She enjoys the happiness, but backs down when she encounters difficulties."

The more Gu Shixi talked, the angrier he became.

Huo Er's mistake was the majority, but Jiang Ruan was equally responsible.

"To solve a problem, you first need to understand it." Assistant Jiang has always been a reasonable person. "You know the BOSS's personality."

He never showed his scars to others, nor did he use them to gain their sympathy or attention.

He hopes that everyone who is kind to him does so because of who he is now, not because of his past.

at this point.

Miss Jiang did an excellent job.

She respected, understood, and tolerated the boss more than anyone else, which is why he always treated her as the president's wife.

"Anyway, Jiang Ruan is also at fault." Gu Shixi, unable to win the argument, started to give up.

"You should go back and rest first," Assistant Jiang suggested. "I'll keep an eye on the BOSS. I'll contact you as soon as he wakes up."

“No need,” Gu Shixi refused. “I’ll stay here and watch over him.”

My wife isn't here, but I can't have all my brothers absent.

Seeing his insistence, Assistant Jiang didn't say much. However, when the boss continued to fall into a deep sleep, she sent Jiang Ruan a message: "Ms. Jiang, you don't need to worry too much. The boss is just tired from lack of rest; it's not as serious as President Gu said."

Jiang Ruan replied almost instantly: 【Mm.】

Assistant Jiang: [You should get some rest.]

Looking at these words, which were as respectful and polite as they had been for the past five years, Jiang Ruan pursed her light-colored lips.

She typed a few words on it with her finger: Why did he faint?

Five years into their marriage, Huo Zhizhou was in excellent health, with all his medical reports showing normal levels. Even when he was busy with work and needed to stay up late, he never had any problems.

The word "fainted" doesn't really fit him.

He typed the message, then quickly deleted it and sent a new one: "You too."

Assistant Jiang felt a mix of emotions.

Miss Jiang could have typed those three words in three seconds, but it took her almost twenty seconds.

If he didn't have something to hide, he would have eaten his own phone!

"Young Miss," Mo Mo addressed her as such when no one else was around, but called her Boss in public. "Are you going to the airport? If so, I'll book your ticket now."

Jiang Ruan: "No need."

Mo Mo stared at her and said objectively, "Your eyes say yes."

Jiang Ruan: "..."

Mo Mo added, "Tell me if you need to book tickets. I'm ready to go to Jingzhou on business at any time."

When Jiang Ruan got home from get off work that day, she wasn't in a very good mental state.

She thought that after winning the first project, she could finally get a good night's sleep and make up for all the hard work and late nights she had done this month, but she suffered from insomnia and her mind was still unusually clear at two or three in the morning.

The next morning.

She didn't get out of bed until after seven in the morning.

As soon as she came downstairs, Jiang An, who had just finished exercising, noticed her unusual behavior: "Did you have insomnia last night?"

"A little." Jiang Ruan readily admitted that she had been suffering from insomnia, poor appetite, and poor sleep due to worry about the project. She was even forced to drink some alcohol during the second half of a dinner party. Her mother knew all of this, and trying to hide it would only make it easier for her to see through her.

"What happened?" Jiang An asked.

"It's nothing serious." Jiang Ruan walked to the table and poured herself a glass of water. "I was just thinking about how to get the second project."

The first one was so difficult.

The second one is probably even more difficult.

So far, everything is proceeding normally; Qin Muchuan and his group haven't interfered yet. But if they do, the difficulty will likely increase several times over, so she needs to come up with a foolproof plan in advance.

"Don't rush, take your time," Jiang An comforted her, and then added, "Huo Si Nian is here. He's been wandering around Sui Sui's music room, saying he needs to talk to you."

"What do you want?" Jiang Ruan asked casually.

The moment the words left her mouth, she thought of the phone call she had last night.

"I don't know." Jiang An noticed the subtle change in her expression. "Go and take a look."

Jiang Ruan said "okay" and put down her water glass before leaving.

A moment later, she arrived at the music room and her gaze fell on the gentle-looking man in a suit and glasses standing in front of the piano. She called out, "Mr. Huo."