Chapter 331 All I Want Is You

Chapter 331 All I Want Is You

Huo Zhizhou was pleased with his perceptive behavior. He consciously stood next to Jiang Ruan and walked and chatted with her, taking the initiative to ask about her recent situation: "Is the project going smoothly?"

Jiang Ruan: "Smoothly."

Huo Zhizhou: "Let me know anytime if you need any help."

Jiang Ruan stopped in her tracks.

Huo Zhizhou stopped as well.

"There's a question I've been wanting to ask you," Jiang Ruan said.

Huo Zhizhou: "Go ahead."

Jiang Ruan's voice was calm, but her eyes were serious. "In your eyes, have I always been someone you supported, someone who has no ability to survive?"

“No,” Huo Zhizhou replied.

"Is it that it has never been, or do you just think it isn't now?" Jiang Ruan asked.

It's not that she necessarily needs an answer, but some things, if left unresolved, will leave a knot in her heart, causing her to fall into a bad mood when she thinks about them late at night.

Huo Zhizhou said earnestly, "No, I know you are a very capable person."

Jiang Ruan knew that this was a lie, and after thinking about it carefully, she realized that divorce was actually a good thing.

If it weren't for the Su Anran incident, she might still be Huo Zhizhou's full-time wife, and he would most likely still pamper her as before for the next five or ten years. But what about beyond that...?

He goes to work every day, and she stays at home every day.

They had less and less in common, and one day, as their feelings faded, he took away all his favoritism and exceptions.

He won't cheat on his wife because he's a man of his word.

But there will be no more love between them. They went from talking about everything to having nothing to say to each other, from being each other's only one to being dispensable, from caring to being insignificant, from "I love you" to "I'm busy".

"Ruan Ruan," Huo Zhizhou called out to her, who was slightly lost in thought.

Jiang Ruan looked up and met his gaze.

Huo Zhizhou reached out and took her hand in his large palm, his dark eyes filled with affection: "It was my mistake to hurt you, but don't doubt yourself or my feelings for you."

Jiang Ruan, turn your eyes away.

Sometimes it's not a good thing for your ex to know you too well.

"All I want is you." Huo Zhizhou moved closer to her, his gentle, deep voice seemingly bewitching, "No matter what you are like, the fact that you are yourself will never change."

Jiang Ruan pulled her hand away and subconsciously moved a little further away from him: "Anyone can say nice things."

A proud cat will even meow persistently in order to get food.

Moreover, this applies to humans with ulterior motives.

“If you knew how much you meant to me, you wouldn’t have this thought.” Every word Huo Zhizhou spoke came from the bottom of his heart.

“I don’t know how much you care about me,” Jiang Ruan said. “I only know that when Su Anran appeared with a promise, you had no feelings for me whatsoever, even if you had your reasons for doing so.”

Huo Zhizhou: "I'm sorry."

Jiang Ruan no longer experiences much emotional fluctuation.

"Because behind the promise is a life." Huo Zhizhou told Jiang Ruan this for the first time. "I can do anything for you, I can shield you from the wind and rain and take bullets for you, but this is what I owe him."

If he hadn't gone abroad, Shan Mu'an would have been fine.

If he hadn't helped Huo Cheng expand the Huo Group and offered advice on running the company, Huo Cheng wouldn't have been so capable.

Ultimately.

He's the one who ruined Shan Mu'an.

"But I promise you, from now on I will never abandon you for anything again." Regardless of whether she wanted to be with him or not, Huo Zhizhou reassured her first, "You come first in everything."

These words did not make Jiang Ruan happy.

She knew Huo Zhizhou was a man of his word, but what she needed was not an AI robot that only knew how to execute orders and didn't know how to adapt.

"Don't make promises lightly," Jiang Ruan reminded him. "I don't want what happened before to repeat itself."

Huo Zhizhou wanted to say something more.

Jiang Ruan strode away to find Su Zhu and the others.

Lin Bei walked over at that moment, his head drooping, his arms and legs still aching terribly: "BOSS."

Huo Zhizhou didn't speak, his gaze fixed on Jiang Ruan.

Jiang's assistant pulled Lin Bei away.

Why invite trouble at a time like this?

For the rest of the time, Jiang Ruan, Su Zhu, Si Ning, and the others played with Sui Sui, while Huo Zhizhou sat not far away watching the scene.

Li Zhishen was initially worried that he and his daughter had reconciled after talking in the dressing room, but now it seems that the kid is nothing special, and Ruan Ruan still dislikes him as much as ever.

"Call Ruan Ya to come back to the old house for dinner next week," Old Master Li suddenly appeared. "Let's have a family gathering."

Li Zhishen refused without hesitation: "Not interested."

Old Master Li: "I didn't invite you."

Li Zhishen: "I refuse on behalf of Ruan Ruan."

Old Master Li had a stern face, and it was clear that he was very dissatisfied with his attitude: "I saw Huo Zhizhou's attitude towards that child. Don't you want to introduce her to the family members?"

“A bunch of meaningless people, no need to acknowledge them.” Li Zhishen didn’t want to waste his daughter’s time.

"How can you take over the Li family and the Li Group if you don't even know them?" Old Master Li said coldly. "Do you think the people in the family will let you transfer your shares to a little girl you don't even know?"

Li Zhishen looked over.

Grandpa Li analyzed the pros and cons: "You know their temperaments better than I do. You and Jiang Ruan haven't had a formal paternity test yet. Logically, your shares should go to your uncle's child."

"It's none of their business to tell me who gets my shares," Li Zhishen said.

"It's not their place to interfere, but you can't control what they do behind the scenes." Old Master Li was just as thoughtful. "Do you really want Ruan'er to juggle her work, deal with the Qin family, and also deal with those other people?"

Li Zhishen: "I will handle it."

Old Master Li: "How do you plan to handle this?"

Li Zhishen remained silent.

“Bringing that girl back for a meal won’t hurt,” Old Master Li continued. “I’ll make sure to talk to them beforehand so she doesn’t suffer any injustice. She just needs to show her face.”

“Tell Huo Zhizhou.” Li Zhishen shifted the blame without hesitation.

Old Master Li: "?"

“Or you could invite Huo Zhizhou over too.” Li Zhishen was using him to pave the way for Jiang Ruan; his intentions were quite cunning. “With him there, the meal will be quieter.”

He is a member of the Li family, and some of those people are his elders and some are his peers. It would be controversial if he were to handle the situation.

But Huo Zhizhou is different.

His reputation is well-known in Haicheng, and no one dares to offend him openly.

With him around, those people will be much more restrained, and they won't be too resistant to Ruan Ruan inheriting his shares in the future. Even if they say something, Huo Zhizhou won't let Ruan Ruan suffer any grievances.

Wasting a bowl of rice to help Ruan Ruan solve her problem is worthwhile.

Old Master Li looked at him suspiciously: "Will he go?"

Li Zhishen said, "Yes."

Old Master Li's cloudy but spirited eyes were veiled with other emotions.

I thought it was already a pleasant surprise that Huo Zhizhou still cared about Ruan Yatou, but Li Zhishen's implication was that Huo Zhizhou was protecting Ruan Yatou as if she were his wife.

If that's the case, perhaps some things should be reconsidered.