Chapter 425 Revisiting the Past

Chapter 425 Revisiting the Past

"Old Shen can only leave him with a rough impression," Huo Sinian explained. "We'll have to gradually tell him the specific memories after he wakes up."

Huo Cheng was somewhat dissatisfied.

But if that's the case, what's the difference between that and losing your memory?

"After he wakes up, be mindful of your words and actions, and don't let him discover Duan Lei," Huo Sinian said. "He has only lost his memory, not his intelligence."

"Do you think there was something wrong with how I treated him before?" Huo Cheng's temper flared up instantly, his face filled with anger and resentment.

Huo Sinian said, "This is just a friendly reminder. I won't interfere if you want to continue doing things the way you did before, but you've raised Zhizhou for so many years, you should know his personality."

Huo Cheng frowned, thinking of his previous complaints and dissatisfaction with him. After much consideration, he made a decision: "Let him spend time with your mother first."

Huo Sinian readily agreed: "No problem."

Huo Cheng hummed in agreement.

A brief silence fell between the two.

After about two or three minutes, Huo Sinian handed him a cup of tea: "Do you have any further thoughts on Zhizhou's matter?"

"I haven't thought of anything yet." Huo Cheng naturally took the teacup, unaware of the change in Huo Sinian's emotions. "I'll tell you when I think of something."

“Alright.” Huo Sinian adjusted his glasses, his face gentle and refined. “I have something I’d like to discuss with you.”

Huo Cheng: "Go ahead."

Huo Sinian raised his eyes, his glasses behind the lenses seeming to see through everything: "I need to know why Shan Mu'an jumped off the building, including all the details that happened."

"Bang!"

Huo Cheng slammed the cup on the table.

His eyes burned with anger, so much so that his tone became much more serious: "What did you say!"

"Only by exchanging leverage can we work together." Huo Sinian took a sip of tea slowly, his demeanor refined and composed. "I don't have any leverage over you. What if you find Zhi Zhou, who has lost his memory, to be easy to use and use him to keep me in check?"

Huo Cheng's breath hitched suddenly, and his grip on the cup tightened abruptly.

He hadn't expected that even this aspect had been considered.

Has this kid been hiding his true abilities from him all these years?

"Shan Mu'an's matter has nothing to do with me." Huo Cheng quickly denied it. Giving away the evidence would not change his life at all. He had no need to jump from one fire pit to another.

Huo Sinian slowly put down his teacup: "You said yourself before that Shan Mu'an was a fool, that he would just use Zhizhou's name to fool him and he would agree to the appointment."

Huo Cheng's face was very ugly.

“Based on your knowledge of hypnosis, I dare to guess that you used this on him,” Huo Sinian said.

"If you already know, why ask?" Huo Cheng stopped pretending. Knowing so much, it wouldn't be difficult to find out the truth.

“I need evidence.” Huo Sinian turned on the video recording function on his phone and placed it next to him, recording the conversation between the two of them. “This is a means for you to protect yourself when you want to use Zhizhou to control me.”

Huo Cheng's voice was deep: "What if I don't?"

"I won't force you if you don't want to," Huo Sinian said calmly. "I just don't know how many days you can go without food or water."

"How dare you!" Huo Cheng roared in anger.

“I’m not Zhizhou, I’m not as kind as him.” Huo Sinian’s eyes were cold, but his face was still very gentle. “I only need to make sure you’re still breathing. Whether you’re hungry, thirsty, or sick is not my concern.”

"I am your father!" Huo Cheng felt a little panicked.

I used to think Si Nian was kinder than Zhi Zhou, but now I see him as a vicious wolf!

He never imagined he had been pretending for so many years.

"So you knew I was your father. Then why have you never fulfilled your responsibilities as a father since you were a child?" Huo Sinian asked. "If we hadn't been lucky, Zhizhou and I would have died countless times."

"Nonsense!" Huo Cheng refused to believe it at all.

"Have you forgotten what happened when I was nine years old?" Huo Sinian brought up the old story again. "In order to complete the company task that Grandpa gave you, you did not hesitate to give me and Zhizhou to the richest man in Jingzhou at the time, just to exchange for a cooperation."

Huo Cheng seemed to have thought of something, and his face suddenly turned pale.

“If Zhizhou and I hadn’t fought to the death to save ourselves that day, we would have been violated by a middle-aged man.” Huo Sinian played with his cup. “Afterwards, Zhizhou had a fever for two days and two nights, and when she woke up, she had completely forgotten about the incident.”

"Thinking back now, you should have used hypnosis on him when he was sick, so he would forget." Huo Sinian looked up at him.

Huo Cheng's eyes widened, a sinister glint in them: "Didn't you say you forgot?"

“If I didn’t say that, how would you let your guard down?” Huo Sinian’s lips curved slightly, like a venomous snake.

At that time, Zhizhou fell ill.

He was so frightened that he stayed indoors.

Only Huo Cheng, Zhi Zhou, and he and his grandfather knew about this.

When Grandpa found out, he was furious and beat Huo Cheng with family discipline. Afterwards, Huo Cheng wanted to talk to him, but before he could say anything, Zhi Zhou developed a high fever and was hospitalized. Huo Cheng was then placed in the old house to live with Grandpa.

Perhaps it's out of fear of damaging their reputation, or something else.

Grandpa told him not to tell anyone about this, including his mother. He hadn't recovered yet and kept repeating that he didn't know anything and remembered nothing.

Later, when Zhizhou recovered and returned home, he went to find him and was surprised to discover that Zhizhou had completely forgotten what happened that night.

At the time, he didn't think much of it and just assumed that his high fever caused him to lose some of his memory. Now it seems that there's an 80-90% chance that it was his good father who did it.

“You can consider my suggestion carefully. As long as you explain in detail how you harmed Shan Mu’an, I will never mention it again.” Huo Sinian tapped his fingertips on the table. “But if you are unwilling, I will have no choice but to tell him everything from the past.”

"Why didn't you tell him before?" Huo Cheng asked, puzzled.

He had so many opportunities; if he had just told Huo Zhizhou, Huo Zhizhou would have definitely gone to even greater lengths to deal with him.

“He’s my brother, and I won’t let him know about this kind of upsetting thing unless it’s absolutely necessary,” Huo Sinian said calmly. “You can make your decision before he wakes up.”

Zhizhou is too soft-hearted.

One person, Shan Mu'an, made him stick to his promise for so many years.

If you knew you were almost treated like that by an old man, you'd probably want to die.

He only has one younger brother, and he still wants to maintain the last bit of family affection, even if their relationship is just a power struggle.

"Take your time to think it over." Huo Sinian stood up and gave him the decision.

"Wait a minute," Huo Cheng said.

Huo Sinian lowered his eyes to look.

A sinister look appeared on Huo Cheng's forehead. After a great internal struggle, he made a decision: "I have conditions."

Huo Sinian seemed very agreeable: "Please go ahead."

"I'll tell you every detail of what happened back then." After much deliberation, Huo Cheng had no choice but to agree. He knew that Huo Sinian meant what he said. "You return the rights that Zhizhou took from me."

Huo Sinian readily agreed: "Okay."

Huo Cheng: "Due to the circumstances, you have to play the role of a filial child as before."

Huo Sinian didn't hesitate: "No problem."

Huo Cheng took a deep breath, suppressing his turbulent emotions and struggling thoughts, and finally told Huo Sinian everything that had happened back then in front of the camera.