Chapter 457: The resources offered are too good to pass up.

Chapter 457: The resources offered are too good to pass up.

"We're trying." Huo Zhizhou didn't utter a single word of truth.

Huo Si chuckled lightly, a slight smile curving his thin lips, and said unhurriedly, "Try to give yourself to her too?"

Huo Zhizhou readily admitted, "I have this idea."

Huo Sinian was momentarily at a loss for words.

Whether in the past or present, Huo Zhizhou's feelings for Jiang Ruan have always been open and aboveboard. He is not afraid of other people's opinions or cares about his family's views.

Rebellion was acceptable when you were young, but what about now?

"Aren't you afraid your parents will be angry?" Huo Sinian asked.

He did not directly participate in smearing Jiang Ruan.

But he still knows what his parents have instilled in him.

"Just appease them if they're angry," Huo Zhizhou said naturally. "We can't refrain from doing the right thing just because we're afraid of making them angry."

Although Gu Shixi told Si Ning that he had a very bad relationship with his parents in the past, he would still treat them according to his current feelings until his memory was restored.

To avoid any errors.

“If it was the right thing to do, why did we get divorced in the first place?” Huo Sinian said slowly and deliberately, as usual, with his sharp tongue.

Huo Zhizhou: "I don't know, and I don't remember."

Huo Sinian: "So you still want to give yourself to her?"

"I like her." Huo Zhizhou has always been clear about what he wants. "No matter what happened in the past, I just need to know that I am attracted to her at this moment."

Huo Sinian paused, holding his phone.

There was a two-second silence on both ends of the phone call.

A moment later.

Behind Huo Sinian's glasses, his eyes held a deep darkness, and he spoke softly, each word distinct: "What if we lose?"

“If you gamble voluntarily, you should accept the consequences voluntarily,” Huo Zhizhou said. “You’re not a child who would throw a tantrum.”

Huo Sinian thought that he might not be as open-minded as Huo Zhizhou.

If he loses this bet, he won't admit defeat.

He would overturn the table and drag Lin Tan down to be buried with him.

Now that it had begun, he wouldn't allow her to remain uninvolved.

"Why are you suddenly having such a deep conversation? Is something going on?" Huo Zhizhou sat on the single sofa by the window, looking out the floor-to-ceiling window.

"I'm just worried that you'll be upset like last time." Huo Sinian didn't say it outright, but changed the subject in a gentle tone. "Since you've made your decision, I won't try to persuade you anymore. You're right, you're an adult."

The call ended quickly.

Even though the two didn't talk much, Huo Zhizhou still managed to glean a lot of information.

For example, he was depressed after his last divorce.

For example, Huo Sinian's relationship problems.

Huo Sinian never talked much about matters of the heart with him, and even when he did, it was mostly in a lecturing tone. But those few words just now sounded just like those of a lost person who couldn't find their way.

While pondering.

He took out his phone and sent a message: "[Want to meet tomorrow?]"

The other end replied quickly, with a childish voice: "No, Mommy and I have an event tomorrow, so it's inconvenient for us to take you."

Huo Zhizhou: [It's inconvenient to bring along, but we can bump into each other occasionally.]

Sui Sui: "..."

Sui Sui sold him without hesitation.

He ran to the study with his phone and proudly showed it to Jiang Ruan: "Mommy, look at him."

Jiang Ruan: "?"

Sui Sui pointed to the chat history on her phone.

Jiang Ruan opened the chat history and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes when she saw it.

"Do you want to play with him?" she asked.

Sui Sui replied decisively, "I don't want to."

Jiang Ruan: "Why?"

Sui Sui's round eyes darted around a couple of times, very clever: "His heart isn't with me anyway, I won't let him take advantage of me."

Jiang Ruan read through the chat history again.

use?

“He just wants to use me to get in touch with you.” Sui Sui saw right through her father’s intentions. “He’s so cunning in trying to achieve his goals.”

Jiang Ruan just wanted to say a few words of comfort to him.

Sui Sui looked at her seriously and said, "Mommy."

Jiang Ruan: "Hmm?"

“This dad of mine seems a bit ruthless and will stop at nothing to get what he wants,” Sui Sui said very seriously. “You should be careful of him, don’t let him fool you.”

Jiang Ruan chuckled and said, "Okay."

Sui Sui: "Especially promises and stuff, I feel like he doesn't care about that at all now."

Jiang Ruan agreed.

But those words stirred something within me.

In a sense, it's a good thing that he no longer rigidly adheres to promises, but this is merely an effect of amnesia, not a result of his own realization.

Once the memory returns.

He will most likely revert to his previous ways.

——

Over the next two weekend days, Jiang Ruan took Sui Sui out to play. They were having a great time at first, but then they ran into Huo Zhizhou, whom they "chance" met. They were at the beach, at the mall, and at the toy store.

Wherever they appear, Huo Zhizhou is sure to be there too.

But he deliberately kept his distance, only giving a brief greeting when they met, without any extra actions or words, and he didn't even stay in her sight for long.

Before she could even get angry, he had already disappeared from her sight.

No.

She was just about to take Sui Sui home.

Huo Zhizhou reappeared, glanced at them, and said casually, "What a coincidence, we meet again."

Jiang Ruan: "..."

Sui Sui: "..."

"Would you like to have a meal together?" Huo Zhizhou was humble and polite, and his tone and attitude were also very good. "Since we are so destined to meet, why not?"

"No," said Sui Sui. "I already have plans with Mommy."

Huo Zhizhou's voice was deep, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised: "That's quite a pity."

Sui Sui gave a proud hum, then took Jiang Ruan's hand and got into the car.

The car door closed.

Huo Zhizhou's view was blocked.

The next second.

Tang Bai started the car and drove away. After he had gone a little further, he began to mutter to himself, "My ex-husband seems particularly persistent about running into you guys. Didn't he have amnesia? How does he still know that we'll be there at every specific time?"

Mo Mo in the passenger seat: "It's obvious that someone is helping him."

Tang Bai: "You mean Si Ning?"

Mo Mo thought about the boss sitting in the back, and after much consideration, she didn't say anything.

“It’s not Si Ning.” Jiang Ruan was very certain of this.

Tang Baichun asked curiously, "Who is that? It can't be that Second Young Master Lu."

Jiang Ruan pondered.

Lu Yi would never help him with something so trivial, especially since this was in Haicheng, not Jingzhou.

While pondering, she sent Si Ning a voice message: "Si Ning, when Huo Zhizhou came to find you, did he show any signs of regaining his memory?"

"No," Si Ning said. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just ran into him several times today." Jiang Ruan couldn't think of an answer for a moment. "I thought he had regained his memory and was secretly having people watch our movements."

After all, Huo Zhizhou used to do this kind of thing all the time.

Si Ning: "?"

A chance encounter?

Suddenly.

He seemed to have thought of something.

She opened Huo Zhizhou's chat interface and asked him about what she had been guessing: "You said you were going to meet someone on Friday. Was that person Qin Luofeng?"

Huo Zhizhou was currently sitting in Qin Luofeng's car, looking at the message. His fingertip twitched slightly, and he calmly replied with a single word: "Hmm."

"Did he provide you with the location when you bumped into Jiang Ruan?" Si Ning asked again.

Huo Zhizhou transcribed the message into text, and after reading it, calmly wrote a few words: "[Since it's a resource offered, might as well use it.]"

Si Ning: "..."