Chapter 517 Huo Zhizhou in Calm

Chapter 517 Huo Zhizhou in Calm

“I’m sorry to disappoint you,” Huo Zhizhou said. “The one who’s dirty is that person, not me. Instead of wasting time, let’s talk about what you have to offer and whether it’s enough for me to make a deal with you.”

"What are we exchanging?" Huo Sinian asked.

"Shares".

Huo Zhizhou uttered two words.

Seeing that he was still in the mood to talk about this, Huo Sinian felt that he was overthinking things. The current Huo Zhizhou was the second young master of the Huo family who was shrewd and resourceful, not the child who was beaten and scolded by his father and vented his anger on his mother.

"What do you want?" He ignored the question and sat down opposite him to begin talking.

The two seemed to have returned to how they were at the beginning.

Struggle for power and influence.

They don't care about each other.

"The cause of Shan Mu'an's death, and the evidence of Huo Cheng's crimes." Huo Zhizhou didn't beat around the bush and talked to him directly.

Huo Sinian: "I have it."

Huo Zhizhou looked at him with his dark eyes: "Is it enough to send him in?"

"I can't do it," Huo Sinian said bluntly.

Huo Zhizhou slightly raised his eyebrows.

Huo Sinian pushed up his glasses, exuding an air of refinement and gentleness: "That was just Huo Cheng's verbal admission. According to our country's laws, without other physical evidence, witness testimony, or forensic examination, it is impossible to determine guilt. Even if you take him to court, he will still be found not guilty due to insufficient evidence."

Huo Zhizhou did not respond.

“You should know this better than I do,” Huo Sinian said.

Huo Zhizhou pursed his thin lips into a straight line.

Huo Sinian stared at him: "Or are you planning to fabricate evidence?"

Given Huo Zhizhou's methods, fabricating evidence would not be difficult.

But that's illegal.

"How did Shan Mu'an die?" Huo Zhizhou didn't answer the question directly, but instead asked another one.

“Just like your case, hypnosis.” Huo Sinian didn’t hide anything. “Huo Cheng used you as an excuse to get Shan Mu’an to come out. During that time, Shan Mu’an was in a bad mental state because of his parents’ problems and hadn’t slept for several days, so Huo Cheng was able to easily succeed.”

Huo Zhizhou: "The reason."

Huo Sinian knew what he was asking: "He doesn't want you to go against your family for Shan Mu'an's sake. He thinks that as long as Shan Mu'an ends his own life, you will obediently listen to him and won't be deceived by outsiders."

After these words were spoken, the scene remained silent for a long time.

Huo Zhizhou felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if a boulder had struck him.

So, it was he who harmed them.

He saved him, but he led his family to ruin.

“I know you want revenge for your friend, but the existing evidence is insufficient to support your idea,” Huo Sinian reminded him. “It may be harsh, but you are destined to not get justice for Shan Mu’an’s family.”

"This is my business, you don't need to worry about it." Huo Zhizhou was much colder.

Huo Sinian didn't say anything more: "Just keep it in mind."

Huo Zhizhou's gaze fell on him, and compared to before, there was a slightly more complex emotion in his eyes now.

Huo Sinian noticed: "What's wrong?"

"Thank you," Huo Zhizhou said.

Huo Sinian was taken aback.

Huo Zhizhou said, "Although we don't have much of a relationship, you're a good older brother in some ways."

Huo Sinian immediately understood what he was talking about.

He was thanking him for not mentioning that matter in front of him all these years.

I didn't use that incident to hurt him.

“I’m doing this for myself too,” Huo Sinian said.

"When do you want the shares?" Huo Zhizhou said casually, as if it were just a few hundred dollars. "I'll make time to transfer them to you."

Huo Sinian: "?"

Huo Sinian was stunned for a moment.

Huo Zhizhou looked over and met his gaze: "Don't want it?"

Huo Sinian's eyes behind his glasses were unusually serious, his gaze unfathomable black: "You really want to give it to me?"

"I find anything that has been touched by Huo Cheng disgusting." Huo Zhizhou had no desire to have anything to do with the Huo family again, and he even loathed his own surname.

Huo Sinian did not speak.

Huo Zhizhou said, "I only have two requests."

Huo Sinian: "You say it."

"First, no matter what happens in the future, you cannot deal with Jiang Ruan or any of her businesses." Huo Zhizhou remained clear-headed no matter the situation. "Second, you cannot interfere when I deal with Huo Cheng."

“Okay.” Huo Sinian replied without hesitation.

Since we've mentioned Jiang Ruan, I imagine she won't go too far.

At least, it won't break the law.

"I will have Jiang Yu convene a shareholders' meeting tomorrow," Huo Zhizhou said without a trace of a joke in his eyes. "I will get everyone to approve it."

Hearing this, Huo Sinian couldn't describe his feelings.

Before today, he desperately wanted shares in the Huo Group and to control everything in the Huo family. Now, when he realized that what he longed for was something Huo Zhizhou could discard at any time, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

It's like something you painstakingly caught is something others don't want.

"Lin Tan..." Huo Zhizhou said, his gaze falling on him, "Considering you've kept this a secret for me for so many years, I'll give you a piece of advice: if you love someone, be honest, don't resort to hurtful tactics."

"You should take care of yourself and Jiang Ruan first," Huo Sinian said, not giving a direct answer.

Huo Zhizhou casually said, "This is just advice from a younger brother. Whether you listen to it or not is up to you."

"And you?" Huo Sinian asked him.

Huo Zhizhou looked up: "What?"

Huo Sinian asked, "Do you still think that commitment is more important than anything else?"

"It's important." After experiencing so much, Huo Zhizhou has a new perspective, "but that doesn't mean it's rigid."

Even if someone like Huo Cheng proves himself to him, he will never think he is wrong.

Moreover, instead of proving it to him with actions, it would be better to tell him in a more forceful way, which might make him realize how wrong he was in the first place.

After all, he's the kind of person who responds better to gentle persuasion than force.

If Huo Sinian knew his thoughts, he would know that the incident in his childhood did have an impact on Huo Zhizhou. On the contrary, because of that incident, Huo Zhizhou became more extreme and full of resentment than before.

He was just too good at hiding, so much so that no one noticed him.

"Let's go." Huo Zhizhou stood up, his indifference now replaced by a coldness. "Go back to Jingzhou, settle everything, and then the Huo family's affairs will have nothing to do with me anymore."

At this moment, he was especially grateful to his past self.

Let Sui Sui take Jiang Ruan's surname, instead of his.

With a snap.

The door opened.

Jiang Yu and the others came into the sight of Huo Zhizhou and Huo Sinian.

"BOSS." Jiang Yu spoke subconsciously, but when his gaze fell on the redness on Huo Zhizhou's neck, he glanced at Huo Sinian before asking, "What's wrong with your neck?"

Lin Feng, Lin Bei, and the others also looked over.

Huo Zhizhou glanced at Huo Sinian and said casually, "He fought with him."

Everyone: ?

Everyone looked around.

Huo Sinian's clothes were clean and tidy, without a single scratch.

Did he really hit him?

"Let's set off back to Jingzhou." Huo Zhizhou didn't explain much, his expression largely unchanged from before.

Assistant Jiang: "?"

Jiang's assistant exchanged a glance with Lin Bei and Lin Feng.

Undeterred, Lin Feng asked, "Aren't you going to meet Miss Jiang?"

"No, thank you." Huo Zhizhou answered quickly, avoiding their gaze, as if he didn't want to discuss the topic at all. "There are still many things to deal with in Jingzhou."