Chapter 548 Slapped Twice

Chapter 548 Slapped Twice

Jiang Ruan glared at him with disgust and stubbornness: "Let go."

"You answer first." Huo Zhizhou didn't let go, and the hand on her waist tightened its grip on him.

Jiang Ruan's tone was cold: "Do you think I'm trying to make you angry?"

Huo Zhizhou: "Yes."

“You’re not qualified.” Jiang Ruan said calmly, looking at him as if he were a stranger. “I simply dislike you, despise you, and hate you.”

"I don't believe it," Huo Zhizhou said firmly.

Jiang Ruan: "Believe it or not, it's up to you."

Huo Zhizhou looked at her, and at such close range he could see the long, curled eyelashes on her eyelashes. Her eyes reflected nothing but his image.

“I know you very well, and I know your personality.” Huo Zhizhou’s voice was magnetic, gentle, and deep.

"That sounds so nice." Jiang Ruan glanced down at her body, which he had restrained and unable to move, and said with a hint of mockery, "Then what are you going to do now?"

Huo Zhizhou: "Angry."

Jiang Ruan, turn your eyes away.

I don't even want to hear it anymore.

"I'm angry that you put yourself in such a bad position just to make me angry." Huo Zhizhou's eyes were full of concern for her. "You can hit me, scold me, and insult me, but I don't want you to talk about yourself like that."

Jiang Ruan was stunned.

“Let’s talk this out. As long as you’re willing to accept my pursuit again and be with me,” Huo Zhizhou released her and looked down at her. “I’ll pay any price you want.”

He was met with a resounding slap.

"Smack!"

Jiang Ruan beat him without any mercy.

She distanced herself from him, maintaining a cold demeanor: "This is retribution for the offense you just committed against me."

The words fell.

Silence fell over the room.

Huo Zhizhou felt a tingling pain on her face, and a fresh handprint quickly appeared on her face, with five fingers clearly visible. A pair of dark eyes were staring at her.

"One more time?" he asked.

Jiang Ruan frowned.

Huo Zhizhou pointed to his right cheek, his tone not much different from before: "Make it symmetrical, breathe more out."

Jiang Ruan looked at him.

The next second.

She hit him.

"Smack!"

The same force as before.

They showed no mercy whatsoever.

She thought that if she didn't be firm this time, he would only go even further next time.

"Why didn't you use any tools? Your hands are much more delicate than my face." Huo Zhizhou took her hand and felt a pang of heartache when he saw that her palm was red. "Does it hurt?"

"You're crazy!" Jiang Ruan pulled her hand away.

Huo Zhizhou tightened his grip, preventing her from leaving.

Jiang Ruan glared at him.

Huo Zhizhou said, word by word, "Are you still angry?"

Jiang Ruan was about to speak when she stopped when she saw the handprints on both sides of his face.

She thought Huo Zhizhou was crazy.

A madman who has lost his mind.

"Remember to use tools next time." Huo Zhizhou gently rubbed her palm, his tone tender. "Does it hurt a lot?"

"Stop pretending." Jiang Ruan wasn't appreciative at all. "If you don't offend me, nothing will happen."

Huo Zhizhou did not explain.

They are now ex-husband and ex-wife, which is indeed offensive in a factual sense. But he really misses her so much, and if they continue to be so cold towards each other, he will go crazy.

"You can leave now, and don't come back again," Jiang Ruan said.

Huo Zhizhou didn't move.

Jiang Ruan used her other free hand to take out her phone and call Mo Mo: "Come in and drag Huo Zhizhou out."

Mo Mo: "Okay."

Not long after.

Mo Mo came in.

She immediately noticed the slap mark on Huo Zhizhou's face and, sensing the tense atmosphere in the room, politely said, "Ex-husband, would you like to leave by yourself, or should I ask you to leave?"

"I'm leaving now." Huo Zhizhou didn't linger, squeezed her hand for a moment, and then let go.

Jiang Ruan didn't even look at him.

Huo Zhizhou patted her head again before leaving. By the time Jiang Ruan wanted to hit him back, he had already let go and left.

When they reached the top of the stairs, Huo Zhizhou and Li Zhishen made eye contact.

"Tsk tsk tsk, got beaten up?" Li Zhishen said deliberately.

He knew something was wrong when he saw Mo Mo go upstairs, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

The shots were quite symmetrical.

Huo Zhizhou remained calm and unhurried, saying, "Envious?"

"What do I have to envy?" Li Zhishen thought he was sick, seriously sick. "He's been beaten senseless."

“Although it was hitting, in a sense, Ruan Ruan is still willing to touch me and has feelings for me.” Huo Zhizhou looked at him. “What about you? Does Mom treat you in any special way?”

Li Zhishen was about to retort when he suddenly fell silent.

After eating so many meals with him, An'an treated him like a stranger. She never hit him, and she didn't even give him a look of disgust or hatred. If he annoyed her, she would kill him like a fly.

This comparison...

He suddenly felt a little envious of Huo Zhizhou's slap.

"Looks like nothing special." Huo Zhizhou saw through it at a glance.

"Stop trying to justify your shamelessness." Li Zhishen would never admit it openly, "Ruan Ruan hit you only because she didn't like you and had feelings for you, because there's still Sui Sui between you two."

"You don't have any?" Huo Zhizhou retorted.

Li Zhishen: "Our children have grown up."

Huo Zhizhou: "That's true."

Li Zhishen: "?"

Huo Zhizhou: "If the relationship is over and the child is not acknowledged, you still have to save face for yourself."

"It's not like Sui Sui acknowledges you as her father." Li Zhishen scoffed, then called out the same phrase Sui Sui always used, "Uncle Huo—"

“That’s just the playful banter between father and son. When he gets serious, he’ll still call me Dad.” Huo Zhizhou had a clear advantage in this regard. “Has Ruan Ruan ever called you that?”

Li Zhishen: "..."

Huo Zhizhou then said, "At least Ruan Ruan and I were on the same household registration. What about you?"

Li Zhishen: "..."

Huo Zhizhou: "You were at most a fleeting affair for Mom."

Li Zhishen ground down his molars.

This ex-son-in-law is really hard to like.

"I can come and go as I please here, can you?" He was determined to move some of it back.

"Really?" Huo Zhizhou said, "I'll ask Mom later."

Li Zhishen stared at him.

He is Ruanruan's dad, after all.

Can't this guy have any respect?

"Make way," Huo Zhizhou said.

Li Zhishen: "No."

Huo Zhizhou calmly asked, "Do you want me to stay for dinner?"

Li Zhishen remained silent.

Huo Zhizhou continued with his hurtful words: "Do you have that authority?"

"Aren't you afraid of being unable to rejoin this family after being so angry with your former father-in-law?" Li Zhishen was still not giving up.

"Seriously speaking, my former father-in-law should be Jiang Chenren," Huo Zhizhou said, showing no mercy whatsoever, "not you, who has absolutely no relation to Mom."

"Fine, you're really something." Li Zhishen couldn't argue with him. "If you can win Ruan Ruan over, I'll admit defeat."

Huo Zhizhou looked him up and down.

He walked past him.

Li Zhishen: "???"

Li Zhishen frowned as he looked at him.

This is how you treat your elders.

"Is Sui Sui down there?" Huo Zhizhou took two steps and suddenly stopped.

Looking at the slap mark on his face, Li Zhishen seized the opportunity to start making more: "Afraid of losing face if he sees it?"

"There's a reason why Mom doesn't like you and Ruan Ruan doesn't acknowledge you," Huo Zhizhou said calmly.

Li Zhishen: "?"

Mo Mo: "Sui Sui is playing with Madam in the attic next door."

Huo Zhizhou hummed in agreement and said calmly, "You don't need to see me off, I'll go out myself."

"Okay." Mo Mo believed him.

Huo Zhizhou left.

Mo Mo then focused her gaze on Li Zhishen.

His gaze was too direct, and Li Zhishen quickly noticed: "Is something the matter?"

"It's nothing." Mo Mo is a straightforward person, and here she only cares about her boss. "I just think what my ex-husband said is quite right."

Li Zhishen: "?"

Li Zhishen asked, "Which sentence?"

Mo Mo said in a serious tone, "There are reasons why the madam doesn't like you and the boss doesn't recognize you."