Chapter 588 You've always been someone who dares to fight and grab.

Chapter 588 You've always been someone who dares to fight and grab.

Huo Zhizhou took the phone and browsed through the survey results one by one.

After reviewing everything, he instructed, "Have the people in Jingzhou collect the evidence and send it to me as soon as possible."

Jiang, Special Assistant: "Okay."

"Has Su Anran been found?" Huo Zhizhou asked.

"Found it," Assistant Jiang said. "What would you like to do with it?"

"Ask her if she wants to go to jail or be left to fend for herself in international waters." Huo Zhizhou said this without any emotion in his eyes. "If she doesn't choose, just throw her into international waters, it'll save you trouble."

According to the timeline, Su Anran should have been sentenced by now.

But Huo Sinian intervened and rescued them.

This led to the matter being shelved.

“Okay.” Assistant Jiang immediately went to do it.

He left.

Huo Zhizhou sat there again, as if all his strength had been drained.

Not contacting Ruan Ruan was too difficult for him. In just a few days, he felt like he was dying, but he didn't dare to bother her, afraid of driving her crazy as Gu Shixi had said.

Ruan Ruan seems easy to talk to, but if she's really pushed to the brink, she'll probably go crazy just like him.

That time he took a knife from the hotel is the best proof.

You don't have to contact me...

How long can he hold on?

Thinking of this, he picked up the computer next to him, pulled up his list of assets, and wrote something down.

About half an hour later.

Before I finished writing, Huo Sinian called.

Huo Zhizhou didn't want to answer, but thinking that he wouldn't contact him unless it was something important, he answered anyway. He didn't try to disguise his voice and just said naturally, "Hello."

Huo Sinian: "Are you sick?"

Huo Zhizhou: "What is it? Just say it."

"Mom has been insisting on seeing you these past few days and has been asking me to call you." Huo Sinian said gently, looking at the person he had just persuaded. "She even said just now that if you don't come back, she'll just kill herself."

Huo Zhizhou was no longer emotionally affected.

He had heard these words many times since he was a child. Whenever something did not go her way, she would threaten him with death, and Huo Cheng would scold him from the side, saying things like, "Look what you've done to your mother," or "Can't you be more sensible?"

When I was little, I didn't dare to rebel, afraid that she would really do that.

It was only later that it was discovered that this was merely a means for her to achieve her selfish goals.

"It has nothing to do with me." Huo Zhizhou spoke calmly. "The Huo family and the Huo Group have been handed over to you, so naturally they belong to you as well."

Huo Sinian: "If you don't be a little harsh, she won't give up."

Huo Zhizhou: "Is she with you?"

Huo Sinian: "Yes."

Huo Zhizhou's tone was devoid of emotion: "Turn on the speakerphone."

Huo Sinian turned on the speakerphone and held it in front of Qiao Shuyun, still exuding that gentle and refined temperament: "Zhizhou has something to say to you."

"Zhizhou, where are you?" Qiao Shuyun picked up the phone and began to speak, her eyes filled with longing for him. "Why won't you answer my calls? You've cut ties with me and your father for a woman. Don't you think that's going too far?"

Hearing this...

Huo Sinian felt a pang of sympathy for his younger brother.

He's been good at pretending and acting since he was a child, so he's suffered a lot less.

But his younger brother was different. He was always straightforward. When he was beaten because he was powerless, he would just accept it without making excuses. He would also listen to what his parents said. As a result, he became his parents' emotional dumping ground from a young age.

Fortunately, he is very successful.

He carved out a path for himself entirely through his own intellect.

"Saying things like that will only push him further away," Huo Sinian reminded him after careful consideration.

Qiao Shuyun was taken aback.

Realizing that her words would indeed anger Huo Zhizhou, she quickly said a second sentence.

"Mom just misses you so much, that's all."

"You haven't been back for so long, I have no idea how you're doing out there."

"Do you care?" Huo Zhizhou asked.

"Of course I care," Qiao Shuyun quickly replied. "You are my child, how could a mother not care about her own child?"

Huo Zhizhou: "When you had me thrown into the river and watched me struggle in fear and panic, what were you thinking?"

He once said he was afraid of water.

I've tried many times but it didn't work.

The more you pressure him, the more afraid he becomes.

But they remained unmoved, letting him struggle and thrash in the water, ignoring his cries for help.

He still vividly remembers the agony of drowning.

If Ruan Ruan hadn't saved him, he really would have died.

They will die from their negligence, they will die from their pride.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qiao Shuyun didn't remember the incident clearly; to her, it was just a trivial matter that didn't warrant much attention. "How could Mom throw you into the river and watch you struggle?"

Huo Sinian reminded him, "What he said is true."

Qiao Shuyun: "Impossible."

Huo Sinian: "He has been thrown into not only the river, but also into very deep swimming pools many times, and he has even sunk in them."

Zhizhou was small back then.

The person isn't even as tall as the swimming pool.

"No...it's impossible." Qiao Shuyun said without much confidence, but stubbornly refused to admit defeat. "You must have remembered it wrong."

"I just heard Huo Sinian say that if I didn't come back, you would want to kill yourself?" Huo Zhizhou asked without any emotional fluctuation.

What are they like?

He knew it all along.

The longing for paternal and maternal love disappeared completely after Ruanruan and Suisui were born.

"Mom just misses you." Qiao Shuyun clearly knew her son's temperament, so she put it another way, "You've been gone for so long without answering the phone or replying to messages, I'm very worried."

Huo Zhizhou turned a deaf ear.

He simply said coldly, "If you still have such thoughts, go ahead and crash. If you really die, I'll come back for your final farewell."

Huo Sinian: "..."

Qiao Shuyun: "How could you talk to your mother like that?"

Huo Zhizhou hanged himself without hesitation.

If it were a very long time ago, he would be sad and constantly suffer internally.

The reason he targeted Huo Cheng but not her all these years was not only because she hadn't been involved much in the affairs of Shan Mu'an's family, but more importantly because she had given birth to him.

The debt of gratitude for giving birth must be repaid.

But I've already paid back almost all the painful moments I had as a child and that near-death experience.

Buzzing.

The phone rang again.

It was Huo Sinian who called.

As soon as the call connected, Huo Zhizhou told him, "Don't call me about Huo Cheng and her anymore."

"What's wrong?" Huo Sinian asked.

Huo Zhizhou didn't say.

He didn't know what was wrong with him.

He was going crazy thinking about Ruan Ruan; every cell in his body was uncontrollably thinking about her, wanting to see her, wanting to hug her, wanting to hold her tightly and feel her warmth.

But the thought that his care and affection might hurt her made him afraid to go to her.

"Why didn't you go to see Jiang Ruan after the matter was resolved? Why did you go abroad?" Huo Sinian asked.

Huo Zhizhou wasn't surprised that he knew his whereabouts: "This is none of your business."

Huo Sinian: "Because of Jiang Ruan?"

Huo Zhizhou remained silent.

Huo Sinian: "Is she ignoring you, or does she not want to see you?"

Huo Sinian: "When did you become so cowardly? Weren't you always so assertive and competitive?"