Chapter 798 Slapped Twice

Chapter 798 Slapped Twice

Ten minutes later.

Huo Zhizhou finished speaking.

Li Zhishen did it; Lin Feng was an accomplice.

Jiang Ruan thought it was all nonsense: "Lin Feng is your man, so why does he listen to Uncle Li? Uncle Li has no grudge against you, so why would he do something illegal?"

"Lin Feng said that Chairman Li told him that this was my idea, but he didn't want Lin Bei and Jiang Yu to know, so he entrusted this important task to him," Huo Zhizhou said seriously.

Jiang Ruan: "?"

Jiang Ruan was filled with questions, and bluntly pointed out the flaw: "If he were so easy to fool, he wouldn't have become your bodyguard."

“If the target is you, it will be easier to deceive you,” Huo Zhizhou said.

Jiang Ruan looked at him.

Huo Zhizhou continued, "I told him before that if anything happens, you should take the lead, even if it's a conflict between us, you should still comply."

Jiang Ruan paused.

Thinking back to what happened at the Software Park.

Huo Zhizhou and Su Anran were both present, and Lin Feng stood in front of her without hesitation and shooed them away. Lin Bei said he had forgotten who the employer was, and Lin Feng said she was in charge.

"As for Chairman Li's reasons for doing this, it's not hard to guess." Huo Zhizhou remained calm throughout. "He probably doesn't like me and wants to play a trick on me, using his wealth to make up for the harm I caused you back then."

“Uncle Li isn’t the kind of person who would casually invade other people’s privacy or break the law.” Jiang Ruan was still a little skeptical.

Huo Zhizhou: "Are you sure?"

Jiang Ruan: "?"

What's uncertain about that?

"He barged into Qin Muchuan's house without even saying hello and beat him so badly that it took him several months to recover," Huo Zhizhou recalled for her. "You call that not breaking the law?"

Jiang Ruan tried to find an excuse for him: "He was standing up for his mother."

Huo Zhizhou: "This is to vent your anger."

Jiang Ruan: "?"

Jiang Ruan still didn't believe it.

“If you still have doubts, you can call him and ask,” Huo Zhizhou said. “But given his personality, he definitely won’t admit it at first.”

"Whether he admits it or not, the transfer of property is a fact." Jiang Ruan planned to ask him when he returned, as she couldn't see his expression and eyes over the phone and it would be easy to make an inaccurate judgment.

Huo Zhizhou: "I guess so."

Jiang Ruan: "Turn back yourself."

Huo Zhizhou: "No need, those..."

Jiang Ruan said decisively, "If we don't go back, the three meetings a week can be canceled."

Seeing that she was serious, Huo Zhizhou nodded readily: "Okay."

That being said.

He had no intention of withdrawing.

Instead, he sent a message to Si Ning, asking her to help hide the assets he transferred to Jiang Ruan so that she wouldn't be able to see them when she checked. Si Ning never refused anything that would benefit Jiang Ruan.

In the time that followed.

Jiang Ruan and Huo Zhizhou fell silent.

Just as Jiang Ruan was about to let him leave so she could go about her business, Huo Zhizhou pulled out a neatly folded A4 sheet of paper from his pocket: "Ruan Ruan."

Jiang Ruan raised her eyes.

His calm face revealed no emotion.

"There's something I need to trouble you with." Huo Zhizhou unfolded the paper in his hand and handed it to her. "This is the general content. Jiang Yu will send over the formal engagement agreement in a few days."

Jiang Ruan: "?"

Jiang Ruan accepted it with a puzzled look.

As I looked down from the first line, my brow furrowed more deeply with each additional line I read.

"Right now, I only have you and Sui Sui as my family." Huo Zhizhou's voice was calm, his gaze fixed on her. "If something unexpected happens and I need to sign something, I hope that person is you."

Jiang Ruan handed the paper back to him: "Take it back, there's no chance of anything going wrong."

“What if there is?” Huo Zhizhou looked into her eyes. “I don’t want that person to be Huo Cheng, nor do I want it to be Huo Sinian.”

Jiang Ruan fell silent.

She understood Huo Zhizhou's considerations.

Can--

“If we were husband and wife, we wouldn’t even need to prepare this power of attorney; you could decide everything for me.” Huo Zhizhou wanted to get involved with Jiang Ruan, no matter what means he used, “but we’re divorced now.”

Jiang Ruan glanced at the general contents again.

After a moment of silence.

She agreed: "Okay."

Huo Zhizhou's lips curved into a slight smile, his dark eyes shimmering with warmth and undisguised affection: "Thank you, Ruan Ruan."

"Let's make it clear beforehand, this will only last until Sui Sui comes of age at most." Jiang Ruan was used to making things clear in advance.

Huo Zhizhou agreed: "Okay."

For him, continuing until he reaches adulthood is no different from a lifetime. Even if Ruan Ruan is still unwilling to remarry him by then, they should still be inseparable friends.

That evening.

Huo Zhizhou then asked Jiang Yu to bring over the notarized power of attorney.

Jiang Ruan accepted the package without saying much and put it away.

Seeing that Huo Zhizhou hadn't left by dinner time, and that Jiang Ruan didn't seem inclined to send him away, Old Master Qin quietly sent Li Zhishen a message: "Huo Zhizhou is staying for dinner, what about you?"

Li Zhishen had just finished his work: [Is having dinner something to brag about?]

Grandpa Qin: [Ruan Ruan willingly let him eat it.]

Li Zhishen: [...]

Thinking about that phone call that afternoon, I suddenly felt like I'd been tricked.

Did this kid climb to the top by stepping on him?

——

In the following days.

Huo Zhizhou would occasionally be called upon by the old man to keep him company, while Jiang Ruan was busy with Jiang An's case and her own work.

Time flies.

Before they knew it, the day of the court hearing arrived.

The whole process went smoothly. With Zhou Ran, a top lawyer in the industry, present, Jiang Ruan and her team didn't need to worry about anything. No verdict was announced on the day of the trial; such complex cases usually require discussion.

The results came out in the second week.

Qin Muchuan was sentenced to three years in prison and was taken into custody in court.

Qin Muchuan and Yu Peiyun were dissatisfied with the result and immediately began to appeal. Yu Peiyun even slapped Qin Mo in front of everyone after leaving the courthouse: "Slap!"

She fanned herself very hard.

A red mark appeared on Qin Mo's face almost instantly.

"Mom!" Qin Luofeng quickly stopped her, "What are you doing!"

"Ask him what he's doing!" Yu Peiyun was so angry her heart ached, and her eyes reddened. "He told your dad he could get him only a year in jail, but what happened? Three years!"

“Brother has already tried his best.” This time, Qin Luofeng was completely on Qin Mo’s side. “It would be difficult for anyone else to reduce Dad’s sentence from so much to three years.”

They provide evidence in major gang cases and help arrest people.

If it weren't for two major cases supporting the verdict, the sentence would have been far more than three years.

"He said it himself, within a year!" Yu Peiyun said angrily. "It wasn't my request."

Qin Luofeng was still trying to persuade him.

They offered various words of fairness and comfort.

Qin Mo remained silent, giving off a cold and aloof vibe, his face completely devoid of any expression.

Right after Yu Peiyun said that, Qin Mo spoke up: "He brought it on himself."

Yu Peiyun immediately became furious: "What did you say!"

"If he hadn't gotten into a conflict with someone in court because he couldn't stand what Zhou Ran said, he wouldn't have been sentenced to such a long time." Qin Mo said expressionlessly. "Before the trial, I repeatedly told him to maintain a humble attitude of admitting his mistakes no matter what the other party said."

“If he hadn’t said that your dad was still eyeing Qin An’s assets, would your dad have been angry?” Yu Peiyun said.

Qin Mo: "Did he say something wrong?"

Yu Peiyun's eyes widened.

Qin Mo: "Didn't Dad keep an eye on things?"

"Smack!"

Yu Peiyun slapped him again.

Her hands were trembling with anger. She never expected her son to be such a cold-blooded person: "How can you be so heartless! He's your father, and you're still taking the side of an outsider!"

"Mom!" Qin Luofeng exclaimed anxiously.

"If you speak up for him again, you can forget about being my mother." Yu Peiyun was furious.

Qin Luofeng frowned slightly.

He could only tell Qin Mo, "Mom was just acting on impulse, don't take it too seriously."

Qin Mo didn't say anything.

He knew whether it was a momentary emotional outburst or a genuine prejudice.

If Luo Feng were to do this, his mother would only say that Jiang Ruan and the others were cunning and wouldn't blame Luo Feng in the slightest.