He didn't speak, his breathing grew heavier.

My phone vibrated; an email had arrived.

He looked through the documents.

Just as he suspected, this Lu Lishan had a grudge against the real Gu Mang in the past.

“Young Master,” Fang Han continued, “Lu Lishan was imprisoned for intentional assault when he was eighteen and sentenced to ten years, but he was released two years early because of his good behavior in prison.”

"In the past two years, he has been making great strides in the Jiangzhou area, taking over several large gangs. However, there are also rumors that he rose to power by instigating those big shots to secretly eliminate them, which is why he became the leader."

He frowned and gently rubbed his temples.

“Lu Lishan now owns a lot of bars and nightclubs, but these are all fronts. He’s really involved in underworld business.”

He asked in a deep voice, "What was his situation like in prison before?"

Fang Han coughed twice. "This man used to be a leader in the prison. It is said that there are different classes among prisoners. People like Lu Lishan, who came in for murder and injury, are a class above others and are respected by the other prisoners."

"And Gu Mang, a rapist, is the kind of person they despise the most."

"What?" He was very surprised that he had taken on this identity!

"Wasn't it said that guy was just a petty thug who only knew how to fight?"

"Third Master," Fang Han said with a wry smile, "how could an ordinary hoodlum go in and out of prison so many times!"

Master Huo frowned deeply, and his temples throbbed even more.

"Gu Mang is a repeat offender. It's said that the youngest girl he's assaulted was only sixteen years old..."

Huo Zhixing took a deep breath and exhaled heavily.

That's disgusting!

Lu Lishan looked down on this kind of man, and he despised him even more.

Fortunately, Gu Mang was already dead.

"Young Master, you'd better stay away from that Lu Lishan. He has some influence now, although not as much as the Huo family, but he's from the underworld, and his rules are completely different from ours. What if he..."

"Yes, I know what I'm talking about." He knew what Fang Han was going to say.

If Lu Lishan deliberately comes to cause trouble for Gu Mang because of his past harassment and contempt, it will be easy to find out that he and Gu Mang are not the same person at all.

Now he's not afraid of anything else, except that Jiang Can will find out.

Although she would find out he was Huo Zhixing sooner or later, he wanted to explain it to her slowly. Before that, he absolutely couldn't allow any accidents to happen.

Huo Zhixing hung up the phone, grabbed a towel to dry himself, and went outside.

Jiang Can was already asleep, lying face down on the bed with her arms outstretched, one leg curled up and the other straight, taking up the entire bed.

Huo Zhixing smiled; his wife's sleeping posture was indeed not very beautiful.

But he just likes it.

He walked over gently, placed a light kiss on her forehead, covered her with the sheet, and quietly turned back to the living room.

Huo's land acquisition plan in the western part of Central City is only halfway done. Now he needs to find a way to bring in funds from Manchester so that both parties can work together to make the project a success.

However, the inherently suspicious Old Master Huo was always wary of his maternal grandfather's family and was unwilling to cooperate easily.

Huo Zhixing rubbed his temples, turned on his computer, and continued writing the proposal.

After some time, he straightened up, intending to pour himself a glass of water, but suddenly noticed Jiang Can standing at the bedroom door, looking at him sleepily.

"Honey, what are you doing?"

Huo Zhixing was taken aback, then calmly closed his laptop.

"I can't sleep, so I got up to check the news."

"There's news to watch in the middle of the night?"

"They were some old news articles; I just browsed them because I was bored."

Jiang Can nodded, still sleepy, and gently leaned on his shoulder.

Huo Zhixing embraced her, his nose brushing against her thick, long hair, the faint fragrance of which was refreshing.

If it weren't for the fact that she's currently inconvenient...

Huo Zhixing took a deep breath and desperately suppressed the impulse.

Lately, these romantic thoughts have been coming on more and more frequently.

"Honey," Jiang Can said softly, "there's something I want to discuss with you."

"What's wrong?"

“My dad talked to me once, wanting me to work at Jiang’s. He said the salary would be three times what I get here, so I wouldn’t have to worry about my mom’s medical expenses.”

Huo Zhixing frowned, a dark glint flashing in his eyes.

Jiang Mingyuan, that old fox, is not as simple-minded as he appears on the surface.

"So what do you think?"

"Me?" Jiang Can smiled, she saw right through her. "Do you think my dad is so kind as to want me to go back? He's never fulfilled his responsibilities as a father for a single day since I was a child. Isn't it a bit strange that he suddenly wants me to go back to work at Jiang's?"

Huo Zhixing's brows furrowed, and a smile appeared on his lips.

He knew that his young wife was very clever and not so easily fooled, nor would she be blinded by so-called "family affection".

“My dad loves the power he wields most,” Jiang Can continued. “But Jiang Yao was misbehaving recently, which made him wary. The reason he asked me to go back now is just to give Jiang Yao a warning, to let her know that besides her, there is another daughter in the family, me.”

“Perhaps if we think of him in a worse light, it’s like…” Jiang Can curled up, resting her chin on her knees, her big eyes blinking.

"He wants to sit back and watch the tigers fight, to see me and Jiang Yao kill each other. Ha, he just wants to use me to keep Jiang Yao in check."

Huo Zhixing was taken aback, then chuckled softly.

"You really think so?"

"Hmm." Jiang Can looked up at him. "Honey, do you think I'm scary, thinking of my own father as so cold-blooded..."

"No." Huo Zhixing shook his head, his expression gentle and calm. "I'm relieved."

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