Chapter Thirty-Nine: She Saw Another Side of Huo Zhan

On the ground, Su Muci's desperate cries, the sound of tearing fabric, and the men's vulgar sneers were like dull knives repeatedly cutting into Fu Hengzhi's nerves.

Some deliberately buried images uncontrollably flooded my mind.

There was the image of Su Muchi, wearing an apron, busily tending to him in the cramped kitchen; there was her looking up at him, her eyes brimming with love, carefully asking if he was tired…

Fu Hengzhi closed his eyes tightly, trying to dispel the warmth he had created himself over the past three years.

My inner voice kept telling me: it's all just acting.

He never loved Su Muci! All of this should have ended long ago!

From the moment he made up his mind to marry Ying'er, from the moment he decided to seek justice for her, Su Muci was not someone he could waver over!

But why does my heart hurt so much?

It felt like a piece of something had been forcibly ripped out.

His fist clenched tighter and tighter, his knuckles turning bluish-white and making a cracking sound.

A surge of intense impulse rushed to my head, overwhelming all reason!

He suddenly turned around, his gaze meeting the chaos, his eyes instantly consumed by crimson, and his reason completely collapsed.

"Damn it! Get out of here! Get out!"

He roared, his voice trembling without him even realizing it.

The four men were stunned by the sudden roar, and their movements came to an abrupt halt.

Just then, a screeching sound of brakes shattered the deathly silence of the abandoned building. Fu Heng instinctively turned around, but before he could even see who it was...

"Bang!"

A heavy side kick slammed into his chest!

The force was so great that he was sent flying backward uncontrollably, his head slamming heavily against the exposed corner of a concrete pillar with a loud thud!

Excruciating pain accompanied by darkness engulfed him, and he lost consciousness.

The four men were terrified by this turn of events. They immediately released Su Muci and scrambled to their feet to surround the newcomers.

But when faced with the chilling aura emanating from that person…

It was the oppressive aura of someone who had long held a high position, mixed with a bloodthirsty stench, even more biting than the cold wind in this unfinished building.

The group froze in place, exchanging glances, none daring to step forward.

Su Muci hurriedly picked up the torn clothes from the ground to cover her body.

She lifted her tear-streaked face and met a pair of deep, cold eyes, recognizing who it was!

It's Hojan!

Huo Zhan's gaze also locked onto Su Muci, who was curled up on the ground.

Her hair was disheveled and stuck to her tear-streaked cheeks. Her tattered clothes barely covered her body, and her exposed skin was covered in bruises. She looked as wretched as a flower ravaged by a storm.

A storm surged in Huo Zhan's cold eyes, the barely perceptible tenderness instantly swallowed by a torrent of violence.

A bloodthirsty urge roared in his chest to tear those beasts to pieces.

He strode towards her, took off his suit jacket and wrapped it around her trembling body. He carefully wiped away the tears on her cheeks with his fingertips, the slight trembling of his fingertips revealing his extreme restraint.

"Close your eyes, leave this to me."

The man's voice was deep and magnetic.

Su Muci choked back tears and obediently closed her eyes, her long eyelashes still glistening with tears.

The moment she closed her eyes, Huo Zhan's aura suddenly changed.

That warmth vanished completely, leaving only an icy, violent ferocity.

"superior!"

Someone shouted, and four men pounced on them at the same time.

The air was instantly filled with the dull thuds of fists hitting flesh, the cracking sounds of bones dislocating, and a man's piercing screams...

Su Muci trembled even more violently, covering her eyes tightly with her hands, unable to look.

Only when the surroundings were completely quiet did she tremble as she opened her eyes and peer through her fingers...

The four men lay sprawled in pools of blood, their earlier arrogance completely gone.

Huo Zhan stood in the center, slowly wiping the bloodstains on his knuckles with a clean handkerchief. His shirt collar was slightly open, and his breathing was not even too disordered, as if he had just crushed a few ants.

Su Muci had never seen Huo Zhan like this before. In the past, she would probably have been trembling with fear.

But at this moment, looking at the man's tall and straight back, she felt inexplicably at peace.

She even inexplicably believed that no matter how this man treated others, he would never hurt her.

Meanwhile, Huo Zhan tossed the handkerchief he had just used to wipe the ground, his eyes darkening as he glanced at Fu Hengzhi, who was wearing a hospital gown and had already fainted. A murderous intent flashed across his face, but he quickly suppressed it and walked back to Su Muci's side.

He bent down and squatted in front of her, looking at her still covering her face, her eyes tightly closed, and her shoulders trembling slightly, and his Adam's apple bobbed loudly.

Heartache and violence clashed in his chest, but he tried to keep his voice gentle: "Miss Su, it's alright. I'll take you home, okay?"

The word "go home" pierced Su Muci's heart unexpectedly.

Three years ago, Fu Hengzhi had said the same words to her tenderly. She had trusted and relied on him so completely, treating that room as her whole world, only to end up battered and bruised.

She dared not give herself to any man so easily again.

The hands covering her face slowly fell, and she opened her almond-shaped eyes, the tears still wet at the corners of her eyes. Her gaze involuntarily passed over Huo Zhan's broad shoulders and landed on Fu Hengzhi, who was lying unconscious on the ground.

Almost at the same time, she said in a hoarse voice, like sandpaper, "Mr. Huo, I owe you today, and I will definitely repay you when I have the chance."

Do you owe him?

Huo Zhan keenly sensed the deliberate distance she maintained in her words and followed her gaze to the man lying on the ground.

His gaze suddenly darkened, and a complex mix of emotions surged within his deep eyes.

But in the end, he only let out a low reply: "Okay, then I'll owe you for now."

Huo Zhan leaned forward slightly, and with a strong movement of his arms, he picked up Su Muci, who was wrapped in a coat, and carried her steadily toward the black car parked not far away.

Through the windshield and the thick smell of blood that rushed out the moment the door opened, Cheng Siyu, sitting in the driver's seat, could almost foresee the terrible scene inside the unfinished building.

He couldn't help but recall the scene in the electrotherapy room, where he had just received a call from the bodyguard about Miss Su's disappearance. Before he could even wake Huo Zhan, who was still undergoing treatment, the latter suddenly woke up from the electrotherapy bed.

After Huo Zhan woke up, he barely uttered a single unnecessary word, quickly spitting out four words: "She's in danger!"

He rushed out without a second thought.

This is an unprecedented case in Cheng Siyu's long medical career.

He sighed inwardly.

He once thought that Huo Zhan was just the most difficult patient he had ever encountered.

But now, he has changed his mind: this may not be an illness, but a kind of shackle that even modern science struggles to explain and that transcends common sense.

"drive."

From the back seat came Huo Zhan's low-pitched command.

Cheng Siyu composed himself, no longer hesitated, and immediately started the engine.

...

About ten minutes later, Fu Hengzhi, who was lying on the ground, woke up in excruciating pain.

He struggled to sit up, pressing hard on the swollen bump on the back of his head and his still throbbing chest with his fingers, his face looking extremely pale.

Seeing the four men lying on the ground, and recalling the man who had charged at them with astonishing speed and terrifying force...

Although it was only for a brief moment, he vaguely saw a outline.

He looks a lot like Mr. Zero from the Huo Group!

Fu Hengzhi picked up his phone from the ground and dialed a number: "Go and retrieve the roadside surveillance footage near the unfinished building in XX, West City!"

He had to find out who this man who took Su Muci away was!