Chapter 35 I'll marry her, how?

Luo Tingwei went back to her room to get her toiletries and was about to go out.

When they opened the door, they found Huo Zhizhou standing outside.

"cousin?"

She was a little surprised. "What are you doing here?"

Huo Zhizhou looked at her calmly, seemingly knowing where she was going, and said indifferently,

"Go in five minutes."

Luo Tingwei was confused by his words. "What's wrong?"

Huo Zhizhou narrowed his eyes and stubbed out his cigarette. "I'll take you to catch them in the act in five minutes."

If he had any doubts before, after that farce, he could no longer believe that Luo Tingwei and that man were in a normal relationship.

Luo Tingwei was, after all, his cousin, so he had to do something about it.

However, without a legitimate reason, rashly intervening in the relationship between the two will only give others something to say, that he is meddling in other people's business.

Once he stands on the moral high ground and has a legitimate reason, he's more likely to take action.

Luo Tingwei didn't know what he was going to do, so she didn't ask any further questions.

Five minutes later, she followed Huo Zhizhou toward Li Yanzhou's room.

The room door was tightly closed, but by peering into the doorway, one could hear some sounds coming from inside.

Luo Tingwei frowned; she thought she heard a woman's moan.

"A woman is inside?"

She glanced at Huo Zhizhou.

"Um."

Huo Zhizhou responded and began knocking on the door.

The commotion inside seemed to have abruptly ceased.

Huo Zhizhou curled his lips into a faint smile and scoffed, "Let's see how he tries to renege on his promise now."

However, the door was suddenly opened the next second.

The door opened faster than either of them had imagined.

Huo Zhizhou stood at the door, but what he saw was not what he had imagined.

What came into his view was a woman who was tightly bound from head to toe, kneeling on the ground, with a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth.

Who else could it be but the woman he sent?

Li Yanzhou's cold, mocking voice rang in his ears.

"President Huo seems quite disappointed."

"After all, she's one of your people. How about this, I'll only allow her to kneel in front of my bed as a decorative vase for one night. That won't be too much of a loss of face for you. What do you say?"

Huo Zhizhou's face immediately turned ugly, even showing a hint of embarrassment.

For a moment, Luo Tingwei also felt ashamed to lift her head.

She never expected that Huo Zhizhou's so-called "catching someone in the act" was simply sending a woman to Li Yanzhou's room.

Upon closer inspection, this woman does bear a resemblance to her.

Hmm... at least they put in some effort.

"President Li, since you don't need her, let her go first. There are some things I'd like to discuss with you privately."

Huo Zhizhou quickly perked up and regained his composure.

Li Yanzhou's face was full of a half-smile, as if to say, "Do as you please."

So Huo Zhizhou went over and untied the woman, and quickly let her go.

"President Li..."

"Huo Zhizhou".

Just as the man was about to speak, Li Yanzhou suddenly interrupted him coldly.

Huo Zhizhou was stunned, at a loss for words at his sudden outburst.

Li Yanzhou slowly turned his head to look at him, his eyes growing increasingly angry.

"I can let the woman's matter go, but shouldn't you give me an explanation for drugging me? Is this how you treat your guests?"

If it weren't for taking a small sip and noticing something amiss in time, this place would probably already be a battlefield after the lovemaking.

The thought of almost losing his integrity made him want to tear Huo Zhizhou to pieces.

"President Li, calm down. It's just a bottle of wine. If one gets dirty, I'll just buy you a few more."

Huo Zhizhou wiped the sweat from his forehead, trying his best to remain calm.

"Do you think I need your little bit of alcohol?"

Li Yanzhou glanced at him, as if he had heard a joke.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Huo Zhizhou finally lowered his stance and spoke in a conciliatory tone.

"Then, Mr. Li, please make it clear what you wish to do."

"As the saying goes, children pay for their fathers' debts. Shouldn't you, as the older brother, bear the consequences of your mistakes, especially since they were made by your younger sister?"

As Li Yanzhou spoke, his gaze was fixed on the woman behind him.

She looked like a little white rabbit, hiding here and there, seemingly trying her best to avoid being involved in the war.

Unfortunately, she was already caught up in it all and was destined to be unable to escape.

Upon hearing this, Huo Zhizhou frowned immediately. "What do you want to do? She's just a girl, this has nothing to do with her."

"Don't worry, how could I bear to hurt her? It's just that she might suffer a bit in bed tonight."

Li Yanzhou made no attempt to hide his gaze, boldly and intensely fixed on Luo Tingwei.

"I can't bear to waste the effort you put into drugging me, so I'll just have to make the most of it with your sister later."

Upon hearing this, Huo Zhizhou's expression changed.

This man is truly a bastard.

They even discussed their private matters, like those between the bedside and pillow, in front of him, an outsider.

His words were undoubtedly a warning to him.

His self-righteous cleverness will not only fail to protect her, but will instead turn into arrows that harm her.

“Li Yanzhou, my sister is half a member of the Huo family, not an object you can toy with and manipulate at will. If you cannot treat her with equality and respect, I will not stand idly by.”

Huo Zhizhou stopped pretending and chose to directly break off relations.

Li Yanzhou is far too arrogant.

His words also implied contempt for, and even provocation against, the Huo family.

After all, Luo Tingwei's mother, who is also his aunt, is surnamed Huo.

"You won't just stand by and do nothing?" The man chuckled lightly, his tone languid. "So what are you going to do, Mr. Huo? Are you going to send another woman to me?"

“Li Yanzhou, this is Feiji Island, not your Black City, not a place where you can do whatever you want. No matter how far your reach is, it can't extend here. I have no business dealings with you, nor will I be implicated or suppressed by you. You should think twice about your every move and action here.”

"You want my sister? Fine, but you have to give her an identity. You can't let her appear in your life without a clear purpose, be treated like a pet, and cause gossip."

Huo Zhizhou had made his point very clear and given Li Yanzhou a way out.

Li Yanzhou suddenly laughed, "Getting a status is easy enough, I'll marry her, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Tingwei became anxious.

"no!"

Her intuition told her that this man was unpredictable and a ticking time bomb, and that marrying him would be a disaster.

Huo Zhizhou glanced at her. "You don't want to?"

"I don't want to."

After holding it in for so long, Luo Tingwei suddenly burst out, "I don't want to go back with him, brother, please save me, I want to stay here..."

Seeing this, Huo Zhizhou sighed softly, then turned his gaze back to Li Yanzhou and said in a deep voice,

"You heard it, she doesn't want to."

"These things are all about mutual consent. You can't force someone to be happy. You should understand that. She said she doesn't want to go back with you, so no one can force her."

A glimmer of hope appeared.

Luo Tingwei's heart skipped a beat; Huo Zhizhou was finally starting to exert his strength.

However, the next second, Li Yanzhou's words made her feel like she had fallen from heaven to hell.

"I heard that your brother-in-law got into trouble in Black City, offended someone, and was imprisoned. His trial is in a few days."

"Your wife has been pulling strings these past few days, trying to get him out of here, am I right?"