Chapter 135 Genetic Mental Illness
The current situation does not allow Jian Mo to refute.
Zhou Liangqi grabbed her and walked towards his office, refusing to let go no matter how she struggled.
The office door was closed and colleagues were whispering outside.
Jian Mo was forced to sit in Zhou Liangqi's seat. He took out the ointment and applied it on her. Besides anger, there was some other emotion in his eyes.
She felt a little awkward, "...it really wasn't Huo Qichen who hit me."
Zhou Liangqi didn't know what he was thinking about, and snorted coldly: "Is there anything he can't do?"
Jian Mo stopped explaining.
She sat upright and said, "Zhou Liangqi, don't think I will forgive you just because you treat me like this."
The tone was too childish. Zhou Liangqi finally smiled again and approached her. "Then tell me what I need your forgiveness for."
Jian Mo had a lot to say, but when the words came to her lips, she felt that it seemed true that there was nothing he needed her to forgive.
She became depressed and negative, and the emotions that she had suppressed over the past two days burst out.
"To you, I'm just a blade of grass. I just want to live. But you expect a blade of grass to do things for you. If it doesn't do well, you'll strangle it to death. Is that fair to me?" Jian Mo had tears in her eyes. She raised her head, feeling a tightness in her chest. "I just want to live."
Zhou Liangqi couldn't bear to see her like this, so he put his big hand on her head and gently comforted her, "No one asked you to die."
"But you're almost driving me to death!" Jian Mo finally couldn't bear it anymore. "You and Huo Qichen are playing a game, and I'm stuck in the middle, taking the blame. Zhou Liangqi, can you let me go?"
Seeing the man's face become serious and he didn't reply, she understood and trembled all over.
"Let me go. Maybe I shouldn't have come today. I was reckless."
As soon as she stood up, Zhou Liangqi pressed her down hard, "I can promise you that I will keep you and your family safe. If one day Huo Qichen wants to strangle you, you can also come to me for help, Jian Mo. I won't hurt you."
He spoke seriously and sincerely, which made Jian Mo suspicious.
Zhou Liangqi let go of her, faced the French window, and lit a cigarette for himself. "Huo Qichen's mother has mental problems, and it might be hereditary."
Hearing this, Jian Mo seemed to be struck by lightning. She froze in place. She said in disbelief, "What?"
"When the disease was at its worst, Huo Qichen was beaten so badly that he was sent to the hospital."
Zhou Liangqi spoke calmly, but Jian Mo was frightened. She never expected that there was such a hidden story behind it. No wonder he was so surprised when he saw the wound just now.
"How is that possible... Huo Qichen has never hit me. I've been in contact with him for so long, and he has never been violent."
"Are you sure you don't have any?"
Jian Mo was stunned. He thought about it carefully and thought about the car accident that day. When he hit the other car with his car, did it count?
Zhou Liangqi flicked off his cigarette ash. "It's a hereditary mental problem. He grew up in that kind of environment. How could he not be affected?"
"Jian Mo, you still don't understand Huo Qichen."
For a long time, the woman sat there without moving, not knowing how to accept this matter. Her mood was complicated, with fear, but more of it seemed... heartache.
Did Huo Qichen grow up in such an environment? For a moment, she even understood why he always had such hostility and gloom.
Before leaving, Zhou Liangqi said one last thing: "What I just told you will always stand. You can come to me anytime."
The construction site incident was suppressed by Huo’s public relations department.
The Huo family spent a huge amount of money to appease the family of the deceased, and the follow-up investigation is still ongoing.
Jian Mo was in no mood to go to work these past two days. Fortunately, the company was not busy at the end of the year, and everyone understood what she had experienced at the annual meeting and did not comment too much.
She wanted some peace and quiet, so she didn't go back to Mingyuan and stayed here. Huo Qichen didn't say much and lived with her in separate rooms. Their relationship wasn't close, but they weren't strangers either.
In the morning, Huo Qichen went for a morning run alone. Most of the people who could afford to buy houses here were successful in their careers. When they saw him, they smiled and greeted him: "Good morning, Mr. Huo."
Huo Qi Chen smiled back, wearing only a black jacket over his thin clothes, with a sports bracelet on his hand. He ran past the dew-covered trees on the roadside and ran back again.
Jian Mo was still sleeping at this time. Thinking of this, he subconsciously quickened his pace.
When I went back through the back door, there was no one there. I passed by the open-air courtyard. There were more than a dozen wild crucian carps in the small pond in the courtyard. The lotus flowers had withered in this season, and the wind blew a few wisps of bleakness. I guess the lotus roots underneath were ripe.
Turn on the faucet and clean and clear water will gush out. It is specially connected to the mountain spring water, which is not polluted at all and can even be drunk.
Huo Qi Chen splashed cold water on his face and became much more sober.
He pushed open the bedroom door, but Jian Mo was still asleep.
Huo Qi Chen went to the kitchen to make breakfast in an orderly manner. There was no one to take care of him personally here, so he had to be self-sufficient in everything he did.
During this time, he received two calls. One was from Mu Yi who called to report the latest situation. His voice sounded a little hoarse, and he must have been busy all night.
"Mu Yi." Huo Qi Chen said as he poured the milk.
Mu Yi said nervously, "I'm here."
"You don't need to interfere with the construction site."
This sudden sentence made Mu Yi subconsciously ask: "Why?"
"Take a few days off, go home to see your parents, and come back after the New Year." Huo Qichen's voice was cold.
This was not a nice thing to say. Mu Yi raised his voice, "Boss Huo, did I do something wrong?"
"What do you think?"
Having followed Huo Qichen for so long, Mu Yi was certainly a smart person. She bit her lip and didn't answer for a long time, "I know..."
"This is the last time. If it happens again, I will resign on my own."
There was no room for her, and every word made her breathless.
The second call came when he walked back into the bedroom. Jian Mo's phone rang, and the note was Brother Ming.
Huo Qi Chen narrowed his eyes and picked up the phone immediately, glancing to see if Jian Mo was woken up.
"Xiaomo...Xiaomo..." He was drunk and still drunk.
Huo Qichen frowned and said in a cold voice, "Doctor Xu."
There was a sudden thud and the phone was hung up.
Huo Qichen licked the corner of his lips with the tip of his tongue, his face full of disdain.
He deleted the call history, put the phone back, turned around and went into the bathroom for his morning shower. When he came out, Jian Mo had just woken up. He saw her sitting by the bed, shoeless, with one of her fair feet on the quilt.
"What's wrong?" He walked forward and touched her forehead with his hand.
Jian Mo frowned and looked at this gentle man carefully. She had not been able to sleep well since Zhou Liangqi told him about Huo Qichen.
It’s hard to imagine that Huo Qichen was beaten so severely when he was a child.
"What's wrong with my eyes?" Huo Qichen was sharp-eyed and wondered if it was a mosquito bite.
Yes, it was twitching. After coming back from Zhou Liangqi, her right eye had been twitching non-stop, making Jian Mo upset.
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