Chapter 733 Your Father
"I meant I wouldn't go back unless it's urgent," Huo Zhizhou retorted calmly. "If you and your mother need me, you can come back earlier."
“I don’t need you,” Sui Sui said quickly, not giving him any face at all. She also added to Jiang Ruan, “Mommy, you don’t need him either, right?”
Jiang Ruan: "Mm."
Sui Sui regained her confidence: "Did you hear me?"
"I heard you," Huo Zhizhou readily admitted, "but I have important business to attend to when I get back."
Sui Sui: "?"
Sui Sui asked, "What's the important matter?"
Huo Zhizhou: "Be your father."
Sui Sui: "..."
Sui Sui didn't want to say a single word to him anymore.
Huo Zhizhou teased him on purpose: "You've been calling me that so earnestly these past few days, I have to get your mommy to give me a proper title, otherwise what will outsiders think?"
Every year, a string of question marks appeared on her forehead.
It seemed that he didn't understand the meaning of the second half of his sentence.
Not everyone knows that he is his father?
"Didn't you say that only the person who is with your mommy is qualified to be your dad?" Huo Zhizhou reminded him. "In order to prevent people from saying that you have a father who is not your father, I will go back and work hard."
"Shameless." Sui Sui said he felt no guilt at all. "If you want to pursue Mommy, just say so. Don't use me as an excuse."
Huo Zhizhou: "Yeah, I want to pursue your mommy."
Sui Sui: "I disagree."
Huo Zhizhou: "From the moment you started calling me 'Dad,' you implicitly agreed to it."
Listening to the father and son bickering, Jiang Ruan felt like she was listening to kindergarten kids arguing.
The argument was completely unsportsmanlike.
It's still very immature.
"Mommy, please don't stay with him, okay?" Sui Sui said to her children's watch. Knowing that her father's physical and mental health had improved, the way the father and son interacted had returned to what it used to be.
Jiang Ruan played along with him, saying, "Okay, I'll do whatever you say."
Huo Zhizhou raised his hand and pinched Sui Sui's face, it looked like he was pinching hard but it didn't hurt at all: "You little ingrate."
Every year, I change my expression.
He snorted coldly.
Huo Zhizhou took the children's watch off his wrist and handed it to Jiang Ruan for a casual chat: "Ruan Ruan."
Jiang Ruan: "Mm."
"Have you eaten?" Huo Zhizhou didn't think he was being long-winded at all.
Jiang Ruan: "I ate it."
Huo Zhizhou: "What did you eat?"
Jiang Ruan: "Lunch."
A smile rippled in Huo Zhizhou's eyes, and a tenderness he himself was unaware of appeared on his face.
Ruan Ruan was willing to engage in idle chatter with him.
Does this mean our relationship has taken a step further?
Looking at his expression, Sui Sui's eyes were full of confusion.
Didn't they say nothing at all?
Why are you so happy?
"I have something to do, I'll hang up now, you guys enjoy your meal." After saying this, Jiang Ruan hung up the phone. To be considerate of Sui Sui's feelings, she sent Sui Sui a separate message after hanging up.
Su Zhu overheard their entire conversation.
She only spoke after she hung up the phone: "Is this how you two usually chat?"
“This was an accident.” Jiang Ruan picked up the cutlery.
"He really went to great lengths to talk to you," Su Zhu said in a casual conversation. "He can even talk for so many sentences about such a boring topic."
Jiang Ruan's eyes flickered slightly.
My mind involuntarily drifted to my usual routines.
In five years of marriage, there was actually a lot of this kind of nonsense.
At that time, Huo Zhizhou only had hope for her, but he was very patient and attentive to details. Every time she shared her daily life with him, he listened patiently and chatted with her about trivial things.
The nonsense is pretty much the same as before.
"Is there anything else you need to do here?" Su Zhu suddenly asked.
"No," Jiang Ruan answered truthfully, "I finished what I needed to do this morning."
Su Zhu: "How about we go back today?"
Jiang Ruan paused for a moment.
Somewhat unexpected.
"Given Huo Zhizhou's personality, he'll most likely visit your home as soon as he arrives in Haicheng." Su Zhu was quite thoughtful. "Shouldn't you give Aunt Jiang and the others some time to prepare?"
Jiang Ruan thought for a moment.
That seems to make sense.
"Alright."
"Does Sui Sui want to come with us?" Su Zhu asked.
“He’s with Huo Zhizhou.” Jiang Ruan knew he was thinking about Huo Zhizhou and wanted to talk to him.
The father and son bickered, but they both cared about each other. However, like her, Sui Sui was somewhat bothered by the past, which sometimes made her act a bit arrogant and temperamental.
Su Zhu: "Shall we go?"
Jiang Ruan: "Okay."
Su Zhu: "Should we tell Huo Zhizhou?"
Jiang Ruan: "I won't say."
That afternoon.
Jiang Ruan, Su Zhu, and Mo Mo headed to the airport.
Although she didn't tell Huo Zhizhou, she still told Sui Sui.
After a journey of more than ten hours, plus the time difference, we arrived in Haicheng at noon on the second day.
When she arrived, Jiang An and the others were having dinner.
Besides Old Master Qin and Jiang An, Li Zhishen, who shamelessly came to freeload at the dinner table, was also there.
At first, it was just about eating.
As he ate, Li Zhishen kept glancing at Jiang An.
The latter remained indifferent, only calmly saying when he looked over again, "If you don't want to eat, go downstairs and back to your Li family."
"I want to eat," Li Zhishen said, glancing at Old Master Qin with a hint of cunning. "It's just that Ruan Ruan and Sui Sui aren't here, so the table feels a bit deserted."
Jiang An stopped eating and stared at him without any emotion.
She knew exactly what he was thinking.
"I knew the food had been acting strange these past few days," Old Master Qin said. "Turns out it's because Ruan'er and Sui Sui aren't here."
Li Zhishen leaned closer: "Right?"
Grandpa Qin: "I wonder when Ruan'er will come back."
Li Zhishen: "Ask?"
Jiang An stared at him: "Li Zhishen."
Li Zhishen looked completely innocent: "Hmm?"
Jiang An wanted Tang Bai to throw the person out.
They were plotting against the old man.
They really need to be taught a lesson.
"What are you all doing..." Jiang Ruan's voice suddenly rang out. She had sensed the strange atmosphere as soon as she entered the room, and looking at their expressions, it seemed like they were discussing something.
Jiang An: "?"
Li Zhishen: "?"
Old Master Qin: "?"
The three of them immediately looked over upon hearing the noise.
Upon seeing that it was her and Mo Mo, Jiang An paused and asked, "You two?"
Jiang Ruan walked over and greeted her with a faint smile: "Mom."
"Why did you suddenly come back?" Jiang An was a little surprised, after all, Huo Zhizhou was injured when she called him the night before last, and she sounded a little worried.
Now……
Jiang Ruan replied naturally, "I'm done with work."
Jiang An had many questions she wanted to ask, but seeing the fatigue on her face, she suppressed them, stood up, and took her arm: "Come and eat, then go and rest."
Jiang Ruan: "Okay."
Jiang An: "Mo Mo, together."
Mo Mo: "Okay."
During the meal.
All eyes were on Jiang Ruan.
Even Jiang An, who usually doesn't interfere much, was somewhat surprised and confused by Jiang Ruan's sudden return. Judging from their conversation on the phone, she would stay there for a few more days.
At least wait until Huo Zhizhou recovers and we finish talking to him.
Is his sudden return a sign of a falling out, or something else?
Lost in thought, Li Zhishen nudged her with his elbow.
Jiang An: "?"
Jiang An looked at him: Want to be thrown out?
Li Zhishen: Aren't you going to ask?
Jiang An was too lazy to pay him any attention.
Li Zhishen touched her again, lowering his voice to whisper in her ear: "Don't you think it's strange that Ruan Ruan suddenly came back? She used to tell you where she went and would send you a message when she came back, but she didn't this time."
Jiang An glanced at the distance between him and himself, his meaning clear.
Li Zhishen consciously moved his body away a little.
Jiang Ruan witnessed this scene, but seeing that they were still the same as before, she didn't say anything more.
"Didn't Sui Sui come back with you?" Jiang An asked after a long pause.
"He'll be coming back tomorrow on a private jet with Huo Zhizhou." Jiang Ruan put down her chopsticks after taking a couple of bites; she hadn't had much of an appetite after flying for more than ten hours.
Li Zhishen: "?"
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