Chapter 445 Su Anran's Confession
After recounting everything, she described the current situation: "Although I acted exactly as Huo Sinian instructed, Huo Zhizhou never treated me as his girlfriend from beginning to end, and we never had any intimate interactions."
"Why are you telling me all this?" Jiang Ruan asked.
"Let's take a gamble," Su Anran said.
A hint of doubt flashed in Jiang Ruan's eyes.
“I’ve been thinking carefully about what you told me before,” Su Anran said sincerely. “I was still hesitant about whether this choice was right or wrong, but after seeing you, I’m sure.”
Jiang Ruan was even more confused.
I was completely confused by her seemingly random statement.
“Consider this my pledge of allegiance.” Su Anran didn’t mince words. “Between you and Huo Sinian, I choose you to win.”
On the plane to Haicheng, she kept thinking about whether or not to tell Jiang Ruan about her relationship with Huo Zhizhou.
Tell her, Huo Sinian will definitely not let her off if he finds out.
It's pointless to keep quiet and watch Jiang Ruan and Huo Zhizhou misunderstand each other.
The same thing.
She didn't want to repeat it a second time.
Especially after Huo Zhizhou's attitude changed after meeting Jiang Ruan, she became even more certain of her thoughts.
"If possible, I hope you can end this farce as soon as possible." Su Anran meant it sincerely. "I don't want to play this role for too long; it's tiring and pointless."
Jiang Ruan still didn't respond.
She understood Su Anran's unspoken meaning.
She did tell him, but due to Huo Sinian's instructions, she still had to play the role of his first love.
"How long do you plan to stay here?" Jiang Ruan asked.
“You’ll have to ask Huo Zhizhou about that,” Su Anran said truthfully. “Our itinerary is tied to his plans.”
The matter is settled.
Su Anran did not linger.
After watching her walk out of the company gate, Tang Bai gossiped, "Is this person trying to make friends with you?"
"Perhaps." Jiang Ruan didn't delve into it further.
She still didn't like Su Anran.
What happened during her student days cannot be erased by her tragic family background and upbringing. But watching her being manipulated and used as a pawn by Huo Sinian evokes a complex mix of emotions.
She had no choice.
Huo Sinian could easily get her to obey with just a few words.
Just like Lin Tan, who was controlled by him at home.
Thinking about all this, she rubbed her temples.
"Let's go inspect the company first." After calming herself down, Jiang Ruan proceeded according to the established plan, not letting their arrival disrupt her arrangements. "After the inspection, we'll go to Sui Sui School."
Both of them: "Okay."
In the following hours.
Jiang Ruan kept herself busy.
Busy with her thoughts, she was unaware that Huo Zhizhou had secretly gone to Sui Sui's school behind her back.
Four o'clock in the afternoon.
Jiang Ruan finished her work.
I timed my trip to pick up Sui Sui from school.
I had only walked halfway when I received a message on my phone from an unknown number: "When are you coming back?"
Jiang Ruan's head was filled with a string of question marks.
Who is this?
Before she could check the number's details, a friend request appeared on her chat app.
— Huo Zhizhou.
Thinking about the message she had just received, she copied the number and searched for it among her friends. The name that appeared was exactly the same as the information in Huo Zhizhou's friend request.
She left it there without passing or rejecting it.
Choose to ignore it.
Huo Zhizhou seemed to have guessed her thoughts and sent her one text message after another to her phone.
—【I am Huo Zhizhou.】
—【I've brought Sui Sui home.】
—【What time do you get off work?】
Jiang Ruan: "???"
Jiang Ruan couldn't hold back when she saw the words "Sui Sui".
Without thinking, she dialed his number, and her calm emotions began to fluctuate because of his words.
"Jiang Ruan?" The other end answered quickly, the voice deep, mellow, and magnetic.
Jiang Ruan cut to the chase: "Where is Sui Sui?"
Huo Zhizhou glanced at the child doing his homework in the study, and the corners of his lips unconsciously curved into a slight smile. He said slowly, "Are you so worried about him because I used to fight you for the child?"
Jiang Ruan: "..."
I never managed to snatch it.
But I'm a little worried about the current situation.
"I'm at your house now," Huo Zhizhou reported proactively. "Your parents invited me in."
Jiang Ruan felt a little relieved, and her worries about Sui Sui turned to other things.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Huo Zhizhou asked.
Jiang Ruan hung up the phone.
I didn't say another word to him.
She arrived home half an hour later. As soon as she got out of the car, she saw Huo Zhizhou walking towards her. He had long legs and reached her in a few steps, naturally taking the bag from her hand before she could even speak.
He parted his thin lips slightly and said, "Let's go, dinner will be ready soon. Wash your hands before eating."
Jiang Ruan: "?"
Tang Bai and Mo Mo: "?"
The three of them had a string of question marks on their foreheads. Why did they feel like Huo Zhizhou was the host and they were the guests?
For a moment, Jiang Ruan even thought he hadn't lost his memory.
But when their eyes met, she knew very well that the Huo Zhizhou in front of her was not the Huo Zhizhou of the past. The current Huo Zhizhou truly did not remember her.
His gaze towards her lacked its usual complexity and gravity; it was more focused on a single, unchanging look.
A single emotion.
Simple and straightforward.
It's as if he wasn't burdened by the matter of Shan Mu'an.
"boss?"
"Cough cough."
Mo Mo and Tang Bai spoke up to remind them.
Jiang Ruan quickly snapped out of her daze, grabbed her bag, and strode into the living room.
When she went in.
All eyes were on her.
Mom, Grandpa, and Li Zhishen.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Ruan sensed something was amiss from their expressions and asked.
"This kid said you're planning to give him custody of Sui Sui." Li Zhishen spoke up, his eyes filled with undisguised disdain as he looked at Huo Zhizhou. "Really?"
Jiang Ruan: "?"
Jiang Ruan looked at Huo Zhizhou with suspicion.
When did she say that?
"I said I'm here to discuss the custody of Sui Sui with you," Huo Zhizhou said, his voice low and his eyes unfocused. "I'm not just giving it to me directly."
"What's there to discuss?" Jiang Ruan retorted, her attitude cold and distant, her rejection of him beginning to surface at this moment. "It's clearly written in the divorce agreement, do I need to read it to you?"
"No need," Huo Zhizhou said.
Jiang Ruan thought he was a bit crazy.
At this moment, vigilance was fully aroused.
He is now Huo Zhizhou, who has lost his memory. According to Su Anran, during the time he lost his memory, the Huo family instilled many unpleasant things about him in him.
in other words.
In his current impression, she is a scheming gold digger.
Maybe they're really up to something bad.
"I was just going through the motions as my parents wanted, and now the process is complete." Huo Zhizhou was extremely good-natured and calm. "You still have custody."
Jiang Ruan felt that he was seriously ill.
He ignored him and went straight upstairs. He had spent so much time with Sui Sui, did she know that he had lost his memory? If she did, would she be sad and unhappy?
With these thoughts in mind, she arrived at the study where Sui Sui was. Before she could knock, Sui Sui came out from inside.
Upon seeing that it was her, she happily reached out her hand and hugged her as she always had: "Mommy."
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