Chapter 42 Addicted to Being a Dog?
The manager was a little embarrassed.
Just as he was wondering how to respond, Jiang Ruan stood up and walked over, her expression calmer than ever before: "Was it Huo Zhizhou who asked you to do this?"
"No, no, no, no!" the restaurant manager immediately denied. "It's not Young Master Huo."
"Where is he?" Jiang Ruan couldn't think of anyone else, convinced that Huo Zhizhou was involved. "Is he next door or has he already left?"
In the past, when he took her to see plays and eat melons, he would always choose seats next door. She didn't believe he had changed this habit after so many years.
The restaurant manager was sweating profusely, never expecting things to develop this way.
"Have her come over." Gu Shixi's voice came through the earpiece.
The restaurant manager felt a little uneasy. Seeing that Jiang Ruan and Ye Yanzhi were staring at him very seriously, he honestly replied, "Young Master Huo and our President Gu are waiting for you two next door."
Jiang Ruan took a step and walked outside.
Ye Yanzhi immediately followed.
The door to the next private room had already been opened. Jiang Ruan walked in and saw Huo Zhizhou sitting calmly in a chair. He was as indifferent as ever, and only slightly raised his eyes when he saw her.
Their eyes met.
Jiang Ruan's hands, hanging limply at her sides, unconsciously clenched.
Before she could ask any questions, Gu Shixi spoke first: "Is Young Master Ye here to thank us?"
"I thought it was some idiot who came up with this ridiculous plot, but it turns out it's you, you moron." Ye Yanzhi scoffed, his words dripping with sarcasm. "Looks like you haven't improved your IQ at all over the years."
"Ye Yanzhi!" Gu Shixi's anger flared up immediately.
Ye Yanzhi crossed his arms and said, "Grandpa is here."
Gu Shixi jumped to his feet: "What the hell..."
"The dog barked at you twice, and you're actually taking it to heart?" Huo Zhizhou pressed down on his shoulder, speaking calmly and unhurriedly.
"Ha, the scumbag is here too." Ye Yanzhi was now ready to criticize anyone she saw, going all out. "After plotting so much with this idiot, were you trying to pin your own cheating on Xiao Jiang Jiang?"
Gu Shixi ground his back molars.
He keeps calling me an idiot; he's just as annoying as ever.
“But unfortunately, our little Jiang Jiang isn’t a scumbag like you.” Ye Yanzhi pulled out a chair for Jiang Ruan to sit on. “I’m not a shameless mistress like Su Anran either.”
"Finished calling?" Huo Zhizhou's eyes grew increasingly cold.
"How could that be?" Ye Yanzhi stood beside Jiang Ruan as her protector. "Who are you looking down on now? Does that mean that Third Lady can only call you that for such a short time usually?"
Gu Shixi: "..."
Huo Zhizhou: "..."
Jiang Ruan sighed, "..."
How could I forget how talkative this guy is?
"If that's really the case, I suggest you make an appointment with a urologist and get it checked out." Ye Yanzhi said in a self-righteous tone, "A short flowering period is nothing, but a period this short is a problem and needs treatment."
"All this talk is just an attempt to deflect attention from what just happened." Huo Zhizhou remained completely unaffected.
Ye Yanzhi asked naturally, "What happened just now?"
"You like Jiang Ruan." Huo Zhizhou glanced at Jiang Ruan, paused for two seconds, and then looked back into his eyes. "Don't you?"
"Yes," Ye Yanzhi answered decisively, "Everyone knows it, what's there to deny?"
Gu Shixi: "?"
Huo Zhizhou's eyes darkened slightly.
"Are you confessing your feelings?" Gu Shixi was a little confused about the situation.
"Can you please stop talking to me with that love-obsessed brain of yours?" Ye Yanzhi blurted out, completely unfazed. "In your mind, only romantic love is worthy of 'like'? My friendship isn't?"
"Do you dare say you have no feelings for Jiang Ruan beyond friendship?" Gu Shixi asked.
Ye Yanzhi: "Yes."
Jiang Ruan: "..."
Jiang Ruan knew what he was going to say next, so she turned her head and coughed lightly: "Ahem."
Before Huo Zhizhou and Gu Shixi could figure out what her reaction meant, they heard Ye Yanzhi say in a particularly confident and proud tone, "Besides friendship, I also consider her my master. Whoever she tells me to bite, I will bite without mercy."
Jiang Ruan regretted coming over impulsively.
No need to guess.
It was Su Zhu who taught it.
"Addicted to being a dog?" Gu Shixi hadn't expected that.
“Compared to lackeys,” Ye Yanzhi said, exuding a roguish air and arrogance, “being a Tibetan Mastiff is indeed addictive.”
Gu Shixi's temper flared up again: "Try saying that again."
Nobody should stop him today.
He'll beat that bastard to death!
"Little Jiang, let's go." Ye Yanzhi was not one to listen to reason. After venting his anger for a while, he also planned to slip away. "From now on, let's stay away from lackeys and heartless men. They can easily affect our intelligence."
"Okay." Jiang Ruan stood up.
Although Ye Yanzhi's words made her feel a little embarrassed, she had to admit that she felt a lot better.
Ye Yanzhi provides emotional value to people as always.
"We're just going to let them go like that?" Gu Shixi watched them leave, feeling suffocated with anger. "Aren't we going to say anything harsh?"
Huo Zhizhou didn't speak, his unfathomable eyes still fixed on the direction they had left in.
Judging from her emotions just now, Jiang Ruan didn't believe at all that Ye Yanzhi had feelings for her. In fact, her emotions didn't change at all after they said those things.
Normally, if I told her, she would definitely be suspicious.
Why is there absolutely no reaction this time?
"What's wrong with you?" Gu Shixi was a little scared by the chill emanating from him.
"Investigate Ye Yanzhi thoroughly." Huo Zhizhou's eyes deepened. "From childhood to adulthood, leave no detail overlooked."
"Okay." Gu Shixi agreed very quickly.
Huo Zhizhou didn't linger here either.
Looking at the person whose expression was unreadable, Gu Shixi tentatively asked, "Do you think Jiang Ruan has noticed Ye Yanzhi's feelings for her? Will she gradually distance herself from him later?"
Huo Zhizhou: "No."
"Why?" Gu Shixi asked, puzzled. "Isn't Ye Yanzhi's favoritism towards her very obvious?"
Huo Zhizhou was also very curious as to why Jiang Ruan didn't feel at all that Ye Yanzhi liked her.
Unable to figure it out, he didn't dwell on it. Before leaving, he made a phone call to inform the other party that Ye Yanzhi had returned.
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Jiang Ruan left the private room and got into the car with Ye Yanzhi. The two chatted in the car. On the surface, Jiang Ruan was the same as before, but in her heart, she couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Huo Zhizhou made his move as soon as Ye Yanzhi returned.
Is it a warning, or something else?
"Do you think the proposal was arranged by Gu Shixi, or by Huo Zhizhou?" Ye Yanzhi asked casually, his gaze fixed ahead.
Jiang Ruan voiced her doubt: "Huo Zhizhou."
"Is he out of his mind?" Ye Yanzhi grumbled. "He ruined a perfectly good meal."
Jiang Ruan remained silent.
Ye Yanzhi glanced at her sideways: "What's wrong?"
“He thought you liked me, so he did it on purpose.” Jiang Ruan confessed directly to him, and at that moment pushed him away. “You should come to see me less often in the future, so that he doesn’t keep a close eye on you.”
She knew what Huo Zhizhou was thinking.
Get rid of everyone who is good to her and whom she can rely on, so that when she has nowhere else to turn, she can only think of him and go back to beg him.
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