Chapter 125 What if I asked you to give me back my life?
Huo Zhizhou avoided the situation without making a sound.
Su Anran was left empty-handed.
Her unease was amplified to an immense degree, and the oppressive atmosphere left her at a loss. Biting her lip, she said, "Please say something, okay? I'm scared of you being like this."
"Are you scared?" Huo Zhizhou's expression was unreadable.
Su Anran nodded: "Mm."
Huo Zhizhou exposed him without any warning: "If you're afraid, why would you dare to cooperate with Huo Sinian?"
Su Anran's heart skipped a beat. Thinking of his discord with Huo Sinian, she subconsciously retorted, "I didn't cooperate with him. We just happened to bump into each other and chatted for a bit."
"Then how do you explain what happened Wednesday night?" Huo Zhizhou asked.
“I…” Su Anran didn’t expect him to be so direct, “I just want you to spend time with me. I don’t want you to say I’m important but then ignore me completely.”
"I gave you a chance," Huo Zhizhou said, his eyes lowered. "You were the one who didn't want it."
Su Anran looked confused, not quite understanding what he meant, but she knew he cared a lot about what happened before. The fact that he hadn't come to see her these past few days and ignored her calls was also a way of teaching her a lesson because of what happened last time.
"If anything comes up later, just tell Assistant Jiang." Huo Zhizhou's eyes were calm and devoid of any emotion. "There's no need to contact me."
"Why?" Su Anran was utterly terrified.
She didn't understand why she was doing this to herself.
She only called him over because she didn't want him to be with Jiang Ruan.
"Jiang Ruan shouldn't be part of your scheme." Huo Zhizhou saw everything clearly. Some things could be tolerated, but some things crossed the line. "You've crossed the line."
Su Anran believed that as long as she didn't admit it, he couldn't blame her: "I don't know what you're talking about."
Huo Zhizhou's gaze fell on her.
He didn't say a word, and his eyes were as calm as usual, yet he gave people a suffocating feeling.
When he looked at her, Su Anran felt as if the blood in her body had frozen.
“I did plot with Huo Sinian, but didn’t you give me that right?” Su Anran couldn’t stand the atmosphere. “You agreed to let me do those things, and you agreed to let me target her.”
"The premise is..." Huo Zhizhou remained remarkably calm.
"It's crucial that we don't cause her any real harm or endanger her life." Su Anran remembered this perfectly, which was why she dared to risk agreeing to Huo Sinian's request. "Isn't she perfectly fine now?"
Huo Sinian said calmly, "You're wrong."
Su Anran: "???"
She recalled the conversation at the time.
Not a single word was missed!
Where did I go wrong?
"The premise is that she needs to know that leaving me would be a loss for her, and that only by staying by my side can she receive favor and exceptions." Huo Zhizhou stated the facts calmly without getting angry, "But your actions are pushing her further and further away from me."
Su Anran paused.
Her goal was indeed to push them further apart.
But how could they possibly admit this openly?
"I'm sorry..." Her face showed guilt and apology, "I didn't know this would..."
"Ever since you came to me, I believe I have treated you well." Huo Zhizhou intended to make things clear. "Even if you want to stay by my side forever and have me take care of you in every little detail, I agree and will do so."
Hearing his words, Su Anran felt uncertain.
In the past, no matter what happened, no matter what she asked for, whether he wanted to or not, he would always agree to her requests.
Even when she used her illness as an excuse to ask him to favor her for a period of time, he did not complain.
But now...
She suddenly became afraid.
"And you?" Huo Zhizhou disliked having his bottom line tested time and time again. "Do you still remember the three rules we agreed on at the beginning?"
Su Anran fell silent.
She didn't know how to answer that question.
After a while, realizing that nothing she said would make a difference, she could only try a different approach: "I'm sorry... I didn't think it through. I promise I won't do it again."
"Let's end this favoritism here," Huo Zhizhou suddenly said. "From now on, our relationship will only be that of benefactor and benefactor repaying a benefactor."
Su Anran's pupils dilated.
He was completely shocked: "What did you say..."
"I am just Huo Zhizhou, not your boyfriend or your husband." He knew some things, but because he had promised her before, he did not interfere. "I hope Ms. Su will keep her distance."
"Why!" Su Anran couldn't accept this. "Just because I called you back that night?"
Huo Zhizhou: "Yes."
Su Anran lost control of her emotions: "But you promised me that you wouldn't say anything to upset me until I was fully recovered, and that you would always favor me. Aren't you the one who values promises the most? And now you're..."
She said a lot.
Everything I'd been keeping inside, everything I'd always wanted to say, just came out at that moment.
She didn't consider whether Huo Zhizhou would be unhappy or offend him after she said these words. She only knew that if she didn't speak up and try to keep him, she would lose him completely.
What can you do if it's just a benefactor relationship?
A huge sum of money?
A carefree and wealthy life?
But all of this will vanish as soon as he discovers that he is not the one who saved her.
She will gain nothing, and will receive his endless revenge!
"I only promise to take good care of you," Huo Zhizhou said frankly. "As for favoritism, that's a request I made to you, not a promise."
A commitment is an unconditional, spontaneous agreement.
Agreeing means agreeing to the other party's conditions or other terms.
The two are not the same.
"But shouldn't we keep our promises? My body isn't fully recovered yet." Su Anran's heart grew colder and colder.
“If you hadn’t done those things, I would have done them myself.” Huo Zhizhou would explain it to her clearly, which was one of the ways he took care of her. “But you have crossed my bottom line many times.”
Su Anran suddenly gave a self-deprecating laugh.
She should have realized last time that he was heartless, but she still held onto hope.
"You say I'm impatient, but actually you're the one who's impatient." She started to throw caution to the wind, "Your cooling-off period with Jiang Ruan is about to end, and you're worried that if you continue this kind of relationship with me, she'll be determined to divorce you, so you're in a hurry to push me away."
"If I were worried, I wouldn't have let her know about my relationship with you in that way in the first place." Huo Zhizhou was frank and open in his actions.
Su Anran wanted to refute.
But looking back, I realize that he really didn't hide anything at all throughout the whole process.
Showing favoritism towards Jiang Ruan in front of her and forcing her to apologize to him were things that Jiang Ruan found even more unacceptable than their relationship, which had no foundation.
"Take good care of yourself." Huo Zhizhou stood up, having said what he wanted to say. "The promise to take care of you still stands. If you need any material assistance or help with daily life, you can contact Assistant Jiang at any time."
"Wait a minute." A thought suddenly popped into Su Anran's mind.
Huo Zhizhou's gaze fell on her again.
Su Anran met his gaze, her eyes seemingly calm but harboring a suppressed madness: "What if I want you to give me back my life?"
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