Chapter 153 Is Jiang Ruan his child?
Jiang Ruan closed the car door and headed towards Jiang An's ward as fast as she could.
The closer she got to the ward, the more nervous she became. She didn't even know why she had such mixed feelings.
Two minutes later.
When Jiang Ruan arrived at the ward door, she saw a handsome man in a suit and tie sitting next to her mother's bed. She quickly walked in, trying to keep her tone calm: "Who are you? What are you doing in my mother's ward?"
The man looked over at the sound.
Only then did Jiang Ruan see his face clearly.
Compared to his appearance on surveillance footage, he was much more composed and cold in real life. His long, narrow, dark eyes revealed a calm and profound depth that came from experiencing countless events, and his entire being exuded the aura of a superior.
Having met many people since childhood, she knew almost instantly that this person was extraordinary.
If they are enemies, they will be very difficult to deal with.
“I’m someone your mother knew.” The middle-aged man spoke, his gaze lingering on her face for a moment, a flicker of other emotion crossing his eyes. “You’re Jiang Ruan?”
Jiang Ruan became more wary of him: "You know me?"
She had never seen this person before, and her mother had never mentioned him.
He knew the name, which could only be someone he had investigated around his mother.
"Your mother mentioned it," the middle-aged man casually offered, his gaze never leaving her face. "Has she woken up at all recently?"
“I’ve never heard Mom mention you.” Jiang Ruan came to the other side of Jiang An’s hospital bed and glanced at him and the man standing behind him. “She has never told me that she has any old friends.”
The middle-aged man's expression softened: "It's normal that you haven't heard her mention it; we haven't seen each other for almost twenty years."
Jiang Ruan frowned slightly.
The secretary standing behind the man leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Boss, you look so much like Jiang Ruan. Could she be your child with K University?"
The middle-aged man was taken aback.
He said that the child looked so familiar.
I see.
Amidst his various thoughts, he suddenly remembered something and asked tentatively, "If I may ask, when were you born?"
“You haven’t answered my question yet.” Jiang Ruan wouldn’t easily reveal her secrets to him before confirming whether he was friend or foe. “Why did you come here, and more than once?”
She believed the old friend's explanation.
He didn't specify what kind of old friend it was, since enemies can be considered a different kind of old friend.
“Jiang An will tell you when she wakes up.” The man did not answer directly, but his gaze was even deeper than before. “I promised her that I would not tell anyone about my relationship with her without her consent.”
secretary:"……"
Don't you think this statement sounds a bit forced?
Jiang Ruan was even more confused. According to what Aunt Xu had said before, this person must have a deep connection with her mother, otherwise she wouldn't have reacted so strongly when she saw the photo she sent him.
This person spoke in such an ambiguous way.
What does it mean to have promised her mother?
"I'll come again in a few days." The man's gaze never left Jiang Ruan. "Shall we have a meal together then?"
"No, thank you." Jiang Ruan refused decisively. "We're not familiar enough to have a meal together yet."
A complex mix of emotions stirred within the middle-aged handsome man.
If this really is his and An'an's child, it will be difficult to repair their father-daughter relationship.
but……
Didn't An'an abort the child?
"Is your birthday in August or September?" he asked.
Jiang Ruan lied without hesitation and denied it: "No."
"This is my phone number." The man pulled out a gold-embossed business card with only a phone number and handed it to her. His slender fingers showed no signs of age. "Contact me if you need anything."
Jiang Ruan didn't answer.
Are they close?
"I'm not a bad person." The man remained in the gesture of handing over his contact information, his eyes showing a gentleness that he didn't seem to care about being noticed.
"Aunt Xu said you're Mom's enemy." Jiang Ruan used this to test their relationship, keeping her eyes fixed on him, not missing a single emotion on his face. "She told me not to have any contact with you."
The handsome middle-aged man placed his business card in her hand: "Don't worry about what others say, just follow your heart."
Jiang Ruan lowered her eyes and looked at the phone number.
Under their watchful eyes, she threw the phone number into the trash can.
handsome middle-aged man: "..."
The handsome man's secretary: "..."
If Jiang Ruan is indeed the child of K and the boss, then the boss's path to recognizing his daughter will likely be extremely difficult.
“If there’s nothing else, you can leave.” Jiang Ruan chose to trust Aunt Xu and her mother without hesitation; they were the ones who had been good to her since she was a child. “My mother doesn’t like meeting outsiders, so I hope you won’t come again.”
The man paused.
I didn't expect to be rejected so decisively.
“I’m not an outsider; I’m someone she knew.”
“Old friends with whom you have a good relationship will not go more than 20 years without keeping in touch.” Jiang Ruan is particularly rational in these matters.
The man opened his mouth as if to say something, but after meeting Jiang Ruan's distant and unfriendly gaze, he swallowed it all back: "Your mother has taught you well not to trust strangers."
Jiang Ruan didn't respond.
Whether her mother raised her well or not is not for him, an outsider, to judge.
The man wanted to say goodbye for later, but Jiang Ruan had already looked away and gone to Jiang An's bedside, not glancing at him again. Knowing that staying wouldn't leave a good impression, he left the hospital with his secretary.
After getting on the bus.
The handsome middle-aged man gave his secretary an order: "Check if Jiang Ruan was born in August or September."
Secretary: "Yes."
A handsome middle-aged man said, "Let's do another DNA test between me and her."
She looks like him, but has the same temperament as Jiang An.
It's hard for him not to suspect that Jiang Ruan isn't his child.
“This might be a bit difficult…” The secretary turned around from the passenger seat, her eyes somewhat complicated. “Jiang Ruan is being secretly protected by Huo Zhizhou’s people, so it’s unlikely that we can get a sample from her.”
The middle-aged man's eyes darkened slightly.
Having a son-in-law who is too strong is not necessarily a good thing.
Huo Zhizhou had no idea that he was being criticized for being too strong. At that moment, he was in his office upstairs in the hospital, watching the surveillance footage of Jiang An's ward. He had seen everything that happened between Jiang Ruan and that man.
He glanced at Si Ning and asked, "Did you find out?"
Si Ning propped his head up to one side.
Huo Zhizhou: "?"
"His news has also been blocked by my master," Si Ning said lazily.
"I won't force you to investigate Jiang Ruan's mother's information." Huo Zhizhou's gaze fell on her, with a hint of seriousness, "But I need to get basic information about this person within half an hour at most."
Si Ning's fingertips glided across the computer keyboard.
You can definitely find it by searching.
But once this person is identified, Huo Zhizhou will definitely be able to follow this lead and find out that Jiang An is her master. Wouldn't that mean that the disciple has taught the master something and ruined the master's livelihood?
"I won't follow his leads to investigate Jiang An." Huo Zhizhou began his routine.
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