Chapter 133 Even though he knew how much I cared about Jiang Ruan
While she was thinking about these things, Jiang Ruan had already been taken to the car.
With those threats from Huo's father, she dared not act recklessly, not wanting to cause trouble for her mother who was about to wake up and Su Zhu.
Huo Zhizhou might just be saying it.
But Huo Cheng and Qiao Shuyun weren't joking; their personalities truly meant they were capable of doing things that completely shattered people's values.
Huo Zhizhou quickly learned about this, and Assistant Jiang was still reporting the situation to him: "Miss Jiang has been taken away by your parents, and they will arrive at the old house in about half an hour."
"Don't worry about it." Huo Zhizhou said these few words very lightly.
She desperately wanted a divorce.
I have to live without him first.
If she can't even handle this, how will she deal with the two men who keep coming to her demanding the child?
Jiang, Special Assistant: "Yes."
I was preparing to leave to continue working.
Huo Zhizhou stood up abruptly, his brows furrowed with a deep melancholy: "Call Si Ning and go to the old house."
Assistant Jiang gave him a look that said, "Okay."
When Huo Cheng and Qiao Shuyun brought Jiang Ruan to the old house, Huo Zhizhou arrived around the same time.
Watching Jiang Ruan being led inside by the bodyguards, Huo Zhizhou's eyes darkened. Si Ning, who was watching this scene, couldn't help but say, "If you're so worried, why don't you get out of the car and stop her?"
Huo Zhizhou pursed his lips and remained silent.
He tried to stop them.
Doesn't this perfectly illustrate Jiang Ruan's words: "Don't you have any self-respect?"
"Pull up all the surveillance footage from the old house and monitor everything inside in real time." After a long while, Huo Zhizhou finally spoke.
Si Ning did as he said.
Jiang Ruan walked around the old house for a long time.
Walk through the veranda from the front yard all the way to the lotus pond in the back yard.
"Are you willing to sign now?" Huo Cheng took the divorce agreement again and handed it to her. "If you sign, everything can be discussed. If you don't sign, I'll send you to jail for a while."
Jiang Ruan glanced at the clean, clear pool and said simply, "I won't sign."
Huo Cheng's eyes were filled with sneer: "You have guts. I'd like to know if you'll still be able to say those two words later."
“Mr. Huo,” Jiang Ruan had already put her phone in video recording mode in her pocket before she came in, “I need to remind you that everything you are doing now is illegal.”
Huo Cheng didn't care at all.
He ordered Jiang Ruan to be thrown down.
With a "whoosh!" sound.
Water splashed everywhere, and Jiang Ruan was completely submerged in the water. If she hadn't been a strong swimmer, she probably would have drowned right there.
"Go down and hold her underwater," Huo Cheng instructed one of the bodyguards. "Make her breathe every twenty seconds, and keep repeating this until she agrees to sign."
"Yes." The bodyguard immediately went into the water.
Jiang Ruan tried to swim away.
Turning on the camera to collect evidence was to avoid future trouble, but it doesn't mean she genuinely enjoyed the process of being abused.
But before she could swim two strokes, someone grabbed her shoulder, and the bodyguard pressed down on her neck, shoving her towards the bottom of the water. A tremendous feeling of suffocation hit her at that moment. She tried to struggle, but the more she struggled, the more uncomfortable she became.
Glug glug.
Bubbles kept rising to the surface.
Jiang Ruan flailed her arms frantically. She could swim, but that didn't mean she could maintain a freestyle swimming style even when someone held her by the back of her neck and pressed her underwater.
“If you change your mind, raise your right hand.” Mr. Huo stared at the person struggling frantically, his eyes filled with contempt for Jiang Ruan. “I can make him release you.”
Jiang Ruan wouldn't listen to a word.
The feeling of suffocation caused her to choke on water several times, a sensation that nearly drove her insane.
Seeing that she wasn't struggling as much anymore, Mr. Huo gave the bodyguard a look, and the latter quickly released his grip on her.
Jiang Ruan also got some fresh air at this moment, but before she could take a few more breaths, her neck was grabbed again and she was pushed underwater.
There was no foothold around.
She couldn't break free even if she tried.
“I’ll spend a whole day with you, taking my time. The bodyguards here are all good swimmers.” Mr. Huo kept his eyes fixed on the person in the water. “If you accidentally die, just say you accidentally fell into the pond and drowned.”
Jiang Ruan knew he wasn't joking.
Everything that has been filmed since they came in should be enough to warrant having Huo's father taken away for investigation.
The problem now is the time difference. Will Mr. Huo immediately start processing her divorce certificate with Huo Zhizhou after she pretends to sign the papers? If so, it will still be troublesome even if he is taken away.
Furthermore, the evidence she filmed is not particularly sufficient.
If Mr. Huo were to sue her for secretly filming their residence, that would be a different matter altogether.
Amidst various thoughts, the feeling of suffocation made my brain increasingly oxygen-deprived.
"Have you thought it through?" Mr. Huo asked.
Jiang Ruan was lifted up again. After being tormented twice in a row, she could hardly breathe. If it happened a few more times, she would probably lose all her strength.
Before she could finish the thought, she was pushed back down again.
The bodyguard was very strong.
No matter how much she struggled, it was no use.
At that very moment.
Huo Zhizhou rushed over and saw the person being held down in the water by the bodyguards, unable to move. His pupils contracted, and without thinking, he took off his suit jacket, threw it on the ground, and jumped into the water.
Assistant Jiang's pupils contracted: "BOSS!"
"Zhizhou!" Huo's mother screamed.
Huo's father's eyes also trembled.
They knew that Huo Zhizhou was afraid of water!
It's been like this since I was a child, and it's never changed.
Si Ning, with one hand in his pocket and a lollipop in his mouth, nudged Jiang's worried assistant with his elbow and said, "When Jiang Ruan is rescued, be prepared to hold your BOSS back."
Assistant Jiang: "?"
Si Ning saw it clearly: "He's only holding on because of his worry for Jiang Ruan. Once Jiang Ruan is rescued, his fear of water will return."
In her hazy state, Jiang Ruan heard someone calling Huo Zhizhou. Before she could think any further, she was pulled out of the water. The intense feeling of suffocation made her gasp for air after getting fresh air.
"Are you alright?" Huo Zhizhou, soaking wet, hugged her.
Jiang Ruan gasped for breath for a while before calming down a little, but her limbs were still weak due to severe lack of oxygen: "Why are you here?"
Isn't he afraid of water?
Huo Zhizhou looked at her disheveled and pale face, and his heart was suddenly pierced: "Go up first."
Jiang Ruan wanted to do it herself, but after moving her arms and legs, she found that she couldn't exert much strength, so she let him pull her to the shore.
As Huo Zhizhou helped Jiang Ruan ashore, he suddenly felt his legs getting heavier and heavier, and he began to sink uncontrollably.
"BOSS!" Assistant Jiang quickly grabbed him.
Huo Zhizhou is genuinely afraid of water.
After confirming that Jiang Ruan was safe, a wave of fear washed over him, as if some dirty thing was pulling his body down. He tried to struggle, but he couldn't muster any strength.
Fortunately, Assistant Jiang pulled him up in time, and he gradually recovered from his previous state.
"Zhizhou!" Mother Huo rushed to the edge of the pool and stood on the marble-paved path, looking at him with worried eyes. "How are you? Are you alright? You're clearly afraid of water, so why did you jump in?"
"And you?" Huo Zhizhou stood up with the help of Assistant Jiang.
Mr. and Mrs. Huo looked bewildered, not quite understanding what he meant: "What?"
Huo Zhizhou glanced at Jiang Ruan, whose face and hair were being wiped by Si Ning, and said in a hoarse voice, word by word, "Knowing how much I care about Jiang Ruan, why do you still treat her like this?"
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