Chapter 97 Jiang An's condition improves
Huo Zhizhou was silent for a moment before giving his answer: "I'll give you five more days. If there's still no substantial progress, then call her again."
Gu Shixi really wanted to say, "No need to give it to me."
Let alone five days, even if you gave him a month, he didn't think he would make any breakthroughs.
"Could Aunt Jiang come from some big family?" he guessed during their casual conversation. "She's so clean; she can't be from an ordinary family."
"Investigate first." Huo Zhizhou wouldn't jump to conclusions without making progress.
Gu Shixi accepted the order and hung up the phone.
Huo Zhizhou sat in his office and listened to the eavesdropping content again.
He was 100% certain that his mother-in-law was no ordinary person, but among all the established and influential families, the Jiang family was not one of them.
With this in mind, he called Dr. Zhou.
Upon seeing that it was his call, Dr. Zhou told Jiang Ruan and Ye Yanzhi that he was taking a call and then left the ward, speaking with great respect: "President Huo."
"Has that person who came to the hospital last time shown up again?" Huo Zhizhou asked.
"It happened." Dr. Zhou did not hide anything and told the whole story. "Just like last time, he sat in the ward for about half an hour before leaving. I only heard about it from the nurses later."
Huo Zhizhou frowned slightly.
He moved the mouse and clicked a few times on the computer, opening the previous surveillance footage, his gaze fixed on the man on the screen.
That face still felt very familiar to him.
Who does he look like?
"Mr. Huo?" Dr. Zhou asked tentatively.
“After that, that ward will be under strict surveillance. Anyone other than Jiang Ruan will have to register before going there.” Huo Zhizhou’s gaze remained fixed on the room, his heart growing increasingly heavy. “If that person shows up, call me immediately.”
Dr. Zhou: "Yes."
Huo Zhizhou hummed in agreement and hung up the phone.
Dr. Zhou sent a message in the group to relay the matter, and only returned to the ward after finishing all of this.
Jiang Ruan was holding her mother's hand and chatting with her when she saw him arrive. As usual, she asked about the data monitoring: "Has my mother's health data improved significantly recently?"
"Yes," Dr. Zhou said truthfully.
Jiang Ruan: "!"
Jiang Ruan immediately perked up: "Really?!"
"Although the change isn't drastic, it's definitely better than before." Dr. Zhou's gentle gaze fell on the hospital bed, and he was happy for her. "I think it's because you come here every day and talk to her that it has an effect."
Jiang Ruan was happy: "Then she won't be able to wake up for long, right?"
"It's possible." Even Dr. Zhou couldn't give a 100% certain answer.
But his words gave Jiang Ruan a lot of hope.
After Dr. Zhou left.
She stayed there and talked to Jiang An for a long time, chatting about Sui Sui's recent situation, her current life and work, and even mentioning Xu Jiu.
Watching her sitting by the bed trying her best to wake him up, Ye Yanzhi regretted for a moment why he hadn't studied medicine.
Studying medicine might be able to help her in some way.
He came to her side, put his hand on her shoulder and patted her: "Don't worry too much, your aunt might wake up tomorrow, then you can say whatever you want to her."
"Mm." Jiang Ruan nodded.
This scene.
Huo Zhizhou, who happened to be checking the surveillance footage to see Jiang An's situation, witnessed it.
His dark eyes stared at Ye Yanzhi's hand resting on Jiang Ruan's slender shoulder, and his aura instantly turned cold. Without hesitation, he took out his phone and made a call: "President Ye."
Ye Yanzhi was completely unaware of the impending danger.
He chatted with Jiang Ruan casually, mostly trying to amuse her and help her relax.
Buzzing.
A cell phone vibrated.
Ye Yanzhi and Jiang Ruan were both drawn to the voice at the same time. Ye Yanzhi took his phone out of his pocket, and after seeing the caller's name, a subtle change flashed in his eyes before he hung up without hesitation.
Jiang Ruan asked, "Who is it?"
Ye Yanzhi: "Advertising and promotion."
Jiang Ruan: "???"
Ye Yanzhi spoke as if it were the truth: "I bought something a while ago, and ever since then I've been getting a lot of harassing phone calls, and I can't even block them with my screen."
Jiang Ruan didn't think much of it and assumed that what he said was true.
However, the next second...
His phone rang again.
This time it was a text message.
The message was from Ye Yanzhi's father, and it contained only a few words: "Be back in half an hour, or I will agree to cooperate with Huo Zhizhou."
Ye Yanzhi: "..."
"If you need anything, go ahead and do it." Jiang Ruan could tell from his expression that the text message must be important. "I don't have anything to do here."
"It was a text message from my dad," Ye Yanzhi didn't hide anything. "He wants me to go back for a blind date. It's so annoying."
Jiang Ruan tentatively asked, "Have you two made up?"
“There’s no way we can ever make up.” Ye Yanzhi was impatient when he mentioned him, and he disliked his father from the bottom of his heart. “Just ignore him, let him do whatever he wants.”
Jiang Ruan didn't say anything to persuade her.
She and Su Zhu only knew the general outline of the matter between Ye Yanzhi and Uncle Ye.
But they all agreed that besides the conflicts they knew about, Ye Yanzhi must be hiding something else from them, otherwise he wouldn't have treated Uncle Ye so badly for so many years.
They didn't ask; everyone has their own secrets and privacy.
They are friends, and should respect each other even more.
"Let's go." Jiang Ruan helped her mother cover herself with the blanket. "I'll treat you to dinner."
"Let's go." Ye Yanzhi left without a word, not taking the phone call and text message he had just received to heart.
Huo Zhizhou watched helplessly as the two left together, even making plans to have dinner together.
His eyes grew even darker, and he summoned Assistant Jiang to give him an instruction: "No matter what method you use to ruin Jiang Ruan and Ye Yanzhi's dinner, you must compensate the restaurant owner tenfold for all the losses caused."
Jiang, Special Assistant: "Okay."
Half an hour later.
Jiang Ruan bought fresh ingredients and took Ye Yanzhi to her home.
Given her current financial situation, if she treats Ye Yanzhi to a nice meal, he will definitely pay for it secretly afterwards. If she treats him to something ordinary, she might as well cook it for him herself.
The bodyguards who were secretly following him reported the matter to Assistant Jiang.
Assistant Jiang looked troubled. After much consideration, he still went to the president's office with a heavy heart.
He didn't speak immediately after entering; he stood in front of Huo Zhizhou's desk, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.
"What's wrong?" Huo Zhizhou was still dealing with important company matters.
"The place where Miss Jiang and Young Master Ye went to eat, our people can't sabotage it." Assistant Jiang was panicking inside, but remained calm on the surface.
Huo Zhizhou: "?"
After a brief moment of thought, Huo Zhizhou came to a conclusion: "Her home?"
"Yes." Assistant Jiang felt for the umpteenth time that it was an honor to have such an extremely intelligent boss, who could easily guess the things he didn't know how to say.
Huo Zhizhou's hand, which was on the keyboard, paused, and his aura became terrifyingly low at that moment.
The next second.
He got up, grabbed his suit jacket, and left the office.
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