Chapter 419 Confronting Huo Cheng
Despite this, Sui Sui's anxiety and worry did not lessen in the slightest.
The recurring dreams he had for several nights in a row made him unconsciously worry.
"He shouldn't be asleep yet at this hour." Jiang Ruan glanced at the time, took out her phone, and opened Huo Zhizhou's chat interface. "Should we give him a call?"
Sui Sui looked at Jiang Ruan, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
At the end of the day, he's just a child.
No matter how sensible and reassuring someone may seem on ordinary days, they will still feel anxious at certain times.
Jiang Ruan opened the video call. Huo Zhizhou answered in less than three seconds, his voice cold and distant: "What is it?"
“You didn’t answer Sui Sui’s calls, and he’s been dreaming for several nights in a row that you’ve forgotten him and that you’ve had another child with someone else.” Jiang Ruan said this while handing the phone to Sui Sui, her words as calm as if the two were complete strangers.
Huo Zhizhou: "..."
All the distant words Huo Zhizhou had prepared beforehand vanished at that moment.
While rubbing Sui Sui's head, Jiang Ruan said to Huo Zhizhou, "You talk to him."
“Mommy…” Sui Sui noticed the strange atmosphere between the two.
"Ask whatever you want." Jiang Ruan didn't want her child to keep things bottled up. "He's your father, and he has an obligation to care about you and answer your questions."
Huo Zhizhou, who was serious and unsmiling, glanced at the video of Sui Sui Chao.
Jiang Ruan placed her hand on his shoulder: "Just leave your phone here when you're done talking, I'll come and get it when I'm done."
Sui Sui nodded and said okay.
Jiang Ruan got up and left for the study.
He closed the door behind him when he left.
The father and son in the video looked at each other, and the atmosphere fell silent at that moment.
Before answering the phone, Sui Sui had many questions for Huo Zhizhou, such as why he didn't answer his calls, what he had been busy with lately, and whether the things he dreamed about would come true.
But at this moment, he didn't want to ask any of these questions.
He simply looked at the somewhat unfamiliar Huo Zhizhou in the video and said, "Dad."
Huo Zhizhou: "Mm."
"What happened between you and Mommy?" Sui Sui asked directly, without beating around the bush, "Do you mean what you said before doesn't count?"
"It's always been true." Huo Zhizhou didn't lie to him, his voice steady but slightly hoarse, "It's just that Dad has something to do lately and can't take care of you for the time being."
"Is it very important?" Sui Sui asked.
Huo Zhizhou replied in a low voice, "Mm."
Sui Sui asked again, her voice carrying a hint of other emotions: "Is it more important than the three of us being together?"
Huo Zhizhou tightened his grip on his phone, a sour feeling spreading through his chest.
"I don't know what you're busy with, or what the matter you mentioned is related to." Sui Sui's voice was childish, but more serious than ever before. "I only know that if a family breaks up, it's hard to bring them back together, and if Mommy's heart gets cold, it's hard to warm it up again."
Huo Zhizhou remained silent and did not speak.
The atmosphere on the phone suddenly became very somber.
After a while.
Huo Zhizhou looked at the well-behaved and sensible child in the video and said, "I understand."
"Do you understand and still stick to your current choice?" Sui Sui asked.
"I'm sorry." Huo Zhizhou's heart sank little by little, feeling as if a stone was weighing on it, making him feel oppressed and uncomfortable. "I have my reasons for doing this."
The light in Sui Sui's eyes dimmed, and her little hand holding the phone unconsciously tightened.
Huo Zhizhou tried to comfort him: "It was wrong of me to make you worry, but I can assure you that you will be my only child in this life, and that will never change no matter what happens."
"It doesn't matter anymore." Sui Sui adjusted her mood and looked at the screen again, as if she had grown up in an instant. "You can do whatever you want to do. I'll take care of Mommy here."
Huo Zhizhou's heart clenched.
Sui Sui tried her best to smile and said, "I wish you all the best."
“Baby…” Huo Zhizhou tried to comfort him.
"It's getting late, I have school tomorrow, so I'm going to bed now," Sui Sui said. "You should rest early too, your health is the foundation of everything."
"Okay." Huo Zhizhou's voice was low and hoarse.
Sui Sui hummed in agreement and hung up the call. As soon as the dial tone came, he pulled the blanket over himself, as if hiding under the blanket would allow him to pretend that nothing had happened.
He doesn't understand his father.
He had a conflict with his mother because of that aunt.
Now, for other reasons, he and Mommy are placed last.
He had just told him that he would love his mother for the rest of his life, and that his mother and he were the most important people to him.
"Baby." Jiang Ruan's voice rang out, and when she saw the person twitching under the covers, it felt as if a huge stone was pressing on her chest.
I came here just because I was worried that Huo Zhizhou would say things the children wouldn't be able to accept.
I never expected to see this.
She patted him gently through the blanket, without lifting it: "What did he say to you?"
Sui Sui woke up from his blankets, his round eyes slightly red, and he threw himself into Jiang Ruan's arms, crying out in a wronged voice, "Mommy."
Jiang Ruan gently hugged him.
Sui Sui said in a muffled voice, "Dad seems to have changed."
"He hasn't changed, he just has some important things to take care of." Jiang Ruan gently patted his head, her voice tender and loving. "He'll come to you once he's done."
"Stupid Mommy!" Sui Sui's eyes reddened even more. "He's already like this and you're still defending him."
Jiang Ruan hugged him without saying anything more.
Sui Sui understands everything, but she just needs someone to affirm Huo Zhizhou's love for her.
At the same time.
On Huo Zhizhou's side.
After Sui Sui hung up the phone, he sat there without moving.
My mind is filled with Sui Sui's words—"Is it more important than the three of us being together?"
He didn't know how to answer the question. His truest feelings told him that nothing was more important than Jiang Ruan and Sui Sui. He had a home because of them.
But morality and reason told him that he should seek justice for Shan Mu'an's family and find out the truth, and that Huo Cheng should pay the price he deserved. However, without evidence, he only had one path to take.
While pondering.
He stood up and walked outside.
Seeing him come out, Lin Bei and Jiang's assistant went up to him: "BOSS."
"How is the situation?" Huo Zhizhou asked.
“There was no compromise.” Assistant Jiang reported the situation truthfully. “He also said that even if you keep him locked up here, he still won’t be able to give you the answer you want.”
Huo Zhizhou's eyes were as black as ink, and he walked silently down to the first basement level.
Lin Feng opened the door and turned on the light. Huo Zhizhou walked in and sat down on the single sofa. When he looked up, he met Huo Cheng's slightly haggard but still defiant eyes.
"No matter how many times you ask, the answer will be the same." Huo Cheng seemed too lazy to struggle anymore. "The affairs of the Shan family have nothing to do with me, and Shan Mu'an's death has nothing to do with me either."
Huo Zhizhou stared at him without saying a word.
Huo Cheng was finding it hard to bear his low mood.
In this environment, Huo Cheng felt a strange sense of irritation welling up inside him.
"You've been so brazen and held on until now because you think Huo Si will come looking for you?" Huo Zhizhou asked slowly, his gaze fixed on him.
Huo Cheng didn't respond, but his expression and attitude said it all.
Huo Zhizhou said in a gentle tone, "Do you know that the reason I'm so sure that Shan Mu'an's matter is related to you is because Huo Sinian told me?"
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