Chapter 756 The force with which he touched her face was quite strong.
Jiang Ruan didn't reply or look at him.
She doesn't care about love or anything like that. If he says this before he tries to stop her or hurt her by any means during the cooling-off period, she won't hold his actions against him.
It's too late.
Trust is a fragile bridge; once it collapses, it can only be rebuilt.
Reconstruction is too difficult.
She doesn't need him now, nor does she crave his love.
"Ruan Ruan," Huo Zhizhou called to her.
Jiang Ruan glanced sideways, her expression indifferent, as if he were just an insignificant person.
Huo Zhizhou took out a delicate little box from his pocket: "A gift for you."
Jiang Ruan: "No need."
Huo Zhizhou opened the box, took out a necklace, and walked towards her. When she looked away and didn't want to talk to him, he put it around her neck.
That moment.
Jiang Ruan subconsciously distanced herself from him.
Huo Zhizhou anticipated this and pulled her into his arms, his chest pressed against her back, and said slowly in a deep voice, "Don't move."
Jiang Ruan ignored him and jabbed him in the back with her right elbow.
Huo Zhizhou, despite the pain, didn't let go, but gently pulled her into a tight embrace, saying, "I missed you."
Jiang Ruan: "Let go."
Huo Zhizhou rested his chin on her neck: "I really, really want to."
Jiang Ruan remained unmoved: "If you don't let go, don't blame me if you hurt your wound."
Huo Zhizhou: "Being hit by you once and then being hugged is totally worth it."
Jiang Ruan: "..."
Jiang Ruan's raised hand remained suspended there in the end.
It would be easy to hit him with an elbow, but this spot would definitely hit his wound.
That kind of force would tear the wound open.
"Can you stop being so shameless?" Jiang Ruan said to him.
"If I didn't act shamelessly, you wouldn't even acknowledge me." Huo Zhizhou was no longer as aloof as before; now he was just an ordinary person who wanted to be noticed by the person he admired.
Jiang Ruan: "Let go."
Huo Zhizhou: "I won't let go."
Jiang Ruan: "Not loving me? Dragging me to stay up all night is love?"
Huo Zhizhou: "It won't matter if it happens once in a while. I'll try to come earlier tomorrow night."
Hearing this, Jiang Ruan knew that he intended to renege on his promise to the end.
She didn't call Mo Mo or Jiang An, she just stood there and let him hold her.
She knew very well that Huo Zhizhou wouldn't leave no matter what she said, since when she asked him to come back, it was tantamount to accepting his shamelessness and shirking of responsibility afterwards.
"Huo Zhizhou," she called to him.
Huo Zhizhou raised his voice slightly: "Hmm?"
Jiang Ruan looked at his hands wrapped around her and decided to have a proper talk with him. The bodyguards were tired of him sneaking in late at night, and she was also worried. It would be better to be frank.
"You want to pursue me?" Jiang Ruan asked.
"Mmm." Huo Zhizhou remained in the same position, the fresh scent lingering around his nose, filling his heart with ultimate happiness and warmth. "I want to be with you."
“Let’s make a three-point agreement,” Jiang Ruan said. “Then I’ll let you pursue me.”
Huo Zhizhou: "Go ahead."
Based on their previous conversation, even without any agreed-upon rules, she would have to accept his pursuit, since he had already told her and reminded her of this before. But if she was willing to let him pursue her, she would listen to him.
"First, you can't come over in the middle of the night." Jiang Ruan found it hard to accept the thought of seeing someone in her room in the dead of night. "You can't enter my room without my permission."
Huo Zhizhou said, "There are two."
Jiang Ruan: "One."
Seeing her serious expression, Huo Zhizhou nodded: "Yes, one."
Jiang Ruan glanced at his still-holding hands and the warmth on his neck, and continued, "Secondly, you can't hug me, kiss me, touch my head, or do anything like that without my permission."
Huo Zhizhou rejected the idea without even thinking: "That won't work."
Jiang Ruan: "I'm not discussing this with you."
"What if you want to make up with me later? I'll have to ask for your permission before I hug you, and I'll have to ask for permission before I kiss you. Don't you think that would ruin the atmosphere?" Huo Zhizhou said slowly, his warm breath spraying on Jiang Ruan, with a hint of tickling.
Jiang Ruan told herself to ignore the thought: "It's impossible for me to make up with you."
Huo Zhizhou: "What if?"
Jiang Ruan: "Then let's talk about it after we make up."
Huo Zhizhou continued to argue: "But you have a proud and arrogant personality. Sometimes you may be willing in your heart but you just won't admit it. You were like that often during the five years we were married."
"It's time for a divorce," Jiang Ruan reminded him.
"This can be revised. I'll go back and think about how to improve it." As Huo Zhizhou spoke, he tightened his grip on her slightly, then tilted his head slightly and gave her a light kiss on the cheek.
His lips were slightly cool.
There was a very noticeable tactile sensation when it landed on Jiang Ruan's face.
Jiang Ruan froze.
I instinctively turned around and slapped him.
"Smack!"
A crisp sound.
Jiang Ruan froze instantly.
She looked at her hands, which were a little numb and painful, and then at his slightly flushed face.
how……
Why did he suddenly let go?
That speed and force, that's what he can block.
"Look," Huo Zhizhou said calmly, as if the slap had never happened, "you're still so stubborn but soft-hearted."
Jiang Ruan felt a little flustered, her mind reeling from the slap: "Why didn't you dodge?"
She didn't say the last two words.
If she told Huo Zhizhou, he would definitely think that she accepted his kiss.
She only wanted to show her rejection when she slapped him back. Given the situation, if he hadn't immediately let go of her hand, the slap wouldn't have landed on his face at all.
She can express anger.
And then they can find an excuse to get rid of him.
But the slap was so hard that the handprint is still very obvious.
"Have you been working out lately? You're touching my face pretty hard." Huo Zhizhou ruffled her hair as he spoke, his eyes full of her. "I'm leaving now, you should get some rest."
Jiang Ruan didn't move.
Huo Zhizhou's voice was pleasant and gentle: "Aren't you going to see me off?"
Jiang Ruan was still not completely calm: "No need to see me out."
Huo Zhizhou: "Okay, then you can rest."
Jiang Ruan remained silent.
Huo Zhizhou glanced at her twice more before leaving.
Downstairs, Xu Shen and Mo Mo were chatting by the garden outside the door, but Xu Shen did all the talking. Mo Mo only used simple words like "um," "yes," and "it's okay," and hardly spoke any long sentences.
“Being a special assistant really makes a difference.” Xu Shen clicked his tongue deliberately. “In internet parlance, you’re a successful person now, so it’s normal that you don’t want to talk to an ordinary person like me.”
Mo Mo: "?"
Mo Mo looked at him in confusion, as if she couldn't believe he could say something so idiotic.
"Don't worry, from now on I'll call you Assistant Mo when we're out, not by your name," Xu Shen continued, "so you won't feel like I'm lowering your status or making you lose face."
After she finished speaking, she looked at him with eyes full of emotion, perfectly portraying her inferiority complex.
Mo Mo remained unmoved. He looked at him and asked a very sincere question: "Was your reason for retiring back then because your mind deteriorated and you couldn't keep up with the organization's pace?"
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