Chapter 144 How Deeply Her Mother Was Hidden
“I’m not being stubborn.” Huo Zhizhou was clear about all his actions. “Some things have to be done by someone. I have to prove to them that the promises I make are ones I can keep.”
"And then?" Si Ning asked rhetorically, "For this promise, you ruined your entire family."
Huo Zhizhou's eyes darkened little by little.
In the end, he didn't say a word.
“You don’t need to prove anything to anyone. What good is it if you keep a promise to someone who doesn’t care about commitments?” Si Ning saw things more clearly than anyone else. “He won’t think you’re impressive; he’ll just think you’re stupid and inflexible.”
“I also think you made a mistake.” Gu Shixi, who usually wouldn’t dare to say this, mustered up his courage at this moment. “Your family should be your top priority.”
Huo Zhizhou's gaze swept across their faces one by one: "If you love lecturing so much, why don't you change your profession?"
Gu Shixi: "..."
Si Ning clicked his tongue.
Huo Zhizhou picked up the untouched glass of wine on the table and drank it all in one gulp. After putting the glass down, he stood up and said, "I have to go now. Put it on my tab when you finish."
After saying that, he picked up his phone and suit jacket and left the private room.
Watching him leave, Gu Shixi stroked the cup in his hand, his gaze falling on Si Ning: "Aren't you going to say a few more words of advice?"
“It’s no use.” Si Ning saw the situation clearly. “What happened back then hurt him too much. He has an obsession with promises that normal people can’t understand. No matter what others say, he won’t listen.”
A complex expression appeared between Gu Shixi's brows.
"Are you sure that Su Anran was his savior when he was a child?" Si Ning felt something was off.
"Confirmed." Gu Shixi asked, "When he learned about this, he had people investigate many times. Su Anran has the scar left from saving him, and she did indeed appear at the scene of the incident at that time."
Si Ning pondered, his androgynous face incredibly handsome: "Can one person's personality be so different?"
As a child, I was selfless; as an adult, I am blinded by self-interest.
No matter how much the environment affects it, it shouldn't have turned out like this.
"Huo Er has thought about what you've thought about too." Gu Shixi leaned back on the sofa. "He also investigated Su Anran's childhood. The neighbors all said that she was sensible and obedient when she was young, and was a good child."
"Have you looked into her life story?" Si Ning asked again.
“It’s not like we’re getting married, why would he need to check his background?” Gu Shixi knew Huo Zhizhou’s principles. “He was just checking the details and the matter of saving him.”
Si Ning stood up.
Gu Shixi asked, somewhat puzzled, "What are you doing?"
"I need to go back and check on something." Si Ning clinked the rest of her drink with his before finishing it in one gulp and then said, "Remember to pay the bill later."
Gu Shixi: "???"
Gu Shixi was still hesitant: "Didn't you say it would be put on Huo Er's tab?"
Si Ning didn't answer. After leaving, she went home and turned on her computer to start researching in detail. She didn't believe that someone who could do such a thing would have had the courage to save someone who had been thrown into the river when they were a child.
Half an hour later.
She frowned as she looked at all of Su Anran's information. Judging from the information, apart from her questionable character, there was nothing wrong with her overall personality.
Ultimately, she set her sights on the same university as Jiang Ruan.
While pondering, she turned off her computer, got up, and went to find Jiang Ruan.
At this moment, Jiang Ruan was dealing with an uninvited guest. Seeing Jiang Chenren sitting in her house, she was a little impatient: "What are you doing here?"
She never expected to see Jiang Chenren outside the door when she returned, and she never expected that he would be so persistent and wouldn't leave no matter how hard she tried to get rid of him. He also didn't care when she said she would call the police.
She couldn't possibly actually call the police.
Jiang Chenren is her father, so she can't say anything when the police come.
"Let's have a heart-to-heart talk." Jiang Chenren adopted a fatherly demeanor. "You've been working and taking care of your mother and Sui Sui lately, it must have been tough for you."
Jiang Ruan didn't believe a single word he said.
Jiang Chenren continued, "Don't you want to know why I abandoned you and your mother back then?"
Jiang Ruan looked at him again, waiting for his answer.
But how could Jiang Chenren say that so quickly?
“I can tell you,” he said, his words as usual, but with an almost uncontrollable ambition in his eyes. “But before I tell you, you have to come with me to a place and take some things out.”
Jiang Ruan refused without even thinking: "I'm not going."
Jiang Chenren: "That's where your mother lived before she got married. There are still some of her things in there."
Jiang Ruan: "??"
Jiang Ruan had some question marks on her forehead.
She suppressed her emotions and said with a hint of disbelief, "How come I didn't know?"
"All you do all day is play, what do you know?" Jiang Chenren spoke with exceptional rudeness. "You need to go there to open it."
Jiang Ruan: "I don't have a key."
Jiang Chenren said with a hint of emotion, "Your mother has set up facial recognition and iris recognition for you. Just press the button and the door will open automatically."
Jiang Ruan was now truly puzzled.
Reason told her that this was unlikely to be true, but what Aunt Xu had told her made her feel that it was somewhat credible, so she was wavering in her heart.
“If you don’t believe me, you can ask Xu Jiu; she knows too,” Jiang Chenren said.
Jiang Ruan took out her phone and sent a message to Aunt Xu in front of him, while keeping an eye on her father's expression out of the corner of her eye.
No abnormalities were found.
There was no impulse.
Could it be true?
The thought crossed my mind, and at that very moment, the message was sent: "Aunt Xu, did you know my mom owns a pre-marital property that recorded my facial recognition?"
After seeing the message, Xu Jiu called immediately and answered almost every question she had: "I know, why are you suddenly asking this?"
"Where?" Jiang Ruan asked tentatively.
"It's next to Section 3 of Jingzhou Avenue, about five or six kilometers from your old Soft Garden," Xu Jiu answered, then suddenly realized, "Didn't you already know that?"
Jiang Ruan: "..."
Jiang Ruan: "I don't know."
Xu Jiu was quite surprised: "Jiang An didn't tell you?"
Jiang Ruan knew she couldn't see it, but still shook her head: "No."
"I guess he felt that the dilapidated house was nothing compared to Soft Garden, so he didn't think it was necessary to mention it." Xu Jiu could understand Jiang An's thoughts. After all, Soft Garden was very luxurious, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a manor.
If you just walk around inside, it would probably take half an hour to get out.
Jiang Ruan's feelings were a little complicated.
Just how well did she keep her mother a secret?
"Why are you suddenly asking this?" Xu Jiu asked again.
“My dad came to see me and asked me to go with him…” Jiang Ruan glanced at Jiang Chenren, but before she could finish speaking, he forcibly snatched her phone and hung up.
He looked somewhat impatient: "Now that it's confirmed, come with me to get the things."
Jiang Ruan tried to get her phone back.
Jiang Chenren held it in his hand and wouldn't give it to her.
"Go get your things first." Jiang Chenren slung her phone behind his back, his attitude clear: "I'll give it back to you after I get it."
"You said it yourself, that's my mother's wedding property, how could there be anything of yours in there?" Jiang Ruan didn't listen to him, her words carrying a hint of accusation.
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