Chapter 230 Su Anran Decides to Take a Gamble
"This is my private matter, what does it have to do with you?" Su Anran's heart pounded uncontrollably, her palms were sweaty. "You said you would take good care of me, is this your way of taking care of me?"
"Sneaking in on me and digging into my privacy, don't you think that's going too far?"
He doesn't know yet that her identity is fake. As long as he makes good use of this, she can still leave. Even if she can't get money from him, she can still get some from Jiang Ruan.
And all those things he gave me before, including the house, I can just sell them all.
Anyway, I'm already suspicious.
Huo Zhizhou's dark eyes deepened slightly.
Assistant Jiang spoke up for his boss: "This was investigated by Miss Si Ning and President Gu behind our boss's back; it wasn't ordered by the boss."
"What about the time you said you had no money, but then secretly investigated me?" Su Anran vented her emotions as much as possible. "Wasn't it on his orders?"
Assistant Jiang said seriously, "Something is amiss; it wouldn't hurt to find out more."
“From now on, I expect you and your friends to stop investigating me and protect my privacy!” Su Anran said. “If you can’t do that, don’t keep making promises.”
Assistant Jiang frowned slightly.
I am very dissatisfied with this requirement.
He glanced at Huo Zhizhou, his words always siding with him: "Boss, we can't agree to that."
"Tell Gu Shixi and Si Ning to stop the investigation." Huo Zhizhou's dark eyes became misty.
"BOSS!" Assistant Jiang said with some concern.
We finally found out she had a problem, and we finally had a chance to get rid of her for the boss. Now that we've stopped, all the information we found will be wasted.
When Huo Zhizhou looked up again, his eyes had regained their calm: "I will follow your orders."
Assistant Jiang hesitated for a moment, then finally called Gu Shixi to convey Huo Zhizhou's message.
Gu Shixi was extremely puzzled: "Why?"
Assistant Jiang told him about Su Anran's visit.
Gu Shixi replied without any change in expression, "I understand."
Assistant Jiang: "?"
Just one sentence: "Got it?"
Why don't we say something more?
"Do you still want the money?" Huo Zhizhou looked again at Su Anran, who was clearly feeling guilty but was forcibly pretending to be angry.
"Yes!" Su Anran felt something was wrong, but she didn't have time to think about it. "Give it to me as I just said. Once I've settled down somewhere else, our debt of gratitude will be over."
Huo Zhizhou: "Okay."
Jiang's anxiety gradually subsided after seeing his calm demeanor.
The boss is not someone who would completely follow others, and his willingness to go along with Su Anran's behavior without any explanation is very unlike his personality.
unless……
His gaze fell on Huo Zhizhou's calm and composed face.
Is that what he thinks?
"Give her the money as she asks," Huo Zhizhou instructed.
Assistant Jiang responded, "Okay."
Su Anran asked, "When will the money arrive?"
Jiang's Special Assistant: "One week."
"Is it meaningful to use the same method twice?" Su Anran mistakenly thought that Huo Zhizhou was deliberately stalling for time, and her face was very bad. "You just agreed to it a second ago, and now you're going back on your word."
“If you want to operate legally and compliantly and avoid being reclaimed, it takes this long to go through the contract and procedures,” Assistant Jiang explained. “If you only need the money, it can be transferred to your account right now.”
Su Anran's eyes were filled with suspicion.
Two hundred million is not a small amount.
For someone like her, who consistently has little money in her bank account and low transaction history, a large transfer into her account is very likely to attract the bank's attention and investigation.
“Okay, one week it is.” After thinking for a moment, she agreed, “but I don’t want you to investigate me again during this week.”
He left after saying that, without lingering.
Jiang's assistant closed the ward door.
Returning to the bedside, he asked the question that had been on his mind: "Boss, did you know that President Gu wouldn't listen to you when you agreed to Su Anran's request?"
Huo Zhizhou: "Mm."
He needs to take care of Su Anran as promised, but he can't force others to agree if they don't.
I had promised to give her special treatment and indulgence, but after all the trouble I've caused, it's all been exhausted. All I could say in my promises was to take good care of her and protect her for life; nothing else mattered.
"Are we really going to give her the money?" Assistant Jiang asked.
"Here you go." Huo Zhizhou said calmly.
...
Su Anran called Jiang Ruan as soon as she left the hospital.
She won't receive Huo Zhizhou's money for another week, and she needs to persuade Jiang Ruan within that week.
If she agrees, if she helps me, then there's a glimmer of hope.
Jiang Ruan and Su Zhu were having dinner when she saw the phone number flashing on the screen. Without hesitation, she swiped to answer it.
"What did you want from me just now?" Su Anran's voice came through. "Have you figured it out?"
“I will do my best to have someone help you hide your tracks,” Jiang Ruan said, following Su Zhu’s instructions. “In exchange, you have to tell me that person’s identity on the day you leave.”
Su Anran refused: "No."
Jiang Ruan: "?"
Su Anran had thought about it quite a bit: "What if I gave it to you back then and then went back on my word and refused to help me hide my tracks?"
"Then let's not talk about it." Jiang Ruan wasn't going to go along with her ideas; if she was led astray once, she would do it again. "The deal is void."
"Wait!" Su Anran called out quickly, afraid that she would really hang up the phone.
Jiang Ruan put her chopsticks down again, waiting for her to continue.
Su Zhu listened intently.
"I'm just reasonably worried. What if you change your mind after you find out who that person is?" Su Anran said seriously. "I don't have any leverage over you. Even if you change your mind, I can't do anything to you."
“You don’t have to look for me.” Jiang Ruan wouldn’t tolerate that.
Su Anran suppressed her emotions: "Don't you want to know at all who that person is?"
"I want to, but I don't want to argue with you." Jiang Ruan's words were direct and indifferent, unknowingly breaking down her defenses. "Given the time and energy, I'd rather sue Huo Zhizhou."
These words were spoken.
There was no sound from the other end of the phone for a long time.
Su Anran was well aware that there were irreconcilable conflicts between her and Jiang Ruan, first the things at school, and then her relationship with Huo Zhizhou.
"Then you have to promise me." She decided to take the gamble, "After you find out who that person is, you will help me hide my whereabouts so that Huo Zhizhou can't find me. If he accidentally finds me, you also have to protect me."
Jiang Ruan frowned almost imperceptibly between her brows.
She looked at Su Zhu, her eyes silently asking: Is Su Anran's brain a little malfunctioning?
Where did she get the confidence that she would protect her?
"Will you agree or not?" Su Anran asked.
"No." Jiang Ruan refused decisively. "Our deal is limited to having someone help you conceal your whereabouts; everything else is none of my business."
Su Anran was about to lose her temper again.
Jiang Ruan added, "If you're not satisfied, we don't have to talk about it."
Su Anran swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
It was only a matter of time before Huo Zhizhou discovered that her identity was questionable. With Ye Yanzhi's people guarding Dr. Yin's side, she couldn't silence her.
Once he wakes up, her identity theft will be exposed, and given Huo Zhizhou's personality, he certainly won't let her off easily.
Jiang Ruan was her only hope. Although Jiang Ruan always looked at her with disdain and contempt, she would basically do whatever Jiang Ruan promised.
She's such a proud person, she wouldn't lie to her.
Thinking about all this, Su Anran decided to take a gamble: "Okay."
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