Chapter 168 Returning to Jingzhou
Jiang Ruan was struggling internally.
Even if he didn't use this as a bargaining chip, he wouldn't let her sleep in another room.
The result is the same, but if you agree to the deal with him, some things will change imperceptibly.
"Go to sleep early after you finish checking." Huo Zhizhou handed her his phone, seeing her wanting to check but unable to bring herself to do it. "The private plane is at nine o'clock tomorrow, so we have to get up early."
The phone felt heavy in my hand.
Jiang Ruan was filled with doubt.
If there were anything on his phone, he wouldn't show it to himself. If he did, it would either be true that he's the kind of person who would disregard his child's safety to achieve his goals, or he would have already deleted everything from his phone.
There's no need to watch any of them.
"No need." Jiang Ruan tossed the phone to him and went to bed, still upset.
She sleeps on the outer edge of the bed, the kind where she could fall off if she turned over.
Huo Zhizhou put his phone away, lifted the covers, and got into bed.
The moment she felt the bed move slightly, Jiang Ruan subconsciously moved a little closer to the edge of the bed. Unable to escape and not wanting to be too intimate with him, she could only resist in this way.
“My footprint isn’t as big as you think.” Huo Zhizhou pulled her into his arms with one hand, his whole body warmly enveloping her. “You don’t need to shrink into a corner.”
Jiang Ruan tried to move, but felt the body behind her gradually warming up.
Not long after.
Her obvious features have already been labeled as such.
In that instant, without thinking, she tried her best to escape from his embrace. Regardless of whether what happened tonight was true or false, she couldn't bring herself to do "that" with him.
"Don't move." Huo Zhizhou kept her locked in his arms, his voice low. "This is just a normal physiological reaction because I haven't been intimate with you for too long. Tonight, I'll just hold you while we sleep, and I won't do anything else."
Jiang Ruan's tense heart relaxed slightly.
He will do what he says he will do.
Huo Zhizhou tried to distract her by asking, "Why did you try to check my phone just now?"
Jiang Ruan fell silent.
After a while.
She then asked him, "If I hadn't signed that agreement, would you really have put Sui Sui in danger?"
"Is this answer really important to you?" Huo Zhizhou did not give a direct answer.
Jiang Ruan paused for a moment.
Of course it's important.
It's Huo Zhizhou's business to support Su Anran; she might at most consider it a sign of his warped values. But if he disregards Sui Sui's safety, then he has lost even his basic humanity.
She cannot accept that her partner is this kind of person.
I don't believe that someone I've loved for five years would feel this way deep down.
"Whether it's true or not, you don't want to stay by my side." Huo Zhizhou asked himself, then answered, "Isn't that right?"
Jiang Ruan did not reply.
Knowing that she didn't want to stay by his side, he still used tricks to keep her, which is enough to show that he is different from before.
From an angle she couldn't see, Huo Zhizhou's dark eyes were filled with emotion, and a feeling he himself couldn't express rose in his heart.
His silly, soft-hearted nature.
Even with all the evidence laid out before her, she still chose to believe him deep down.
Even though she never firmly chose him, how could he let her go?
"Goodnight," Huo Zhizhou whispered in her ear.
That night.
Jiang Ruan didn't sleep very soundly.
Even though Sui Sui is out of danger and safe and sound, I still miss her when I don't see her in real life.
As for Huo Zhizhou, this was the most restful night's sleep he had had in a while. There were no nightmares, no dark schemes, only warmth and peace.
...
A little after eight in the morning, Jiang Ruan and Huo Zhizhou had already arrived at the airport.
Before she even boarded the private jet that Huo Zhizhou had arranged in advance, she received a message from Bai Jian on her phone: "There are rumors circulating at the company about you and President Huo. Do you want me to handle it for you?"
Jiang Ruan's bad mood improved slightly after seeing this.
She glanced at the person who was standing right beside her and replied with a few words: "No need, thank you, Sister Bai Jian."
Huo Zhizhou deliberately let people know about this. Even if Sister Bai Jian could shut others up, given Huo Zhizhou's personality, she would definitely not hide her relationship with her after she returned to Yuan Yi.
By then, no amount of troubleshooting will help.
It's better to let things take their course and let things be as they may.
"Are you upset that I made our relationship public?" Huo Zhizhou was tall, and with his eyes down, he could see all the messages on her phone.
“That’s your freedom.” Jiang Ruan appeared distant and indifferent, devoid of yesterday’s anger and rage. “I have no right to interfere, nor can I.”
Huo Zhizhou knew she was just saying things out of anger.
But this time he couldn't calm her down.
All he could do was treat her well every day as usual, and let time slowly heal the traces of unhappiness.
When they returned to Jingzhou and saw Sui Sui, it was already past eleven o'clock. Upon seeing her return, Sui Sui rushed out like a whirlwind, excitedly calling out, "Mommy!"
Jiang Ruan caught him.
The two gave each other a big bear hug.
"Is there anything else that's bothering you?" Jiang Ruan asked with concern, genuinely worried that something might have happened to him.
"No." Sui Sui smiled sweetly, her round eyes were very cute, "After talking to Mommy on the phone yesterday, I recovered completely, and now I'm Mommy's healthy baby!"
Jiang smiled gently.
Sui Sui glanced at her father, who was carrying her mother's suitcase, and solemnly stretched out her little hand, saying, "Uncle Huo, please give me Mommy's suitcase, I'll carry it for her."
Huo Zhizhou handed it over to him without any hesitation.
Sui Sui pulled her suitcase with one hand and held Jiang Ruan's hand with the other, walking towards the exit of Ruan Garden: "Mommy, let's go home."
Jiang Ruan paused in her steps.
The feelings that had just been suppressed resurfaced.
"This is your mother's house. Where do you want to take her?" Huo Zhizhou asked slowly, his eyes fixed on him.
Sui Sui: "??"
I have a few doubts every year.
He subconsciously looked at Jiang Ruan, and when he saw that she did not refute him, he guessed what was going on.
"Give me the suitcase." Huo Zhizhou usually took care of Jiang Ruan's things himself.
Sui Sui hid her suitcase behind her back.
Huo Zhizhou raised an eyebrow slightly.
This kid...
“Your issues with that aunt haven’t been resolved yet, so Mommy can’t come back to live here.” Sui Sui looked at him with some skepticism, but firmly supported her mother.
Huo Zhizhou remained calm: "Then ask her."
“Even if Mommy agrees to come back to live here, it must be because you used some means to threaten her to stay.” Although Sui Sui is young, she is smart. She took Jiang Ruan’s hand and said to her, “Mommy, let’s go back to our home and ignore him.”
Jiang Ruan suppressed all her emotions and didn't let the child know about it: "Your father is right, we'll live here from now on."
Huo Zhizhou looked at him: "Did you hear that?"
Sui Sui: "..."
Despicable father.
He held Jiang Ruan's hand tightly, and as if he had thought of something, he suddenly asked her, "Did Dad threaten you with my situation?"
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