Chapter 362 The term "savior"
“If the investigation is still ongoing, it would be him, not the two of you, who are by Ruan Ruan’s side.” Li Zhishen exposed them. “I won’t ask you if you don’t want to talk about it. How long until he comes back?”
Lin Bei glanced at his phone: "Three hours."
Li Zhishen: "..."
Li Zhishen: "Did he tell you what he saw our old man say?"
Lin Bei and Mo Mo looked completely bewildered.
He seemed to misunderstand what he was saying.
"I'll try to stall the old man," Li Zhishen said. Regardless of whether his guess was true or false, he still chose to stand on Jiang Ruan's side. "If he hasn't returned in three hours, I'll leave him alone."
"Please feel free to do as you please," Lin Bei said simply.
Li Zhishen went inside and told Jiang Ruan and Jiang An.
He didn't know that Jiang Ruan already knew the whole truth. When she left, she only said that she had something to do and would come back later. Fortunately, Lin Bei came in and explained it to her after he left.
Time passed by, bit by bit.
Jiang Ruan was waiting for news of Huo Zhizhou's return. After dealing with Zuo Tai and those who had participated in the pursuit of Jiang Ruan and her group, Assistant Jiang returned to the manor.
As for Li Zhishen, he was dealing with Old Master Li.
"What did you mean when you said Ruan Ruan was sick?" Li Zhishen asked him as soon as he found him, his expression calm and serious.
Old Master Li looked at him suspiciously: "You didn't find her?"
Li Zhishen remained silent.
Grandpa Li asked, "Have you received a call from your uncle?"
Li Zhishen looked up.
My mood is very low.
That look seemed to say, "You know my relationship with him, and we talk on the phone all the time."
"He called me and Xiaoze, saying that Huo Zhizhou sent people to kill him." As Old Master Li said this, his gaze remained fixed on Li Zhishen's eyes, not missing a single expression on his face.
"Even if the King of Heaven himself is chasing him, it has nothing to do with me." Li Zhishen said calmly. "I just want to know what you mean by saying Ruanruan is sick. I asked around at the hospitals and there's no record of her being admitted."
"What do you mean by that!" Li Ze stepped forward, his temper flaring.
Li Zhishen glanced at him.
Li Ze felt a subconscious fear.
"I don't know what's wrong with her either. When I called Huo Zhizhou, I heard someone calling for a doctor on the other end of the line." Having failed to get any information from her, Old Master Li had no choice but to resort to this method. "Have you asked Qin An?"
Li Zhishen: "I didn't answer the phone."
“You’re lying!” Li Ze blurted out, “My men saw you with her before.”
Li Zhishen didn't even bother to look at him, and was about to leave.
They hadn't even taken two steps.
Old Master Li called out to him, "Wait a minute."
Li Zhishen turned his back to him, his attitude even colder than before: "Speak."
Before Old Master Li could speak, Li Zhishen's phone rang with an international call. He frowned and answered, but as soon as he swiped to answer, a string of curses erupted: "Li Zhishen, you and your son, don't go too far!"
Li Zhishen: "?"
Li Chengxuan?
He glanced at Old Master Li subconsciously.
"When I get back, I will definitely not let you get away with this." Li Chengxuan was still speaking when he realized there was something wrong and turned on speakerphone. "I will tell everyone in the family what you and your father did to give the shares to Jiang Ruan!"
Li Zhishen asked Old Master Li, "What did you do?"
Old Master Li: "??"
Old Master Li was completely bewildered: "Chengxuan's phone call?"
Li Zhishen: "Hmm."
Old Master Li's brows furrowed, and his cloudy eyes showed a look of confusion for the first time.
"So you were all in cahoots!" Li Ze, standing nearby, was so frightened that he took several steps back. He looked at Old Master Li and Li Zhishen in disbelief, his eyes filled with anger and humiliation. "I'm going to tell the other elders in the family right now, so they'll know your true colors."
"I didn't do it," Old Master Li tried to explain.
Li Ze drove off.
He was moving very fast, afraid of being caught up.
"You just said that Li Chengxuan called you and said that Huo Zhizhou sent people to kill him?" Li Zhishen brought the topic back. Although he didn't know why he had made that call, his intuition told him that it was related to Huo Zhizhou.
He was not involved.
The old man would never do such a thing.
The only possibility is that someone tampered with this matter.
"It's not clear yet," Old Master Li changed his tone. "We'll talk about it when we see Huo Zhizhou."
Before this phone call, he was absolutely certain that Huo Zhizhou was involved. With his abilities and methods, it would be easy for him to do such a thing. But now he began to doubt the purpose of the phone call.
Meanwhile, on Huo Zhizhou's side...
After getting off the plane, he sent a voice message to Assistant Jiang: "How's things going?"
Assistant Jiang replied quickly: "Just as expected."
Huo Zhizhou put away his phone.
Everything is ready.
He was just waiting for the Li family to come looking for him.
"Don't you always dislike trouble?" Si Ning asked after he finished replying to the message, "Why did you make such a big fuss this time? And even let Li Chengxuan call back to say bad things about you."
"Only in this way can we dispel the Li family's suspicions," Huo Zhizhou replied.
Si Ning: "So what's your real plan? Professional assassins? Mercenaries? Or something else?"
Huo Zhizhou remained calm: "I'm just a businessman, don't think of me as so ruthless."
It was exactly 10 p.m.
Huo Zhizhou arrived at the manor.
He went to change his clothes first, not wanting to see Jiang Ruan in the same clothes he had worn when he met Li Chengxuan.
Upon seeing him arrive, Jiang An, unusually, made an effort to give him and her daughter some space. She knew very well that without his secret protection, she might never have seen Ruan Ruan again in her life.
"You guys chat, I'll take Sui Sui out for a walk."
"good."
Huo Zhizhou didn't stand on ceremony.
Not long after.
He and Jiang Ruan were the only ones left in the room.
The two locked eyes, and an atmosphere of complex emotions permeated between them.
"Take good rest these next few days." Huo Zhizhou learned about the situation from the doctor and reached out to tuck her in. "I will handle things with Li Chengxuan and give you a satisfactory answer."
"I don't want you..." Your hands are stained with blood because of me.
“I know,” Huo Zhizhou interrupted her.
He always knew.
She liked his cleanliness and his purity despite being in the world.
Jiang Ruan was still worried.
She knew Huo Zhizhou wasn't an impulsive person, but she was still subconsciously afraid he might do something irreversible.
"Does this count as you being worried about me?" Huo Zhizhou didn't miss any opportunity to find any trace of Jiang Ruan's love for him.
"You saved me, so it's normal for me to worry about you." Jiang Ruan was very honest about her feelings.
Huo Zhizhou: "Can our relationship go from strangers to saviors?"
Jiang Ruan: "..."
Huo Zhizhou: "Why aren't you saying anything?"
Jiang Ruan: "Yes."
Huo Zhizhou then asked, "How do you usually treat your savior?"
"Express my gratitude and remember his kindness." Jiang Ruan answered formally, without any hint of flirting or joking. "I will help him when he encounters difficulties."
Huo Zhizhou can be quite shameless at times: "I'm currently facing a problem. Do you want to help me as you suggested?"
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