The clouds and mists have dispersed, and everyone knows that I love you.

Shi Rong frowned slightly, glanced at him thoughtfully, and asked the question even though he knew the answer.

"You're saying this as if I've committed some unforgivable mistake, but don't you know the truth better than anyone else?"

Huo Yan smiled slightly, and the look on her face that she looked intimidating without even getting angry was enough.

"Your biggest mistake was making Jiuzhou go against my decision for you, and tricking him into wanting to marry you."

"Hahahaha~"

Shi Rong knew he was going to say this, and his mood suddenly became very good, and he even laughed arrogantly and pleasantly.

It seems that her trick of luring someone into a trap really hit Huo Yan's heart.

"Then I don't understand. From what you said, you had a way to stop it at the time, right? It's not like you, Mr. Huo, to come to me now and act like a wise man after the event. I never thought that such an insignificant person like me would be worthy of such a deliberate calculation by your family. Now that I'm still alive, you must be very disappointed, right?"

Shi Rong looked calm and composed, her tone selfless and fearless. She spoke eloquently and with a righteous air, completely different from the servile and submissive girl she had been in the past four years.

"Shi Rong, you are still as arrogant as ever."

As the experienced head of the Huo family, how could Huo Yan be easily frightened by a few words from a young and formidable man?

Shi Rong didn't care much and smoothed his messy rough hair.

"Whether you're arrogant or humble, you're doomed to fail sooner or later. Why don't we just talk straight out? Since you've come to me personally, I'm sure you've already made a decision that can turn the situation around, right? Beating around the bush will only waste both of our time."

She is quite clever!

Huo Yan stared at her unsightly face with a forced smile. After all, he had underestimated the charm of this woman in the past.

"You've hurt Yu Yan so much, so it's only right for me to ask you to compensate her with a pair of corneas. Even if you don't want to do what I say, there's no need to rush into Jiuzhou's arms. Do you really think he can protect you?"

After all, it’s all about this matter.

"Whether I was the one who harmed Zheng Yuyan or not, no one in this world knows better than you. As for what you said about throwing yourself into Mr. Huo's arms, if I didn't do that, how could I have met you here smoothly?"

bluff!

Huo Yan glared at her with ill intent, the disgust on his face was self-evident.

"Oh? So, it seems like I, an old man, wasn't proactive enough? I didn't treat you, Shi Rong, as a guest of honor?"

Standing up, Huo Yan used the gold-inlaid jade cane at hand and walked back and forth slowly in front of her bed.

"Shi Rong, do you know that the Huo family has been able to thrive in North City for so many years and remain a leading enterprise? This is the result of generations of painstaking efforts and dedication. Jiuzhou has been my favorite to be the next head of the family since he was a child. I will not allow any stain on his body. You say you suffered a lot of grievances around him? Then let me tell you that these so-called grievances are nothing compared to the great cause of our Huo family that will be passed down through the ages."

"Love is fleeting, like a fleeting cloud. I understand my grandson. To dispel his thoughts about you, I must strike hard and completely remove you from his life. Whether you hate me or blame me, you can only endure it. Blame it on your bad luck. You are not from a prominent family, nor am I the daughter of a learned and talented family. My grandson will either remain single for life, or marry the most outstanding person in the world."

Turning his head, his unwavering gaze turned to the hideous-looking woman on the hospital bed.

"Shi Rong, which of the two types of people I mentioned do you belong to?"

Huo Yan was not surprised that he did not get the response he expected from the woman.

"Since you're neither, why humiliate yourself? If you had willingly left him back then, perhaps many of the things that have happened since then wouldn't have happened. So, you can't blame anyone else, because you are the culprit behind all this."

After hearing his self-righteous words, Shi Rong almost laughed out of anger.

His Huo family was unkind and feudal in their thinking. They valued family background and being well-matched. Just because she was not ordinary, she should be humiliated for the Huo family's motto? She had never seen such a shameless person since she was a child!

Forget it. There was nothing for Shi Rong to argue with a stubborn and corrupt old man like him. Everyone had his or her own way of living. She could not agree with it, but she had to respect it.

"Mr. Huo, we're all reasonable people. Why are you beating around the bush? Instead of trying to portray you and the Huo family as so noble and great, saying that all this is for the sake of future generations, why don't you just say straight out that I, Shi Rong, am not worthy of you?"

After a pause, Shi Rong's originally light words became sarcastic, whether intentional or unintentional.

"I'm really not worthy of the arrogant Huo Jiuzhou from your Huo family. I know myself well enough, and I can get away with it. It all depends on whether you, Mr. Huo, are willing to cooperate with me."

Anyway, at this point, anyone with a discerning eye could see that they couldn't continue the conversation, so they might as well get straight to the point and state the ending that both parties wanted to see.

"Oh? What do you think, Miss Shi?"

Although these words ignited Huo Yan's anger, they also made him very interested in the woman in front of him who could talk big even in front of him.

"To put it bluntly, you simply want to ruin my engagement with Mr. Huo, but since it's difficult to start with him directly, you can only target a weak person like me. And I don't want to be so humble and willingly give my cherished cornea to that scheming Zheng Yuyan."

Having said this, Shi Rong turned around, calmly and directly met his pair of shrewd eagle eyes.

"In that case, why don't we each take a step back and take what we need? What do you think, Mr. Huo?"

Huo Yan raised the corners of his wrinkled mouth and revealed a satisfied smile. It seemed that she had already planned to confront him and use her strength to her advantage.

This woman is indeed not simple.

"Then tell me, how can we each get what we need?"

Shi Rong also smiled, but his smile was restrained and obscure.

"I will never give my cornea away even if I die. Even if it self-destructs, I won't let it fall into Zheng Yuyan's hands as expected. Don't say I'm petty and can't be presented to the public, but she really can't afford it. Because these eyes of mine are not mine, and they are not something I can give away at will."

Shi Rong glanced at Huo Yan, who was still as charming as ever, and looked puzzled as if he wanted to say something, so he was not in a hurry to give the answer he wanted.