[GB] Boss Ruan, your husband doesn't want you anymore.

Ruan Qian'an lay on her side, staring intently at Huo Jingmo's sleeping face.

Looking at Huo Jingmo, who was gradually waking up, he said, "Why did you get up so late today? Were you tired from your date yesterday?"

Huo Jingmo, still sleepy-eyed, said lazily, "It's okay to go a little later."

Ruan Qian'an: "I can't be bothered with you."

Huo Jingmo opened his eyes wide, his dark gaze fixed on Ruan Qian'an, and said, "What? You're disgusted?"

Ruan Qian'an grabbed Huo Jingmo's hand and pulled him up, saying, "How dare I?"

Ruan Qian'an held a white, round object in her hand and said to Huo Jingmo, "Eat this."

Huo Jingmo leaned closer and sniffed the thing, then frowned and asked, "What is this?"

Ruan Qian'an looked at him with a grin, then reached out and stuffed the food into his mouth, saying, "Good stuff."

Huo Jingmo opened his mouth as if to spit it out, but Ruan Qian'an covered his mouth.

Ruan Qian'an said, "You are not allowed to spit it out."

Huo Jingmo stared longingly at Ruan Qian'an, pondered for a moment, and then swallowed.

Ruan Qian'an raised an eyebrow, secretly pleased as she looked at Huo Jingmo.

This guy actually licked her palm.

She moved closer and pinched Huo Jingmo's chin, saying, "Did you do that on purpose?"

Huo Jingmo laughed and said, "No, get out of the way, I need to change my clothes."

Ruan Qian'an glared at Huo Jingmo for a moment, then reached out and ripped at his clothes.

Huo Jingmo gripped his clothes tightly with both hands and said, "You pervert!"

"No, no, no."

Ruan Qian'an said with a laugh, "What are you thinking? I'm just changing your clothes."

Ruan Qian'an: "I didn't realize that President Huo is such a repressed person. If you want something, you can just tell me directly. There's no need to play hard to get like this."

Huo Jingmo: "You acted like you were forcing yourself on me, and now you're blaming me for it."

Ruan Qian'an tore off Huo Jingmo's pajamas and picked up the clothes that had been prepared for him earlier.

Huo Jingmo stopped struggling and adopted a submissive attitude, wanting to see what Ruan Qian'an would do to him.

In the end, they really didn't do anything to him.

Huo Jingmo touched his hair and tidied it up. Did he look too bad when he first woke up?

Ruan Qian'an didn't notice what Huo Jingmo was thinking at that moment. She sighed inwardly. If it weren't for the food she gave him this morning that prohibited strenuous exercise, she definitely wouldn't have let him off so easily.

I felt angry just thinking about it, so I didn't hold back when I hit him.

Huo Jingmo: "Are you trying to strangle me? This way of dying is too unsightly."

Ruan Qian'an came to her senses and said, "They're all dead, why bother about whether they look good or not?"

But she softened her movements and asked casually, "Mr. Huo, you really haven't done anything to betray me?"

Huo Jingmo was stunned for a moment when he heard Ruan Qian'an ask this question, and a look of fear flashed across his face for a second, but he immediately remembered something and naturally returned to normal.

"What?!"

Ruan Qian'an smiled faintly and said, "I'm dressed."

She smiled and waved to the car as it drove away. The blinding white light outside made Ruan Qian'an squint.

The blazing sun created a stark contrast to the day before.

It happened in his previous life, no, it happened in this life too, it was something he did in both lives.

Huo Jingmo, why do you hate me so much?

remember.

After Huo Jingmo threw Ruan Qian'an out of the car—

She didn't know how long it took her to walk back along that rarely traveled road.

The biting wind made Ruan Qian'an feel dizzy and lightheaded. After returning home, she developed a fever.

She swallowed a few fever-reducing pills and, overwhelmed, fell asleep.

Ruan Qian'an was awakened by her cell phone ringing. Her whole body felt like it had been run over by a car, and she hadn't even had time to clean the wound on her knee the day before, as she was too exhausted.

She answered the phone; a sound came from the other end.

“Miss Ruan Qian’an, the medical expenses came just in time, otherwise your mother would have been in grave danger.”

"Doctor, I don't understand what you're saying? I didn't... Who paid my medical bills?"

Ruan Qian'an asked aloud

"I'm not sure about that. I thought you paid it. Anyway, the medical bill was paid on time, and we will arrange your mother's surgery as soon as possible."

Ruan Qian'an sat up, relieved. Looking at her phone, she realized it was already 10 a.m. the next day. She rubbed her head, having only intended to take a nap before visiting her mother at the hospital. She'd ended up sleeping until now.

She stared at the number on her phone. Could it be that he had a change of heart and was helping her?

Otherwise, who else would be willing to help me besides him?

She sent a text message to Huo Jingmo.

Thank you, I will pay you back as soon as possible.

Hospital

Looking through the window at her mother lying inside, Ruan Qian'an silently said, "Mom, please get better."

Can...

"mom!"

"Why! Why?! What happened?!"

Ruan Qian'an grabbed the doctor by the collar and demanded, "Why won't you treat my mother? Haven't we already paid?"

Ruan Qian'an looked at the corpse, covered her face with her hands, and cried silently with her mouth wide open, her whole body trembling.

He was speechless for a moment.

Doctor: "I'm sorry, Ms. Ruan, the higher-ups won't allow it."

Ruan Qian'an looked up, her mouth opening and closing with trembling lips as if she had lost her voice, and finally, with all her might, she asked, "Who?"

...

Ruan Qian'an avoided the sunlight and returned to the house. If only she had regained her senses sooner, her mother wouldn't have died.

"what"

She doesn't even know whether to hate herself more or others; how incompetent she is.

Huo Jingmo, sitting in the car, was thinking about Ruan Qian'an's question with a displeased expression.

She asked what he meant by those words and if he had discovered something. Huo Jingmo gritted his teeth, deciding it was best not to let her know.

Assistant Lin interrupted Huo Jingmo's train of thought with a question: "Mr. Huo, shall we go to the company now?"

Huo Jingmo: "No, let's go to the Zheng family."

Zheng Family —

Huo Jingmo was warmly led into the Zheng family home by the servants.

Huo Jingmo nodded and went inside, knocking on the door of a somewhat dull room.

After a while, the door opened from the inside, and a disheveled person came out.

Huo Jingmo narrowed his eyes, but didn't say anything.

Zheng Qing said in a hoarse voice and in a daze, "I'm sorry you had to see this. Come in and talk."

Huo Jingmo: "Let's talk about it outside."

living room.

Huo Jingmo picked up his teacup and took a sip: "So, what do you want to tell me?"

Zheng Qing no longer looked haggard; perhaps her makeup made her look much better. "I didn't expect you to come at this time," she said.

Huo Jingmo: "Mm."

Zheng Qing pushed something to Huo Jingmo: "Take a look for yourself."

Huo Jingmo picked up the phone in front of him, which displayed Ruan Qian'an's threatening words about taking indecent photos of Zheng Qing.

Huo Jingmo sat there coldly, looking at Zheng Qing with an expressionless face.

Zheng Qing: "Jing Mo, I really hate her for doing this to me!"

"If I hadn't been so unable to swallow this insult, I wouldn't have disregarded my innocence to show you this. Of course, I don't want you to do anything; I just want you to see her true colors."

"I have already lost my innocence because of Ruan Qian'an, and I don't want her to harm others as well."

Huo Jingmo looked at Zheng Qing, who was usually very strong-willed, but was now crying with tears streaming down her face.

He spoke slowly, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

Huo Jingmo closed his phone, not wanting to see this filthy thing, and continued, "I have already investigated that matter thoroughly, and I know exactly who did it."

Zheng Qing turned pale upon hearing Huo Jingmo's words, her lips trembling: "What...what do you mean?"

Huo Jingmo sneered: "Don't you know what I mean?"

He seemed to know everything, his pale fingertips tapping on the armrest of his wheelchair.

Zheng Qing swallowed hard and said, "You're saying all of this was something I orchestrated myself?"

Zheng Qing slammed her hand on the table and said with heartbreaking emotion, "Would I risk my innocence to frame her?!"

The voice was shrill, and the person seemed to have suffered a huge blow.

Huo Jingmo smiled slightly, propped his head up with his hand, and watched the man act.

He then said with a playful tone, "I believe you."

Zheng Qing's bloodshot eyes seemed to see a glimmer of hope. She wiped away her tears and choked out, "Just believe in me, just believe in me."

He then said, "She is your wife. I hope that, for the sake of our past friendship, you will stop protecting her."

"People should be punished for their mistakes," Zheng Qing said righteously.

Huo Jingmo: "I know."

"But now she's my wife, and if her reputation is damaged, it's not easy for me to handle, right?"

Zheng Qing said viciously, "I have other ways, and I will definitely make her pay the price."

Huo Jingmo chuckled softly upon hearing this, as if mocking him.