Huo Jinnan’s voice was deep, "Aren’t you coming back? Come back and see for yourself."

Gu Jizhou didn’t ask again, lacking the courage to question further, his breathing was labored, "Call me when it’s done."

"You’ll receive a text notification when it’s done."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Jinnan hung up the phone.

Gu Jizhou sat in the car, holding his phone and staring out the window in a daze. Has Great-grandpa really died?

No!

Please, no!

Thinking of his mother being the cause, he clenched his fist tightly.

And considering how his mother always loathed Qin Huan, now even more so, then she—

After a pause, he dialed Qin Huan’s phone number on his cellphone.

It rang a few times, and the call was connected.

There wasn’t a sound.

Feeling inexplicably nervous, his mouth moved but he didn’t know what to say!

In fact, he initially thought she wouldn’t answer, "Huanhuan..."

"It’s Huo Jinnan."

Hearing Gu Jizhou’s voice, Huo Jinnan frowned in displeasure, his voice low and cool.

Huo Jinnan!

Are they together right now?

She didn’t want to answer his call, so she handed the phone to Huo Jinnan?

Gu Jizhou didn’t make a sound, only his lips moved a bit.

Huo Jinnan spoke with a voice devoid of any warmth, "Don’t call her again, she has nothing to do with you anymore."

Gu Jizhou, "Is she... is she alright?"

Huo Jinnan smoked, his actions extremely indifferent, "Whether she is alright or not, you don’t need to worry about it anymore."

Thinking about Qin Huan, who was initially taken from his uncle, Gu Jizhou felt a stir in his chest, "I got it."

Huo Jinnan spoke in a low voice, "I’m holding her phone."

Gu Jizhou sat there looking out the window, didn’t speak, and directly hung up the phone.

Suddenly reminded of the scene when he unintentionally saw the photo, the girl in the photo smiled too sweetly, her every move so vivid, as if she was right in front of him, smiling, pouting, feeling annoyed with him—

As if it wasn’t a photo, but a real person standing in front of him!

Not sure whether it was the girl’s intelligence and charm or his uncle’s extraordinary photography skills, in any case, that girl just suddenly broke into his heart, without any warning.

Thus, later on—

He didn’t want to remember what he had done.

Perhaps, just remembering that last heartbeat was enough.

...

It wasn’t until the phone rang that he snapped out of it.

He opened his phone, saw the message content, and sitting there, suddenly felt a sense of relief.

His mother always liked to compare, to compete, to fight, making him compare, compete, and fight too—

And in the end?

Could he really compete with Huo Jinnan? 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

At the airport, he took his ID card to complete the check-in procedure, and after much trouble, he went through the ticket check and entered the boarding gate.

When Gu Yunping received the message and hurried to the airport, the plane had already taken off.

When he tried to call Gu Jizhou’s number, it was already turned off!

Jizhou, is your Great-grandfather more important to you than Dad?

Over the years, the Huo Family has ignored him, treating him like air. Jizhou, don’t you know?

Dad is a man too!

He stood at the airport and called Louise.

Seeing this, Huo Jinnan directly hung up.

Gu Yunping thought about how Louise always had differences with him and called Wei De, "Mr. Wei De, this Louise is just too much..."

Sitting in his office, Wei De looked out the window, gazing down at the surrounding low-rise buildings, "Mr. Gu, please be more tolerant. Louise has been in Hong Kong for many years and is the most suitable person to assist you. Of course, I will call him and warn him to follow your command."