A simple voice, just three short words, contained too many emotions.

Huo Jinnan glanced sideways at him, hearing that this voice was genuine.

Gu Jizhou’s throat choked for a while, struggling to breathe, "Didn’t you say my great-grandfather was no longer in danger? Why hasn’t he woken up yet?"

Huo Jinnan, "The doctor said that when it’s time for him to wake up, he will."

Gu Jizhou sat aside, "They probably won’t give up yet, I’m staying here to watch over my great-grandfather." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Huo Jinnan, "..."

Not hearing his voice, Gu Jizhou looked up at Huo Jinnan, "You don’t trust me?"

Huo Jinnan lowered his eyes to look at Gu Jizhou, "Not really, unless you’re hiding too deeply for me to see at all."

Gu Jizhou looked at the old man, "That’s good, my great-grandfather sheltered me from the storms for so many years, let me guard him here for a few days."

Huo Jinnan, "Okay, no one will disturb you in the next few days."

Gu Jizhou, "Thanks, uncle, for granting me this."

Huo Jinnan glanced at the old man, then swept his eyes at Gu Jizhou, "I’ll leave this place to you then."

Gu Jizhou, "I’ll take good care of my great-grandfather."

Thinking that Wei De might still come, Huo Jinnan furrowed his brows and turned to leave the ward.

Gu Jizhou heard footsteps and glanced back in Huo Jinnan’s direction, did Huo Jinnan really trust him so much to leave his great-grandfather to him?

That’s Huo Jinnan!

A person he could never surpass, someone forever out of reach!

Mother was always competing, how wrong could she have been?

Live for mother’s sake in the first half of life, live for himself in the second half!

Thinking of Qin Huan, probably an eternal spot on his heart, loving her, yet desperate, hurting her in the most clumsy way.

— Yunqi Academy —

Returning to the hotel, Huo Jinnan opened Louise’s laptop and started working.

At night, just as he was about to return to Nanyuan Villa, Huo Bei called.

Huo Bei, "Sir, all the information has been compiled."

Huo Jinnan lit a cigarette, walked to the balcony, opened the window, "Hmm."

Huo Bei reviewed all the gathered information, "Through twenty small companies infiltrating to purchase Jindong’s stocks, the recent stock price fluctuations, it’s Jindong secretly operating, buying low selling high..."

By the end, they had already controlled 10% of Jindong’s shares.

Huo Jinnan took a puff of his cigarette, his voice mixed with nicotine, "Compile a copy, make photocopies and send them to Qin Shaojin, then deliver a copy to Mayor Jin."

Huo Bei, "Alright, sir."

Huo Jinnan flicked the ash, his voice sharp, "Conduct detailed investigations of these twenty companies, find direct evidence, have Yu Zimu handle it, he’s best at this kind of thing."

"Okay."

...

Huo Jinnan hung up the phone, lay on the bed, and closed his eyes.

Qin Shaonan glanced at him, Huo Jinnan lay with his eyes closed, smoking.

This signal seemed not so good.

That phone call just now?

Who was going to have bad luck?

Huo Jinnan lay on the bed, smoked for over two hours, finishing a whole pack, opened his eyes, a deep black chill pouring out from them.

Qin Shaonan, "Thought of a way to deal with Wei De?"

Huo Jinnan glanced at Qin Shaonan, "Sort of."

Qin Shaonan didn’t ask further.

Huo Jinnan changed equipment, as usual, returned to Nanyuan Villa.

Three days later, with everything prepared, he took Louise’s laptop and sent an email to Wei De, "You should come over yourself."