Huo Yaozong, seeing his purpose overtly revealed, didn't bother beating around the bush and got straight to the point. "Yes, I indeed came to you for this matter. However, I was not aware beforehand that Huo Chi would consider kidnapping your people."
With one sentence, he cleared his own name. It wasn't incorrect to say that everything Huo Chi had done was his own doing, kept secret from the entire Huo Family.
Yet, it was Huo Yaozong who had to clean up the mess, which left him feeling frustrated. He sighed, "What virtues or abilities does this scoundrel Huo Chi possess that make Mister Li concerned? Even the mayor of Yuncheng was alerted."
Li Hanzhou raised an eyebrow at these words, feeling he might indeed be carrying the can for the kids. But it didn't matter to him; he would be more than willing to take the blame for his girlfriend. Therefore, he didn't refute the statement.
