Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 364 - 362: Insulator of Opposite Sex
After settling down in Yunling City, Xia Tingxuan took Jiayi to see a doctor and had her brain checked again.
The doctor said that Jiayi’s partial memory loss was not very strange, as she had experienced amnesia before and her brain had not yet fully recovered.
Forgetting recent memories was just part of the condition. It only indicated that the amnesic symptoms had not been completely cured.
Compared to long-term memory, the prognosis for recovering short-term memory was more optimistic. With time, it should gradually come back, and only then could one consider themselves truly healed.
And these brain-training puzzles would help hasten the recovery from her condition.
From that day on, whenever Jiayi had nothing else to do, she would work on puzzles to exercise her brain.
These days she’d been running around busily with job applications, but now, at last, she could sit down and take a breather.
She leaned against the sofa, bending her knees and placing the puzzle board on her thighs, focusing intently on assembling it.
The peaceful and serene afternoon hours also slipped away bit by bit.
"Mommy, are you playing with puzzles again?" Zaizai, waking up from his nap, shuffled over in his slippers, rubbing his bleary eyes.
Jiayi smiled and smoothed Zaizai’s messy hair from sleep, feeling a wave of inexplicable emotion.
No matter whether she could remember who Zaizai’s father was or not, Zaizai would always be her son, and he would always stay by her side, something that would never change.
During the later stages of her pregnancy, she had sometimes wondered about the man’s identity, where he was now, but after giving birth to Zaizai, she never thought about it again.
These past couple of years, she had become even more resolute in her decision to raise Zaizai on her own.
That man, like a passing breeze, had long since gone without a trace.
Who he was or whether he might one day appear was no longer so important.
Zaizai turned on the TV to watch a series, while Jiayi continued working on her puzzle.
Seeing the broken lines connect one by one in her hands, Jiayi felt as if she momentarily connected with those lost memories of the past year.
Over these last years, her mind had become clearer, although the memories from that year were still blurry. Nevertheless, now and then, some fragmented snapshots would flicker through.
She believed that one day, she would surely be completely healed.
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That afternoon, when Xia Tingxuan’s class had ended and she returned from the dance class, she immediately dragged Jiayi down to sit on the living room sofa, chattering away.
"Jiayi, I just heard from Granny Liu while entering the neighborhood that someone drove you home today?"
Jiayi didn’t want to elaborate on the matter, to keep Mommy and Zaizai from knowing she had obtained the retest opportunity by threatening Yunling’s management, finding it hard to explain.
Seeing her daughter’s hesitancy, Xia Tingxuan knew there was something to it and couldn’t help but ask again, "Granny Liu said it was a man, and he drove a very nice car. Who was it?"
Perhaps because of her daughter’s premarital pregnancy, Xia Tingxuan felt a strong protective instinct toward her, fearing that her daughter would be deceived by a man again.
Over the past few years, while Jiayi was studying at Yunling University, she didn’t grow close to any male students. After her belly swelled and she gave birth to Zaizai, she became even more of a stranger to the opposite sex.
So now, with a man in a luxury car suddenly dropping off her daughter, Xia Tingxuan was naturally very nervous.
Jiayi could no longer hide the truth and had to say, "This morning, when I went for a job interview, I nearly got hit by a car at the company’s entrance and fell over. Fortunately, the person who almost hit me also works for Yundu, so after the interview, he gave me a ride back."
It was at this moment that Zaizai came over, "Grandma, when Mummy came back her leg was still bleeding, it was really scary. The uncle just dropped her off downstairs and left."
Jiayi sighed with relief and gave Zaizai a look of praise. Good boy, his timing couldn’t have been better.
Sure enough, with her dear grandson’s interruption, Xia Tingxuan didn’t ask much more. Her daughter might be easily deceived, but Zaizai was very clever. Since Zaizai had seen the incident and said it was nothing serious, then it must be fine.
She took a look at Jiayi’s ankle, which was indeed wrapped in gauze and looked quite bad. She hurriedly asked, "Are you okay? Do you need to go to the hospital to get it checked out?"
Jiayi shook her head, "It’s nothing, just a slight scrape, no need to go to the hospital. It will heal in a couple of days."
Xia Tingxuan was aware that her daughter was concerned about money, furrowing her brow, "Although we’re not wealthy right now, we haven’t reached such a dire state. We still have money to see a doctor. How can you just endure it after getting injured? Since that man was willing to take you home after hitting you, why didn’t he offer to take you to the hospital?"
Jiayi’s heart rose to her throat. Of course, she couldn’t say that to secure the job with Yundu, she was the one who insisted not to be taken to the hospital. She rushed to reply, "It’s really fine, Mummy. He was prepared to take me to the hospital, but I was worried about Zaizai being alone at home and felt like it was not a big deal, so I hurried back. I’m not sparing expenses. Look, I succeeded in the interview, and the second round should be no problem either. Yundu’s benefits and salary are really good. The position I’m applying for offers a salary that’s twice as high as what’s normal in the industry, plus bonuses and subsidies."
It was then that Xia Tingxuan’s face finally brightened with a smile, patting her daughter’s hand comfortingly, "Mummy always knew you were great, and you will definitely get the job at Yundu." She then picked up Zaizai’s hand and jiggled it playfully, "Isn’t that right, Zaizai?"
"Yep, Mummy’s the best!" Zaizai also chimed in loyally.
Jiayi smiled sheepishly, feeling somewhat guilty, and let out a silent breath.
This time, it seemed she absolutely had to land the job at Yundu, no matter what.
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Plans change faster than one expects. A few days later, on the evening before her interview with Yundu, Zaizai started to run a fever.
Jiayi was busy all night, giving him fever-reducing medicine and applying ice packs to his head to physically bring down his temperature.
Luckily, Zaizai had been healthy and robust since birth, seldom falling ill, and he recovered quickly this time as well.
After spending the night like this, Zaizai’s fever subsided, but the little chubby-faced tyke was still listless and had a cough.
Xia Tingxuan had several classes that morning. It was the busy season at the dance school, and she was too swamped to take a day off.
Jiayi was worried, "No, I can’t go to Yundu. I should stay home to look after Zaizai. If he doesn’t get better, we can take him to the hospital later."
Zaizai, aware that his Mummy was going to attend a very important second-round interview, quickly covered his mouth with his chubby hand, trying not to cough, "I’m not coughing anymore, and my head’s not dizzy. You go to your interview."
Xia Tingxuan knew how much Zaizai wanted his Mummy to land this job, and Jiayi herself was very hopeful about it, so it would be a pity to give up, "It’s alright. Otherwise, I’ll take Zaizai to the dance class with me. You can go to your interview without worries."
Jiayi knew that her mother’s dance school when busy was like a battlefield, with so many children and students that it was hard to manage them all, let alone spare the attention to take care of Zaizai.
She didn’t want to affect her Mummy’s work, and she was worried about leaving Zaizai alone at home, so she decided, "Mummy, you go ahead to your class. I’ll take Zaizai with me to the company. The interview shouldn’t take too long, and I’ll ask someone from the company to watch him for a bit. Once it’s over, I’ll immediately take Zaizai to the hospital."
