Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 480 - 478 How Can Xiaoyi Be with Young Master Huo?
The man sat on the hospital bed, his head wrapped in several layers of white gauze, his complexion pale, and his features gaunt, yet still unable to conceal the innate nobility and elegance born to him. His deep eyes were like ancient pools, inscrutable, and there was an indescribable aura of authority about him that did not need anger to intimidate.
She only knew that the young master of the Huo Family had immense power, and she had imagined that he must have an extraordinary bearing in person too. But when she actually saw him with her own eyes, she felt that there was no word in the world that could accurately describe the man’s demeanor.
In the days that followed, she joined several caregivers in taking meticulous care of this man until he was discharged and returned to the Huo Mansion in LA.
The elderly master saw that Su Yan was very careful in her work and, being an outstanding student from a top university in China with exceptional abilities, invited her to stay and work in the Huo Group’s American branch.
Su Yan almost didn’t even think about it before agreeing.
As her relationship with the Huo Family grew closer, Su Yan learned from the elderly master that Qin Yi, a close friend from her school days in China who was like a sister to her, was actually Jiayi.
It was during her travels in G City when Xiaoyi got lost, encountered the young master of the Huo Family, and due to a head injury, couldn’t remember her own past, which is why she had stayed by the young master’s side all this time. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
It was Huo Tianpei, the old master of the Huo Family from G City, who had sent Xiaoyi to study at Jin University in H City under the fabricated name Qin Yi.
Su Yan had always wondered, why did Xiaoyi not follow when the young master underwent such major surgery?
Su Yan had planned to ask Zhenyang about it after his recovery, but at that moment, the old master privately warned her in advance not to mention anything or anyone from the past, especially in front of the young master.
Furthermore, the old master didn’t just instruct her alone; even before the young master was discharged, he had already replaced all of the people originally by the young master’s side.
All those old faces around the young master, George, Lin Zixun... all had been dispatched to various other branches and subsidiaries of the Huo Family around the world.
Only then did Su Yan learn that Xiaoyi seemed to have found her family in S Country and even got married.
She didn’t think much of it, as her heart was already filled with the excitement of being able to stay in America.
And the excitement wasn’t merely because she could stay in America, there was also the subtle joy of being able to see the young master regularly in the future...
Strangely, during these years in America, the young master had never mentioned Xiaoyi.
Logically, even if the young master and Xiaoyi had broken up without any connections left, he would know she was Xiaoyi’s best friend and college classmate, and would at least mention her occasionally.
It wasn’t until last year that Su Yan discovered the real reason—
The young master’s craniotomy operation was not completely successful.
Although the tumor was successfully removed, some congestion accumulated in the brain tissue near the nerves, leading to two complications. One was that external stimuli could cause headaches and loss of willpower, such as from alcohol or certain emotional triggers.
The second was that the pressure from the congestion on the nerves caused his memory to be hazy.
The only complete cure was to surgically remove the congestion.
But because the congestion was in a neural area, the surgery was very risky, and the old master firmly disagreed.
After all, leaving the congestion in the brain would not affect his life.
But another surgery could potentially be fatal.
If the Huo Group is a business empire, then the young master is its pillar. If news of the young master’s serious illness were to be made public, it could lead to a significant drop in Huo Group’s stock price, causing irreparable damage to the Huo Group and its industries.
So, from start to finish, the old master kept the outbreak of the young master’s hereditary illness and his medical treatment in America tightly concealed.
Huo Zhenyang had never spoken a word about his post-surgery complications to outsiders.
Had Su Yan not become a trusted core member of Huo Group, she wouldn’t have learned this secret from the old master.
At the same time, Su Yan suddenly realized why the old master had dismissed the original domestic servants and assistants, initiated a major staff overhaul, and told her not to mention Xiaoyi.
Because Xiaoyi was the source of Huo Zhenyang’s agitation.
It was because Xiaoyi got married in S Country, and the old master had arranged everything to prevent Huo Zhenyang from remembering certain people or incidents from the past, which might trigger post-surgery headaches.
At this moment, in the living room of the Huo mansion in America, by the phone,
hearing the voice of Housekeeper Hui on the other end, Su Yan’s eyebrows knitted slightly:
"Housekeeper Hui? What’s the matter? How is Huo Zhenyang? Nothing’s wrong, right?"
This time of day, it should be nighttime back in China, nothing has happened to Huo Zhenyang, right?
On the phone, Housekeeper Hui hurriedly responded, "No, no, Miss Su, don’t worry."
Relaxed a bit, Su Yan’s tense face softened slightly, "Then what’s the matter?"
Housekeeper Hui pondered for a moment, then bit the bullet and said, "Actually, it’s not a big deal, it’s just..."
"Just what?" Su Yan’s eyes flashed, her tone becoming more intense.
"The young master asked me to keep an eye on Huo Zhenyang when he came back to the country, to take good care of him, and to inform you timely if anything came up, which I’ve kept to heart. Everything was fine at first, but recently a woman has been staying close to Huo Zhenyang..."
Su Yan’s lashes drooped, casting a shadow that concealed the discomfort in her heart, yet her voice remained steady:
"Huo Zhenyang returned to China alone, and it’s normal to have a female companion at business dinners and parties."
"But Huo Zhenyang is not ordinary towards this woman. These past years in America, Huo Zhenyang also had some female companions for appearances, but as you know, Miss Su, he never really touched them. Usually, after the dinners, they were nothing more than passing clouds. But this woman, she’s been by his side for months now; she first came as a maid, but she often accompanies Huo Zhenyang to dinners, and there have been a few days she even stayed overnight at the villa. Just recently, Huo Zhenyang even scolded me for her sake, and instructed me to stay away whenever the woman came to the villa, not to show my face! Miss Su, you know that Huo Zhenyang has always respected me in America... Now, to be treated this way for a strange woman."
By this point in her story, Housekeeper Hui’s voice carried a hint of weeping, as if she were rubbing away tears, yet she also sounded colder as she continued:
"...Recently, the two of them have been getting closer. This woman has a son over three years old whom Huo Zhenyang acknowledged as his godson. Miss Su, you know Huo Zhenyang used to hate kids the most. Moreover, I just found out that Huo Zhenyang bought a house for this woman in a high-end residential area near the Disheng Villa Area..."
Su Yan remained silent for a few seconds before asking, "What’s the name of that woman? Who is she? Is she just a maid from Disheng?"
Housekeeper Hui shook her head, "No, the woman had owed Huo Zhenyang a large sum of money, which is why she came to work at Disheng to repay the debt. Her name is Chu Jiayi."
Su Yan’s eyelashes fluttered bewilderingly before suddenly twitching!
Jiayi...?
Wasn’t Xiaoyi supposed to have married and moved to S Country? How could she be with Huo Zhenyang?
And now she’s working off a debt to Huo Zhenyang?
"Housekeeper Hui, how did Miss Chu come to owe Huo Zhenyang money? And how did she end up working as a maid in the Disheng Villa?" Su Yan suppressed the surging emotions within her heart.
Housekeeper Hui recounted the incident of Zaizai scratching Huo Zhenyang’s car, being unable to pay for its repair, and then being arranged to work in Yundu and Disheng to earn the necessary funds, from beginning to end.
