Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 485 - 483: Is It Impossible to Escape by Nature?
Su Yan managed to hold back her overwhelming emotion, "Not hard at all. What about you? How’s your health? Are you busy?"
Huo Zhenyang released Su Yan, shrugged lightly, and said indifferently, "As you can see, I’m quite well. Now that you’re here, you should be able to take on half the burden, so no matter how busy it gets, it’s nothing."
Su Yan smiled slightly, her smile blooming like a flower.
The embrace and the soft chatter between the man and woman after a long absence made Jiayi involuntarily turn her head away, but even so, her peripheral vision still caught their intimacy.
What was it to her?
Yet she couldn’t control the escalating spasms in her heart. She grabbed the inside of her thigh tightly, forcing her heartbeat to slow down before she stopped looking in that direction.
As Huo Zhenyang exchanged pleasantries with Su Yan, his eyes uncontrollably drifted toward the little woman on the side.
Heh, this time, a small head was buried even lower, completely unwilling to look at him.
The discontent in his chest grew stronger.
His eyes narrowed as he turned to Su Yan, "It’s getting late, Sister Hui’s meal is ready, let’s eat first."
"Alright," Su Yan and the man moved together towards the rectangular dining table.
Jiayi exhaled and wanted to quietly return to the servants’ room, get changed, and leave as soon as possible, but she heard the man’s unapologetic cold voice,
"Wait."
Jiayi could only stop in her tracks, extremely reluctantly turning around, "Do you have any other instructions, Mr. Huo?"
"The master is having a meal, shouldn’t you stay and serve?"
Jiayi’s breath hitched, was she expected to stand by and watch the two of them eat?
She hesitated, wanting to quickly leave the villa, but the man’s imposing presence and kingly command made it impossible for her to refuse.
Suddenly, Su Yan spoke up with a gentle and friendly tone, "It’s okay, let Jiayi eat with us. I’m not used to having someone stand by. Besides, Jiayi went to the airport to pick me up today and has been busy all afternoon. She must be tired, Zhenyang, you should be gentle and considerate."
Jiayi felt that Miss Su was much nicer to her than Sister Hui.
And this kindness was indescribable and somewhat bizarre, as if it was deliberately created.
But why would Miss Su, the head secretary of the American branch, go out of her way to please her?
Perhaps she was overthinking it.
Jiayi didn’t dwell on it too much and politely said to Su Yan, "Thank you, Miss Su. However, I don’t need to eat—"
Facing the man’s grimace, she wouldn’t be able to swallow a bite!
Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by the man’s deeply displeased voice, "Miss Su told you to sit down and eat, so sit down and eat. What’s the hesitation for?"
This little woman, was she not willing to sit and enjoy herself? Did she have to stand and serve others to be happy?
The man’s icy voice dropped the temperature a good deal.
A few seconds later, Su Yan tried to smooth things over, joking, "Zhenyang, do you think this is an American company and she’s your subordinate? Scolding her like that will scare her."
She then got up herself and took Jiayi’s hand, "Come sit by me, keep me company."
Jiayi had no choice but to follow Su Yan and walk to the other side of the dining table, about to sit down next to Su Yan, when she heard a low and hoarse voice from the other side of the table,
"Come sit here."
Go sit there?
Sit by that man’s side?
Jiayi looked over in surprise.
Su Yan also paused slightly.
"Miss Su is a guest, just look at your usual clumsy ways, not knowing any work. Can’t even use chopsticks to serve food or peel shrimp. Do you expect Miss Su to take care of you later? Don’t embarrass me, come and sit down!"
No one could rebut his words.
Jiayi could only follow his wishes and walked to the other end of the dining table, sitting down on the long-backed chair beside the man.
Su Yan watched Xiaoyi obediently sit next to Young Master Huo, a flicker of emotion passing through her eyes without reason.
Although Young Master Huo was stern with Xiaoyi and scolded her without giving face, from beginning to end, he didn’t truly get angry with her.
If Young Master Huo really loathed a woman, he wouldn’t waste the energy to scold her; he would’ve had her kicked out immediately.
Perhaps a remnant of feeling still made him have a special sentiment towards Xiaoyi.
Su Yan suppressed her inner thoughts, her beautiful face painted with makeup holding a smile as she sat back in her own seat.
The meal was quiet for the most part.
Occasionally, Huo Zhenyang would ask Su Yan about work matters in America, and Su Yan responded methodically. Then, a satisfied and approving smile would emerge on Huo Zhenyang’s handsome face.
Jiayi could tell that Su Yan was indeed Young Master Huo’s indispensable right-hand in business affairs, highly valued by him.
And for this trip back home by Young Master Huo, many of the business matters in America were handled by Su Yan.
This Miss Su, not only beautiful, was also a strong woman.
Surely, such a woman was most suited for a man like Young Master Huo.
Jiayi’s gaze darkened involuntarily, and just at that moment, she heard Huo Zhenyang speak up, "Today’s shrimp are not bad."
The man’s casual remark led both Jiayi and Su Yan to raise their serving chopsticks towards the plate of shrimp on the table, preparing to peel them for Young Master Huo.
Of course, Jiayi was only acting out of a servant’s duty to prevent the man from criticizing her ignorance and failing to fulfill her maid’s responsibility, but she hadn’t expected Su Yan to come forward to serve as well.
Their chopsticks nearly collided over the plate, and upon raising their heads, they shared an awkward smile without a sound, hurriedly picked a large shrimp, and withdrew.
After Jiayi had peeled the shrimp, she placed the meat on a dish and presented it to Huo Zhenyang, "Mr. Huo."
She, being lazy and finding it troublesome, didn’t eat much seafood, so her peeling skills were not good; the shrimp meat ended up somewhat torn and ragged.
At the same time, Su Yan also handed over her dish of shrimp meat, "Zhenyang, try this."
Her dish of shrimp meat was peeled perfectly, whetting one’s appetite.
The two dishes of tender, pink-glossed shrimp meat lay before him, and Huo Zhenyang suddenly glanced at the little woman beside him, his lips curling up slightly. This was probably the first time she peeled shrimp for him.
Though the shrimp were completely devoid of any presentation. Yet it seemed quite rare.
Without much hesitation, the man reached for the chopsticks and picked up the dish of shrimp meat Jiayi had peeled for him. As the chopsticks rose midway, before even reaching his lips, the poorly peeled shrimp meat suddenly broke off, completely splitting into two pieces and falling back onto the plate.
Could this woman be any more unreliable? To peel a shrimp like this.
Jiayi’s face turned red with embarrassment, "Sorry... Mr. Huo, I’ll peel another for you."
As she spoke, she was ready to take back the dish of shrimp from him.
He glanced at her little hand, which had become red and swollen just from peeling one shrimp, and frowned deeply, "No need."
With those words, he picked up the battered shrimp and threw it into his mouth.
Across from him, Su Yan watched the scene quietly, her heart churning with a complex mix of emotions.
Are some people in another’s life inherently unavoidable?
