Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 518 - 516: He Used to Be Her Man
The results of the hematoma clearance surgery were very good. To minimize risk, following consultations between Kevin and the expert team in America, they opted for a minimally invasive surgery on his head, which involved drilling holes to remove the clotted blood instead of a craniotomy. It just required multiple sessions, which delayed his return, making him over two months late compared to the one-month promise he made to her.
Beginning with the second month, his symptoms greatly eased with the help of medication in its later stages.
Then, at Kevin’s suggestion, he had George, Lin Zixun, Auntie Li, and others come back, and through interviewing the old acquaintances, he hastened his recovery.
The past events were vivid before his eyes as if he had been through a long nightmare, and finally, he reached the end of that sleep.
The events of the past were now all clear.
Just as he was planning to finish up his official duties and return to China, he received a call from Yan Bin.
The moment he saw her on the video call, he was so shocked that his palms were almost sweaty.
This was the first time he had seen her so clearly after waking up from that nightmare. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
He had lost four years of his life to that damn family illness, and during those years, she had not married Ya Chen, she had carried his child, given birth, and raised him until now.
But as soon as he learned that she and Zaizai were in Yan Bin’s hands, he quickly adjusted his mood, trying hard to act as if he was still distant from her.
Carried by the force of the waves, the two of them floated on the water, getting closer and closer to the shore.
On the rocky shore, the bodyguards of the Huo Family had already gathered, waiting for the Boss to come ashore. They even threw down the life rings they had found, "Boss—"
The bodyguards were not the least bit worried about the Boss’s swimming skills, the life ring was for Jiayi.
With a long reach, Huo Zhenyang scooped up the life ring floating not far away, slipped it around her neck, and carried her toward the shore.
"Boss—" The bodyguard stretched out his hand to him.
Huo Zhenyang lifted Jiayi by her waist and raised her up, gesturing to have her taken ashore first.
With a splash, Jiayi was lifted out of the water and had just steadied herself on land when a sudden spark of clarity pierced her hazy mind, "Zaizai is still tied up in Warehouse 69, go save—"
Before she could finish, a mix of weakness from choking and emotional agitation hit her. Her vision darkened, and she fainted into the arms of the man who had just set foot onshore.
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Having been unconscious for an unknown length of time, Jiayi opened her eyes. Though she hadn’t gotten up yet, she could see her entire field of vision was white and her gaze slid downward to find an IV hooked up to the back of her hand.
She was in a hospital.
She thought that man had completely abandoned her and Zaizai, yet he had traveled all the way to China and even found the warehouse district.
When Yan Bin sealed her in a box and tossed her into the sea, she thought she was surely dead. But then that man had dived into the sea to save her.
Also, it seemed that the man had muttered some inexplicable words while holding her, floating and sinking in the sea...
Oh right, what about Zaizai? Zaizai—
In her haste to sit up, she accidentally snagged the needle in the back of her hand, causing a sharp pain, and she let out a gasp!
An elderly woman was facing away from her, peeling fruit; hearing a noise, she turned around, a look of joy on her face, "Miss Jiayi, you’re awake."
Noticing that the IV drip was almost finished, she called out, "Nurse!"
A nurse rushed in, removed the IV from Jiayi, and was about to leave the room when Jiayi grabbed her, "Where’s Zaizai? Did you find him in the warehouse? Was there a child who came in with me?"
The elderly woman quickly supported her, "Miss Jiayi, Zaizai is alright, he’s in the next ward. He’s been checked, and he’s fine. He’ll be able to leave after some observation," she said, then gestured for the nurse to leave first.
Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief and only then did she suddenly notice the elderly woman.
The elderly woman looked to be about fifty, neat and tidy, with a kind, benevolent face that struck Jiayi as familiar.
"You are..." Jiayi’s throat moved.
Before coming to the hospital to take care of Jiayi, the elderly woman had learned about her situation from the young master, so Jiayi’s unfamiliarity did not seem strange to her. Her expression grew slightly sad, but her tone was still gentle, "Miss Jiayi, I am Auntie Li. During the year you were lost in China, in G City, I was the one taking care of your daily life while you were with the young master."
Jiayi’s mind stalled, Auntie Li, in G City, with the young master?
Before she could ask, the door to the sickroom creaked softly, opening.
A group of men dressed in expensive suits entered, and one of them, with a stern face and cold features, looked very serious. But the moment he saw her, his expression revealed an indescribable sense of emotion and relief, "Miss Jiayi, long time no see. I am George."
Auntie Li, George...? And the young master she had been with for a year in G City?
She already had a feeling inside, but she dared not believe it, "Who is your young master?"
Seeing that she really didn’t remember the young master, Auntie Li’s face grew even sadder, "Miss Jiayi, you fell off the slopes at Huanglong Mountain hunting ground in G City, China. Huanglong Mountain hunting ground is the Huo Family’s property, and it was Young Master Huo who took you in. You were with Young Master Huo for a year."
So... she really knew that man?
During the year she was lost in China, had she indeed been with this man?
Was this why she felt inexplicably close to him from the beginning?
A whole year... Had she really been with this man for a year?
Had he once been her man?
Then, could he be related to Zaizai...
Suddenly, she remembered the prescription she had seen at the villa before he returned to America, listing his blood type, the same as Zaizai’s.
Her heart skipped a beat, as if trying to leap out of her chest, she was beginning to have a premonition.
Just then, George ventured to speak, breaking Jiayi’s stupor, "Miss Jiayi, four years ago, you were found by your family and taken back to S Country. The Boss went to S Country to demand your return, but then the Boss developed a hereditary family illness and had to be taken back home by the Old Master, and immediately went for cranial surgery in America. You can’t blame the Boss, for due to the hematoma compressing the nerves, the risk was too high for a second surgery. The Boss has been living with the surgery’s aftereffects, leading to temporary memory confusion or even blank spells. The Old Master thought you had married Crown Prince Ya Chen and didn’t want to stress the Boss, so he never mentioned you, leaving you and your son to wander for four years. Only now have we learned that you never married Crown Prince Ya Chen and had left S Country long ago."
Jiayi’s breath caught, on the eve of the Ya-Chu joint marriage years ago, because Xuan Yu wanted to fulfill Chu Xinyue’s long-held desire, he deliberately informed the Ya Family that she was pregnant, replacing her at the last moment so Chu Xinyue could marry in her stead.
Although the Ya Family was reluctant, the press release for the Ya-Chu marriage alliance had been issued, and the marriage could not be called off. Finally, following Xuan Yu’s suggestion, they kept the bride’s name vague in the official public announcement by changing it from "third young lady of the Chu Family" to simply the "young lady of the Chu Family."
This secrecy also covered up the scandal of the Royal Family and the noble family replacing the bride at the last minute before their joint wedding.
