Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 613 - 593: Did Daddy Offend Grandpa?

Jiayi subconsciously heaved a silent sigh of relief. Since daddy was going, the registration today was definitely going to fall through.

No matter what, daddy would certainly try every means to stop it.

"What? Feeling much more relaxed? Think that with your daddy here, you and Zaizai will soon be able to leave?"

He didn’t hide at all as he pinpointed her thoughts, sipped his dining wine with a few strands of scorn flickering in his eyes.

She pulled her thoughts back, simply unable to stand his always superior demeanor. She tilted her sharp chin up slightly, "Daddy won’t let me marry you and will help me fight for Zaizai."

He lifted his dining wine, swirled the glass with its amber-like crystal-clear liquid, "Now that your daddy has arrived, does the third young miss of the Chu Family also feel empowered? Don’t be so naive. Otherwise, let’s make a bet."

Jiayi looked at him puzzledly, "What bet?"

"I bet that your daddy won’t stop me and will let us register. Of course, don’t worry, I won’t threaten your daddy with any person or thing. Out of respect for him being your father, I won’t even touch a hair on his head. Anyway, when the time comes, hmm... he will leave on his own within at most half an hour."

Jiayi’s elegant eyebrows furrowed, "Impossible!"

"If I win, you’ll register obediently, how about that?" He was like a battle-hardened hunter, luring an innocent prey step by step into his trap.

Mommy had made it very clear, daddy came this time just to stop her from marrying Huo Zhenyang. How could he possibly back down on his own.

She looked at him doubtfully, "You promise not to threaten my daddy with anything?"

"A promise is a promise." He raised his wine glass and narrowed his eyes, "Besides, it doesn’t seem like your daddy has anything I could threaten him with, right? He’s not short on money, not on reputation, and he’s not from China either."

She bit her lip, "Fine. But if my daddy doesn’t leave within half an hour, then you should stop bringing up marriage, how about that?"

No matter what, she wouldn’t lose out in this bet.

His eyes flickered as he nodded slightly, and glanced at her breakfast with a hint of an inexplicable smile, "Eat up, it’s getting cold. So your daddy doesn’t have to wait too long."

Jiayi sat down.

Zaizai, though silent, heard the conversation between daddy and mommy very clearly.

After eating a few bites, he raised his little head, "Is mommy’s daddy here?"

Auntie Li, who was sitting next to Zaizai during the meal, nodded, "Yes, young master’s grandfather is here in Yunling."

Zaizai was a bit curious, "Mommy, so grandfather didn’t go to heaven?"

Jiayi almost sprayed out her orange juice, "No."

In the four years in Yunling, she and Xia Tingxuan had never mentioned the matters of S Country to Zaizai.

Zaizai didn’t even know he had a grandfather, so it was normal for him to think Chu Yanhan was gone.

Zaizai was intrigued, "Then why don’t grandfather and grandmother live together? Is it because they can’t find each other like daddy and mommy?"

Jiayi felt a bit embarrassed but explained, "Grandfather and grandmother are apart for other reasons."

"What other reasons?" Zaizai pressed on.

Jiayi could only say, "Grandfather did some things that made grandmother sad, and she’s still angry with him."

Zaizai nodded and, once the floodgates of his curiosity were opened, they couldn’t be closed, "Does grandfather not want daddy and mommy to get married?"

Jiayi felt somewhat at a loss for words, not only does your grandfather not want it, mommy doesn’t want it either.

Zaizai looked towards Huo Zhenyang across the dining table, "Did daddy offend grandfather?"

Huo Zhenyang’s eyes flickered slightly, Offend?

Perhaps it was more than just offending.

He was very clear that Chu Yanhan’s aversion to him was different from Xia Tingxuan’s. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Xia Tingxuan was simply afraid of her daughter being deceived and played with. It was normal to be guarded and easier to overcome.

Chu Yanhan, however, was different.

For a hundred years, A Country colonized S Country, and from the Royal Family to the government, not a single one failed to bow their heads in submission to A Country, where people from A Country enjoyed the best treatment and resources every time they visited S Country. This had long caused resentment among the nobles of S Country, who naturally held an instinctive hostility towards A Country, and Chu Yanhan was certainly one of them.

Add to this the fact that Chu Yanhan had spent the earlier part of his life following the old Duke of the Chu Family to seek political asylum in China, all due to the disturbances caused by A Country in the politics of S Country.

This caused Chu Yanhan to develop a deep aversion towards the people of A Country.

This kind of enmity was etched into his bones, almost akin to a grudge against the nation and family alike.

It certainly wasn’t something that could be appeased with flattery like with Xia Tingxuan.

And he was of A Country’s bloodline, and, moreover, a member of A Country’s upper-class.

Since that visit to S Country four years ago, Chu Yanhan hadn’t shown him a single smile.

With this in mind, how could it possibly be acceptable for the daughter of the Chu Family to enter into a matrimonial alliance with the Huo Family?

Upon seeing his daddy fall silent, Zaizai closed his little mouth.

Daddy was omnipotent, even more formidable than a superhero.

Now that grandpa had arrived, daddy was speaking even less, indicating that the situation must be quite serious this time.

Auntie Li bent down, quietly offering Zaizai some clever advice, "Zaizai, remember to persuade your grandpa well, okay? Once Zaizai speaks up, your grandpa might just soften his heart."

Zaizai nodded solemnly, an expression of confidence as if the world was within his grasp.

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After breakfast, she took Zaizai’s hand and followed him into the car.

Throughout the ride, Zaizai was very excited, waving his arms and kicking his legs nonstop.

The car stopped in front of the imposing civil affairs bureau building.

Before getting out of the car, Jiayi saw a black car parked in front of the building.

The emblem and license plate of the car belonged to the S Country Embassy.

It seemed that after coming to China, daddy had not stayed in a hotel but had moved directly into the S Country Embassy in China as a person of S Country nobility.

Was he trying to persuade Huo Zhenyang using diplomatic pressure?

After all, Huo Zhenyang was now the mayor of Yunling City, and he couldn’t possibly be as indifferent to public opinion as he used to be.

In the car, Chu Yanhan saw the Huo Family’s car approaching. He got out and walked towards them.

When Chu Yanhan saw Jiayi get out of the car with Little Meatball, he momentarily forgot everything else, his face showing traces of excitement, "Jiayi."

His eyes then fell on the little boy beside his daughter, and he couldn’t help feeling a mix of emotions.

He obviously knew this child, his own grandson, the one he had almost forced Jiayi to abort before his very eyes.

Four years had passed, and Chu Yanhan still maintained his charisma, still exuding the presence of S Country’s elite, only now he was much thinner, his clothes hanging loosely as if draped over a skeletal frame, empty and hollow, with a few more indescribable traces of exhaustion between his brows.

She hadn’t expected him to look so haggard, and her eyes flickered with a touch of compassion.

Four years ago, Jiayi might have still harbored hatred for him, hating him for sacrificing his lover in China to revive his family fortunes, hating him for causing her mother to endure a life of hardship and displacement, hating him for not being a competent father, letting her suffer at the hands of the Xuan Family mother and daughter during those years in S Country, but...

All the hatred couldn’t outweigh the passage of time.

The person she once thought she would hate for a lifetime, she had, at some point, let go.

He was, after all, the man who gave her life.

And seeing him now, she really couldn’t bring herself to hate him.

"Mommy, is that grandpa?" Zaizai asked curiously.