Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 669 - 649: Cousin Only Knows to Shield His Wife
On the film set, everyone was shocked.
The director and several producers even stood up in unison from their seats.
For one thing, Xiaolei, who had been treated like a princess just a moment ago, was slapped across the face by the mayor and ruthlessly thrown out of the set.
Secondly, why would the mayor lose his temper because of that Miss Chu? Why did he seem so anxious seeing Miss Chu faint?
Miss Chu... Miss Chu?
Chu?
Suddenly, an auditioning actress exclaimed softly, "Oh my, isn’t the mayor’s wife’s surname Chu?"
"I watched the wedding ceremony live, and just now I thought Miss Chu looked a little familiar, somewhat like the mayor’s wife, but I wasn’t sure. I mean, the mayor’s wife wouldn’t personally come to the set, right? And there are many who look similar, so I didn’t think much of it. But it really is her!"
The director and the producers were terrified and felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave. So the Miss Chu who came to deliver the sample clothes from F. Wang was the mayor’s wife?
Who the hell knew that the woman behind F. Wang was Mrs. Huo?
And who would have thought that Mrs. Huo would come personally to the set to deliver sample clothes, looking simple and unadorned, with light makeup, like a college student fresh out of school?
It was too late for regrets now.
Meanwhile, Huo Zhenyang picked up the little woman from the staff’s arms and walked towards the outside of the set.
The director and the producers finally reacted and hurriedly followed, stammering,
"Ma-, Mayor... we didn’t know that Miss Chu, oh no, it was Mrs. Huo."
"How is Mrs. Huo? I’ll call an ambulance right away!"
"Right, right, call an ambulance fast!"
Huo Zhenyang was annoyed by the noise and continued striding toward his car without stopping, "No need, regarding today’s incident, do you know how to handle it?"
The others certainly understood. The mayor slapping his cousin on set, the mayor’s wife passing out while delivering clothes on set; either story would make headlines tomorrow, and they had no idea how the reporters would spin the story, so they hurriedly nodded, "Rest assured, we will give orders that today’s incident won’t get out."
A semblance of calm returned to his face, and he quickened his steps, reaching his car parked outside the set.
A minute before, George had just seen Miss Xiaolei running out in tears, hailing a taxi and leaving.
Completely puzzled, he then saw the Boss holding the young madam and coming out, which startled him even more.
Then, looking at Jiayi huddled in the Boss’s arms, her eyes tightly shut, her beautiful brows slightly furrowed, her lips tightly sealed, and her cheeks bright red, he got even more shocked!
Even with the Boss’s anxiousness nearly spilling out from his dark, handsome face, George had to muster the courage to ask,
"Boss, how did the young madam come here? What happened?"
The moment Huo Zhenyang held her, he felt her body was like a furnace. Now, leaning his neck down, his lips touched her soaked forehead, his brows knitting together,
"Fever."
George asked no further questions and quickly opened the rear door of the car.
Huo Zhenyang bent down to get in, but he felt someone tug at his collar.
The grip was weak, but he sensitively noticed it.
He stopped in his tracks, looked down, and met her hazy, half-open, half-closed eyes.
The little woman who had just been bustling in and out of the set without caring about her illness now looked fragile and helpless like a child, her eyelashes trembling lightly like butterfly wings.
"You’re not mad anymore?" Her voice was somewhat groggy and soft like melted candy, as if she was talking in her dreams.
His heart felt like it had been forcefully struck, compelling him to furrow his brows in a mix of frustration and amusement.
He really didn’t know whether to call her stupid or smart.
Still hung up on this despite running a fever, was she trying to soften his heart on purpose?
The man clenched his teeth, controlled his emotions, bent over and hunched his back, and like holding a rare treasure, he carefully placed the woman in his arms into the Cayenne.
The car shot away from the set like an arrow, heading to the nearest hospital.
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Disheng Villa.
Xiaolei cried while urging the driver to race home. As soon as she entered the house, she ignored the greetings of the servants and ran straight upstairs.
Then with a "clang," she slammed the door of her room shut with force.
The servants didn’t know what had happened. Seeing Miss Xiaolei like this, they of course didn’t dare to intrude. After murmuring among themselves for a bit, they dispersed at the instruction of Auntie Li.
Upstairs in the guest room.
Xiaolei dialed the phone to A Country, bursting into tears the moment the call connected: "Daddy~~"
Boris was startled by his daughter’s intense crying. After asking for details, he finally understood the situation.
Xiaolei, feeling even more aggrieved when her father didn’t speak after listening, cried even harder, beyond caring about anything else: "Daddy, I don’t care, I don’t want to stay here anymore. Cousin only knows how to defend his wife, even if they are arguing, he still defends her! If they stop arguing, I’m afraid I’ll have even less of a place here. No, I want to go back! I want to go back!"
Boris then hurriedly spoke up: "Nonsense! Have you forgotten the words I left you with before I departed?"
Xiaolei’s sobs weakened slightly, but she continued crying: "But the way cousin treats me... You didn’t see it, he hit me in front of so many people, he didn’t treat me like a cousin at all! He never used to treat me like this! What did I do wrong? Her illness has nothing to do with me, right?! Wasn’t it just that I instructed his wife to do a few more tasks and she fainted from exhaustion? He completely disregarded my dignity, hitting me in front of so many people! Anyway, I don’t want to stay here, cousin has no reaction towards me..."
"No, I said you cannot return to the country! Continue to stay in China, close to your cousin!"
Boris’s voice became stern, and then coaxing: "LO, your cousin must have been in a temper today. After all, that woman is his wife by law. If you made her faint, for the sake of his own dignity, he had to scold you. It doesn’t mean he dislikes you. Men, you know, they can’t always control their temper. Think about it, every time he came to our country and stayed with us, he was so fond of you. Among your brothers, he spoke to you the most. It’s normal to be somewhat estranged after not seeing each other for years, but the affection will improve over time. Alright, dear, I know you feel wronged right now, and you might say things out of frustration, but you’ll feel better after thinking it through. Go wash your face, get some sleep, and apologize to your cousin when he comes back, and sweet-talk him, understand?"
Clutching the phone, Xiaolei finally calmed down: "Okay, Daddy."
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In the hospital.
In the single room.
Jiayi opened her eyes. An IV was attached to the back of her hand. Her head still felt heavy, but she was much more comfortable than before she had fainted...
Right... she had passed out.
After leaving the dressing room with Xiaolei, she couldn’t hold up any longer and collapsed in a dramatic fashion.
In a daze, it seemed like that man came over, picked her up from the set, and took her to the hospital in a car.
Once her mind cleared, she sat up and looked down to see that she was already wearing the blue and white striped hospital gown.
At the same time, the door to the room opened and someone came in.
