Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 712 - 692: Fall Injury

Jiayi glanced at Zaizai, who had a face full of expectation, and had no choice but to follow him to the other side of the track.

The teacher handed them a length of rope.

He stretched out his agile arms as if he were a fierce falcon ready to battle at any moment.

Then, he approached Jiayi, his tall and noble figure bending down, crouching in front of her.

Like a knight kneeling on one knee to his princess, the man’s chivalrous and masculine posture immediately caused exclamations and murmurs from the onlookers.

The most excited and infatuated whispers naturally came from the young, unmarried female teachers of the kindergarten and several young, passionate mothers.

Jiayi felt him tying the rope around her ankle, looping it twice before knotting it.

She dared not move, allowing his fingers to touch her skin as they pleased.

Even before the event had started, she felt a warmth spreading through her body.

After securing the rope to one of her ankles, he tied another one to his left foot, binding it to her right ankle, then lifted his left arm to embrace her waist firmly.

"What are you doing?"

She was taken aback and looked at him.

His profile was cool and expressionless, "How else are we supposed to walk fast?"

The three-legged race mainly required balance and cooperation, and pairs with similar height and weight could move faster.

The height difference between her and him was too great, with his long legs and tall stature, his usual stride matched two or three of hers, and she only reached his shoulders.

Once they started walking, if he didn’t hold her up, she’d have no way to keep up with his pace, and might even fall.

Biting her lip, she fell silent. She took it as an agreement to his proposal.

The first event started, and the couples took their places. At the sound of the starting gun, they all ran towards their children at the finish line.

Enveloped by his arm, they unsurprisingly were the first to reach the finish line.

Zaizai was the first to grasp the baton and dashed toward the focal point of the track.

When the teacher announced Huo Zhuoting’s family as the winner of the first round, Zaizai immediately cheered excitedly.

Jiayi, however, found the situation somewhat amusing; the outcome was hardly unexpected.

Not only did the man’s long legs and height give him an advantage, but he also naturally excelled in sports—none of the other parents dared to compete with him.

The following events were for the children alone, with the parents simply observing and cheering from the stands.

This round was the vaulting horse.

Before the event, Jiayi pulled Zaizai in front of the stands to encourage him, "Go for it, okay?"

Zaizai sneaked a glance at his daddy, left by mummy not far away, "Mummy, if I win, will you make up with daddy?"

She paused, then rubbed Zaizai’s head.

But Zaizai wouldn’t be put off by her non-answer, he blinked persistently, "If I can come in first, can you move back into the room and live with daddy again, please?"

She laughed, half-jokingly threatening, "Aren’t you always asking mummy to sleep with you? If you send mummy away now, I can’t keep you company, you know."

He was afraid of mummy not staying with him, but he was more afraid of daddy and mummy fighting.

Fights might lead to divorce.

Divorce would turn him back into a child of a single-parent home.

Xinxin had even taught him that when daddy and mummy fight, that’s when home wreckers like fox spirits and spider spirits find their chance to sneak in, so he shouldn’t let his parents continue to be at odds with each other.

As long as daddy and mummy slept together, there probably wouldn’t be a cold war anymore, right?

With that in mind, Zaizai puffed out his little chest, very generously declaring, "It’s okay, I can sleep by myself! Xiaolei is younger than me and she already sleeps alone! She said kids shouldn’t always cling to mummy."

"You don’t listen to Mommy, but you listen to Xinxin?" Jiayi said with a touch of jealousy, deliberately.

Zaizai didn’t beat around the bush, "Yes, Xinxin is my girlfriend."

Jiayi was taken aback, "You’ve only met her once, and she’s already your girlfriend?"

It didn’t seem strange to Zaizai at all, "Yeah! She said she wanted me to be her boyfriend, so I agreed!"

Jiayi was torn between laughter and tears, thinking he was a true case of forgetting his mother for his wife. Just then, the teacher’s shouting from the playground reached their ears, and she quickly said, "Alright, the competition is about to start. Let’s head over."

Watching Little Baozi hop away from the stands, she grabbed a bottle of mineral water and sat down.

As expected, it wasn’t long before a tall figure sat down next to her, casting a shadow that blocked out the sunlight.

She paid him no mind, instead focusing on Zaizai who was participating in the event on the playground, occasionally chatting and laughing with the other moms around her.

As the sun climbed higher, and after baking in the sunlight for a while, she twisted the bottle cap, wanting a drink, but couldn’t get it open.

She put a bit more effort into it, still unable to twist it off.

It seemed like air had been pumped into the bottle, making the cap stick tight.

She didn’t think much of it, not feeling too thirsty anyway. She was about to set the water aside to try opening it later, but just before it touched the ground, someone snatched the bottle away.

Jiayi was startled, her face flushing with embarrassment, she tried to get the bottle back, "No need, thank you, I can do it myself."

She truly didn’t believe she couldn’t manage without him, that she needed to rely on him for everything.

To attend Little Baozi’s sports day, she needed him.

Did she really need his help just to open a bottle of water, now?

He virtually made her seem like a useless person who needed him for everything.

She refused to believe that without him, she really wouldn’t be able to cope.

Now, it wasn’t just about the bottle of water; it was a matter of dignity.

Seeing her refuse, he curled his lips into a mocking smile, as if he had seen right through her petty thoughts.

Did she really think she was some sort of powerful businesswoman? In his presence, she would always just be a little woman who needed to be looked after.

With a slight application of force, he twisted the bottle open.

He quietly placed the mineral water between them.

She glanced at the bottle of water set on the stone step of the stands.

He was certain she’d grown so used to depending on him that, just like before, she would again cave in, coax him, follow his lead, and make up with him, right?

But this time it was a matter of principle. She didn’t want to compromise or back down.

Thinking about the Xiaolei incident, she still felt uncomfortable in her heart.

Considering he insisted on keeping Xiaolei around, her mood turned even darker.

She turned her head, not drinking the water he had opened for her, suppressing the restlessness in her heart as though nothing had happened, continuing to chat merrily with the moms beside her.

A cold look flashed in his eyes, his palm tensing slightly.

Just then, a commotion erupted from the playground.

The parents on the stand looked over.

A female teacher ran towards the stands, out of breath and with a look of panic on her face.

Jiayi felt her come towards her and her heart raced uncontrollably, prompting her to stand up abruptly.

Indeed, the teacher stopped in her tracks, addressing Huo Zhenyang and Jiayi hurriedly, "Huo Zhuoting just fell off the pommel horse, we’re calling the school doctor now—"

Before she could finish, Jiayi, startled, rushed down from the stands and ran towards the playground.