Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 723 - 703

"My legs are not short," Jiayi pouted, unconvinced.

"You fall behind after a few steps, how can your legs not be short?" he scoffed lightly.

"Where are they short! The proportions are just right! Must they be like yours, all legs below the neck?"

She couldn’t eat the grapes and said they were sour, deliberately mocking his naturally proud long legs.

So what if his legs are long?

Hmph, isn’t he afraid of tripping when walking?

When she was stubborn, she made him grit his teeth and his blood boil.

But her playful look resembled a piece of candy, sweet enough to melt hearts.

His handsome, deep-set eyes relaxed, and he curled his thin lips in a light smile, knowing she was trying to cheer him up, and he tousled her hair.

Just then, from the lawn, Zaizai was carried over by Auntie Li, shouting, "Daddy, Mommy—"

Only then did the two go over, leave the hospital together, and got into the car.

Auntie Li sat in the passenger seat next to George.

Huo Zhenyang, Jiayi, and Zaizai sat in the back seats.

Auntie Li hadn’t recovered from the shock of Su Yan’s affair and, once in the car, she couldn’t help but turn around and say, "I never thought Su Yan would—would actually marry the old man."

That Su Yan, now a sparrow turned phoenix, had ascended to the highest branches.

Jiayi held Zaizai on her lap and covertly glanced at the man beside her, remaining silent.

Auntie Li was visibly nervous and kept muttering, "She won’t really take the young master to America this time, will she?"

After all, Su Yan’s current identity was the young master’s stepmother, the lady of the Huo Family.

This was an irrevocable fact.

By all accounts, no matter what, the young master had no choice but to be polite to her to some extent.

Jiayi hadn’t been worried, as Huo Zhenyang would never let his flesh and blood leave his sight, but hearing Auntie Li’s words, she felt somewhat uneasy again.

Zaizai suddenly hugged Jiayi’s neck: "Daddy, I don’t want to go to grandpa’s! I want to stay with Mommy and Daddy!"

Huo Zhenyang spoke up, breaking the silence in the car, "Don’t worry, Daddy won’t let you leave."

Zaizai pouted, still worried, "But isn’t Su Yan married to grandpa? Won’t Daddy listen to grandpa and her?"

Jiayi looked down, comforting, "Didn’t Daddy just say? No one can take you away. Wherever Mommy and Daddy are, that’s where you’ll be."

Letting her send Zaizai abroad alone, especially into the hands of Su Yan, was out of the question.

On this matter, she and he were at least united in their goal; they would definitely not send Zaizai to America.

In comforting Zaizai, it was as though she was also reassuring herself, and Jiayi’s mood became much more stable.

As evening approached, the car’s engine roared to life, leaving Renxin Hospital behind and speeding away.

*

Meanwhile.

In the hospital room, after Huo Zhenyang had left holding Jiayi’s hand with great strides, the atmosphere was as cold as a cellar.

Su Yan’s gaze clung to Jiayi’s retreating figure until they vanished around the corridor’s corner, her eyes never moving an inch away.

Before leaving Yunling, she had told herself that she could not lose to Xiaoyi.

Even if she couldn’t have that man, she refused to be worse off than her.

Now, she had achieved it.

In terms of seniority and status within the Huo Family, she was above Jiayi.

If Jiayi still wanted to be the young lady of the Huo Family in good standing, she would have to show Su Yan some respect.

Before meeting with Jiayi, she even entertained the thought of gloating.

But—

Watching her being led away by Huo Zhenyang’s hand, Su Yan felt a sense of weakness, as if exhausted.

It seemed that everything she did was meaningless.

Just then, the door of the hospital room creaked open. Xiaolei saw her cousin had left and turned back to return, entering the room, and called out to Su Yan.

Su Yan gathered her spirits, snuffed out the thoughts in her mind, regained her composure, and said to Xiaolei, "Why haven’t you left yet? It’s getting late; you should go home first."

Xiaolei, however, didn’t move. She glanced at Su Yan, seemingly having something to say, but found it difficult to voice out.

Su Yan understood her intent and said indifferently, "Don’t worry. When there’s a chance in the future, I’ll create more opportunities for you to spend time with your cousin."

She had heard about Huo Zhenyang’s distant cousin staying back in Yunling after the wedding from Ade.

With a woman’s intuition, Su Yan could guess the purpose behind Xiaolei’s decision to stay; her sentiments for Huo Zhenyang were more than just those of cousins.

However, it seemed that Huo Zhenyang was not interested in this cousin who had presented herself at his doorstep.

Xiaolei’s actions and the responses she received were almost a repeat of what Su Yan had once gone through.

Today, after getting off the plane, Su Yan had gotten in touch with Xiaolei and after probing a few sentences, she became certain of her guess.

Without much deliberation, Su Yan had politely asked Xiaolei over the phone to accompany her to the hospital.

Sure enough, as soon as Xiaolei heard she could go to the hospital, which meant she might see her cousin, she didn’t hesitate to ask for half a day off from the production crew and left with Su Yan.

Upon hearing Su Yan’s promise, Xiaolei sighed in relief, her lips curving into a smile.

Even if she was naive, she could see that there was bad blood between Su Yan and the cousin-in-law.

Xiaolei understood that Su Yan was drawing her into her camp to use her as a means to strike at Jiayi.

But, what did that matter? Let her be used!

This woman was her uncle by marriage’s new wife, and she would have many opportunities to interact with her cousin in the future.

With her help to facilitate, she could have more chances to get close to her cousin!

It was all gain and no harm.

This time, the competition between the two might indeed work out to her advantage, perhaps even allowing her to reap the benefits.

With this thought, Xiaolei put on a pair of black oversized sunglasses in good spirits, flicked her curled hair, and laughed, "Then thank you, Auntie Su."

Su Yan was her uncle by marriage’s wife and also her elder. It wasn’t too much to call her Auntie Su.

Su Yan’s expression, however, stiffened slightly. Auntie?

Were the eyes of this girl who grew up abroad blind?

She wasn’t much older than her. How did she resemble her aunt?

If it weren’t for her intentions to use her, Su Yan couldn’t be bothered to deal with such a clueless and privileged young lady.

Xiaolei didn’t notice Su Yan’s sensitivity, nor did she realize how much of an impact a single word "auntie" had on Su Yan’s psyche.

Having grown up with a father who often changed wives, each one younger than the last, she was used to it.

To her, it was no big deal that an old man married a wife dozens of years his junior.

What she didn’t know was that this was a sore point for Su Yan that she didn’t want to dwell on.

Su Yan held back her displeasure, watched Xiaolei leave behind a trail of fragrance, and stood still for a while.

After a long time, she picked up her platinum purse and left the hospital.

She hailed a taxi, and after getting in, Su Yan gave the driver the address of the hotel where she was staying in Yunling.

The car started moving.

The phone in her purse vibrated once.

Without taking it out, Su Yan already knew who it was.

She lowered the car window and took out her phone.

A glance at the caller ID confirmed her suspicion.

She leaned her face close to the window, and amidst the howling night wind, slid the answer button. Speaking in a lowered voice,

"Hello, I’ve already arrived in Yunling. ...Yes, I just went to Renxin and saw Zaizai, also met with Huo Zhenyang. But it seems unlikely that he and Xiaoyi will let me take Zaizai back to America."