Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 724 - 704: Does She Have This Ability All by Herself?

Chapter 724: Chapter 704: Does She Have This Ability All by Herself?

The person on the other end of the phone said something Su Yan couldn’t hear.

After more than ten seconds, Su Yan’s eyes flickered with understanding, "I know, if there’s anything, I’ll contact you."

...

"Anyway, I’ll be staying in Yunling for a while. I’ve discussed this with Tianpei before coming here, and he agreed. We’ll see how it goes. That’s it, no more talk for now. Tianpei should be having Butler George call me soon to check on Zaizai’s situation. So, that’s all. Hanging up now."

After hanging up the call, Su Yan sighed, lowered her head, and glanced at the still-lit number on the screen—a flicker of imperceptible sheen passed through her eyes—then deleted the call log.

*

On the way back to Disheng, Little Baozi, who rarely got to go out with both dad and mom, made a fuss to eat at KFC.

Huo Zhenyang had never liked Little Baozi eating such junk food. He couldn’t do much about it in the past, but ever since mother and son moved into Disheng, he strictly forbade Little Baozi from eating these fried fast foods.

Seeing that Little Baozi’s foot was injured today, he made a rare concession for his son and had George stop by a KFC, then carried Little Baozi and Jiayi inside.

After eating out, the three of them went home.

Jiayi went upstairs first with Auntie Li, taking Little Baozi with them.

The foot injury was almost healed, but they still needed to be careful. After Auntie Li and she had bathed Little Baozi themselves, changed him into pajamas, and put him to bed, they left Little Baozi’s bedroom.

Just a few steps along the corridor, Jiayi saw the door of the study ajar, with light coming through. Knowing he was in the study at the moment, she hesitated for a while and then walked towards the study.

Meanwhile, inside the study.

Behind the large British pear wood desk, Huo Zhenyang wore a sullen expression, coldly staring at the computer screen at Butler George, waiting for an explanation.

"For no reason at all, why would dad suddenly remarry?"

In the video call, the intermittent voice of Butler George fluttered, echoing lowly in the study:

"...Young Master, ever since the previous madam was committed to the psychiatric hospital, it’s been almost five years. It’s indeed time to find a woman to take care of him. Miss Su has been with him for so many years. On this trip back to America, she virtually provided 24/7 care, which greatly moved the old master. He doesn’t want to see a young unmarried woman like Miss Su be wronged, so he wants to give Miss Su a proper status."

24/7 care...

Ha.

He had long known Su Yan was capable, able to win Huo Tianpei’s favor.

Otherwise, back then, when Su Yan provoked his wrath and nearly harmed Jiayi and her son, Huo Tianpei would not have gone to great lengths to keep her from harm.

He thought that by sparing her once, that woman would be grateful and cautious, not daring to cause any further trouble.

He hadn’t expected her ambition to be quite grand.

In just a few short months, and by unknown means, she had actually climbed to the position of Mrs. Huo.

He had overlooked it.

He had overlooked the lethal effect a woman skilled in winning hearts could have on a lonely old man.

No doubt, she must have been quite ruthless to get the old man to agree to marry her.

Indeed, having lost his wife early, and Yao Zhenru being committed to a psychiatric hospital,

The old master of these latter years, lonely and desolate, could hardly resist the sweet enticements of a young woman.

Seeing that the Young Master did not respond in the video, Butler George assumed he was displeased, so he added, "Moreover, when she just returned to America, Miss Su also helped the Huo Group secure a partnership with JK. The old master was very pleased."

JK is a large American enterprise that started in the Middle East oil exploration and has many business ventures in America. They are a big client that Huo Group has been wanting to secure during their four years in America, but had never succeeded.

As a century-old local family business, JK had long established fixed partners and was very exclusive, with no intention of cooperating with Chinese groups.

After repeated unsuccessful negotiations, the Huo Group had long given up on this lucrative opportunity, but now—

Su Yan had actually secured it?

Huo Zhenyang’s face did not share the butler’s joy; his tone suddenly turned cold, "I remember I’ve already relieved Su Yan of her duties as the chief secretary. What qualifications does she have to negotiate on behalf of the group?"

And the American subsidiary hadn’t reported this to him?!

Lately, because he had just been promoted to mayor, he hadn’t been managing the Huo Group’s American operations as diligently, with daily video conferences cut by half, occasionally meeting with a few senior executives to accommodate the time difference.

If something came up, they would report; if not, they would retreat from the audience.

The American subsidiary was very mature, with a market that was pretty much set, and it didn’t need him to worry too much.

The senior management and shareholders in America knew that the Group’s CEO was recently engaged in politics in China and was busy with numerous matters, so they hardly bothered him with ordinary issues.

Yet here was Su Yan, someone he had dismissed, representing the group in negotiations, and nobody told him!

The butler hurried to explain, "Young Master, the lady didn’t return to the Huo Group; she just acted in a personal capacity to facilitate and run around, which is how she landed this deal. Precisely because of this, the old master is even more satisfied."

Huo Zhenyang’s brow furrowed, revealing a hint of suspicion.

Su Yan had indeed accumulated a certain network of contacts during her four years as Huo Family’s chief secretary in America and truly excelled in her job.

But—could she really have single-handedly landed JK on her own?

If she was capable of that, shouldn’t she have been able to secure that deal when she was chief secretary, rather than waiting until today?

No matter how you look at it, this move would certainly make Huo Tianpei even more satisfied and pleasantly surprised.

During those years in America, right after his surgery and in the early stages of recovery, Huo Tianpei had pushed himself despite his frail health to come out of retirement and managed the Huo Group’s American operations.

Only after his symptoms slightly improved during the later stages of his recovery, and just before heading back to Yunling, did Huo Tianpei retire and hand the control of the group affairs back to his son.

This is precisely why Huo Tianpei was all the more aware of JK’s significance to the Huo Group.

Not only could she schmooze the old man, attending to his every need, serving as a capable wife inside the household.

But she could also socialize outside, expanding the company’s business—

What man would dislike that? Who wouldn’t want to marry her?

Thinking this way, it wasn’t surprising that the old man was charmed into marriage by her.

In the past few months, Su Yan had indeed put a lot of effort into her work in America.

This effort didn’t even seem like something she could have done all by herself.

With this thought, Huo Zhenyang’s eyes narrowed slightly, yet he temporarily refrained from contemplating too deeply, just giving a cold, somewhat sarcastic laugh, "Regardless, someone should have informed me in advance."

The butler, with nowhere to turn, said, "At that time, you had just taken office, with many affairs to attend to, and the old master and the new lady decided to have a low-key wedding, just a simple registration, so they temporarily didn’t disturb the Young Master."

Heh, they didn’t want to bother him?

Was picking up the phone and letting him know so difficult?

If it hadn’t been for Zaizai’s accident, with Huo Tianpei sending Su Yan to Yunling in a rush to visit his grandson, they probably would still be keeping this from him, right?

Although his relationship with Huo Tianpei had been cold and distant ever since his childhood, one would think that for something as significant as marriage, the old man would have at least given him a heads up.