Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 746 - 726: Don’t Want to Be Second

Approaching the staircase, her gaze drifted upwards, a sudden intuition stirring inside her, she hurried upstairs.

She first entered Xiaolei’s room to take a look and noticed nothing amiss.

As she slowly stepped out, her eyes unwittingly paused at the room next door — Huo Zhenyang’s study. She walked over and pushed the door open.

The study, adorned in gold and brown hues, featured a full suite of custom-made office furniture in traditional British style, with curtains tightly drawn.

This place was that man’s private sanctuary.

He didn’t particularly like others entering his study.

Usually, unless he allowed it, even George and Ade, his close bodyguards and assistants, could only stop at the door.

The cleaning was also strictly scheduled, each time entrusted exclusively to Auntie Li.

The other domestic staff in the mansion had been with the Huo Family for so long, yet they had never stepped foot inside.

A few months ago, a newly recruited servant, unaware of the severity, saw Auntie Li busy and wanted to help tidy up. Upon Huo Zhenyang’s discovery, he dismissed the person from the Huo Family without a second word and vowed never to hire them again.

She had become the only person within the villa who entered his study the most.

Sometime earlier, in their attempts for a second child, he had purposely been using "TT," and out of desperation, she even ventured into his study to seduce him —

Therefore, she was quite familiar with his study.

However, she still tended to visit the study only when he was present.

If he were not around, she seldom dared enter.

Everything in the study appeared to be as usual.

But her suspicions remained undiminished.

After a pause, she walked over to the file cabinet where he kept documents, pulling open the glass door.

Indeed, the folder at the very bottom showed signs of having been tampered with.

Through the thick folders’ gaps, a hint of a dark brown safe shone through.

In the spare space behind the cabinet, a small safe rested.

She paused in shock, wondering if someone had come in... and touched the items here?

Was it Xiaolei, or Su Yan?

Footsteps approached the doorway of the study. She was so lost in thought that she didn’t notice until the footsteps drew near, and her shoulder was forcibly grabbed, jerking her around.

Coming to her senses, she looked up, facing the man’s unreadable, handsomely cold visage, his eyes were like flickering stars, fixated on her.

"You’re back?" she gasped, having not expected his early return.

Today was Zaizai’s birthday, and Huo Zhenyang had come back early from the city hall.

He glanced at the cabinet doors that had not been shut yet and, of course, noticed the disordered state of the files, his voice low and chill, "What happened here?"

Jiayi looked back at the cabinet, "Su Yan and Xiaolei had just been here, but for some reason they left again. I was returning with Zaizai and happened to meet them at the door. They seemed very unhappy, arguing..."

Huo Zhenyang immediately understood her suspicions, his eyes darkening as he roughly guessed what had happened.

One of the two had entered the study.

And rummaged through his belongings.

It likely wasn’t Xiaolei.

Xiaolei had no reason to do such a thing; her visits were merely to get close to him.

It seemed, then, it had to be Su Yan.

— Su Yan indeed had someone backing her, someone seeking to find his weaknesses, wanting to bring him down.

His gaze flickered coldly, gradually darkening like the encroaching night.

"Is everything alright?" Jiayi probed.

Since the last incident with the ISM investigation, she had become somewhat skittish.

His clandestine transactions with the Royal Family of S Country hung over his head like the Sword of Damocles, ready to fall at any moment and deal him a severe blow.

First, they had lured the people from Xuanming Hall of A Country, and then they had drawn the attention of the ISM Organization, and now—

Could it be that someone is secretly investigating them again?

Could it be that something important was actually stolen, like his agreement with S Country?

If that were true, it would be disastrous!

She looked anxiously at the safe, "Should I check if anything’s missing..."

Huo Zhenyang’s face regained its color, and upon seeing the tension on her small face, his mood inexplicably improved.

He knew that she was worried about him.

Lifting his hand, he ruffled her hair, wrapped his arm around her waist to stop her from checking, pulled her a few inches closer into his arms, leaned down, and rubbed his high nose against her cheek, almost imperceptibly, "No need. Even if someone did come in, they wouldn’t find anything."

She looked up at him.

He whispered teasingly in her ear, "Do you think I would keep something so important at home?"

She was stunned for a moment, "Then... where is it?"

"Important things, I’ve sent to a Swiss Bank safety deposit box. Even if the United Nations wanted to continue their investigation, the bank wouldn’t comply without the customer’s permission, let alone private individuals trying to find out anything."

Swiss Banks are among the safest places in the world, and a highly trusted option for the private safety deposit boxes of many top-tier individuals.

Countless tycoons, officials, and politicians store their confidential items there, even those in a gray area that must never be discovered, which sufficiently proves their security and reliability.

In addition to the standard member-level storage service, there is also platinum-level privacy protection.

There is no chance of any leak whatsoever.

The important things he spoke of naturally included the underground agreement he had signed with S Country—a document that must never be disclosed.

After the incident involving Nie Yixiao, he knew that keeping the agreement close wasn’t safe and had made arrangements early on.

Jiayi sighed with relief.

His hand slipped down and firmly grasped her small hand, "Let’s go downstairs."

Although her worries had disappeared, she couldn’t help but hesitate and didn’t follow him downstairs.

He turned back, his eyebrows arching suspiciously, "What’s wrong?"

Her pinky finger lightly touched his broad palm.

Just now, when she had entered his study alone and opened the cabinet, he suddenly came in, his gaze fixing on her with an eagle-like sharpness and dreadfulness.

In that moment, her heart nearly stopped beating.

The chilling expression on his face at the time clearly conveyed his intense displeasure at having his personal sanctuary intruded upon.

If he thought she was rifling through his private items, would he crush her with a single blow?

Perhaps, in his eyes, she would always be secondary to his career?

In fact, this had always been her hidden question...

No matter how much he doted on her, he still did not like her meddling too much in his official affairs.

If she carelessly got involved, he would still be very displeased.

Did this mean that in this man’s world, his Huo empire always came first?

She didn’t know why she felt the need to compete with his career at this moment.

Was this really a competition?

Why did it feel more like jealousy?

It was as if, being accustomed to always being number one—a princess—she didn’t want to settle for second place in his heart.

Her cheeks inexplicably heated up, and she restrained herself, hurriedly answering, "It’s nothing."

If it’s nothing, why so much drama on her face.

He asked, puzzled, "Really, it’s nothing?"