010 A Black-Hearted White Lotus

Xie Yaoyao didn't mean to laugh out loud, but the incongruity between Huo Yanxi's cold, handsome face and the Doraemon pajamas made her unable to hold back.

The Doraemon pajamas were a gift she gave to Huo Yanxi.

She remembers that it was her first paycheck. She went to three shopping malls to compare prices and finally chose the most cost-effective set of pajamas.

When it was given to Huo Yanxi, he was very disgusted, feeling that the ugly cat on the clothes did not match his cool guy persona.

But on the day they broke up, he was wearing this nightgown when Mrs. Huo's bodyguards forcibly pushed him into the car.

She thought he had thrown away the pajamas long ago, but she never expected that five years later he would still have them.

Xie Yaoyao smiled and smiled, but then felt inexplicably sad again. Her former bedmate was now just a stranger.

It's amazing that she can still laugh.

Apart from her, although the others felt that the pajamas were quite different from Huo Yanxi's own personality, they didn't dare to laugh out loud like she did.

Huo Yanxi clenched the plan in his hand, his eyes sweeping over Xie Yaoyao with a warning look before landing on Si Yuan.

Si Yuan is thirty-six years old this year. Because she takes good care of herself, she looks quite youthful and looks like a girl in her early twenties.

Over the years, Si Yuan has tried her best to make her presence known to Huo Yanxi, but he has always ignored her.

She was able to enter Huo Yanxi's home today thanks to her beloved son.

"Yanxi, you've finally come down. You have no idea how arrogant Teacher Xie is."

Si Yuan immediately went to him and reached out to take his arm.

Huo Yanxi pursed his lips and looked away, his handsome face instantly darkening. "Is that so?"

He dislikes physical contact, even to the point of loathing it.

Si Yuan's hand froze in mid-air, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the tutors seemed to be mocking her.

She gritted her teeth and put on a pitiful expression. "Yes, just now I gently advised Teacher Xie that my child is timid and asked her to be more patient with him. But Teacher Xie mocked me, saying that I was either stupid or poor, and ordered me not to interfere with her educational philosophy."

Xie Yaoyao: "..."

What a black-hearted white lotus flower! She really knows how to distort the truth and spread rumors.

Huo Yanxi wouldn't believe her instigation, would he?

The next second, Huo Yanxi looked at her expressionlessly and asked, "Teacher Xie, what do you say?"

Huo Yanxi's voice was deep and pleasant, and when paired with his aloof and ascetic handsome face, it had an indescribable husky sexiness.

Xie Yaoyao was momentarily stunned.

When she first met Huo Yanxi, he was only seven years old. The little boy was fighting with a homeless man in a small fishing village for food and was beaten black and blue and lay on the roadside.

She took the man back, gave him a meat bun, and begged her grandmother to let him stay.

Grandma cursed her, saying she was a wicked woman who had come to collect a debt.

Later, she finally gave in to his repeated pleas and kneeling, and kept Huo Yanxi.

At that time, she was only six years old and raised the little boy like a precious pet.

The year they broke up, Huo Yanxi was 22 years old. He was a slender, youthful man with narrow shoulder blades, unable to withstand any of the hardships of the world.

Now, at 27, he is a ruthless and decisive business tycoon.

He can protect anyone, but he will no longer protect her.

Xie Yaoyao thought she would feel resentful, indignant, and bitter, but in reality, she wasn't deeply affected.

My grandmother once said that some people are just passersby in our lives, and we can't keep them.

She raised her eyes and looked directly into Huo Yanxi's deep, dark eyes. "If what Mrs. Huo said is true, will Mr. Huo fire me?"

The tutors standing next to her exchanged bewildered glances, and one of them even tugged at her.

"Teacher Xie, are you stupid? Explain it to President Huo!"

Si Yuan clearly humiliated her first. If she doesn't explain, is she just waiting to be fired?

Xie Yaoyao knew that Huo Yanxi had his own judgment; he was a black-and-white person who never listened to explanations.

Although she desperately needed the job, she didn't want to grovel before her ex-husband and lose face.

Huo Yanxi stared intently at Xie Yaoyao, his gaze carrying a hint of casual scrutiny.

Xie Yaoyao clenched her fists tightly and glared back without making a sound.

She's so fat that her eyes are squinty, and even if she glares back forcefully, it doesn't pose any threat.

The man curled his thin, almost bloodless lips into a smile, as if she were laughing, but it seemed to be just her imagination.

Huo Yanxi turned to look at Si Yuan.

"Sister-in-law just spent a huge sum of 50,000 yuan to try and get rid of Teacher Xie, right?"

Si Yuan's expression changed slightly. She felt humiliated by Huo Yanxi's statement that he had "spent a huge sum of 50,000 yuan," but she had no evidence to back it up.

"I……"

Before she could speak, Huo Yanxi coldly interrupted her, "In that case, starting today, Teacher Xie's daily salary will be 50,000. Sister-in-law, you have no objections, right?"

Si Yuan was dumbfounded: "Fifty thousand a day?"

A middle school tutor is paid 50,000 yuan a day? Why doesn't she just rob a bank?

Huo Yanxi made the final decision, "That's right, your salary will be paid by your sister-in-law. You can give Teacher Xie two months' salary in advance as an apology."

Xie Yaoyao stared in astonishment. She hadn't expected Huo Yanxi to act so swiftly, turning her daily wage from three thousand to fifty thousand.

She was secretly laughing to herself; the scolding was totally worth it.

If Si Yuan scolds her a few more times, she'll have enough for the down payment on the sunroom.

Si Yuan was so angry she jumped up and down, "Why should I pay her a salary?"

"Are you sure you want to discuss this with me in front of everyone, sister-in-law?" Huo Yanxi's eyes were deep, and he exuded a strong, almost suffocating, sense of oppression.

Si Yuan looked at the exceptionally handsome face in front of her.

For five years, Si Yuan had tried to win him over, but every time she got close, she was scared away by the gloom and coldness emanating from him.

This man was unlike any other man she knew; he possessed a cold, aloof demeanor that kept people at arm's length, yet at the same time, he had a fatal attraction.

Si Yuan lowered her head, avoiding his gaze. "I...I will give it to you."

For her, 3 million yuan is just a few less sets of jewelry; she doesn't need to make things difficult for Huo Yanxi over such a small amount of money.

We'll see.

She didn't dare to make a scene!

Huo Yanxi is eccentric and ruthless. Five years ago, he disregarded everyone's objections and forcibly sent Huo Zidu abroad.

If she dares to offend him today, he will airdrop Huo Zidu back to the United States tomorrow.

She'll agree now, but if she doesn't give it to me later, Xie Yaoyao won't be able to do anything about it.

Si Yuan was calculating her plans meticulously, but she didn't expect that Huo Yanxi had a habit of not letting things linger overnight.

If something can be resolved on the spot, he will never let it drag on for an hour.

So he opened his palm to Xie Yaoyao, "Phone, payment QR code."

Xie Yaoyao was absolutely ecstatic.

Look at his efficiency! No wonder he became the world's richest man in just five years after returning to the Huo family.

She quickly tapped the QR code for receiving payment and respectfully placed her phone in Huo Yanxi's palms.

"Mr. Huo, here you go."

Her rounded fingertips brushed unintentionally against Huo Yanxi's palm.

In an instant, it felt as if countless tiny, scalding electric currents surged through the blood vessels beneath his skin.

Huo Yanxi's breath hitched suddenly.