Huo Xi held Yun Lian tightly and refused to let go, his face flushed red.

"Stepmother, please..."

The ticket seller, seeing them hesitate, wished he could just grab them, pin them to the chairs, tie them up, and send them away.

But her professionalism led her to smile and ask, "Hello, please have your ticket checked as soon as possible, there are other people queuing behind you."

Huo Xi looked back at the long queue, his eyes widened, and he vomited.

Yun Lian looked at him with a look of disdain in her eyes as she saw his weak appearance.

“My dear son, take your time throwing up. Mom is getting old and needs to get some fresh air to relax.”

By the time Huo Xi recovered, the roller coaster Yun Lian was riding had already started.

Huo Xi had no choice but to weakly lift his legs and wait at the exit of the terminal. Even though it was far away, he could hear his stepmother's cheerful voice echoing in the air from time to time.

Huo Xi opened his Moments and saw a series of comments from his friends.

"Huo Xi, you're getting out of being single without telling me!"

"Brother Xi, sure, you can go on a secret date without telling us."

"Yo yo yo, an amusement park again? Here I come!"

"Pah, if I had known that opening Moments would lead to this awful post, I would never have clicked on it."

"Congratulations on finding a partner! When are you bringing your girlfriend to meet us?"

Huo Xi's hands trembled more and more as he clicked on the comments.

He was panicking and instinctively wanted to delete it, but then he hesitated and set it to be visible only to himself.

Huo Xi's eyes were wandering, and even his phone felt hot.

"What's going on? These people have no sense at all. That's my stepmother! A stepmother is still a mother. It's obvious they don't have a stepmother. Tsk, how pathetic."

Huo Xi quickly got up and took a deep breath. When he sat down again, he felt like he was about to explode from the heat.

Suddenly, screams rang out in the air. Huo Xi looked up, but the sounds didn't sound excited at all.

The roller coaster that was originally moving suddenly slid backward along the track, and behind it, another roller coaster rushed towards it at high speed. It seemed that a collision would occur soon.

Huo Xi was at a loss at the moment. If his stepmother got hurt, he would definitely be blamed.

Huo Ye was upset in the group for the whole afternoon.

Yun Lian usually finds countless excuses to call him.

But today, apart from app news pushes, my phone is incredibly quiet; I don't even know how many times he's refreshed my Moments.

Sure enough, no matter whether it is a man or a woman, once they get something, they will not cherish it.

Hmph, he doesn't care whether that shameless woman cherishes him or not.

Just after he turned off the phone screen for the tenth time, the phone rang.

Huo Ye's relaxed brows furrowed instantly.

"Huo Xi?"

Shouldn't they still be at the amusement park at this time?

Are you calling to show off?

Huo Xi was crying on the other end of the phone.

"Brother, something happened to my stepmother..."

Huo Ye stood up instantly, his face pale.

"What did you say? Huo Xi, explain it to me clearly. Don't be a man and cry."

"Mom, roller coaster... rescue people... covered in blood... brother, I'm scared..."

Huo Ye rushed out of the office in a panic, not even having time to close the door, and disappeared in a flash.

"What's wrong with the president? He wasn't even this anxious the day Old Huo passed away."

"It's over. Is the Huo family going to go bankrupt?"

"Heavens, Buddha, I'm just about to get promoted, God, please don't do this to me..."

As soon as the president's secretary Han Man arrived, she heard the employees talking about the president, and her eyebrows raised instantly.

"What are you all yelling about? It's working hours now. Be careful the CEO finds out, or you'll be in big trouble."

Han Man shouted, and everyone fell silent instantly.

Han Man walked into the office and wanted to take away the documents signed by President Huo, but after opening the documents, she found that none of them were touched.

Han Man had mixed feelings. She went out and closed the door behind her.

Has the CEO developed a romantic mindset?

Once the person at the helm of the group falls in love, the whole group will collapse. Perhaps he should find another way out for himself.

Hospital.

When Huo Ye arrived, Huo Xi was squatting at the entrance of the operating room, her white shirt stained with blood from the morning she had left home.

His face was covered in bloodstains, and his eyes were already bloodshot.

The moment she saw Huo Xi, tears welled up in her eyes, as if she had finally seen her true love.

"elder brother……"

Huo Ye pulled him over to check, with some anxiety in his eyes.

"Are you alright? Is the blood yours or... that woman's?"

"It belongs to my stepmother and someone else."

"What the hell is going on? How can you go to an amusement park and end up like this?"

Huo Xi shook his head.

"I don't know the specifics, but I heard the roller coaster malfunctioned and it slid backwards while going uphill. The person sitting next to my stepmother had their buckle loosened and was nearly thrown out. My stepmother saved her, which is why she got injured."

Huo Xi blamed himself.

"It's all my fault. If I wasn't afraid of heights, if my stepmother and I had gone on the roller coaster together, would she not have gotten hurt?"

Huo Ye sighed and gently embraced Huo Xi.

"I don't blame you. Fear of heights is not your problem. If a safety accident really happens, you will inevitably be at the scene."

Huo Xi's tears fell to the ground.

"I'm useless. I couldn't protect my mother before, and now I can't even protect my stepmother..."

A trace of sadness flashed across Huo Ye's eyes.

He couldn't keep any mother, whether it was his or his two younger brothers'. Even Yun Lian might...

"Huo Xi, remember, you were only five years old when that happened. It wasn't your fault. Don't take all the responsibility on yourself. You need to live well.

Besides, Yun Lian is only injured; she'll be out of danger soon. Don't overthink it.

Huo Xi, however, wouldn't listen.

All she could think of was the time when she was 5 years old, being held on the rooftop by her mother, and then she jumped down.

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