043 Unable to resist teasing
Even though Xie Yaoyao was thick-skinned, she could clearly hear her bones crack.
She was in so much pain that her vision went black.
It's over.
She seemed to see that she was too big for her.
Everyone was stunned. When Butler Jian came to her senses, she hurriedly took Huo Zidu off Xie Yaoyao.
A deep, icy voice suddenly sounded from behind, "What's going on?"
No one bothered to help Xie Yaoyao up; they all turned around and saw Huo Yanxi standing behind them with a somber expression.
Everyone gasped and quickly made way for him. Butler Jian hurriedly explained, "Fifth Master, Young Master Zidu just fell from the artificial hill, and Teacher Xie caught him."
Xie Yaoyao was lying on the ground, unable to move. She could only turn her head towards Huo Yanxi and wave her small hand as if in surrender. "Hi, Mr. Huo, you got off work so early today."
Huo Yanxi lowered his eyes, his gaze dark and cold. "What are you doing?"
Xie Yaoyao thought to herself, "I'm courting death."
But she said, "Everyone says that the feng shui of Victoria Peak is excellent. I am attracting the essence of heaven and earth and drawing spiritual energy into my body, striving to become a rich woman as soon as possible."
The others couldn't help but chuckle when they saw her happily rambling on.
"Thank you, Yaoyao."
Huo Yanxi's cold voice came from above, like sand rolling over a thousand-year-old glacier.
Xie Yaoyao looked up and met the man's cold and angry dark eyes.
"If you're looking to die, just say so. After you die, I'll have someone find you a propitious burial site."
Xie Yaoyao's eyes flickered, and she pursed her lips without saying a word.
Xie Ziyu ran out with Doubao, who barked wildly and rushed towards Xie Yaoyao, circling around her.
He would sniff her face every now and then, as if to make sure she was still alive.
Xie Ziyu knelt on the ground, wailing and crying, "Mommy, can't you move anymore? Does this count as a work injury? What if you become paralyzed?"
Xie Yaoyao: "..."
He was truly her good son.
Huo Zidu never expected that the woman who was usually extremely strict with him would catch him with her own body at the critical moment.
He was just a child after all; his heart wasn't so bad that it was beyond redemption.
He stood beside the housekeeper and stammered, "If your mother becomes paralyzed, I'll take care of her."
“What are you going to raise? You’ll have to rely on others to raise you. It’s a tragedy. We’re a pitiful widow and orphan with no one to rely on. Mommy, if you become paralyzed, how will we live?” Xie Ziyu continued to wail and cry.
Xie Yaoyao: "...You should hope for me, okay?"
She tried to get up, supporting herself on the ground, but a dull, aching pain came from a few inches above her tailbone.
She groaned and lay back down.
Butler Jian looked worried. "Teacher Xie, is there a bone injury? Should we call a doctor to take a look?"
Xie Yaoyao waved her hand defiantly, "No need, no need, I'm fine, I can get up."
She endured the soreness coming from above her tailbone and sat up by pushing herself up from the ground.
Even such a simple movement was difficult for her to perform, and she broke out in a cold sweat from the pain on her forehead.
Huo Yanxi walked over, bent down, grabbed her arm, and put it on his shoulder. He looked very thin, but he was very strong. He lifted Xie Yaoyao off the ground with little effort.
Xie Yaoyao's face turned pale with pain. She bit her lower lip tightly, barely managing to swallow back the cry of pain.
Huo Yanxi glanced at her; from his perspective, the sweat on her face glistened in the sunlight, shimmering with tiny sparkles.
He vaguely saw a familiar outline on her face again.
A sudden thought popped into his head: Chi Xiaoman has gained weight, could she look like Xie Yaoyao?
The idea startled him so much that he stumbled.
Xie Yaoyao also stumbled a step, pulling at the injured area on her lower back. She was in so much pain that cold sweat poured down her back.
This time, she couldn't bear the pain and groaned.
Huo Yanxi's expression was tense. That soft moan was more effective than any aphrodisiac in the world to him.
His throat tightened, and his ears turned bright red instantly, as if stained with blood.
Realizing he was losing control, Huo Yanxi snapped, "Shut up!"
Xie Yaoyao looked at him, puzzled. "I didn't say anything."
She turned to speak to him, her breath shallow and carrying the heat of the summer sun, spraying around his neck and sending a strange, tingling sensation through his body.
The man's handsome face instantly darkened, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Your breathing is disturbing me."
Xie Yaoyao: "...Isn't this just being unreasonable?"
She's alive, how could she not be breathing?
"Turn your face away, don't look at me, watch where you're going," Huo Yanxi said angrily.
If she hadn't injured her back, he would have left her by now.
"oh."
Xie Yaoyao followed closely behind him, saying, "Mr. Huo, please slow down, I can't keep up."
At this rate, won't her back injury get even worse?
Huo Yanxi pursed his thin lips, and although his expression was not good, he slowed down.
Behind her, Teacher Lin stood next to Teacher Anna, watching Huo Yanxi help Xie Yaoyao leave, her eyes brimming with jealousy.
"Teacher Xie is really clever. She saw that President Huo had returned, so she went to greet Huo Zidu, right?"
Seeing that she was being sarcastic, Teacher Anna said, "I don't know what Teacher Xie is thinking, but I can smell the aroma of Teacher Lin's tea."
Upon hearing this, Teacher Lin knew she was being sarcastic, and she was so angry that her eyebrows shot up.
"What do you mean?"
Anna said, "You teach math, so you probably don't know the Chinese idiom 'to judge others by one's own standards,' which means to assume others are thinking the same way you do.
Teacher Lin flew into a rage, "Stop pretending to be high and mighty! Did you come to teach at the Huo family not to try and climb the social ladder?"
"Some people are a mess themselves, so they think everyone else is stinking too. We're on different paths, so it's better if we talk less in the future."
After Anna finished speaking, she turned and left.
Teacher Lin stomped her feet in anger, clenching her fists in a helpless rage, "Xu Anna!"
The servants, seeing her frantic state, whispered to each other.
Teacher Lin glared at her and said, "What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a beautiful woman before?"
After saying that, she turned and walked away in her high heels.
One of the maids mimicked her, swaying her hips, and said, "What are you looking at? Can't you see a beautiful woman?"
This amused the other maid, who laughed heartily.
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Xie Ziyu had already been following Xie Yaoyao around like a puppy, while Doubao was anxiously circling around Xie Yaoyao.
Huo Yanxi helped Xie Yaoyao back to her suite.
This was his first time entering this room. The room was very clean, and apart from a few children's toys on the carpet, it was just like a showroom.
Unlike the cramped rooms in old tenement buildings, this room is large, spacious, well-ventilated, and has plenty of sunlight.
But……
But it lacks the homey, lively atmosphere of old tenement buildings.
Huo Yanxi placed Xie Yaoyao on the sofa and noticed that her suitcase was still standing against the wall, and there seemed to be no clothes hanging in the wardrobe.
He frowned. "You didn't put your luggage in the closet?"
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