028 Your husband?
Seeing him drinking the sugar water so elegantly and dignifiedly, Xie Yaoyao thought to herself that she had wasted three eggs.
Her face turned cold. "Mr. Huo, this place is too small. Please move over if you're finished."
Huo Yanxi never expected her to be so ungrateful, and suddenly the sugar water in his mouth no longer tasted sweet.
His eyes flashed with coldness, and his tone was deep and icy, "Teacher Xie, are you planning to cross the river and then discard the bridge?"
Xie Yaoyao's eyes reddened, and she turned away so he wouldn't see her expression.
“Mr. Huo, as you can see, my home is cramped and small. It’s difficult for even one person to turn around. You are of such high status that you shouldn’t set foot in such a place and dirty your feet.”
A shadow gradually fell over Huo Yanxi's handsome face, his dark eyes devoid of warmth, suppressing an unyielding gloom.
Every word she uttered was self-deprecating; in reality, she was trying to drive him away.
The atmosphere was fine just now, so why did she suddenly turn cold and tell me to leave?
Huo Yanxi was an extremely sensitive and proud person; if it were anyone else, he would have gotten up and left long ago.
However, there are many mysteries surrounding Xie Yaoyao.
The egg pancakes and sweet rice wine with poached eggs that she made tasted just like the ones he remembered, and they could awaken his appetite.
He rested his arms on the back of the sofa and crossed his legs gracefully, as relaxed and at ease as if he were at home.
"I fixed the sofa for Teacher Xie, isn't that enough for Teacher Xie to invite me to stay for a meal?"
He could smell the aroma of food from the kitchen just now.
Xie Yaoyao frowned; she seemed to see a scoundrel in Huo Yanxi.
"I can only cook some simple home-style dishes, which are not good enough for Mr. Huo."
Huo Yanxi's gaze fell directly on Xie Yaoyao.
"Home-cooked meals are fine; I'm not a picky eater."
If the two three-Michelin-starred chefs at No. 22 Victoria Peak, who were hired at high salaries, heard this, they would probably be so angry that they would cry.
If he's not picky about food, then who is?
Huo Yanxi was quite irritable during his anorexia period, and the chefs racked their brains to come up with delicious recipes to get him to eat.
In the end, however, he still needed intravenous nutrition to stay alive.
Xie Yaoyao clenched her fists, thinking of his smug face when he said "no" to her ex, she really wanted to yell at him.
Still want to eat?
Eat your fart!
Xie Yaoyao felt a surge of anger rising within her, wishing she could just reveal all her cards.
If he says she's Chi Xiaoman, let's see if he still has the nerve to stay for dinner.
Can……
She simply couldn't bear the shame.
If Huo Yanxi knew that she was Chi Xiaoman, given her current figure and appearance, he would probably laugh at her and look down on her.
never mind!
She shouldn't humiliate herself!
Xie Yaoyao held back her anger and said, "It's just a simple meal. I hope Mr. Huo can eat it."
Huo Yanxi didn't speak, but simply made a gesture of invitation.
Xie Yaoyao was so angry she almost ground her back teeth to powder. She turned around and went into the kitchen to start preparing the food.
The vegetables were bought from a street vendor downstairs; they included amaranth and bitter melon, both of which Huo Yanxi didn't like to eat.
In the past, every household in the small fishing village grew bitter melon, and it became a common dish on the dining table when the season came.
Huo Yanxi refused to eat it, finding it too bitter.
She always teased him, saying that if he couldn't even bear the bitterness of bitter melon, how could he bear the bitterness of life?
What was his answer to him back then?
He said it was because life was too bitter that he didn't want to suffer any more and make things even more bitter.
Xie Yaoyao didn't actually know how long Huo Yanxi had been wandering in the small fishing village before they took him in.
At that time, she vowed that as long as she had a breath left, she would become the guiding light behind him.
She will always be there for him, as long as he is willing to turn back.
But she never expected that his identity was actually the second young master of the Huo family in Hong Kong.
The rhythmic sound of chopping vegetables came from the kitchen.
Huo Yanxi sat on the sofa. He was tall and had long legs, and there wasn't much space in front of the sofa, so he curled his legs up in a rather aggrieved manner.
The room smelled of decay from the old building, with a faint scent of soap.
It was Xie Yaoyao's scent.
The smell made him feel at ease, and the rhythmic chopping sound was just like a lullaby.
His eyelids grew heavy, and he slowly closed his eyes, falling asleep without realizing it.
In his dazed state, he heard someone speaking in his ear.
Xie Yaoyao was on the phone, her voice low, "You don't need to come back if you're busy."
The person on the other end of the phone was her nominal husband, Liang Zhen.
After the houseboats in the small fishing village were burned down, the police determined she was missing.
She went with the flow, abandoning her identity as Chi Xiaoman, changing her name to Xie Yaoyao, and re-registering in the household registration system.
However, she is an unregistered resident and needs proof to re-register.
That's when she met Liang Zhen. He helped her a lot, and in order to get her registered in the household, the two even got a fake marriage certificate.
Afterwards, Liang Zhen received an offer from Cornell University and went abroad to study.
He was then hired as a resident lawyer by the largest law firm in the United States, and he has remained abroad ever since.
August is Xie Ziyu's fifth birthday, and Liang Zhen called to talk about it.
"No matter what, I watched Yu Bao being born. Over the years, I have never been there to celebrate his birthday. I feel guilty about it."
On the phone, Liang Zhen's tone was very sincere.
Xie Yaoyao didn't refuse again, "Then I'll trouble you to make the trip."
“Ah Yao, don’t be so polite. We’re husband and wife, and your child is my child too,” Liang Zhen said gently.
Xie Yaoyao turned her head and saw Huo Yanxi leaning back on the sofa, legs propped up, sleeping in an awkward position.
Her feelings were mixed.
"Liang Zhen, let's get the paperwork done when you come back. It's not good for you to keep dragging this out."
When she applied for household registration, the staff saw that she was heavily pregnant and were worried that she was trying to obtain a Shenzhen household registration by deception, so they refused to process her application.
She had no choice but to agree to a fake marriage with Liang Zhen so that it would be easier to get Xie Ziyu's birth certificate and register his household.
Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Liang Zhen has been abroad ever since, with the divorce proceedings still pending.
Liang Zhen remained silent for a while on the other end of the phone. "A Yao, I've decided to resign from my job at this big law firm and return to China to develop my career."
The decision was sudden and caught Xie Yaoyao off guard.
"Weren't you highly valued by your boss over there? Now you're going back to China and have to start all over again. Can you accept this kind of drop in status?" Xie Yaoyao was still very rational.
She didn't want Liang Zhen to impulsively return to China and then regret it later.
Liang Zhen chuckled: "Ah Yao, don't worry, this is a decision I've made after careful consideration."
Xie Yaoyao wasn't really anyone to him, so he could only hint at it briefly.
After hanging up the phone, she felt a gaze watching her from behind. She turned around and met Huo Yanxi's eyes.
"..."
The two looked at each other in silence.
Finally, Huo Yanxi spoke first, "Your husband?"
He had just read her investigation report that afternoon and knew she was married; the person who called just now was a man.
The room wasn't big, and Xie Yaoyao's phone was leaking sound, so he overheard almost their entire conversation.
Xie Yaoyao didn't reply. "Mr. Huo, are you awake? Go wash your hands, dinner is ready."
As she spoke, she picked up her phone and called Xie Ziyu, asking him to come home for dinner.
Looking at her round and plump back, Huo Yanxi felt a strange unease welling up inside him.
Even he himself couldn't explain why.
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