077 Scumbag father, bad review
Xie Yaoyao didn't care about avoiding suspicion. She grabbed Huo Yanxi's wrist and looked into his sleeve.
This time it was clear to everyone; there was indeed a ring of severe bruising.
"How did you do this?"
Huo Yanxi's face turned ugly. He forcefully pulled his hand back, pulled down his sleeve, and covered his wrist.
"Teacher Xie, you've crossed the line."
Xie Yaoyao wasn't buying his domineering CEO act; she glared at Huo Yanxi intently.
"Don't try to change the subject. I'm asking you, how did this happen? You were perfectly fine yesterday."
Right now, I only have a wrist injury; what about my body?
What did Huo Yanxi do?
Xie Yaoyao felt her chest was filled with anger, but she forced herself to calm down.
Seeing her anxious look, another face flashed through Huo Yanxi's mind.
Chi Xiaoman is like this when she gets angry; her eyes are red, and she stares at him stubbornly.
She could glare at him like that all day long as he didn't give in.
Huo Yanxi pursed his thin lips, feeling that Xie Yaoyao was meddling in his affairs, but he couldn't bring himself to say anything harsh.
"Are you even letting me have breakfast?"
Xie Yaoyao understood Huo Yanxi; when he tried to change the subject, it meant he wouldn't explain further.
A sense of powerlessness rose within her.
Given her current status, she indeed has no way to interfere in anything he does.
He didn't want to talk about it, and she couldn't force him to.
She blinked, silently sat back down in her chair, and lowered her head to drink her porridge.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was strange. Xie Ziyu looked at Huo Yanxi, then at Xie Yaoyao.
snort!
What a scumbag dad!
All he knows is bullying Mommy; it's a shame he was a little more fond of her a couple of days ago.
Now, bad review!
After finishing breakfast in silence, Huo Yanxi went to work, while Xie Yaoyao continued teaching Huo Zidu.
Huo Zidu no longer rejects Xie Yaoyao's lessons and listens attentively.
So he caught Xie Yaoyao's absent-mindedness several times.
Thinking of the strange atmosphere at the breakfast table, he called Xie Yaoyao over after class.
"Teacher Xie, don't fall in love with my uncle. He has someone else in his heart." He had heard Si Yuan say that.
Her uncle was the best man she had ever met who didn't require any seduction. He kept his heart tightly sealed, and no one could truly enter it.
Xie Yaoyao was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Huo Zidu, who still looked very young, "What do you know about love?"
Huo Zidu crossed his arms and said, "Anyway, listen to me, my uncle isn't suitable for you."
Xie Yaoyao understood Huo Yanxi's personality better than Huo Zidu. She had already met her match once, so she naturally wouldn't be so reckless as to try again.
After all, she was beautiful and had a sexy figure, but he never looked at her.
Now she's so fat that doctors have repeatedly reminded her to lose weight, and her features aren't as attractive as when she was thinner.
He'd be blind to even be interested in her, okay?
"Alright, stop worrying about adult matters. Do your reading comprehension well today, and you'll get a reward if you get them all right tomorrow."
Xie Yaoyao carried the books out of the study.
Huo Zidu was still singing in the background: "Don't love me, it won't end well..."
Xie Yaoyao: "..."
While Xie Yaoyao was cooking lunch, she kept thinking about how Huo Yanxi got the injury on his wrist.
Lost in thought, she didn't even notice how many times she added salt.
Pack Huo Yanxi's lunch into a box, Uncle Jian came in, took it away, and had Lao Lin deliver it to the company.
The headquarters of the Huo Group.
Huo Yanxi wasn't busy today, and Lu Zhi happened to be nearby, so he came up to see him.
In the CEO's office, the two sat in the lounge area, sunlight streaming in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, warming them both.
Lu Zhi sighed, "Your office is really nice. Sitting here, I can take in the beautiful view of Central."
Huo Yanxi closed his eyes, feigning sleep. "You like it? Then I'll give it to you."
Lu Zhijing declined, saying, "I'm not Guan Yu, I can't wield the Huo family's big sword. You should enjoy it yourself."
The golden sunlight shone on Huo Yanxi's face; his skin was so white that you could almost see the blue veins.
Lu Zhi turned his head to look at him, "Is your teacher Xie alright?"
He heard from Pei Yan that Teacher Xie had been kidnapped by that lunatic Chi Wanwan and was being planned to be sent to northern Myanmar.
Although he had never met Teacher Xie, judging from Pei Yan's description, she was a plump and ordinary-looking girl.
She actually managed to get special treatment from Huo Yanxi.
"What do you mean 'my home'? Your wording is inaccurate. She is the tutor I hired."
Lu Zhi didn't argue with him, saying, "She only suffered minor injuries in such a serious car accident; she's truly remarkable."
Huo Yanxi silently opened his eyes, turned his head to stare at Lu Zhi, and asked, "You came here today just to ask me about Teacher Xie?"
"What, you've taken a fancy to her extraordinary talent?"
Lu Zhi quickly raised his hands in surrender, "Don't stare at me like that, I'm scared."
Huo Yanxi narrowed his eyes, his gaze turning cold and deep. "Lu Zhi, she has a husband and children."
Hearing this, Lu Zhi realized that he was talking to himself. He said, "Yanxi, if you want her, you can snatch her away even if she has a husband and children. Don't you see how popular it is to fight and snatch these days?"
Huo Yanxi: "...I didn't fancy her."
"Then how come I heard that you beat Miss Chi almost to the point of being crippled because of Teacher Xie and her son?"
"She deserved it." Huo Yanxi frowned. "Lu Zhi, do you have nothing better to do than come here to make fun of me?"
Lu Zhi shook his head. "No, I just feel that in the past five years, you have always been indifferent to others, and I have rarely seen you care about anyone so much."
Huo Yanxi was extremely annoyed. "What exactly are you trying to say?"
Lu Zhi said, "In the past few years, you have actually locked yourself in the day you left the small fishing village, refusing to open your heart to see the outside world. Teacher Xie is the only person who still makes you feel humane. You treat her very differently."
Huo Yanxi looked at Victoria Harbour in the distance, where the sea was sparkling and sightseeing boats came and went from time to time.
"She... and Manman give me a similar feeling, but I know clearly that she is not Manman."
Lu Zhi understood; it turned out that his special treatment of Teacher Xie was because of Chi Xiaoman.
Lu Zhi patted him on the shoulder, "Yanxi, it's a good thing that someone can help you out of your self-isolation. Don't worry about it, just let nature take its course."
Huo Yanxi pursed his lips and remained silent.
Just then.
Pei Yan knocked on the door and came in, carrying a gaudy cloth bag.
"Mr. Huo, Lao Lin just brought lunch. Dr. Lu, would you like to stay for lunch?"
Lu Zhi heard that Huo Yanxi had special meals delivered from home every day.
He wanted to see just how amazing Teacher Xie's cooking skills were, that they could actually make the anorexic Huo Yanxi eat.
"I'm hungry, could you please prepare a set of chopsticks and a bowl for me, Secretary Pei?"
Huo Yanxi glanced at him and said, "I don't even have enough to eat. If you want to eat, go to the cafeteria."
Lu Zhi: "...Don't be so stingy. Guests are guests."
Pei Yan, observing Lu's expression, said, "Dr. Lu, I'll go to the cafeteria and get you some food. You can eat with President Huo."
Lu Zhi was deeply moved. "Secretary Pei understands me best. I'll trouble Secretary Pei to make the trip."
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