055 Mental Illness
Xie Yaoyao pretended not to hear and looked down at Xie Ziyu, "Yubao, what do you want to play next? Mommy will play with you to your heart's content today."
Since we've already booked the entire venue, it would be a waste of the tens of millions we've spent to not play a few more times.
But thinking about it still hurts.
More than ten million!
Ordinary people couldn't earn that much money in a lifetime, and Huo Yanxi squandered it all in a single day.
What a spendthrift!
"Mommy, I want to ride the roller coaster again."
"Okay, I'll risk my life to play with Yu Bao today and have a blast." With that, she took Xie Ziyu's hand and started walking back.
"Mr. Huo, now that you're here, Young Master Huo is yours."
This kid is so difficult to deal with. It's enough to see him at work; after get off work, she wants to play by herself.
Watching the two of them turn back with great momentum, Huo Yanxi raised his eyebrows and didn't even glance at Huo Zidu. "Follow them."
Huo Zidu unconsciously shrank his neck. "But I don't want to ride roller coasters anymore."
Huo Yanxi paused, turned around and looked at him, "Then should I have someone take you back?"
Huo Zidu complained with a long face, "Am I really your biological son...?"
"If you don't want the tongue anymore, you can cut it off and feed it to the dogs." Huo Yanxi's eyes were sharp, and his brows pressed down hard.
Huo Zidu was so frightened that he hiccuped, "...Nephew, I mean nephew, can you let me finish what I have to say?"
Huo Yanxi's expression softened slightly. "Even if you are my own nephew, I won't indulge you."
Huo Zidu thought to himself, "How dare I let you spoil me? I'd be terrified if you even gave me a smile."
He followed him around excitedly, "Uncle, we can actually get along well, right?"
"cannot."
Huo Yanxi had no intention of getting along well with the Huo family; it was a fight to the death.
The hatred of being abandoned, the hatred of taking the blame and going to jail, the hatred of being burdened with huge debts, the hatred of losing Manman...
His feud with the Huo family is too long to recount.
Huo Zidu hung his head in frustration, but he was no ordinary child and couldn't withstand the slightest setback.
"Uncle, I will make you treat me like family."
Huo Yanxi gave a cold, indifferent smile, his eyes full of disdain. His only family member was Manman.
On the roller coaster, Xie Yaoyao had just helped Xie Ziyu fasten his seatbelt when she saw Huo Yanxi come in with a big tail.
What brings you two here?
Huo Yanxi walked straight over and sat down in the row behind her, remaining aloof and silent.
Huo Zidu sat next to Huo Yanxi and eagerly offered to speak for him, saying, "My uncle has never played this before, so he asked me to keep him company."
Xie Yaoyao squinted at Huo Yanxi, "Aren't you afraid of heights?"
Five years ago, when they were still together, she asked him to go with her to the amusement park to ride the roller coaster, but he said he was afraid of heights.
Five years have passed, has he lost his fear of heights?
Huo Yanxi's eyes flickered slightly. "How did you know I'm afraid of heights?"
Only one person knew about his fear of heights; in the port city, he had no weaknesses.
Indestructible.
Xie Yaoyao realized she had said the wrong thing, and a flash of panic crossed her eyes.
But she's a language arts teacher, and she's good at finding loopholes in language. "Oh, you said one extra word. Aren't you afraid of heights?"
Huo Yanxi narrowed his eyes, staring at her with a scrutinizing gaze. "Teacher Xie, do we know each other?"
Xie Yaoyao gestured to herself, "President Huo, I've been working for your company for over half a month now. Don't you feel guilty asking me this?"
She deliberately twisted his meaning, avoiding a direct answer to his question.
Actually, she also found it strange.
They have lived together for more than ten years, married for a year. Even though they don't have any intimate behavior, they are truly dependent on each other.
She thought that even if she turned to ashes, he would still recognize her.
But he didn't recognize her just because she had gained weight, which was heartbreaking for her.
Huo Yanxi stared intently into her eyes.
Those eyes were exceptionally beautiful, and when they feigned innocence, they were even more captivating and alluring.
Manman also has such a pair of captivating eyes.
But her eyes aren't that small.
It looks like a mung bean.
Huo Yanxi looked away. "Perhaps I've never truly seen you for who you are."
Similar eyes, similar cooking skills, similar taste...
Everything is quite clear.
He dared not think too much, dared not ask, dared not shatter the illusion before him.
At this moment, the roller coaster slowly went uphill, the wind whistling past her ears, and Xie Yaoyao didn't hear what he said.
She turned around and asked him loudly, "Mr. Huo, what did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly."
Huo Yanxi just looked at her without saying a word.
The roller coaster plunged down, the force of gravity violently tearing at your insides, the sound of the wind exploding into a roar in your eardrums.
Xie Yaoyao turned her head away, grabbed the handrail in front of her and screamed. Xie Ziyu's scream next to her was broken into intermittent syllables, mixed with the sharp sound of steel rubbing against each other and the roar of the wind.
That was so exciting!
As the roller coaster finally slid back to the platform, the moment the pressure relief lever was released, Xie Yaoyao's legs felt as weak as if she were walking on cotton.
Beside her, Huo Yanxi could no longer maintain his aloof demeanor and rushed to the trash can, retching uncontrollably.
He is indeed afraid of heights.
When he was three years old, Mrs. Huo took him to an amusement park. Mrs. Huo said that she was afraid of heights and could not ride the Ferris wheel, so she coaxed him to ride it with the other tourists.
When the Ferris wheel reached its highest point, he looked down at the ground and saw Mrs. Huo walking away without looking back.
He shouted for her desperately from the Ferris wheel, hoping she would turn around and look at him, and wait for him.
But she simply disappeared into the crowd, abandoning him heartlessly.
Since then, he has been afraid of heights and doesn't like going to amusement parks, as it triggers his deepest fears.
Seeing this, Xie Yaoyao quickly took out a bottle of mineral water from her bag, unscrewed it, walked over, and handed it to Huo Yanxi.
"Mr. Huo, have some water and calm down. I thought you were joking about being afraid of heights, but I didn't expect you to really be afraid. So why did you still want to play?"
Xie Yaoyao was completely baffled.
He didn't participate in playing with the children in the morning, letting the staff take the two kids and let them run wild.
Why are you suddenly interested again?
And knowing that he was afraid of heights, he still calmly got on the roller coaster.
This led her to mistakenly believe that his previous claims of being afraid of heights were just a way of brushing her off.
Huo Yanxi took the bottle of mineral water, tilted his head back and poured the water into his mouth, rinsed his mouth, and drank a few more mouthfuls before saying, "If you all play, wouldn't it be embarrassing if I didn't?"
Xie Yaoyao: "...Don't you have any common sense? Is this about saving face? Acrophobia is a medical condition, and it can be fatal if it gets serious."
She spoke louder and louder, until she was practically shouting, angry that he didn't care about his health.
Huo Yanxi gripped the water bottle tightly, looking at her casually, "You care about me?"
"Nonsense!" Xie Yaoyao's eyes reddened with anger. "You're my boss. If anything happens to you, who's going to pay my salary?"
Huo Yanxi's eyes were gloomy. He chuckled and said, "Don't worry, even if I accidentally mess things up, you won't lose a single penny."
Xie Yaoyao pursed her lips.
The man in front of me was bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, his expression hidden in the light, making it difficult to see clearly.
She suddenly didn't know what to say, "Evil lives on forever, you'll live a good life."
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