108. Teacher Xie, have you ever suffered from amnesia?
The shopkeeper quickly brought over two bowls of steaming noodles. Xie Yaoyao took apart the disposable chopsticks, scraped off the wood shavings from the tips, and handed them to Huo Yanxi with both hands.
Huo Yanxi turned his head to look at her.
Her eyes and brows were shrouded in steam, as if coated with a soft-focus layer, which made his heart flutter.
His gaze moved down and slowly landed on her pink lips. She had slightly pouty lips, the kind that looked very kissable.
Xie Yaoyao handed him the chopsticks, but Huo Yanxi hesitated to take them. She looked up at him.
"Mr. Huo?"
Huo Yanxi's eyes flickered, and he lowered his gaze to take the chopsticks she offered.
Xie Yaoyao then took apart the chopsticks herself, stirred the noodles, and said, "It smells delicious, it must taste even better."
Huo Yanxi saw her pick up a piece of food with her chopsticks and was about to put it in her mouth, so he reached out and grabbed her chopsticks.
"You just exercised, so you can't eat carbs."
Xie Yaoyao's eyes widened. "No, why would I order two bowls if I'm not going to eat? That's such a waste!"
Huo Yanxi smiled and said, "It's okay, you can order and watch me eat."
"Mr. Huo, I brought you out to relax, but you brought me out to torture myself, right?"
Family members, does anyone understand?
What is it like to have a bowl of steaming noodles in front of her, but not be able to eat it?
Huo Yanxi lowered his head and ate his noodles, offering no comment. "Not bad, it smells just as good as it does."
Xie Yaoyao looked miserable. "Look how lonely you are eating alone. I'll eat with you."
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Huo Yanxi finally took pity on her and said, "I'll allow you to have three bites."
Xie Yaoyao's eyes lit up immediately.
"Okay, three people."
After saying that, she picked up a noodle with her chopsticks and wrapped it around several times until the chopsticks were covered with tangled noodles. Then she opened her mouth wide and stuffed the noodles into her mouth in one big gulp.
Huo Yanxi: "..."
She really went to great lengths to get food!
After three bites, almost nothing but a few bits of noodles remained in the bowl.
Huo Yanxi conceded defeat.
How could he forget that she never played by the rules? He shook his head and chuckled.
"You wasted your time training tonight. Get up early tomorrow morning and go for a run with me."
Xie Yaoyao: "..."
No, why is he, the head of the Huo Group, constantly focusing on her weight loss instead of thinking about how to make money?
Does that mean if she loses a pound, he can earn a hundred million?
After finishing their noodles, the two took a walk along the street to digest their food.
The daytime hustle and bustle and heat were diluted by the thick darkness of night, and the city gradually quieted down.
The streetlights cast a dim yellow glow, making the shadows of the two walking side by side appear long.
Every moment, they overlap, and then quickly separate again.
With her hands behind her back, Xie Yaoyao saw that there were few pedestrians on this stretch of road, so she walked backwards.
"Mr. Huo, are you feeling better now?"
Huo Yanxi stood with one hand in his pocket, looking intently at Xie Yaoyao.
"Thank you, Teacher Xie."
"Hey, don't be so polite with me. Thanks to you all this time, I've been able to buy a house in Gangcheng."
Xie Yaoyao was still a little embarrassed, after all, such a high salary was just taking advantage of him.
Of course, the last thing he lacks now is money.
Huo Yanxi: "Actually, you don't need to buy a house. No. 22 Victoria Peak is quite close to St. Paul's School. I take you and your son with me on my way to work every day. It's almost never a detour."
Xie Yaoyao was taken aback.
She then blinked and said, "That's not a good idea. I'm just a tutor you hired."
“You can stay at No. 22 Victoria Peak. Huo Zidu’s studies have improved, but his Chinese still needs to be improved.”
Huo Zidu started cooperating with Xie Yaoyao's work during this period, and his performance improved by leaps and bounds.
However, he was sent abroad five years ago and his Chinese is terrible. Even though Xie Yaoyao is good at teaching Chinese, she couldn't help him improve much in two months.
"We can't stay at your house forever; we'll eventually have to move out."
Huo Yanxi pursed his thin lips slightly.
Seeing that he didn't speak and his expression was obviously unhappy, Xie Yaoyao thought he was still thinking about what Madam Huo had said.
She felt a little sorry for him.
"Mr. Huo, you are actually a very, very good person. Really, no matter how others evaluate you, you are the most outstanding in my heart."
Seeing her proud expression, Huo Yanxi couldn't help but chuckle. "Yes, I understand."
Xie Yaoyao thought he didn't believe her and that she was just saying nice things to coax him, so she reiterated.
"Really, if I were your mother, I would be very proud. It's her loss that she doesn't love you."
Actually, she wondered, since Madam Huo didn't love Huo Yanxi, why did she go to such lengths to snatch him away from her?
She thought he had come back to live a good life, but now she knows that his life is not good at all.
Huo Yanxi: "...I'm not sad."
Xie Yaoyao thought he was forcing a smile, and went along with him, saying, "Yes, there's no need to be sad because of someone who doesn't love you."
Huo Yanxi paused slightly, then strode off again. "Teacher Xie, have you ever suffered from amnesia?"
Xie Yaoyao blinked and shook her head in confusion, "No, why would President Huo ask that?"
Huo Yanxi stopped, and Xie Yaoyao stopped as well.
He looked at her quietly, wondering why she had forgotten so many things if she hadn't lost her memory.
But he didn't intend to ask any further questions.
"I just feel like you might have forgotten someone very important?"
Xie Yaoyao shook her head. "No."
She didn't know why Huo Yanxi would ask that question; she had never suffered from amnesia.
After all, she still remembered that Huo Yanxi had no clothes to wear when he was a child, and he wore her old clothes.
When she wore his floral cotton-padded jacket, his classmates at school mocked him for a long time, saying he was wearing girls' clothes.
But he didn't care at all and remained cold-hearted from beginning to end.
Later, he grew so tall that he could no longer wear her old clothes, so his grandmother bought him new clothes.
He was reluctant to wear it, insisting that she wear it first and then he would wear it.
Thinking back on the past, Xie Yaoyao couldn't help but feel sorry for him again.
Huo Yanxi stared at her quietly for a long time until she began to feel uncomfortable, then he looked away.
"Let's go home."
The next day.
Mrs. Huo received photos of Huo Yanxi walking down the street late at night with his fat tutor.
Over the past five years, she has come to know Huo Yanxi all too well.
Every time the mother and son met, they were at odds; he had never looked at her with such gentle eyes before.
In these candid photos, Huo Yanxi appears completely relaxed.
In many photos, he has a faint smile on his face.
He felt very relaxed and comfortable with the chubby tutor, and his mood was very pleasant.
She narrowed her eyes, beckoned the housekeeper, and threw Xie Yaoyao's photo in front of him. "Go and investigate this woman."
In recent years, Huo Yanxi has been averse to all women who approach him, and there were even rumors that he had misogyny.
But why was he smiling so happily at this woman? What was so special about her?
Mrs. Huo looked down at Xie Yaoyao in the photo. For some reason, she felt that her eyebrows and eyes looked familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before.
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