Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 1260 - 1238: I Wouldn’t Trust Her Even with the King of Heaven
She’s actually trapped in S Country and can’t return.
This feeling of shock and disappointment is like preparing for a day, dressing up beautifully for a banquet, only to find at the door that you forgot your ticket.
While she was in a daze, her phone rang intensely.
Without looking at the caller ID, she could guess who was calling.
She picked up the phone, feeling a lump in her throat, wanting to speak, but choked up and couldn’t utter a single word.
Just from hearing her breathing, Huo Zhenyang could guess her mood, and said in a deep voice: "It’s okay, don’t be afraid."
He had seen the news from S Country early in the morning before going to pick her up and immediately anticipated that based on S Country’s usual practices, a nationwide lockdown was likely.
He made a call to Ya Chen, which indeed confirmed his suspicion; her flight today was canceled.
She had never encountered such a situation and he figured she must be terrified.
"I’m not afraid. But now I don’t know when I can return." She braced herself.
Huo Zhenyang furrowed his brow, his heart wrenched by this little woman’s strong attempt not to cry, yet he tried to suppress his emotional turmoil and calmly instructed: "Stay at home obediently with your dad during this period, don’t run around, if you’re good, it’ll be fine, hear me."
She answered twice, feebly, like a starving kitten.
She forced a smile and said: "Right, Dad and I don’t know when we’ll be back, please take care of Mom for me, and the three kids, don’t tell them, just say I’m delayed for a few days... especially Zhuochen."
Seeing her in a bad mood, he frowned even more, comforted the little woman a few times, and hung up the phone.
George saw him hang up and couldn’t help asking, "Boss, is the young mistress okay?"
The tenderness lingering between the man’s eyebrows faded away, replaced by a cold sternness: "She’s pretending to be fine."
George frowned: "The situation turned like this suddenly, even a man would be uneasy, let alone the young mistress who has always been well protected by you, it’s natural for her to be worried. However, no worries, once the situation improves, transportation will resume and the young mistress can return—"
Before he could finish, Huo Zhenyang interrupted abruptly: "Prepare the private jet."
With S Country’s airports closed, a private jet is the only option to get there.
George was taken aback: "Boss, you want to go to S Country personally? But they currently forbid private entries—"
Cold light flickered in his eyes as he placed his long fingers crossed at his jaw, clearly having considered it thoroughly, his tone forceful and resolute:
"Then we’ll go not as a private individual."
George understood his meaning but still advised: "Actually, Chu Yanhan is with the young mistress, he’ll definitely take care of her, it’ll be fine, plus the Ya Family is related by marriage to the Chu Family, they’ll look after the Chu Family, Boss, you can rest assured."
The young mistress is like living in a double safe, even if the situation there is chaotic, problems are unlikely.
"Except for myself, I wouldn’t trust anyone with her, even a king of the skies."
He stood up tall and quickly began packing.
**
A whole day passed.
Jiayi had never felt that a day could be so hard to endure.
And such an enduring time, she didn’t know how much longer it would last.
She and Chu Yanhan sat on the couch all day, watching the local news broadcast, hoping to hear news about resuming transportation.
Chu Yanhan wasn’t worried about anything else, just concerned that Xia Tingxuan back home would worry about him.
This delay, with an unknown duration, and his wife was soon to give birth.
Though, in such situations, there’s no use getting anxious.
After watching the news for a while, he phoned Xia Tingxuan to reassure her.
Stuck in S Country these days, calling home regularly for reassurance was probably essential.
...
In the evening, the servants finished preparing the meal.
Jiayi truly had no appetite, took a few bites before heading upstairs.
Just as she got upstairs, her phone rang—it was the store manager calling.
Though domestic transportation was currently shut down, for most citizens at home, everything went on as usual—normal schooling and working.
It turned out, one of the store’s employees was also injured in this morning’s explosion.
This employee lived near the west gate of the city government and was injured by the blast’s aftershock on the way to work, immediately sent to the hospital alongside other injured individuals.
The manager hadn’t seen the employee all day, called several times, and finally received the hospital’s notification.
Fortunately, the employee’s life wasn’t in danger, but needed a few days of observation in the hospital.
The store manager reported the situation to Jiayi, mentioning plans to visit the injured employee at the hospital later.
Jiayi got anxious upon hearing this and immediately said: "I’ll go with you."
The injured person was an employee of a branch, moreover injured during working hours, classified as a workplace injury, and it was uncertain how severe it actually was.
As the boss lady, she had the responsibility to personally represent the store and comfort the injured.
Afraid that Chu Yanhan wouldn’t allow it, she changed clothes and secretly went out alone.
She met the manager near her home, the two stood by the roadside trying to hail a taxi to the hospital.
Due to traffic restrictions, there were fewer cars on the road today.
After waiting a long time, a car finally arrived.
Jiayi and the manager got in the taxi, went straight to the hospital, and found the injured employee.
The employee didn’t expect the boss lady to personally visit, overwhelmed with emotion to the point of being nearly speechless.
A stroke of luck amidst misfortune, aside from minor bruises, the employee wasn’t seriously injured and stayed in a general ward.
Jiayi sighed in relief, instructed the manager to leave compensation and condolence payments, comforted the employee with a few words, and then left with the manager.
When leaving, it was already dark.
The two stood on the street, the manager initially wanted to send Jiayi off first, but Jiayi suggested: "No need for such trouble, let’s separately hail a cab and go back."
The manager was a young woman, in her twenties, it wasn’t safe to return too late.
There was no reason to make a young girl accompany her.
The manager was touched: "Boss lady is really good to us."
Jiayi joked: "I’m waiting for all of you to work hard for me, of course, I have to be good to you."
The two chatted and laughed for a while, then a taxi came.
Jiayi ushered the manager to get into the car, while she continued to wait by the roadside.
There were already few taxis when she came out.
Now that it’s so late, taxis are even rarer to see.
The few taxis that passed by were all occupied.
After waiting for over half an hour without seeing a taxi, with nearby metro and light rail temporarily shut due to the lockdown, she had to keep waiting for a taxi.
Countries in Southeast Asia are unlike China’s major cities which resemble a city that never sleeps.
Some non-commercial areas turn pitch black at night, quite scary.
Unlike the night in China with lights everywhere.
Jiayi hugged herself, looking at the street with fewer and fewer pedestrians and vehicles, beginning to feel a little uneasy.
If it were a normal day, it wouldn’t be a concern.
But now the situation is unusual, at this special time, there is a sense of indescribable anxiety.
