Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 54: Someone Pushed Me Down the Mountain
Seeing that her emotions had stabilized quite a bit, Huo Zhenyang said indifferently, "Done crying?"
She had insisted on riding the Cloud Soaring Roller Coaster, only to be frightened like this, Jiayi wished she could find a hole to bury herself in, her face flushed red, yet her little hands still subconsciously clutched the hem of her clothes.
His gaze slightly contracted, she was still tense.
The reason she was still in fear, of course, wasn’t just the Cloud Soaring Roller Coaster.
"Tell me, what happened," his eyes examined her kindly.
"Just now, when I was on the roller coaster, I suddenly felt like I was standing on the mountain at Huanglong Mountain hunting ground, as if I had fallen down again... That feeling was so real... so... I was really scared."
Her voice was still very weak, like a little kitten that had been bullied, lacking a sense of security from being away from the man, her body curled into a small ball.
No wonder.
He had seen how unbearable her headaches were when she remembered.
If it was reliving the memory of falling from a cliff, it must be even more uncomfortable.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and after a silent moment, asked, "Remember anything?"
Actually, after picking up this little girl and bringing her back, he had been subtly asking the Huo Family’s family doctor whether amnesia could be treated with medication or medical devices.
The doctor’s reply was that, in Jiayi’s case, her bodily functions hadn’t been damaged due to falling from the cliff, she had just lost her memories from the past.
Using medication or medical devices could have too great a side effect on the human body, and it wasn’t guaranteed to be effective. The human brain is a very mysterious and precise organ; even the world’s most skilled neurosurgeons couldn’t guarantee they could uncover the connection between the brain and memory.
It would be better to let time pass and allow Jiayi to slowly remember her past.
Thus, Huo Zhenyang temporarily put the matter aside.
Most importantly, deep down, — he didn’t want her to remember the past.
It seemed as if once she remembered, she would become a goldfinch with wings, ready to fly away.
And he, it seemed, would have no more excuses to keep her by his side.
"I..." Recalling the flash of images in her mind just now, her peachy face turned deathly pale, further losing all color, her just-calmed emotions flaring into panic once again, and sweat began to bead on her forehead.
She was struggling, enduring, suffering the torment of trying hard to remember.
He stretched out his long arm without hesitation and forcefully cradled the back of her head, pulling her into the crook of his neck, his chin resting against her forehead, he lowered his head, "I’m here, don’t be afraid."
At that moment, nothing in the world could bring Jiayi more tranquility and peace of mind than those words.
For the first time, she wholeheartedly enjoyed his embrace, pressing her cheek tightly against the man’s chest, greedily breathing in the scent that calmed her.
It was as if with this man by her side, all monsters and demons couldn’t come near her.
Finally, her emotions settled down, she looked up with a restored color in her little face, "It seems like, someone pushed me down."
The moment she rode the roller coaster from the top and plunged down, she felt as though she was back on the edge of the cliff at the hunting ground, and then a hand from behind her, gave a fierce push!
This feeling, still so vivid up to now, was terrifying, almost sending shivers down her spine!
The slope of Huanglong Mountain hunting ground may not be very high, but without the cover of tree branches to break her fall, she might as well have been lying dead at the foot of the hunting ground!
Why?
Why would someone harm her?
Was it accidental, intentional, or was there a mistake in her memory, and the thoughts just now were all nonsense?
If someone really did try to hurt her, then who was she in the past, and who exactly was the person who tried to harm her?
Silence.
After a long time, Huo Zhenyang’s eyes flashed subtly, darkening a few shades, "Do you know who it was?"
She shook her head, unable to make out even the gender of the person, let alone who it might be, her little face twisted in conflict, her beautiful eyebrows knitting together.
He knew she was probably starting to get a headache again and, with a sweep of his hand, cradled the back of her neck and drew her into his embrace, "Alright, I’ve got it."
This time, she was obedient, nodding at his words.
"Let’s go." Huo Zhenyang stood up first and stepped out of the Cloud Soaring Roller Coaster.
Just as Jiayi was preparing to get up from her seat, her waist was enveloped by an arm, and she was lifted into the air.
"...I can walk by myself..." She startled, curling up her delicate little fists like cat paws, and lightly hammered him twice.
He had no intention of letting go, but the tone near her ear was somewhat teasing and domineering, "Oh? After crying for so long, do you really have the strength to walk?"
She had only cried for a while, not fallen ill or become disabled—did he think of her as a baby?
As she was caught between laughter and tears, he had already carried her out of the Cloud Soaring Roller Coaster, his long legs taking strides that covered the distance of two or three steps of others, descending the stairs.
It felt all right indoors, but in public, she always felt a bit embarrassed, especially when she saw a few staff members sneak peeks at them, her tiny fists continued to pummel him, and her little butt twisted wildly, chiding, "Put me down, there are so many parents with their kids at the amusement park..."
He bent his head down, lowering his voice, adding a touch of wicked charm, "Didn’t you just call me uncle? It’s only right and proper for an uncle to hold his niece who was crying half to death, isn’t it?"
Right and proper my ass!
She bit her lips with her pearly teeth, really suffering from her own actions but still wanting to be let down, "...There’s no need to hold me either."
"Which part of your body have I not seen? Is it really so strange for me to hold you?"
That remark hit her where it hurt, and her face flushed red.
Time after time, the entanglements, the embraces, the closeness, even forcibly changing her clothes and bathing her—she should have become accustomed to this man’s ’unsolicited taking’, shouldn’t she?
Why play coy?
The man’s protective desire and sense of security, along with his steps that were firm and steady, made her stop resisting, and eventually, she couldn’t help but cling tighter around his neck.
When they reached the entrance and were about to face the long line of visitors, he finally set her down.
Before getting on the Cloud Soaring Roller Coaster, Jiayi had been looking forward to playing on the pirate ship, visiting the haunted house, riding go-karts, and going to the aquarium in the amusement park.
But after all that chaos, Huo Zhenyang simply bundled her back into the car, disregarding her pleas and headed back home.
Back home, Jiayi was tired. Seeing her weary state, Auntie Li went to the kitchen to heat up a glass of milk and accompanied her upstairs to rest.
In the living room on the first floor, Huo Zhenyang dialed the phone to the Huanglong Mountain Villa.
After hearing the master’s simple yet clear instructions, the butler was somewhat surprised, "Master, why are you suddenly interested in investigating Miss Jiayi’s background?"
Before, the master had never mentioned this.
He pondered for a long while, his gaze flickering, his handsome brows slightly arched in an elusive mood, then slowly relaxed.
If someone really intended to harm her—
It seemed to be something he could not tolerate.
—
After resting for a day, she returned to work officially on the third day.
Perhaps because she hadn’t been to work for three days, when she arrived at the company in the morning feeling refreshed, she picked up several market data sheets and began to input them into the computer when the internal phone at her desk rang.
Picking up the phone, a familiar male voice came through, "Jiayi, are you at work? Come to my office."
"President Gu?" Shocked, Jiayi remembered—oh right, she heard Samuel had returned from Paris the night before, "Alright, I’ll be right there."
Not far away, Qiao Mina heard that Jiayi had been personally summoned to Samuel’s office as soon as she arrived at work, grinding her teeth in frustration, her face revealing an inconspicuous trace of jealousy.
