Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 535 - 533 What Is This If Not Imprisonment?

Huo Tianpei had not anticipated that the chubby grandson he had long awaited and sought after by every means would come before him in such a manner.

At the same time, Huo Tianpei also made up his mind.

This child had been living outside for four years; he couldn’t stay outside any longer. He had to return to the Huo Family immediately to be properly nurtured.

Seeing the old master deep in thought, Zaizai raised his arm like a lotus stem and tugged at Huo Tianpei’s white beard.

A prick of pain brought Huo Tianpei back to his senses.

"Young Master." The butler, upon seeing this, was startled and shouted in alarm.

However, Huo Tianpei clearly didn’t mind, and even broke into a smile, continuing to let Zaizai pull on his hand toward his face, "It’s okay, it’s okay. Come on, pull it again if you like; Grandpa has plenty of beard hair..."

The butler felt somewhat disordered, dark lines almost forming on his face. It seemed that the only one who could pluck hairs from the old master’s head was the young master himself.

Even if the old master wasn’t this tolerant with the two young masters, now it seemed he really liked the little master in a special way.

Zaizai pulled at the beard for a bit, then found it boring. A trace of affection flickered in Huo Tianpei’s eyes. Seizing the moment, he coaxed gently, "Zaizai doesn’t find it fun, how about we go to the hotel Grandpa is staying at later? Grandpa will get you a toy, how does that sound?"

Zaizai’s eyes lit up, but he didn’t forget about his grandmother, glancing at her as her face suddenly darkened, puffing up his chubby cheeks, "No! It’s just a toy, Mommy and Grandma will buy it for me too!"

Xia Tingxuan breathed a sigh of relief. This kid, she hadn’t raised him in vain; he hadn’t defected for such a small material temptation.

Huo Tianpei continued to smile and said, "It’s the latest model of the robot MAX series which just launched in America; it’s not available in China yet."

Zaizai’s once firm resolve immediately softened a bit; he was a loyal fan of the robot MAX series.

The MAX series that had just launched in America – in their kindergarten class, it seemed none of his classmates had it yet.

Although he was absolutely on his Mommy and Grandma’s side, going to get a gift shouldn’t affect his loyalty to them, right?

He looked at his grandmother with puppy-like eyes.

Xia Tingxuan finally came back to her senses and scooped Zaizai back into her arms, "That’s enough, Mr. Huo, are you using your wealth to tempt a child?"

Huo Tianpei also put away his smile, saying seriously, "Ms. Xia, may I have a chat with you."

Xia Tingxuan also had things she wanted to make clear with the Huo Family; it wasn’t possible for her daughter to keep hiding in the hospital just to avoid Huo Tianpei. It was good that an elder from the Huo Family had come. She set Zaizai down, "Zaizai, you go into the ward first to keep Mommy company."

Although Zaizai was still reluctantly parting with the robot MAX series toy, he listened to his grandmother and was escorted into the ward by the bodyguard.

The atmosphere quieted down. Compared to the earlier warmth of family harmony, the mood had become much tenser.

Huo Tianpei got straight to the point, "Ms. Xia, you are certainly aware of the situation between Zhenyang and Jiayi." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Of course, I’m aware. Your son is indeed a big shot but still knowingly broke the law back then, taking advantage of his wealth and power in G City. When he saw my daughter homeless and without kin, he confined her for over a year. Is this the kind of family tradition the Huo Family has?"

Xia Tingxuan was still angered as she spoke, and her voice wavered slightly.

"How can you call that confinement? Back then, Jiayi followed Zhenyang willingly; he certainly didn’t hold a gun to her head every day!"

Huo Tianpei had intended to speak calmly to Xia Tingxuan, but as soon as she demeaned the Huo Family, his temper flared. After all, he had lived a life of privilege and was not used to being looked down upon.

"How can it not be called confinement? A grown man, keeping an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl he didn’t know by his side, and in the end, getting her pregnant, what would you call that if not confinement? To call it confinement is to put it nicely; to put it crudely, it’s treating her like a..." Xia Tingxuan clenched her teeth, and, feeling ashamed to say the words "sex slave," she sneered instead:

"Jiayi was willing? Tianpei didn’t use a gun to force her? What a joke, Mr. Elder. With the power of the Huo Family in China, there was no need for such coercion. If your son wanted her by his side, did Jiayi have any other choice but to follow him? If Tianpei were really a good person, wouldn’t he have taken a lost girl to the police station straight away? What does keeping her by his side mean? Is she some stray animal he picked up and decided to take care of? Pah!"

Huo Tianpei’s face turned red with anger; in fact, it seemed he could not refute her words.

Back then, Jiayi was indeed picked up by Zhenyang and kept privately without reporting to the missing persons department, nor notifying the police, just as Xia Tingxuan described. Zhenyang really did treat her like a pet for a year.

For a parent, that was of course hard to accept.

Huo Tianpei’s expression grew cold, "Fine, let’s not discuss the other matters. Let’s talk about Zaizai."

Xia Tingxuan understood all too well what Huo Tianpei was about to say, and her eyes immediately showed caution.

Huo Tianpei resumed his patriarchal stance as the head of the Huo Family, "Zaizai is the flesh and blood of the Huo Family. You have seen the DNA report; there’s no changing that. Both ethically and logically, and for the sake of Zaizai’s future prospects, it’s only right that he returns to the Huo Family. Whether Jiayi wants to come back to the Huo Family, whether she wants to reconcile with Zhenyang, I cannot force her. But Zaizai is my grandson, and I am determined on this matter."

Xia Tingxuan’s face turned purple with anger, "Good heavens, isn’t there any royal law left? Like father, like son, they’re both cut from the same cloth," she scoffed. "Mr. Huo Senior, we may not be as wealthy as the Huo Family, but we’ve taken good care of Zaizai over the years, and we will continue to do so in the future."

"Staying with you and your daughter, what kind of future could he have? Can you provide Zaizai with the best material conditions, the most elite education, the noblest social circle? My grandson of the Huo Family is meant to stand above the masses, certainly not live like the common folks!" Huo Tianpei grew agitated.

Xia Tingxuan was equally confrontational, "Are wealthy people so amazing? You took advantage of my daughter four years ago, and now you want to continue playing the tyrant? Yes, under our care, he might eat four meals and a soup a day, attend an ordinary school and be familiar with the aunties from the market. But at least we will never raise Zaizai into someone who breaks the law, confines a homeless young girl, and treats a nineteen-year-old as a pet, only to get her pregnant like some thug and bully!"

"You—!" Huo Tianpei’s face turned even redder.

"What’s wrong? Did I say something incorrect?" Xia Tingxuan had nothing to fear.

A barefoot person is not afraid of a person with shoes. She and her daughter were just commoners in Yunling, with nothing to lose. What could the Huo Family possibly do to them?