There’re Always Paranoid Thoughts to Monopolize Me - Chapter 31.1

When the boys in the class came over to say that Qin Yan was outside looking for Huo Jun, Qiao Jin and Qiao Yu, sitting on the windowsill nearby, exchanged glances and smiled.

“Brother Jun, looks like your charm is still strong. I thought Qin Yan had already shifted her affections to Huo Jingyan, but it seems she’s still fixated on you?”

“…”

Huo Jun had just woken up at that time. He looked up at the window; it seemed like it was about to rain. The air was stuffy and humid, with clouds hanging heavily in the sky, creating an especially depressing atmosphere.

Huo Jun frowned and pulled out his empty, flat schoolbag.

“Not seeing her.”

The boy who came to call him grinned, not surprised at all. The Qiao Jin and Qiao Yu brothers sitting on the windowsill shrugged at him, indicating they were also helpless.

The boy hesitated, scratched the back of his head, and decided to relay what Qin Yan had told him.

“Uh, Brother Jun, Qin Yan said she has something to tell you… She also said that what she wants to talk about is related to Qin Ke from the freshman elite class and that new art appreciation teacher of ours.”

Huo Jun’s body suddenly stiffened.

After a moment, his lazily drooping eyelids lifted, and his pitch-black eyes cast a sharp glance sideways at the boy who had spoken.

The boy’s expression froze.

—

Perhaps the fierceness in Huo Jun’s glance was too terrifying, making his back tingle. He only regretted being swayed by Qin Yan’s words to come speak to Huo Jun — Huo Jun’s temperament was unpredictable, and although he seemed to have mellowed out a lot this semester for some reason, he was still not someone to be trifled with…

As the boy was feeling uneasy, his palms sweating, silently regretting his decision, he heard Huo Jun speak in a voice rough from just waking up, tinged with an indescribable emotion and low tone.

“What else did she say?”

The boy forced a stiff smile, “N-nothing… She’s waiting in the hallway outside right now.”

Seeing how scared the boy was, Qiao Jin, sitting on the windowsill, had already stopped smiling. He jerked his chin up, “Alright, you’re done here. Get lost.”

“—Ah.”

The boy felt as if he’d been granted amnesty and hurriedly turned to run.

Watching the boy run away, Qiao Jin turned his gaze back.

By now, there weren’t many people left in the third year elite class’s classroom, as most students had already gone home.

In the sparsely populated classroom, Qiao Jin was silent for two seconds before carefully choosing his words:

“Brother Jun, are you going out to see her?”

“…”

At first, Huo Jun didn’t speak.

He only looked up at the window; muffled thunder could already be heard in the distance. The sky was gloomy, and in just these few minutes, it had darkened several shades compared to before.

Clearly, a heavy rainstorm was approaching.

Qiao Jin and Qiao Yu had known Huo Jun for a long time, and both brothers knew — Huo Jun hated rainy days the most.

At times like this, his mood was basically always on the verge of exploding.

—

Yet at such a time, Qin Yan had to use such sensitive and provocative words to touch Huo Jun’s high-voltage line. And it didn’t take much thought to know that it definitely wouldn’t be pleasant, mood-lifting news…

Qiao Jin and Qiao Yu exchanged a few more uneasy glances.

Neither of them knew how Huo Jun would react, but they didn’t dare to ask any more questions at this point.

Just as the air had fallen into a deathly silence, they suddenly heard Huo Jun turn his gaze from the window and ask a question.

“Did the weather forecast yesterday mention it would rain today?”

Qiao Jin and Qiao Yu: “…??”

This sudden change in topic nearly tripped up both brothers.

Qiao Yu reacted slightly faster of the two, shaking his head.

“Not a word was mentioned. It’s probably a sudden thunderstorm.” As he said this, Qiao Yu joked in a deliberately casual tone, “Now who knows how many students will be stuck at school — there’s bound to be a flood of parents’ cars at the school gate.”

Huo Jun stared expressionlessly out the window.

His handsome, pale face looked even more severe in the gloomy light of the classroom cast by the rainy day.

After pursing his thin lips for a few seconds, Huo Jun let out a light scoff.

“Not everyone has parents to pick them up.”

“……”

Qiao Yu shrank his neck, not daring to continue that line of conversation.

Qiao Jin, being less tactful, spoke directly. “Brother Jun, don’t you have an umbrella here for emergencies? — Who needs them to come pick you up anyway.”

Huo Jun’s mouth curved slightly.

But the emotion in his pitch-black eyes remained almost cold as he stood up and walked towards the classroom door.

“I’m going to see Qin Yan.”

“…”

Qiao Jin and Qiao Yu, who thought Huo Jun had already forgotten about this matter, were stunned and looked like they wanted to say something hesitantly.

But before they could speak, they heard the departing boy say another sentence without turning back.

“Give that umbrella to Qin Ke for me.”

In the classroom,

Qiao Jin and Qiao Yu were both dumbfounded.

After who knows how long, the two slowly came back to their senses.

Qiao Jin sighed deeply.

“What kind of constitution does Qin Ke have? Born with some kind of natural love potion? At this rate, I think Brother Jun’s soul will be completely hooked on her.”

Qiao Yu also narrowed his eyes, “No need for ‘at this rate.'”

“?”

Qiao Yu: “His soul is clearly already gone.”

Qiao Jin: “……”

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Qin Yan had been standing outside the third year elite class’s door until her legs were stiff before that figure finally appeared, fashionably late.

While gritting her teeth and thinking that Qin Ke didn’t mean that much to Huo Jun after all, she forced herself to put on a gentle, flawless smile.

“Brother Jun, I hope I’m not disturbing you?”

Huo Jun coldly glanced at her, his gaze not lingering for even a second before turning away.

“Cut the crap… Get to the point.”

His voice was even colder than his expression.

Qin Yan’s smile froze for a moment.

She lowered her head in resentment and took out her phone, bringing up the photo she had taken the night before.

Then Qin Yan looked up, clutching her phone tightly.

“I wanted to show you a photo. I shouldn’t really be sharing this, as it doesn’t really concern me.”

As she spoke, Qin Yan lowered her head, her voice softening —

“It’s just that, Brother Jun, you should know that I… I’ve always liked you very much. Even if you don’t like me, I don’t want to see you being deceived by Xiao Ke and getting hurt… That’s why I came to find you specifically, to show you this.”

Having said this, Qin Yan stretched out her hand, raising the phone in front of Huo Jun’s face.

The screen brightness was turned up to maximum.

In the dim corridor, overshadowed by the gloomy sky outside, it seemed almost blinding.

And on the phone screen, the two text messages, showing not a hint of distance in their tone, were clearly visible.

Huo Jun glanced down.

His body stiffened for a moment. A few seconds later, he raised his hand and took the phone from Qin Yan.

As the boy’s fingertips inadvertently brushed her palm while taking the phone, it left a faint cool sensation.

Qin Yan’s face flushed, and seeing that Huo Jun’s attention was completely captured, his expression somewhat gloomy, she couldn’t help but feel secretly delighted.

—

She couldn’t believe that with Huo Jun’s personality, he could tolerate this ambiguous relationship between Qin Ke, whom he seemed to treat as off-limits, and Huo Jingyan.

She wondered how Huo Jun would punish Qin Ke, what kind of fate awaited her…

As Qin Yan was thinking this, she suddenly heard a cold, indifferent male voice beside her ear.

“Do you have a backup?”

“…Huh?” Qin Yan had just come back to her senses and instinctively replied, “No—”

Before she could finish speaking, she widened her eyes in disbelief.

—

Huo Jun’s slender fingers moved, easily selecting the photo for permanent deletion.

“Brother Jun, you…”

Qin Yan looked up, her face pale, only to meet a pair of gloomy, slightly fierce pitch-black eyes.

Huo Jun stared at her expressionlessly, and after a few seconds, he let out a cold sneer.

“Afraid I’ll get hurt? …By whom, Qin Ke?”

With these words, he stepped forward, forcing Qin Yan into a corner with nowhere to retreat.

At this close, almost ambiguous distance, the boy’s pitch-black eyes held only a terrifyingly deep fierceness.

“You’re afraid I won’t be able to hurt Qin Ke, aren’t you?”

As he finished speaking, Huo Jun suddenly clenched his fist, gripping the phone so tightly it creaked. In front of Qin Yan’s pale face, he raised his fist and smashed it next to Qin Yan’s ear—

With a “bang”.

The phone was directly smashed into ruined debris, falling to the ground stained with blood.

“Playing at sowing discord between me and her — Qin Yan, who do you think you are?”

The boy’s voice was extremely soft, his gaze terrifyingly frightening.

“Bro… Brother Jun…”

Qin Yan no longer cared about her phone. Looking at the boy in front of her, her body was shaking almost uncontrollably, even her lips trembling.

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