There’re Always Paranoid Thoughts to Monopolize Me - Chapter 39.1

Perhaps that momentary change in her gaze was too quick, even Huo Jingyan noticed it. He turned sideways with a somewhat mocking smile, giving Qin Ke a teasing look.

Qin Ke returned his gaze helplessly.

Then she lowered her eyes, looking again at the young man sitting by the bed.

Huo Jun was still Huo Jun, nothing different.

She comforted herself this way in her mind.

However, looking at that young man, Huo Zhonglou’s silhouette involuntarily appeared in Qin Ke’s mind. The… imprint he left on her in her previous life was deeply rooted, almost becoming a nightmare-like existence.

So no matter how many times she had mentally prepared herself, the moment she saw Huo Jun, her steps involuntarily slowed down.

Finally, Qin Ke stopped two or three meters from the doorway.

Huo Jingyan didn’t notice.

He had already walked into the infirmary, only stopping when he reached the bedside where Huo Jun was sitting.

“How do you feel?” Huo Jingyan asked, lowering his head, while scrutinizing Huo Jun with his gaze, “Is there anything uncomfortable?”

“…”

Huo Jun didn’t speak.

The young man’s thin lips were pressed into a sharp, blade-like curve. The infirmary remained quiet for a long time, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop, and the air became somewhat stifling. Finally, Huo Jun slightly raised his head.

“Where is he?”

Huo Jingyan raised an eyebrow, “Who?”

Huo Jun raised his cold eyes, “Don’t pretend you don’t know—of course, the one you snatched from my hands.”

“Oh, you mean that one. He’s been sent to the hospital.”

Huo Jingyan smiled slightly, but his tone was unusually cold, “If we didn’t send him to the hospital and left him at school, were we waiting for you to go crazy again and almost push him off the roof?”

At the mention of that person, Huo Jun’s eyes sharpened.

After a moment, he snorted lightly and turned his face away.

“He doesn’t deserve it. I was just teaching him a lesson.”

“A lesson?” Huo Jingyan’s smile faded as he spoke coldly, “If we hadn’t arrived then, you know very well whether you could have stopped yourself or not!”

“…”

Huo Jun didn’t speak, only slightly narrowing his eyes with a gloomy expression.

Huo Jingyan took a light breath, suppressing his rarely explosive emotions.

He slightly lowered his eyes, “I hope this is the last time, Huo Jun. You’re already an adult, some things are high-voltage lines, don’t recklessly allow yourself to touch them—or is it that danger and the edge are so addictive to you?”

“What does it have to do with you?” Huo Jun didn’t even raise his eyes, “Since when did it become your turn to lecture me?”

“……”

Huo Jingyan’s anger, which had just subsided, was provoked again by Huo Jun’s words.

He stared at Huo Jun for a few seconds, then slowly exhaled and turned his gaze away.

“You should be very clear about what you’ve done this time—don’t even think about staying at Qiande High School anymore.”

Huo Jun’s eyes turned cold.

He turned his face, his gaze sweeping over the girl standing at the door. Staying for less than a second, Huo Jun turned away.

“Are you here to convey the school’s decision?”

“Not just the school’s, but also your father’s,” Huo Jingyan said. “Haven’t you successfully fulfilled his wish through this kind of limitless willfulness? Now, you can’t stay at Qiande High School anymore, and other public high schools in Qian City are even less likely to accept a student like you.”

Huo Jun looked at him expressionlessly.

After staring for two seconds, he twisted his mouth, revealing a hint of cold laughter in his eyes.

“So what?”

“So you can only come back with me.”

“Dream on,” Huo Jun’s expression didn’t change, his eyes revealing a hint of icy mockery, “Using school to threaten me, Huo Jingyan, do you think I’m a loyal dog like you who listens to everything Huo Shengfeng says?”

Huo Jingyan frowned, “Then are you planning to drop out without even finishing high school?”

Huo Jun looked at him contemptuously.

“Did you become stupid studying abroad? Haven’t you heard of social candidates?”

“…”

Qin Ke rarely saw Huo Jingyan speechless from someone’s words.

And after a few seconds, Huo Jun seemed to suddenly think of something.

He looked up at Huo Jingyan, the corners of his mouth curling into a genuine smile.

“Are you going back?”

“…”

Huo Jingyan glanced at him, suppressing his anger. “Even if I go back now, do you think your father will allow you to cause trouble in Qian City like this, joking with your own future?”

Huo Jun: “I’ll tell you one last time, Huo Jingyan, Huo Shengfeng is not my father—he doesn’t deserve to be.”

“But your food, clothing, and daily necessities, which one isn’t provided by him?”

“Provided by him?” Huo Jun sneered coldly, his eyes sharp as blades, “When I was wandering the streets like a stray dog back then, it wasn’t him who kept me alive, it was myself—later it was you people who came looking for me and entangled me, so I was forced to accept the so-called care from the Huo family—all these years, when have I ever spent an extra cent of the Huo family’s money?”

Huo Jingyan’s face darkened.

But he didn’t say anything, obviously every word Huo Jun said was true.

Huo Jun let out a cold laugh.

“So don’t use this kind of thing to threaten me—I’d be glad if he took it all back.”

Huo Jingyan said in a deep voice. “So you’re determined not to come back with me?”

“…”

Huo Jun’s gaze turned back, only pausing for a moment on the girl at the door. The dark emotions in his eyes became even more gloomy.

“I won’t go. The Huo family is your Huo family, it has nothing to do with me.”

Huo Jingyan didn’t speak again.

He stared at Huo Jun for a long time, then suddenly spoke to Qin Ke behind him without turning around. “Qin Ke, please go out for a moment, I need to say a few words to Huo Jun alone.”

“… Alright, Teacher Huo.”

Qin Ke came back to her senses and was about to turn and leave.

“Wait,” Huo Jun suddenly called out to stop Qin Ke. He stood up and walked directly over, “Anything that can be said to me can be heard by her.”

As he finished speaking, Huo Jun had already walked behind the girl. He reached out to pull the girl who was facing away from him back.

However, just a second before his fingers were about to touch the girl’s wrist, Qin Ke suddenly raised her hand as if she had sensed something.

—

“Since Teacher Huo said he wants to speak to you alone, I don’t want to get involved in your private matters.”

Qin Ke tried her best to keep her voice from showing any change as she reached out to open the infirmary door.

But just as the door gap had widened to about ten centimeters, a hand with long fingers suddenly pressed against the edge of the door.

With a “bang”, that wooden door was directly pushed closed by that hand.

“…..”

Qin Ke’s back stiffened, but she still didn’t turn around.

Huo Jun’s eyes firmly captured the girl’s figure in front of him.

After pausing for a few seconds, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and when he spoke again, his voice was slow and low.

“—Are you afraid of me?”

“!”

Qin Ke’s body completely froze.

She frowned with a headache, not knowing why this person—it was as if he had installed an emotion-sensing radar on her, not even the slightest change could escape his eyes.

After this standoff for a few seconds, Qin Ke bit her tongue, forcing herself to regain her composure.

She heard her own voice trying hard to remain steady—

“You almost pushed someone off the building, shouldn’t I be afraid?”

“…”

Huo Jun was momentarily speechless.

After a few seconds, he uncomfortably turned his gaze away, “I was wrong… It won’t happen again.”

Qin Ke, with her back to the young man, was stunned.

A moment later, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly lowered her gaze.

“Mm, it’s fine now.”

After saying this, Qin Ke didn’t give Huo Jun another chance to stop her. She reopened the door and walked out.

Facing the tightly closed door, Huo Jun narrowed his eyes slightly.

He raised his hand, wanting to chase after her, but at this moment, Huo Jingyan spoke from behind him, his words stopping him.

“Even if you don’t think about yourself, won’t you think about Qin Ke?”

Huo Jun’s outgoing step suddenly stopped.

Two seconds later, he turned his head back, his eyes extremely cold.

“Are you using her to threaten me?”

Huo Jingyan said in a deep voice, “You know very well what kind of person your father is. If he could make such a decision back then for the sake of the Huo family and your future reputation, now he can do anything to force you to come home. Before I came, he already knew about your close behavior with Qin Ke, and instructed me to closely monitor this situation—I covered it up for you two.”

“…”

A vein throbbed at Huo Jun’s temple, and the fist at his side clenched tightly.

He didn’t get angry.

Because he knew Huo Jingyan was right. Huo Jun knew too well what kind of person his so-called father was—that person would not hesitate to hurt anyone to achieve his goals.

Huo Jingyan added another sentence.

“You wouldn’t want to see her harmed because of your affairs with the Huo family, would you?”

“…”

The infirmary fell into a long silence.

Huo Jingyan raised his eyes, “I’m saying, your possessiveness and determination are just like your father’s. I hope you don’t end up hurting the people around you like he did.”

After a long silence, Huo Jun finally slowly unclenched his fist at the door.

“So, I really have no choice, do I?”

Huo Jingyan was silent for a moment, then finally spoke, “Huo Jun, if you really want to fight against your father, you can’t have any weaknesses. In the past you could be reckless, but not now—so if you can do it, you can choose to give up Qin Ke, then you’ll return to your previous undefeated position.”

Huo Jun turned to look at him, his eyes cold.

Huo Jingyan calmly returned his gaze, “Maybe giving her up would be good for both of you?”

“…” Huo Jun’s mouth curved into a slight sneer, revealing a cold smile, “Do you like Qin Ke too?”

Huo Jingyan: “…”

Huo Jingyan: “I don’t want to explain the same meaningless question twice—and I have a girlfriend, thank you.”

Hearing the last sentence, Huo Jun reluctantly relaxed his gaze and walked lazily to the side.

Without turning back, he spoke, his tone light as if casual.

“I can’t give up Qin Ke.”

Huo Jingyan: “Then until you’re strong enough, you’ll just have to let your father manipulate you.”

“…”

The young man sitting back down by the bed lowered his eyes, his pale profile showing no emotion, like a sculpture.

A few seconds later, he slowly spoke.

“I can go back, but not now.”

Huo Jingyan frowned, “I’ve already delayed for a long time.”

“Then delay a little longer.”

Huo Jun looked at the wall, his gaze seeming to pierce through the white wall to the girl in the corridor outside.

“I still need time.”

“How long?”

“…”

“Huo Jun, even a deal needs a deadline.”

“Three months.” Huo Jun slowly exhaled a cold breath, lifting the corner of his mouth mockingly as he turned to look at Huo Jingyan, “After three months, you won’t need to force me, I’ll go back on my own.”

Huo Jingyan: “Alright, that’s what you said.”

After saying this, the man was about to walk out, but as he opened the infirmary door and saw the girl standing at the end of the long corridor, Huo Jingyan suddenly remembered something and stopped.