There’re Always Paranoid Thoughts to Monopolize Me - Chapter 52.2

The young man, who had been quietly talking with some teammates, suddenly paused. His teammate opposite seemed to joke about something, and the young man turned his head, his sharp eyebrows almost knotting together, his gaze sweeping coldly over the area cheering the loudest.

However, his reaction only excited the girls more, and the noise in the gym almost seemed to break through the ceiling for a moment.

Qin Ke covered her ears and smiled wryly. “Did I walk into a concert or something?”

The excited Qiao Xiaoyun spared a moment to respond—

“How can ordinary fan chasing compare to our genuine feelings!?”

Qin Ke: “…”

Fine then.

Fortunately, before the game officially started, the referee’s whistle finally calmed the excited girls down.

It seemed that some male spectators in the stands couldn’t bear the earlier eardrum torture and left early. Before Qin Ke could react, Qiao Xiaoyun had pulled her to find two empty seats.

“Ke Ke, quick, sit down!”

“…”

Qin Ke hesitated for a moment before sitting down.

She felt a bit uneasy because this position seemed very… close to the front.

To be precise, it was in the second row.

But thinking about how many girls were in the venue, and how Huo Jun was so annoyed he probably didn’t want to look at the stands at all, Qin Ke felt reassured again.

Surely she wouldn’t be so unlucky as to be discovered by him the one time she skipped class?

Qin Ke reassured herself this way and then settled down to watch the game earnestly as the whistle blew.

Even though Qin Ke wasn’t familiar with basketball rules and movements, it didn’t prevent her from seeing that Huo Jun was playing well in this game.

Especially after each of his baskets or assists, the loud cheers and support made this point abundantly clear.

—

After most of the game had passed, Qin Ke was starting to worry about the throats of these hysterical girls.

Until the final whistle blew.

The score was set, with the Business School winning by a large margin.

The girls’ screams erupted again, the wave of sound threatening to lift the roof off the gymnasium uncontrollably.

At the focal point of everyone’s attention, the young man in the black jersey walked to the sideline, took out a bottle of mineral water from his bag, and, frowning, took two gulps while enduring the noise.

The other teammates from the Business School basketball team gathered around the bench. Naturally happy about winning the game, they were now teasing him—

“Brother Huo, your popularity is rising again, huh?”

“Oh my, at this rate, we’ll have to ask the school to build a bigger gym—this small one can’t contain Brother Huo’s fans anymore.”

“But really, the quality of Brother Huo’s fans is quite impressive—I saw a little girl earlier while playing, she was incredibly pretty!”

“You almost threw the ball in my face earlier, so that’s why—you were distracted by looking at girls?!”

“Shut up, let’s share the joy! Quick, point her out to us!”

“Alright, alright, look. There, in the front, second row, see her?”

“Damn, it’s true.”

“Brother Huo, Brother Huo, quick, we’ve found a real gem—”

Several teammates hooked their arms around Huo Jun, urging him to look at the audience.

Huo Jun was impatient and about to speak when his gaze suddenly stopped on something in front.

The teammates were originally just teasing him.

After spending some time together, they knew very well—as much as Huo Zhonglou attracted girls, he equally disliked dealing with them. For a while, everyone in the basketball team was on edge—someone had spread a rumor that Huo Zhonglou might be gay.

However, this rumor was dispelled when Huo Zhonglou heard it, gave a cold laugh, and then beat everyone up thoroughly.

So now, seeing Huo Zhonglou genuinely freeze in place, his teammates felt like they were seeing a ghost.

“What’s going on?”

“This…although she’s unusually pretty and looks pure, she’s not exactly a celestial beauty. How did she captivate our Brother Huo at first sight?”

“Could it be—he knows her??”

Before they could finish discussing, Huo Jun snapped back to reality.

He screwed the cap back on the half-empty water bottle and tossed it into his bag, then quickly took out his phone and sent a message.

About ten meters away.

The moment her eyes met Huo Zhonglou’s, Qin Ke’s heart skipped a beat.

She hurriedly tried to lower her head to avoid his gaze, but at that moment, Qiao Xiaoyun excitedly grabbed her arm—

“Ke Ke! Huo Zhonglou is looking in our direction!”

Before Qiao Xiaoyun finished speaking, a wave of ear-piercing screams erupted around them—clearly, Qiao Xiaoyun wasn’t the only one who noticed Huo Jun looking their way.

Just then, Qin Ke’s phone suddenly vibrated.

Qin Ke’s heart trembled as she looked down.

[Did you bring a jacket]

Qin Ke hesitated, then carefully replied with one word: [Yes.]

The response was almost instantaneous—

[Put it on]

Qin Ke was stunned for a moment and sent a question mark emoji back.

[It’s for your own good]

The phone vibrated twice in quick succession.

[Don’t say I didn’t warn you]

The second message was followed by a little devil emoji.

Seeing that emoji, Qin Ke instinctively wanted to look up, but then she suddenly heard Qiao Xiaoyun get even more excited beside her—

“Oh, oh, oh, is he coming over??!!”

“…!”

Qin Ke had no time to think. She quickly shook out her school uniform jacket and threw it over herself.

As the screams grew louder and the girls in the front row stood up excitedly, Qin Ke struggled for a few seconds between turning to run or staying put.

Then suddenly, she felt a hush fall around her.

Next to Qin Ke, a figure abruptly stopped. Then her jacket was pulled up, covering her vision.

A few seconds later.

Someone ducked under the jacket and fiercely kissed her lips.

Outside the school uniform jacket.

The enormous gymnasium fell into sudden, dead silence.