There’re Always Paranoid Thoughts to Monopolize Me - Chapter 55.2

Naturally, it wasn’t about Qin Ke—he knew exactly what her parents had left her, and this girl who wasn’t even eighteen and whose custody was still in their hands didn’t pose any threat in his eyes.

At least not now.

But for the youth standing behind the girl, this stranger who had suppressed their presence from the moment he appeared—he had an intuitive caution.

Qin Hanyi vaguely felt: For Qin Ke to come to the capital city, to be able to study, live, and establish herself steadily in such a prosperous metropolis… there must be someone else’s help involved.

And now it seemed, that someone else was likely this youth who had rushed over at the first moment.

So Qin Hanyi had to be cautious.

“Do you think this is Qian City, a place where you can threaten and run wild as you please?”

The youth, who had fallen silent after being stopped by the girl, finally stepped forward again. Huo Jun looked down at Qin Hanyi, his eyes cold and deep.

The corners of his thin lips curled slightly, this smile carrying a hint of disdain and indifference.

“When she doesn’t want to bother with you because she despises you, you should know better and get far away. Do you have to stay here and disgust her?”

“…”

In front of the couple’s unsightly expressions, Huo Jun gave a cold snort.

He didn’t even bother to look at the two again, his gaze lifting—three men in impeccable suits came up from the second floor stairway.

The three quickly scanned the second floor area, immediately focusing their gaze on Huo Jun. Then they quickly jogged over, stopping a meter or two in front of Huo Jun.

“Young Master Zhonglou.”

“Got the information?” Huo Jun asked.

“Yes. We’ve already studied it on the way.”

“Mm, it’s them.” Huo Jun’s gaze once again swept over the couple whose expressions were gradually changing. He curled his lips, his smile cold and deep, “Since you’ve looked over the information, you should be clear about the situation—you know what to do, it’s your profession, I don’t need to intervene, right?”

“Please rest assured.”

“…!”

While Huo Jun could rest easy, Qin Hanyi and Yin Chuanfang’s hearts were almost jumping out of their throats—they suddenly suspected that they had come to the wrong place today. This capital city might very well be a den of dragons and tigers for them, with things possibly having been planned for a long time without their knowledge—and today, they had voluntarily jumped right in.

Qin Hanyi’s face turned pale, but he still tried to maintain his composure.

“You… what do you mean by this!? What, are you going to use force against us now? This is a society ruled by law, even if you have power and influence, don’t think—”

“Don’t think too much.”

Huo Jun sneered coldly.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze dangerously fixed on Qin Hanyi, “As for the information, I just care about Qin Ke, so I casually looked into what heartless things you’ve been doing these years. As for them…”

Huo Jun glanced at the three men standing meticulously beside him, then turned back, smiling faintly.

“They’re just a few people from the legal department of my father’s main company. They’ll have a good talk with you about the custody rights you mentioned, and the property embezzlement issues you don’t admit to.”

“You… you can’t do this—who wants to talk with you!”

Finally, even Qin Hanyi couldn’t maintain his composure. He shook off Huo Jun’s hand that was lightly patting his shoulder, turning to run towards the stairway, but was stopped by Huo Jun’s unhurried voice.

“You don’t want to talk here? No problem, they’ll escort you to the police station or court to talk.”

After saying this, Huo Jun didn’t look at the two people frozen in place again. He took Qin Ke’s hand and turned to leave.

****

It wasn’t until long after they had left the café that Qin Ke finally came back to her senses.

She was a bit surprised inside, but didn’t show it on her face, only turning her head to look at the youth beside her.

“When did you… start to know about and investigate my situation?”

“…”

Huo Jun didn’t immediately answer this question. He turned his head, first observing the girl’s expression.

There wasn’t the annoyance he had imagined.

Huo Jun: “In Qian City, when you moved to live in the off-campus student apartment—did you think I could be at ease without looking into it at all?”

“…” Qin Ke was speechless, then asked again, “Then those materials, you must have prepared them for more than just a day or two, right?”

Huo Jun snorted coldly.

“Although I know you don’t want to actively bother with them, but such greedy villains won’t let go of the benefits in front of them… It’s just being prepared for any eventuality.”

Qin Ke: “…”

After thinking for two seconds, Qin Ke nodded, feeling a bit dejected, “You’re right. They won’t let it go.”

Hearing the low mood in her voice, Huo Jun frowned slightly. He stopped walking, thus also stopping Qin Ke who was walking forward unconsciously.

Qin Ke was startled when he pulled her, and turned back puzzled, “What’s wrong?”

“…”

Huo Jun let go of her hand, hesitated a bit as he raised it in mid-air, and finally, very unaccustomedly and with awkward movements, gently patted the top of the girl’s head.

“I’ll resolve it for you, so you won’t have to worry.”

Qin Ke was stunned.

As if under a petrification spell, the girl completely froze in place.

—

This was the first time, in front of her inadvertently revealed vulnerability, that the youth had made such an awkward yet gentle gesture of comfort.

It was like a fierce beast raising its heavy, blood-stained paw, yet carefully retracting its extremely sharp claws, making its utmost effort and restraint to gently stroke the small “little prey” before it.

Qin Ke was too familiar with Huo Jun, or rather, Huo Zhonglou.

Because of this familiarity, she understood even more clearly — for Huo Jun’s obsessive personality, honed by his troubled past, his dictionary originally only contained possession and struggle. To actively make such a “comforting” gesture… how difficult it must have been.

In that obsessive, dark corner where not a ray of light could penetrate.

Her youth had taken the first step for her, and towards her…

The warmth and extremely light pressure on the top of her head seemed to linger — even though its owner had already somewhat uncomfortably withdrawn his hand.

The youth turned his face away, and on his usually pale and fierce handsome face, for the first time, a faint blush appeared.

Huo Jun coughed lightly, pretending nothing had happened, and turned to leave.

Qin Ke suddenly came back to her senses.

At this moment, even with her usually calm temperament, she couldn’t help but smile gently —

“Are you shy, Huo Jun?”

“No.”

His voice was stiff and cold.

Qin Ke could no longer suppress her smile. She lightly caught up to him, walking to the youth’s side, and tilted her head.

“But I saw you blush.”

“…”

The youth’s fierce profile tensed even more, his eyes looking at the air in front of him even appeared a bit fierce.

Qin Ke laughed more freely.

“So you can blush too.”

The youth, unable to bear it anymore, suddenly stopped. He turned his head back, glaring at the girl for a good while, and finally threatened in frustration.

“If you keep looking… I’m going to kiss you.”