There’re Always Paranoid Thoughts to Monopolize Me - Chapter 58.1

Huo Jun frowned.

Adding to the previous time with Huo JingYan’and Yan’an outside the hot pot restaurant, this was now the second time he had experienced such a strong sense of reality in his hallucinations.

It felt so real that it didn’t even seem like a hallucination… but rather like something that had actually happened.

Huo Jun raised his head with a complex gaze.

The girl who had been standing by the floor-to-ceiling window earlier had now walked up to him. That pretty oval face bore a worried expression, completely different from the two Qin Ke he had seen in his dream.

If it was really the girl in front of him, how could she have appeared so helpless and lost like in the dream?

Qin Ke stopped in front of Huo Jun, hesitated for a moment, then spoke. “Huo Jun, you don’t look well. What’s wrong?”

“…It’s nothing.”

Huo Jun composed himself, his focus returning to the girl in front of him. Soon, he frowned again.

“Who chose these clothes?”

Qin Ke was taken aback, “I don’t know, they just brought them in directly—do they not look good?”

Huo Jun stared for two seconds, then muttered in a low voice.

“They look too good.”

Qin Ke: “…”

Huo Jun: “Be careful not to steal the bride’s spotlight at the wedding, or Yan’an might hold a grudge.”

Qin Ke: “……”

Qin Ke seriously counted on her fingers. “First, Sister Yan’an isn’t that petty. Second, at a wedding, no one pays more attention to any woman other than the bride. Everyone is there for the two main characters of the wedding. Third, I saw Sister Yan’an’s wedding dress fitting before coming here—she looked as beautiful as a heavenly fairy, how could I possibly steal her spotlight?”

But Huo Jun scoffed.

“How could she possibly be more beautiful than you?”

“……”

Qin Ke decided not to continue discussing this intelligence-lowering question. She helplessly turned sideways, slipping through the gap beside Huo Jun, and successfully made it to the outer room while Huo Jun wasn’t paying attention.

“I’m going to see Sister Yan’an’s final fitting.”

Huo Jun slightly narrowed his eyes,

“Are you going to see Huo Jingyan or Yan’an?”

“…Did you forget to take your medicine again when you left home today?”

“You’re not allowed to go.”

“.”

In the end, Qin Ke just gave him a deeply exasperated look, deciding not to argue further with this “madman”, and turned to leave.

Huo Jun stood in place, his gaze fluctuating for quite a while, before finally following her out reluctantly.

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In the face of Huo Jun’s silent protest, the results of the wedding dress fitting were finalized by the other three people together.

As noon approached, Huo Jun wanted to take Qin Ke back, but Yan’an naturally wouldn’t allow it. After a tug-of-war, Huo Jun compromised—the four decided to have a meal together at the old mansion, and Huo Jun and Qin Ke would leave after the meal.

However, unexpectedly, Huo Shengfeng suddenly returned at this time.

Although there were reasons from her past life, Qin Ke didn’t have a deep impression of Huo Shengfeng—in fact, she had only seen Huo Shengfeng a few times in her previous life.

At that time, she only knew that Huo Shengfeng and Huo Jun didn’t have a good relationship, but naturally didn’t know it was because of Huo Jun’s illegitimate son status. Moreover, after she moved into the Huo family’s old mansion, she learned that Huo Shengfeng had long moved to the suburbs to retire. The father and son never visited each other even during holidays, so Qin Ke’s interactions with Huo Shengfeng were even fewer.

So when she heard that Huo Shengfeng had returned to the mansion, Qin Ke’s first reaction was surprise. She instinctively turned to look at Huo Jun beside her.

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The temperature in the young man’s eyes was as cold and indifferent as expected.

“Did you tell him?” Huo Jun coldly looked at Huo Jingyan.

Huo Jingyan’s expression remained calm. “Does Father need to learn from a specific person about what’s happening in the old mansion and who’s coming?”

“…” The emotion in Huo Jun’s eyes deepened.

But he also knew that Huo Jingyan was right—not just the old mansion, as long as he was in the city, whatever he did and whoever he was with, how could these things escape Huo Shengfeng’s sight?

But the more he knew this, the more unwilling Huo Jun became.

Standing still for a few seconds, he turned and grabbed Qin Ke’s wrist, leading her away.

Huo Jingyan: “Where are you going?”

“The side building.”

Huo Jun answered without looking back.

Behind him, Huo JingYan’and Yan’an exchanged a helpless glance.

The Huo family’s old mansion covered a vast area, and they were currently in the main building. On both sides of the main building, there were two three-story side buildings—however, unlike other adjacent side buildings, the Huo family’s old mansion’s side buildings were connected by a long glass corridor one level below ground.

The glass corridor of one of the side buildings overlooked the mansion’s greenhouse, where the temperature and humidity were kept at the most suitable levels, blooming with beautiful flowers all year round.

Huo Jun led Qin Ke towards this corridor.

And Qin Ke’s expression at this moment was somewhat complex.

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