There’re Always Paranoid Thoughts to Monopolize Me - Chapter 67.1

Huo Jun silently opened his eyes.

It was very dark in front of him, and he couldn’t see anything. He could only sense from his body that he was lying on a soft, large bed.

He was completely unable to distinguish where he was or what time it was. And that experience, which felt too real to be a dream and left him feeling exhausted and desperate all over, made him feel timid for the first time in his life.

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He was afraid it wasn’t a dream.

He was afraid that place was the real reality, and the so-called happy reality was just a dream he had imagined after going crazy.

Huo Jun didn’t dare to verify which was true and which was false.

Until a moment later, Huo Jun felt something move slightly in the position of his left hand. It seemed to be pressing on his wrist, warm and soft.

Upon careful examination, it also carried a slight tickle from the breath blowing.

Huo Jun’s heart suddenly trembled.

He could barely control the trembling of his fingers as he reached towards his side with his unrestrained right hand.

With a very light “click” sound, the switch of the floor lamp at the bedside was turned on, and soft light poured down.

Huo Jun lowered his eyes to look in the direction of his left hand.

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The petite girl was lying beside his hand, her body slightly curled up, both hands tightly hugging his left forearm and wrist, her warm breath blowing on his hand.

Huo Jun’s pupils contracted, and the emotions in his eyes trembled uncontrollably.

The breathing was real.

The temperature was also real.

And the heartbeat that seemed to come from the touching skin was equally real.

In Huo Jun’s heart, which had been numbed by desperate emotions, a fine pain finally belatedly surfaced.

He reached out his hand to gently stroke the girl’s soft long hair, but the more he tried to control his strength not to wake her up, the more that disobedient hand trembled.

The young man’s pale face finally reddened around the eyes.

“I’m sorry…”

His voice trembled, causing his heart to quiver along with it in pain.

Huo Jun slowly propped himself up, hunched over, and embraced the girl’s body. He tightly closed his eyes, then gently lowered his head to kiss the girl’s long hair.

“I’m sorry… Qin Qin,” Huo Jun murmured softly.

The night gradually deepened.

The sound of breathing in the room slowly overlapped and intertwined…

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The next morning, the first to enter Huo Jun’s room were Huo Jingyan and Yan An, who arrived together.

Before entering the room, the two were still talking softly about Huo Jun’s condition. When Huo Jingyan pushed open the bedroom door and saw the scene on the large bed inside, both Huo Jingyan and Yan An involuntarily paused their steps.

Huo Jingyan was clearly a bit surprised and turned to Yan An beside him, asking in a low voice, “…He’s awake?”

Yan An also came back to her senses. She looked again at the two intimate figures on the soft bed, and her eyes couldn’t help but soften.

Yan An smiled, finally joking for the first time in these difficult days. “If he’s still not awake while hugging Ke Ke so tightly, then it must be a ghost.”

Huo Jingyan looked at her helplessly.

After pausing for two seconds, Huo Jingyan said, “Then we should…”

“Let’s go out first,” Yan An said. “Let’s not disturb their rest. And even if they wake up, we’re definitely not the first people they want to see.”

Huo Jingyan smiled helplessly.

“You’re right,” he said.

“…”

Huo Jingyan and Yan An reached an agreement and turned to leave. Before leaving, they didn’t forget to gently close the door, and instructed the servants in the building not to go upstairs to disturb the two in the room before they left.

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When Qin Ke woke up from her deep sleep, it was already close to noon.

She had been watching over Huo Jun’s bedside for several consecutive days, barely closing her eyes. Last night, she was obviously so tired that her body couldn’t hold on anymore, and she finally fell asleep.

This sleep was so deep and heavy that when she woke up, she had a sense of displacement, not knowing what time or day it was.

However, her rationality quickly pulled her back from the confusion. Remembering Huo Jun, Qin Ke hurriedly supported herself on the soft bed, about to sit up.

But just as she showed a slight sign of movement, a slightly hoarse murmur suddenly came from the top of the girl’s head.

“Don’t move.”

“…!” Qin Ke’s body suddenly froze. At this moment, she belatedly realized that she was being held in someone’s arms. Strong arms were tightly wrapped around her back, holding her against a chest with a steady, powerful heartbeat.

Seemingly satisfied with her obedient stillness, those arms tightened a bit more. Warm, intimate breath nestled down, nuzzling against her neck.

The young man, with his eyes closed and uncertain whether he was awake or asleep, murmured softly in her ear, “…Let me hold you a little longer, Qin Qin.”

Qin Ke’s mind was momentarily dazed. As her rationality returned, she finally confirmed at this moment that Huo Jun had indeed woken up.

Qin Ke blinked, suppressing the heat that suddenly welled up in her eyes. She quietly allowed Huo Jun to hold her for a while before softly asking, “How long have you been awake?”

“Hmm…” The young man’s voice carried a hint of lazy huskiness, sounding particularly magnetic and alluring so close to her ear. After pondering for a few seconds, he relaxed his brow and simply gave up on the dilemma, opting instead to nestle back into the girl’s neck, intimately nuzzling her delicate earlobe. “I don’t know.”

“…” Qin Ke was helpless.

She struggled lightly, finally managing to break free from the distance where his kisses were making her neck tickle, only to be pulled back by Huo Jun with a slight frown.

“Just let me hold you for a while,” he mumbled in a low voice, his tone pitifully pleading.

Qin Ke couldn’t help but smile wryly.

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