There’re Always Paranoid Thoughts to Monopolize Me - Chapter 69.2

Qin Ke was silent for a few seconds, then spoke softly.

“Qin Ke.”

“…!”

In the corner of the classroom, the “Big Bad Wolf” who was lying on the desk suddenly perked up his pointed ears alertly and sat up straight in an instant.

This swift movement startled the two boys whispering next to him.

“Damn, Brother Huo, what’s wrong? Did you have a nightmare?”

“…” Huo Jun didn’t speak, just stared intently at the girl by the front door of the classroom who had clearly noticed his gaze and looked a bit deflated and lifeless.

A few seconds later, he smirked. “No, a beautiful dream.”

“Huh? What did you dream about?”

“I dreamed…” Huo Jun lightly licked his upper palate and smiled, “The rabbit jumped into the bowl by itself.”

Classmate: “??”

Meanwhile, at the podium.

After hearing Qin Ke say her own name, the Linear Algebra teacher’s doubts were mostly dispelled, but he asked one additional question.

“Were you admitted through some competition?”

“…”

Already aware of the gaze following her like a shadow, Qin Ke deflated.

“Math competition.”

The Linear Algebra teacher, who had already lowered his head, paused and looked up at the girl in surprise.

This was truly unexpected for him.

And just as he was about to ask something more, the class bell rang.

The Linear Algebra teacher naturally wouldn’t disrupt the class for his own questions, but now his gaze towards Qin Ke had become very gentle.

“A math competition admit is indeed very impressive—alright, you two find a seat and sit down.”

“…”

Under that gaze, Qin Ke slowly shuffled to an empty seat in the first row and sat down.

The class quickly passed with Qin Ke’s mind wandering elsewhere.

As soon as the Linear Algebra teacher announced the end of class, the students dared to make some noise. The boy sitting next to Huo Jun asked. “Brother Huo, are you going to the cafeteria for lunch today or going back… Hey, where are you going, Brother Huo?”

Most of the girls in the classroom were already staring at Huo Jun, and now hearing that boy’s voice, the remaining people’s gazes also fell on him.

But under everyone’s watchful eyes, Huo Jun walked over very openly.

The desks in the classroom were long connected rows, with narrow tops and not very high off the ground.

The girl in the first row hadn’t stood up yet, sitting in the second seat from the outside.

Huo Jun walked straight over without looking around, his destination very obvious—the students in the class who were originally about to leave couldn’t help but curiously stop in their tracks, waiting to see what would happen next.

Then they saw Huo Jun stop at the exit of the first row, turn around after entering, face the classroom and sit on the edge of the long narrow desk.

Huo Jun looked down with a hint of a smile at the girl trapped in her seat by him.

This casual, slightly roguish manner left the whole class of students dumbfounded.

Even Lin Qian, who was sitting on Qin Ke’s other side and had already stood up, was stunned for several seconds before coming to her senses, “Classmate Huo, what are you…”

“Robbing beauty.”

Huo Jun let out a low, hoarse, teasing laugh from his throat.

Everyone: “…??????”

The boy who had followed him over was particularly indignant after coming to his senses—this guy had just said last class that he wanted to stay chaste!

What a flirt! What a beast!

Qin Ke wasn’t flustered when she heard this, and played along with his “act”:

“Senior, I have a boyfriend, please show some self-respect.”

Huo Jun raised an eyebrow.

“Is your boyfriend as handsome as me?”

Qin Ke: “…”

Whether she said yes or no, it seemed like she would be complimenting his looks in a roundabout way?

Qin Ke gave him a helpless look and perfunctorily said, “About the same.”

“You’re lying, he’s definitely not as handsome as me.”

Qin Ke: “…” He was really getting into this act.

Huo Jun changed tack. “But your boyfriend is probably richer than me.”

“?” Qin Ke didn’t catch onto this part of the act and looked at Huo Jun in confusion.

Huo Jun lowered his eyes, once again putting on the pitiful look he had become increasingly adept at using over the past month or two. “I have no money.”

Qin Ke: “…”

Then take off that ring on your hand that needs a string of zeros before you speak.

Huo Jun added another line. “Although I have no money, I can give myself to you.”

Everyone: Oh ho.

Qin Ke: “…………”

Have some shame, please.

“But there’s one thing, he definitely can’t compare to me on.”

Huo Jun suddenly said.

Qin Ke was stunned for a moment, and instinctively asked, “What’s that?”

Huo Jun looked down at her.

“He definitely doesn’t love you as much as I do.”

The young man’s eyes were incredibly sincere at this moment, so sincere that Qin Ke was stunned, “Why?”

Huo Jun smiled silently.

—

“Because I am the me of now, and he is the him of the past. The me of now definitely loves you more than the him of the past. Even if there’s only a 0.1 second difference between now and the past, I have this confidence.”

Qin Ke was completely stunned in place.

There was a meaning in these words that only the two of them knew and could understand intuitively.

The other students naturally couldn’t understand.

What they saw was the new campus heartthrob of their department, known for being cold and unapproachable throughout his first year of college, who had just returned to class after a serious illness, suddenly falling in love at first sight with a new student from the early admission class who had come to experience university classes. From the looks of it, it seemed like his soul had been completely captivated.

—And the little junior still had a boyfriend.

What a scumbag!

The girls who couldn’t have him and no longer wanted him to be so perfect cursed angrily in their hearts.

The boy who knew Huo Jun, still standing dumbfounded on the side, finally reacted and hurriedly came forward to apologize to Qin Ke—

“I’m so sorry, junior. This senior Huo was sick recently, he probably forgot to take his medicine or took too much—he’s just joking around with you, don’t take it seriously.”

“No, she has to take it seriously. Because I’m very serious,” Huo Jun chimed in from the side, undermining him at the opportune moment.

“…”

The boy who was trying hard to cover for him nearly fainted on the spot from anger. He turned back, gritting his teeth, and lowered his voice, though it had little effect in this deathly quiet classroom waiting for drama: “Brother Huo, what are you being serious about… Didn’t you hear she said she has a boyfriend? Are you seriously trying to be a homewrecker or a male mistress?”

Huo Jun thought for a moment.

“I’m fine with being a backup.”

“…………” The classmate was so angry he could die.

Qin Ke saw this person still kindly coming up to apologize to her on Huo Jun’s behalf, and in the end couldn’t bear to continue acting along with Huo Jun.

She gave Huo Jun a helpless glance.

“Stop fooling around.”

The girl’s tone was gentle, with the most natural and unaffected closeness that required no pretense or concealment.

This intimate attitude suddenly made all the observing students who were ready to start eating melon seeds collectively stunned. They looked at each other in confusion—the direction of this drama seemed a bit off…

And the male classmate standing next to Huo Jun finally reacted, albeit a beat late.

He looked at Qin Ke, then at Huo Jun, his eyes bewildered.

“You two… know each other?”

Huo Jun still had a playful mood, but since Qin Ke had spoken up, he stopped acting and just pointed at himself.

“The real deal, and also the backup.”

“What real…” The male classmate’s voice suddenly stopped, his eyes widened as he looked at Huo Jun, his voice instantly rising by an octave— “She’s your girlfriend!?”

The whole class: “???”

Huo Jun chuckled dryly.

He didn’t answer directly, but instead reached out to hook the girl’s fingertips, “Now that we can’t hide it anymore, can you wear it?”

“…”

Qin Ke looked at Huo Jun helplessly.

Huo Jun had gotten his way.

He unbuttoned two buttons of his shirt and took off a thin chain from his long neck, removing the other ring strung on it.

Then Huo Jun lowered his eyes to look at the girl’s slender, beautiful fingers, and without thinking, put the ring that matched the one on his own hand onto her ring finger.

Qin Ke smiled, “That’s worn when getting married.”

“That’s why it should be worn here,” Huo Jun said, “This way, if anyone dares to reach out, I’ll help them chop it off and replace it with a prosthetic.”

“Hmm, but didn’t you just say you wanted to be my backup?”

Huo Jun said righteously, “I’m the real deal, and I can only be the backup too.”

After saying this, he was just adjusting the position of the ring for the girl, “It looks good.” An undisguisable smile overflowed from those pitch-black eyes.

Huo Jun took the girl’s hand and walked out of the seat.

“Let’s go, to the cafeteria.”

“Don’t you dislike the cafeteria? You haven’t been there for nearly a year, right?”

“Today is different.”

“?”

“I need to let them know that this Qin Qin belongs to my family, no one can steal her.”

Qin Ke: “‘This’?”

Huo Jun: “…”

Qin Ke: “…”

Huo Jun: “Woof.”

“…” A few seconds later, the girl couldn’t help but smile, “That’s cheating, Huo Jun.”