Chapter 378 Am I seeing things?
Although Huo Huai'an wasn't as famous as Gu Suixing and Xie Qinglan at University A, he still had quite a few girls who liked him. There was one in the dorm next to Lu Fengqing's, and it was that girl who told Lu Fengqing that Huo Huai'an had a girlfriend.
Huo Huai'an was speechless upon hearing Lu Fengqing's words, unsure how to explain the situation.
The next moment, Lu Fengqing's question came through the receiver: "Gu Suixing is gone, does that mean you don't plan to have anything to do with me anymore?"
Huo Huai'an opened his mouth, "No..."
Lu Fengqing: "You and Gu Suixing are cousins, so the two of you are in cahoots."
Huo Huai'an really couldn't explain himself no matter how hard he tried.
It's true that he and that ancestor are cousins, but he has never sided with that ancestor. His neutral stance of not taking sides has always been very firm.
But when the young lady started being unreasonable, she wouldn't give him a chance to explain.
"The whole school knows you have a girlfriend, but you didn't even tell me. We've known each other for so many years, and I never thought you wouldn't treat me as a friend at all." Lu Fengqing continued, "Huo Huai'an, I'm very angry. Don't call me or come looking for me until I've calmed down."
Huo Huai'an: "..."
Lu Fengqing didn't give Huo Huai'an a chance to speak again and hung up the phone directly.
Huo Huai'an looked miserable.
It's not that he didn't want to talk, it's just...
The timing was just wrong, and he didn't know how to start the conversation.
The other person just broke up, and he rushes to tell her about his new relationship right now. It seems like he's deliberately stabbing her in the heart. Doesn't he have something wrong with his brain?
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The young lady seemed really angry. Huo Huai'an had shamelessly called her once when summer vacation had just started, only to find that he had been blocked.
With Gu Suixing gone and the young lady still angry, Huo Huai'an lost his fun but had more time to spend with his girlfriend. During the summer vacation, he even went to J City with Xu Dantong for a few days.
As the two spent more time together, their interactions became more natural, but there wasn't much progress in their relationship; their most intimate gesture was still simply holding hands.
As the days went by, Huo Huai'an's interest gradually waned.
Xu Dantong is very good, but Huo Huai'an always felt that something was missing.
When you like someone, you won't miss the slightest change in their expression. Xu Dantong is a girl, sensitive and observant, so she naturally noticed Huo Huai'an's nonchalance. But she didn't say anything and continued to interact with Huo Huai'an as before, only occasionally revealing a hint of loneliness in her eyes.
After watching the movie together, on the way back to school, Xu Dantong and Huo Huai'an complained about Xie Qinglan: "That guy is getting more and more shameless. He has no bottom line when it comes to making money."
Huo Huai'an: "So what if he's mentally ill?"
Xu Dantong: "Nothing much, it's just that his 'temporary boyfriend' business has expanded to the school next door."
Huo Huai'an: "Where has he been? Is he that short of money?"
Xu Dantong scoffed, "He's not short of money at all. Don't let his shabby clothes fool you; his uncle is loaded and often secretly slips him money. In my opinion, that guy is just bored and has nothing better to do. If he keeps making a scene like this, isn't he afraid of getting into trouble?"
Although Huo Huai'an felt that Xie Qinglan was not quite right in the head, he still trusted his character and figured he wouldn't cause trouble outside.
As for whether trouble will arise, Huo Huai'an believes Xie Qinglan has nothing to worry about, after all, Xie Qinglan's uncle is no pushover.
Ji Xuesong has connections in both the legal and illegal worlds; who would dare to try and extort money from his nephew?
The two walked for a while longer, and were almost back at the school gate when Xu Dantong casually asked, "Where are you planning to go for National Day?"
The three-month period ended before National Day.
Huo Huai'an hesitated for a moment, then suddenly called out, "Xu Dantong."
Xu Dantong turned around. "What's wrong?"
Huo Huai'an opened his mouth, "We..."
Xu Dantong suddenly pointed to a cotton candy vendor not far away and asked, "Want some cotton candy?"
Huo Huai'an: "...I won't eat."
That sticky, sweet stuff, that our ancestor liked to eat, but he rarely touched it.
"Wait for me a moment, I'll go buy some," Xu Dantong said, jogging towards the old man selling cotton candy.
Huo Huai'an watched her figure and thought to himself, "Forget it, let's wait until the three months are up before we talk about it. We had already agreed to try being together for three months anyway."
If you count the days carefully, it seems like there aren't many days left.
Standing in front of the cotton candy cart, Xu Dantong looked at the sugar flakes in the machine, and her eyes slowly reddened.
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Huo Huai'an went home for the weekend and unexpectedly saw Huo Yao in the living room.
"Aunt," Huo Huai'an called out.
Huo Yao rubbed her temples, looked up at Huo Huai'an upon hearing the voice, her brows relaxed, and said calmly, "I'm back to stay for a few days. Your father was just called out by a phone call, the housekeeper is on leave today, there's some leftover food from lunch in the kitchen, go heat it up yourself."
Huo Huai'an didn't move. "Aunt, you don't look well. Are you feeling unwell?"
Huo Yao: "I have a slight headache, but it's nothing serious."
Seeing that she was pale and didn't look like she was alright, Huo Huai'an said, "Aunt, let me go to the hospital with you."
Huo Yao refused to go, but Huo Huai'an persuaded her repeatedly before finally getting her to leave.
No matter how hard Huo Huai'an thought about it, he never expected that he and Huo Yao would run into Lu Fengqing at the hospital on this trip.
Huo Huai'an and Lu Fengqing had not seen each other for more than half a year at that time.
When I met her in the hospital corridor, she was heavily pregnant and looked exhausted.
Suddenly realizing something, Huo Huai'an was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his throat.
Almost instinctively, he immediately assumed that the child in Lu Fengqing's belly must be that of the ancestor who had gone abroad.
At that moment, Huo Huai'an realized that the reason Lu Fengqing had been picking on him and preventing him from seeing her during that phone call was most likely because she knew about his pregnancy.
"Huai'an." Huo Yao gripped Huo Huai'an's hand tightly. "Am I seeing things?"
Huo Huai'an remained silent.
“Nian Nian…” Huo Yao’s voice choked, her eyes reddening at some point, and she became somewhat incoherent, “She’s still in school, she’s still a child herself, how can she be a mother… Sui Xing isn’t here, how could she be so bold, hasn’t she thought about what will happen to her in the future…”
Huo Yao suddenly looked up at Huo Huai'an: "Huai'an, you can't tell Sui Xing, you can't tell anyone."
Huo Huai'an was stunned.
Huo Yao lowered her head and murmured, "I can't let that old geezer know about this..."
Huo Huai'an immediately understood.
If the ancestor knew about this, he would surely drop everything and rush back.
This is not the most worrying thing.
The one who is most worrying is the one who takes care of the family.
If that old man finds out, given his methods, getting rid of the child would be the least of his worries; the worst he could do is kill both the child and the unborn.
Huo Huai'an couldn't sit still, so after sending Huo Yao back to the Huo family, he immediately went to the Lu residence.
Lu Fengqing did not avoid seeing him.
The usually haughty young lady hung her head and tugged at his sleeve, pleading, "Don't tell Xingbao."
Huo Huai'an felt a pang of heartache seeing her like this.
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Back when Gu Zhenjun discovered that Lu Yunsi was pregnant, Lu Yunsi begged Gu Zhenjun not to tell Xie Chaoyin.
Nineteen years later, her daughter was here again, begging her best friend not to tell her husband that she was pregnant.
In the darkness, everything seems to be a cycle.
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