"Mianmian, I didn't lie to you."
Huo Junyu, his voice hoarse, wanted to get closer to her but was afraid of scaring her, so he could only keep a certain distance.
"If you don't believe me, I'll take you to see someone."
It took Jiang Mianmian a while to calm down. Seeing that Huo Junyu was about to leave, she put on a coat and followed him.
There were many taxis outside the hotel, and one of them stopped in front of them.
Huo Junyu opened the car door and, instead of sitting next to her in the back, took the passenger seat himself.
Jiang Mianmian looked at him from the back seat. She saw his angular face, his deep and arrogant eyes, and his broad back in the rearview mirror. She knew that he was sitting in the front with his arms crossed, which was his usual posture.
Everything seems unchanged.
But everything seems to have changed.
Jiang Mianmian couldn't describe how she felt.
However, she suddenly remembered that Xia Zhi had said before that she entered this school because she wanted to find a rich second-generation heir to date and then marry.
She asked why?
At that moment, a maturity and worldliness beyond her years flashed across Xia Zhi's face. "Because 80% of life's troubles can be solved with money! Find a rich man, live in a castle-like villa, and even your arguments will echo!"
She then asked, "What if you don't like that man?"
Xia Zhi chuckled coldly and replied, "Mianmian, how can there be so many 'likes'? Life is never perfect! If I could only choose between material things and feelings, I would definitely choose material things!"
Jiang Mianmian shook her head and said, "I would choose love."
However, now...
She seems to have both?
Seeing Jiang Mianmian in a daze, Huo Junyu chuckled and took her hand.
Jiang Mianmian broke free like a startled fawn, moved closer to the door, and avoided his gaze.
The car was already parked downstairs at the hospital.
Huo Junyu got out of the car, and Jiang Mianmian still followed behind him.
Looking around, she was stunned. Wasn't this the hospital of that refined gentleman?
"Huo..." she called out subconsciously, but then stopped. She didn't know whether she should call him Huo Yu or Huo Junyu at this moment.
"Huo Yu" is familiar and easy to pronounce, but "Huo Junyu" is a completely unfamiliar name.
Although there is only a one-word difference.
Huo Junyu stopped, turned to look at her, and smiled gently. "If you're not used to it, just call me Huo Yu."
Jiang Mianmian lowered her eyelids and walked quietly behind. From the hospital entrance to the dean's office, the journey was unimpeded.
Huo Junyu knocked on the door of the dean's office.
Yin Cheng was looking through the medical records when he saw the two of them come together and was slightly taken aback.
The first thought that popped into his mind was, "Didn't this nephew forbid me from revealing my identity?"
So he composed himself, turned his gaze to Jiang Mianmian, and greeted her warmly: "Is this Jiang? What brings you here today? Please have a seat!"
Before Huo Junyu could even utter the word "uncle," he was completely ignored.
Then Yin Cheng added insult to injury, looking at Huo Junyu and asking Jiang Mianmian, "And this gentleman is...?"
"Dean Yin?" Jiang Mianmian was somewhat surprised. "You...don't know him?"
Yin Cheng pretended to adjust his glasses, "I don't know you. May I ask your surname, sir?"
Covered in sweat, Huo Junyu called out helplessly, "Uncle!"
"Hey young man, don't call me that so casually!"
"No, Uncle, I..."
"Who's your uncle?" Yin Cheng asked, winking at him. "Are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else?"
Huo Junyu was both amused and exasperated, and could only bring up his father again: "Uncle, my dad told me that when you were bullied at school, it was my dad who..."
"Cough cough cough!" Yin Cheng coughed heavily, his eyes wide open.
Huo Junyu smiled and asked, "So, are you really my uncle?"
"What..." Yin Cheng winked at him, her lips twitching, and asked in a low voice, "Can we talk now?"
"If I don't tell her, she'll think I'm lying to her."
Huo Junyu raised his hand and finally put his arm around Jiang Mianmian's shoulder. This time, the little woman did not push him away.
However, he could clearly feel that her body stiffened and her shoulders trembled slightly.
Jiang Mianmian looked down and saw the bracelet, then realized that the reason why Dean Yin protected Gu Zihan so much on the day she was brought to the hospital was because he recognized this bracelet.
Sure enough, Huo Junyu was right. All the incredible things she experienced in Southeast Asia were related to him.
"Child, are you feeling unwell?" Yin Cheng asked with concern. "You look quite pale. Should we get a check-up right here?"
Jiang Mianmian politely replied, "Thank you, but no need."
"We're all family, no need to be so formal," Yin Cheng smiled. "If this rascal bullies you in the future, just come and tell your uncle... or your grandparents!"
"By the way, Junyu, have you taken Mianmian to the manor?"
Huo Junyu glanced at Jiang Mianmian's face; the little girl was so quiet it was heartbreaking.
He could only hold her tightly, letting her feel the warmth of his body.
After leaving the hospital, the two walked side by side down the street. As night fell and the city lights came on, the lively atmosphere of Southeast Asia was just beginning.
Jiang Mianmian had no interest in appreciating the night view; all she could think about was the gap between herself and Huo Junyu.
His parents are the president and wife of the Huo Group, while her parents are the owners of a small supermarket.
He received an elite education from a young age, while she was used to being free.
He was a high-society figure, while her life was mundane and uneventful.
Two people with completely different backgrounds, even if they get together in the future, will it end in tragedy?
Thinking of this, Jiang Mianmian felt a pang of pain in her heart, and her nose felt sore.
"Mianmian," a deep male voice came from beside her, "what are you thinking about?"
She sniffed and whispered, "I was thinking... a firefly is just a firefly. No matter how high or far it flies, it will never become a star in the sky."
Huo Junyu was taken aback, stopped in his tracks, and turned to look at her.
"Have you ever thought that stars don't need fireflies to fly, they can fall down and be with the fireflies?"
Mianmian looked up at him, and there were stars in his eyes. In the starlight, her image was reflected everywhere.
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