Lu Ran looked at him and gave a cold laugh.
Of course she knew what she was talking about.
After losing her mother, she thought a lot and realized how foolish she had been.
Foolish enough to give away something that is within easy reach, foolish enough to be used as a stepping stone without even realizing it.
If it weren't for her mother's insistence that she not impersonate Lu Xiaoyou, how could the real Lu Xiaoyou have returned to the Lu family?
How could she possibly rekindle her romance with Huo Junyu?
My mother was so good to them, but they were ungrateful!
As for Lu Ming, no matter how much she hated him, she still felt like a huge stone was lodged in her heart on the day he was executed.
After that day, she no longer had a father or a mother. She became an orphan, completely dependent on others, pitied by others, and superfluous in this world.
Lu Ran's throat tightened, and she forced back the tears that welled up in her eyes.
"Junyang, I know what I'm saying, and I know what I want." She gently took his hand. "I want to be with you. I want a home that belongs to us!"
Huo Junyang frowned deeply. "But aren't I trying my best to give you this family?"
"You think you can make a name for yourself just by drawing comics? The Huo family is so big, surely there's a place for you? Your parents wouldn't really leave everything in the family to your older brother, would they?"
"you……"
"The Lu family is the same!" The complexity in Lu Ran's eyes was unreadable to him. "I also have the surname Lu, and I should have a share in the Lu family! Why didn't you speak up for me when I said I wanted to manage the company for my sister? Instead, you let that Pei Nian gain the upper hand again!"
"Ranran!" Huo Junyang held her shoulders and shook her.
If that worked, he really wanted to shake her awake!
"Ranran, what happened to you? You used to be..."
"I was so stupid before, I didn't fight for anything, so I couldn't even protect my own mother!"
Huo Junyang stood there blankly, his hand on her shoulder slowly sliding down.
"Junyang, I don't want much, I just want what's rightfully mine!" Lu Ran's eyes reddened. "You too! I know you won't fight with your older brother for anything, but you should get what's rightfully yours! Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about our future!"
Huo Junyang looked at her for a long time, then softly called out, "Lu Ran."
Lu Ran was stunned for a moment.
He would never call her by her full name like that.
"Junyang, you..."
"I feel like something's different between us now," Huo Junyang said calmly, his voice equally indifferent. That indifference made her feel strange, and it also seemed unbelievable to him.
"No, no!" Lu Ran forced a smile. "I'm still the same person I used to be, it's just that now... now that we're getting married, I'm thinking about things more!"
"You're overthinking it. You've thought of things I've never even considered!"
"Jun Yang!"
"Lu Ran, you've known me for a long time!" Huo Junyang emphasized. "You should have known long ago that I don't want to compete with my brother for anything, and I can't compete with him anyway! I've never been jealous that my brother gets more than me. I'm his brother, and he would never mistreat me!"
“My parents love me very much, my maternal grandparents love me very much, and my brother is incredibly kind to me. I feel that I have received so much love from the Huo family! I want to share this love with you, but why do you always force me to be at odds with my own family?”
Lu Ran's face turned pale, and she involuntarily took several steps back.
"I really am not very ambitious," Huo Junyang said with a wry smile. "I just want to draw, play games, and be with the people I like... If you want to live a life of competition and backstabbing, then I really can't give you that!"
After saying that, he let go of her hand.
Lu Ran's eyes widened. The moment he let go, she felt as if she had stepped into thin air and fallen from a great height, shattering into pieces.
*
This was Huo Junyu's first time visiting Huo Jingnan's home.
Unlike the other young masters of the Huo family, this special forces soldier didn't live in the Huo Family Manor. Instead, he bought a small villa not far from the city center. The place wasn't big, but he arranged it meticulously, clearly showing that he had received military training.
Importantly, it's very close to Pei Nian's apartment, only a ten-minute walk away.
Huo Junyu smiled gently.
"What are you laughing at?" Huo Jingnan brought him some fruit and made him a cup of coffee. "You came in with that weird laugh, and with your dark face, it's quite scary!"
Huo Junyu patted him on the shoulder, giving him a look that said, "As a fellow man, I know what you're thinking."
"I just thought you probably don't live here normally, right?"
"Um?"
"Pei Nian's apartment isn't far from here!"
"It's not far from here," Huo Jingnan answered honestly. "I sometimes go to her place for a meal or something, but... I don't want to go lately."
"Did you two have a fight?"
Huo Jingnan glanced at him and shook his head.
Why is that?
“Niannian has been researching pregnant women’s diets lately,” Huo Jingnan said helplessly. “She’s in the kitchen every day making soup and cooking, but if she makes something well, she won’t give it to me; she only gives me the parts that aren’t done properly. I…”
Huo Junyu tried hard to suppress his laughter.
"I'm warning you, if you dare laugh, I'll definitely hit you!" Huo Jingnan glared at him. "You sacrificed me all for your wife. If you have any conscience at all, hide and laugh, don't let me see you!"
Huo Junyu's face turned red, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
"Well, Jingnan," he quickly changed the subject, "what have you been busy with lately?"
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