Jiang Qingzhou took a deep breath. He knew very well what kind of character and temper Huo Jinyu had.
Overbearing, dictatorial, tyrannical, and always doing what he wants, his style of doing things can be summed up in three words -
I am happy.
Facing this young master, resistance is actually a very unwise choice, so there is no need to weigh the pros and cons too much. Jiang Qingzhou has already closed his eyes.
Just pretend that the head above his head is not his and let Huo Jinyu do whatever he wants.
that is…
He was not quite used to this awkward sleeping position. It was the first time for him to sleep with his head held down by someone. He was too close to Huo Jinyu's chest, so close that he could hear the "thumps" and "thumps" -
A steady and powerful heartbeat.
That was the sound of Huo Jinyu's heartbeat.
Jiang Qingzhou listened attentively for a while, and suddenly felt that except for his changeable temper and unusual way of thinking, Huo Jinyu seemed to be no different from him. They were both human beings who could breathe, had heartbeats, and had warm body temperature.
Especially the hand that gently touched and lingered on his head, it felt large and warm, giving people a sense of calmness, security and reliability.
Here, Jiang Qingzhou just labeled someone as "reliable".
But, someone doesn't know how to cherish at all and is only reliable for one second.
"Xiao Jiang... why do you smell so good?"
Suddenly, Huo Jinyu's voice, which was obviously full of surprise and curiosity, was drawn out. Before Jiang Qingzhou could make a corresponding reaction or answer, a furry head had appeared on his neck, sniffing here and there, just like a human-shaped Husky.
Perhaps due to Jiang Qingzhou's high level of cooperation tonight and the courtesy shown, the young master had rarely learned to respect others. Before asking for the next "benefit", he even knew to ask the person's wishes first.
"Can I take a couple of bites to taste it?"
When the young master speaks, he never disappoints anyone.
Jiang Qingzhou: "..."
Before you can get over the word "smells delicious", you are greeted by an even more incredible "take a bite".
Listen! If you don’t know, you might think he is a dish. No, no, no, maybe he is not even a dish.
Combining the context with Huo Jinyu's actions just now, Jiang Qingzhou just felt extremely tired. How on earth did Huo Jinyu say those words? Didn't he need to think about it
"I'm not a bone, and you're not a dog."
After grappling with these words in a low voice, Jiang Qingzhou directly pushed away the head on his shoulder and hugged a pillow.
"The room is for you. I'll sleep in the living room."
If he can't afford to offend, he'll just hide.
As a result, just as he sat up, before his buttocks left the bed, an arm reached out from his back, grabbed Jiang Qingzhou's waist and dragged him back.
It's really the kind of dragging.
"Why are you running? I'm not going to eat you."
"You wanted to gnaw just now..." Jiang Qingzhou said faintly, "Who would believe you if you said you don't eat people? I don't want to die in obscurity tonight."
"..." Huo Jinyu was at a loss for words for a few seconds, and the counter-accusation was not too smooth, "If you didn't smell so good, I wouldn't be so carried away by you."
When the eldest young master gets angry, he even scolds himself.
"…Fragrant?" Jiang Qingzhou lowered his head and sniffed himself, as if he could smell a faint fragrance. "Do you mean the fragrance of the shower gel?"
The set of toiletries he brought to Kyoto were prepared by Aunt Jiang. They were ordinary mass-brand shower gels. He had been using this brand for many years and had never changed it.
"I'll go rinse it with water again."
Try to wash away any remaining scent of the shower gel completely, making sure Huo Jinyu's dog nose can no longer smell any odor.
"Don't move! You're disturbing my sleep."
"Who is making trouble for whom? I can't even sleep peacefully."
Jiang Qingzhou did not have the chance to utter the above words in his heart, because Huo Jinyu had already pushed him back to his bed, lying in the same position as before.
Oh... I can't say it's exactly the same. Huo Jinyu's hands moved from his head to his waist and held it tightly.
He tried to struggle. It was fine if he didn't move. If he moved a little, Huo Jinyu would tighten his arms and hold him tighter, making it difficult for him to breathe.
Jiang Qingzhou opened his lips and spoke with difficulty: "... Holding me tightly like this, can you fall asleep by yourself?"
"Why not?" Huo Jinyu casually pulled the thin silk quilt next to him and covered him with it. He patted it with great satisfaction and said, "It's just the right human-shaped pillow to hug."
From a furry thing to a human-shaped pillow, Jiang Qingzhou was so upset that he couldn't even cry.
After trying several more times, Jiang Qingzhou discovered a pattern: as long as he didn't think about crawling towards his own half of the body and didn't move around, the arm around his waist would loosen a lot.
On the contrary, if he showed any intention of parting ways with Huo Jinyu and sleeping on opposite sides, he would be guaranteed to be able to close the distance to zero in the next second.
After going through this several times, Jiang Qingzhou completely gave up and stopped trying.
Close your eyes and go to sleep.
Jiang Qingzhou originally thought that he would be upset and unable to sleep, but he didn't expect that when he heard Huo Jinyu's heartbeat close to his ear, he would hear -
I slept until the next morning, when the alarm rang.
He stretched out his hand to grab the phone, but as soon as he moved, the arms wrapped around his waist suddenly tightened.
"The alarm is ringing, I'm going to turn it off—"
Before he could finish his sentence, Huo Jinyu turned over and pressed him down. He groaned and buried his face deeply in the pillow.
After a long while, he let out a choking cough.
... good... heavy...
Jiang Qingzhou didn't expect that Huo Jinyu would be so heavy, like a mountain, pressing on him.
Without any mental preparation, the person who is caught off guard can be so overwhelmed that he feels dizzy.
"—Huo Jinyu, it's dawn, I need to get up... Huo Jinyu... It's dawn... "
There was no other way, Jiang Qingzhou could only shout, trying to wake Huo Jinyu up.
The method was used correctly, and the person was awakened, but—
"If you nag me again, I'll put you in the dark room."
After Huo Jinyu yelled this angrily, he closed his eyes in the blink of an eye and continued to take a nap.
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” He knew to use the small dark room to pressure him.
Uh… ? Whatever you want to close, just put it aside for now. At least move away first. Don’t you feel anything when there’s a living person underneath you
Don't you feel uncomfortable when you sleep? Jiang Qingzhou was really angry at Huo Jinyu's weird sleeping posture and wanted to vomit blood.
When sleeping at night, I need a human-shaped pillow.
When I woke up in the morning, I gave the human-shaped pillow a head-on blow, and then gave it a small dark room warning.
Sooner or later... one day... he would also let Huo Jinyu experience the feeling of being crushed by a huge mountain, pinned down and unable to move.
Forget it, Jiang Qingzhou became depressed for a second.
You should think about how to move the mountain first, and then press it down, or he will roll his eyes.
It is better to rely on oneself than on others. Jiang Qingzhou thought for a while and wanted to try to move the unconscious "mountain" sleeping on his back.
After all, it is the strength of a grown man, and he can move it away with one effort—
…
Jiang Qingzhou grabbed the bed sheet and pounded the bed angrily. He must have done it on purpose! Huo Jinyu must have done it on purpose. Every time when he was about to succeed, she would turn over and press him down.
And perhaps because of his intense exercise early in the morning, a rather embarrassing morning chain reaction occurred.
He was dawdling here and there, he seemed to be dawdling for Huo Jinyu...
His body suddenly stiffened, and he was so frightened that he dared not move.
Finally, it was the persistent sound of the cell phone alarm that woke Huo Jinyu up. He opened his eyes and yelled, his voice even more violent than before.
"I told you not to bother me—"
Jiang Qingzhou quickly said: "Can you move to the side? You... are crushing me to death."
Huo Jinyu lowered his head, and only later realized that there was someone under him.
After staying there for two seconds, he jumped up and finally escaped. Jiang Qingzhou almost rolled off the bed and hid in the bathroom.
After staying still for another two seconds, Huo Jinyu realized something had changed in himself and frowned.
-
Since that day, Jiang Qingzhou began to avoid Huo Jinyu intentionally or unintentionally. It wasn't that he avoided her deliberately, but there was no way to avoid her except at school seven days a week.
Every weekend, Jiang Qingzhou would have one excuse or another, and gradually reduce the number of times he met Huo Jinyu.
Even when Huo Jinyu invited him to the Huo family compound several times, Jiang Qingzhou refused with the universal excuse that he had to study and take extra classes.
At first, Huo Jinyu didn't find anything fishy about it and just thought Jiang Qingzhou was really studying hard.
Later, it was another weekend, and Huo Jinyu was determined to find Jiang Qingzhou to watch a movie.
He also thought that last time, it was Jiang Qingzhou who invited him to see a movie, so this time it must be his turn.
Huo Jinyu immediately called Jiang Qingzhou. Unfortunately, no one answered the phone.
Since the call was not going through, Huo Jinyu directly asked Hai Shengjun to drive him to Yuhua Garden.
On Sunday, Jiang Yuehong was the only one at home. Seeing Huo Jinyu coming to visit her, she quickly invited him into the house and asked casually, "Are you here to see Zhou Zhou?"
Huo Jinyu said: "Invite him to watch a movie, where are the others?"
Jiang Yuehong replied: "Zhou Zhou went to the library."
"Which library?"
"The library of Kyoto University. Zhou Zhou and his classmates will go to the library every weekend this month."
After a question and an answer, Huo Jinyu's handsome face suddenly darkened when he heard Jiang Yuehong say, "Every weekend, I would make an appointment with my classmates to go to the library."
Went to Peking University to arrest someone.
Huo Jinyu rushed to the Peking University Library.
At that time, Jiang Qingzhou was talking to his classmate, who was none other than Cai Minghui.
The two were talking and laughing, and no one knew what they were talking about. When they were happy, Cai Minghui suddenly put his hand on Uncle Jiang's shoulder.
Seeing this scene, Huo Jinyu felt extremely dazzling, and felt an unknown anger burning in his mind. He rushed over and grabbed the owner of the hand.
"—Then it's settled. After we translate this manuscript, we'll..."
The voice stopped abruptly, and Cai Minghui howled in pain: "That bastard dared..."
The sound stopped abruptly again. Cai Minghui looked closely at the bastard who was pulling him. He was so scared that he almost had a cardiac arrest.
“… Huo, Huo, Shao?!”
Cai Minghui was so dumbfounded that he couldn't even speak. Why did Master Huo look so murderous? Who was so blind to provoke him
"You're so brave!? You dare to date my people!?"
Huo Jinyu's words were icy, and her peach blossom eyes were cold. Cai Minghui was shivering with cold, and he vaguely understood something, as if... the blind person was none other than himself.
"Cai Minghui and I were just discussing study problems. Did you misunderstand something?"
Jiang Qingzhou quickly explained, fearing that innocent people would be implicated, and then quickly gave Cai Minghui a look, asking him to withdraw quickly.
"Hmph! You sound so affectionate."
The young master always grasps the key points.
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” Did Huo Jinyu go out today after being shot
Cai Minghui, who had just received a signal from Jiang Qingzhou's eyes and was about to evacuate quickly, was it his illusion
Why did what Huo Shao said just now sound sour
"You dare to flirt with him in front of me?! Jiang Qingzhou, do you think I am air? Or do you think I am dead?"
Jiang Qingzhou: "..." What the hell is eye contact? He gave Cai Minghui a look, but how come it became eye contact when it came to Huo Jinyu
What about air, what about death... What are they connecting
Just say things that people can't understand.
Cai Minghui: “…” He was overwhelmed.
When that thought flashed through his mind just now, he thought it might be his illusion, but now he sees that it is not an illusion at all.
Mr. Huo's expression was like that of a "wife" coming to catch the "mistress". Unfortunately, he was the mistress.
A mistress who was extremely unlucky and innocently fell into the trap.
The heavens can bear witness to this! The sun and the moon can testify to this!
There was nothing between him and Jiang Qingzhou. They were just classmates who made an appointment to go to the library to read books and chat.
It was a sudden disaster.
He is about to cry...
Jiang Qingzhou frowned slightly. He felt something was wrong with Huo Jinyu's expression. How should he put it... It was just...
It's like someone cheated on me... furious
Jiang Qingzhou was startled by the plot he had imagined in his mind.
Shaking his head to get rid of those absurd fantasies, he deliberately lowered his voice towards Huo Jinyu and said softly and slowly: "Can you sit down calmly and talk properly?"
Looking around, he found that many classmates were already looking over here, but perhaps because of Huo Jinyu's identity, they were just watching the situation from afar and did not gather around.
After a pause, Jiang Qingzhou said tactfully: "Your behavior will not affect—"
There was no further follow-up to that “good”.
Huo Jinyu grabbed Jiang Qingzhou's wrist and pulled him out of the library. Jiang Qingzhou subconsciously frowned even tighter. His wrist was pulled by Huo Jinyu and it hurt.
"Can you please walk slower?"
"My hand hurts a little."
Huo Jinyu did not stop for him. Jiang Qingzhou vaguely felt that Huo Jinyu was really angry this time, but he didn't know why he was angry.
He pondered for a while, but still couldn't figure out anything until Huo Jinyu pulled him into the car.
He wanted to ask, but caught a glimpse of Huo Jinyu's gloomy and cold expression. Jiang Qingzhou's intuition told him that Huo Jinyu could not be communicated with at this time. If he was not careful, there would be a risk of "flammability and explosion".
The kind that hurts others without hurting yourself.
Jiang Qingzhou decided to remain silent for the time being.
Sitting in the driver's seat, Hai Shengjun saw that the atmosphere was not right, and he held his breath and said in a normal tone: "Master Four, you and Master Jiang are going to Kyoto International Cinema now, right?"
Huo Jinyu said in a deep voice: "Go back to the Huo family compound."
With a click, something went wrong.
Hai Shengjun glanced silently in the rearview mirror, and Huo Jinyu glanced over disdainfully. Hai Shengjun immediately focused on driving, but his ears perked up.
Huo Jinyu used voice control to close the one-way glass doors at the back and front seats of the car.
Hai Shengjun: “…” The Fourth Master was cutting off the possibility of him eavesdropping or peeking.
Thinking that something was not right between the Fourth Master and Young Master Jiang, and that he had no idea what was going on, Hai Shengjun took out his cell phone from his pocket without hesitation, edited a message and sent it out.
Looking at the glass door that slowly lowered from the roof and fit tightly against the handmade carpet below, Jiang Qingzhou felt an inexplicable pressure and swallowed hard.
The car had already driven some distance, but after Huo Jinyu got in the car, he didn't say a word except saying where he was going.
Jiang Qingzhou felt very nervous due to the invisible pressure. He wanted to explain but he didn't know what to explain. It felt like nothing he said would be right.
He opened his mouth several times and hesitated, and as a result, he didn't say a word until he arrived at the Huo family compound.
Huo Jinyu pulled the car off him again.
"I can walk on my own."
Finally, Jiang Qingzhou said something.
Huo Jinyu ignored him and pulled him straight through the woods, across the stream and across the bridge, finally crossing a long Chinese-style corridor and arriving in front of an ancient house.
He was pushed in by Huo Jinyu.
Then, he heard the sound of the door lock being locked, and even through the door, Jiang Qingzhou could clearly feel the surging anger suppressed under the voice.
"—You should reflect on yourself in there."
Is he... locked up in a dark room
Jiang Qingzhou frowned fiercely.
What is he going to reflect on? Is it difficult to give a definite answer
Is it because he spoke a few more words to Cai Minghui in the library today
That's impossible. He and Cai Minghui talk a lot in class, and Huo Jinyu didn't react so strongly at that time.
Could it be that he had been avoiding Huo Jinyu for the past month, which made him unhappy...
Jiang Qingzhou walked around aimlessly, guessing and thinking about the various possibilities of why he was locked up in the small dark room.
As he was thinking about it, a loud voice that sounded very familiar to him suddenly came from outside the door.
"—Huo Jinyu! What are you doing?!"
"Hurry up and let Xiao Jiang out!"
Outside the Huo family ancestral hall, Old Master Huo hurried over. He pointed at his youngest son who did nothing, his eyes wide open and he was furious.
Huo Jinyu replied: "Dad, don't bother me."
Mr. Huo was still furious, and he roared so loudly that several sparrows under the tree in the front yard were frightened and flew away with flapping wings.
"If I don't take care of you anymore, you're going to die."
"In a society ruled by law, you locked someone up. What were you thinking? Ah! Do you think this is still a feudal society? Do you think you are the prince and can lock up anyone you want? How can you be so shameless?"
Every word Mr. Huo said was sharp. He was so angry that his beard was puffed and his eyes were glaring. Even the silver hair on his head, which was not very thick to begin with, stood up.
Huo Jinyu said: "He is mine, I can lock him up however I want."
"That's nonsense! Xiao Jiang is a good kid, how come he is yours?"
Old Master Huo was so angry with his youngest son that he wanted to twist open his skull to see what was inside. When other people's sons were in love and chasing after a wife, they would say sweet words and make promises, but why did his youngest son...
Just lock them up directly.
This operation, even the old ancestor Huo would say something -
Absolutely!
It's absolutely amazing.
"He chose to be with me, so he's mine." Huo Jinyu said expressionlessly, "Dad, don't meddle in my business."
Old Master Huo plans to get a pair of iron crutches tomorrow. Maybe he can use them in the future. Otherwise, he feels that one day his youngest son will anger him to death.
Fortunately, he did not tell his wife about what happened today. If she knew that her youngest son was locked up in the ancestral hall by Xiao Jiang, she would definitely be so angry that her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys would shake.
Can't eat well and can't sleep well.
"I'll ask you one last question. Will you let Xiao Jiang go?"
"Not letting go." Huo Jinyu said these two words firmly and loudly.
"You won't let go, right?" Old Master Huo waved his hand. Since nice words didn't work, there was no need to be polite to this brat.
He ordered the group of black-clad bodyguards behind him, "Tie this brat up for me."
In an instant, more than a dozen sturdy men in black surrounded Huo Jinyu.
Inside the house.
Jiang Qingzhou only heard a series of clanging sounds outside. After about ten minutes, Jiang Qingzhou heard the door lock outside being turned with a "click" and then twisted.
The two carved wooden doors were pushed open from the outside. Old Master Huo stepped in, grabbed Jiang Qingzhou's hand and looked him over. Only after he found that Jiang Qingzhou was not injured did he breathe a sigh of relief.
He said kindly, "Good boy, it's okay. What happened today was the fault of that brat Huo Jinyu. I just gave him a beating."
Old Master Huo turned to look at Huo Jinyu and his expression changed again, without any trace of the kind smile he had shown to Jiang Qingzhou just now.
"You want to lock someone up, right? From today until the end of the year, you will stay in the ancestral hall in front of the Huo family's ancestors and reflect on what you did! What a wicked thing to do."
Things change, and in the blink of an eye, the person locked in the small dark room was replaced by another one.
Jiang Qingzhou looked at Huo Jinyu, whose hands and feet were tied with some special ropes, but whose face was still full of murderous intent and extremely gloomy, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Unexpectedly, there is still someone in the Huo family who can control Huo Jinyu, but this method feels too rough.
"Uncle, Huo Jinyu didn't do anything to me. There must be a misunderstanding. Can you please let him go first?"
Jiang Qingzhou tried to plead for mercy, but he was locked in a small dark room for less than half an hour, while Huo Jinyu was locked up until the end of the year.
This punishment seems a bit too harsh.
"Xiao Jiang, your uncle knows that you are a well-behaved, sensible, and well-mannered child. But in today's incident, your uncle knows who is right and who is wrong, so don't beg for mercy for this brat."
"If he dares to lock you up today, he will dare to do something to you tomorrow."
"No." Jiang Qingzhou affirmed, word by word, "He. Won't."
"Xiao Jiang, you've only known this brat for a few days. I can't even remember all the bad things he's done since he was a kid."
Old Master Huo patted Jiang Qingzhou's hand and pulled him out. As soon as he came out, Huo Jinyu was carried in by two burly men in black.
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” Why do I feel like laughing for no reason
The door was about to be closed from the outside.
Jiang Qingzhou hesitated and said, "Uncle... I want to talk to Huo Jinyu, is that okay?"
"I think there was a misunderstanding between us."