CHAPTER 447: CHAPTER 422: JUN, YOUR MERCURIAL TEMPER

In the year after she woke up, her parents kept urging and pressuring her to marry, and now they’ve simply arranged her marriage for her.

She had finally started making progress in her career, filled with ambition, eager to make her mark, but in the end...

At this moment, Jian Liangtong deeply felt that she was a loser.

Under the heavy accumulation of such negative emotions, Jian Liangtong pouted silently, opened the glass window, stuck her head out to look down, it was too high, and she closed the window again.

Forget it, seeking death is not her style.

Knock knock...

The door of the master bedroom was suddenly knocked from outside.

Jian Liangtong was startled, turned her head in confusion towards the door.

"Dad, are you inside?"

Jian Liangtong, "..."

The childlike yet soft voice came through the door, and Jian Liangtong’s eyes suddenly narrowed, Huo Shaojun’s son?

"Dad." The childish voice sounded again.

Jian Liangtong took a deep breath, trembling as she stepped down from the windowsill, tiptoeing towards the door.

"Dad, aren’t you inside?" The voice was puzzled and couldn’t hide the disappointment.

Jian Liangtong paused slightly, her heart inexplicably tightened.

"Hao Hao, come to Grandma Xu."

"Grandma Xu, my dad isn’t here."

"Grandma Xu told you, your dad is very busy with work, traveling all over the country, it’s very tough."

"So, Dad didn’t come back to see me because he’s out of town. If Dad comes back, he will definitely come home to see me, right?"

"Of course."

"In a few days, it’ll be my sixth birthday. Grandma Xu, do you think my dad will come back?"

"This..."

The voice grew more distant until it was no longer audible.

Jian Liangtong stood at the door, her heart inexplicably feeling sour.

Huo Shaojun was obviously in Z City, why wouldn’t he go see the child?

Swipe—

The door was suddenly opened from the outside.

The dazzling white light from the living room suddenly shone in from the outside.

Jian Liangtong squinted, looking at the man standing at the door with a cold aura.

Huo Shaojun opened the door and saw Jian Liangtong standing right in front of him, his cold eyes clearly stunned for a moment, then he frowned and said in a deep voice, "Why are you standing here dumbly?"

"Ah? Oh... you’re back?" Jian Liangtong seemed to only just come to her senses, widened her eyes, and looked at Huo Shaojun in shock.

Huo Shaojun, "..."

Jian Liangtong blinked, looked past him, then pursed her lips, and tentatively glanced at him from the corner of her eye, "Did you, did you not run into anyone when you came back?"

Huo Shaojun stared at Jian Liangtong coldly.

Jian Liangtong found his gaze particularly intimidating, her heart clenched, and she swallowed her saliva dryly, her voice lowered, "Just now..."

Suddenly, there was a weight on her chest.

Jian Liangtong quickly raised her hand to hold it, only to realize it was the clothes Huo Shaojun had suddenly shoved over to her.

Her eyes twitched, and Jian Liangtong looked at Huo Shaojun in amazement.

"I brought you a late-night snack." Huo Shaojun said coldly, then brushed past Jian Liangtong, unbuttoning his clothes as he walked towards the bathroom.

"Had enough looking?"

Jian Liangtong quickly raised her hand to cover her eyes, turned her head, and slipped out of the bedroom like a cat.

Huo Shaojun paused slightly, then continued walking into the bathroom.

When Huo Shaojun came out of the bedroom, he saw Jian Liangtong sitting cross-legged on the sofa, holding a skewer of barbecue, eating it with unrefined eagerness.

Huo Shaojun only furrowed his brows slightly, then walked over as usual, sitting on the sofa opposite Jian Liangtong.

Jian Liangtong’s eating habits didn’t restrain themselves because of Huo Shaojun’s presence, instead, they became more exuberant, as if intentionally putting on a show for him.

Huo Shaojun’s cold eyes narrowed slightly, completely unfazed, watching Jian Liangtong perform the image of "a starving ghost" devouring food.

Jian Liangtong was also stubborn, managed to devour the late-night snack Huo Shaojun brought back.

In the end, she even burped deliberately at Huo Shaojun, tossing a provocative glance at him.

Huo Shaojun... completely ignored it! He had an expression like he had already seen through her tricks.

Jian Liangtong felt a bit deflated, blushing as she reached for a tissue to wipe her mouth, saying, "Can you lend me your phone?"

"Sure." Huo Shaojun agreed readily.

Jian Liangtong found it bizarre, lifted her eyes to look at him curiously.

"Who are you calling? I’ll help you." Huo Shaojun promptly said.

Jian Liangtong, "..." It wasn’t going to be that easy!

With a light sigh, Jian Liangtong said dully, "I’ll call my parents. It’s so late and I’m not back, they must be worried sick. And besides, I don’t know if anyone has been bothering them today."

At the end, Jian Liangtong’s voice was filled with nothing but worry.

Huo Shaojun lowered his eyelashes and unexpectedly tossed the phone to Jian Liangtong.

Jian Liangtong hurriedly reached out to catch it, almost missing it!

She twitched her mouth, glancing at him indignantly but not daring to say anything, and then lowered her head to unlock the phone, "Does it need a password?"

Jian Liangtong looked at Huo Shaojun inquiringly, "What’s the unlock password?"

Huo Shaojun’s gaze instantly fixed on Jian Liangtong’s face, and after a moment, he slowly said, "1023."

He hesitated for a while before speaking, but Jian Liangtong didn’t think much of it, inputting the numbers, the phone unlocked.

She entered the home landline number from memory, well, the mobile number was too long for her to remember.

The phone rang for a long time before it was answered, and she heard her father’s sleepy voice, "Hello, who is this?"

"..." Jian Liangtong wondered if she could say she felt a bit upset?

It’s so late and she hadn’t gone home, yet they didn’t care and were already asleep? How could they sleep? What kind of parents are they, with such big hearts!

Although Jian Liangtong felt a bit aggrieved, she was overall relieved. She had been worried that they might be implicated because of her, but fortunately, her worries hadn’t come true.

She shrugged her shoulders and said, "Dad, it’s me."

"Tongtong?"

Jian Ningfeng’s voice suddenly became awake, and he asked in surprise and doubt, "Tongtong, why are you calling home at this hour? Has something happened? This afternoon, Xiao Qiao called and told your mom and me that you were going to accompany him to Z City for some event, and you’d be back in a few days. Tongtong, did you and Xiao Qiao encounter some trouble in Z City? Hmm?"

Jian Liangtong was surprised but dared not show it over the phone. After taking a couple of breaths, she said, "Dad, don’t worry, nothing’s wrong. I just suddenly missed you and mom, so I called to check if you were asleep."

"... Really nothing wrong?" Jian Ningfeng cautiously asked.

"Nothing, really." Jian Liangtong replied with a smile.

"That’s good, you scared me, you little girl." Jian Ningfeng laughed and scolded her.

"Hehe, got scared, huh." Jian Liangtong teased him.

"Alright, it’s late. Get some rest soon, don’t stay up all night like before, got it?" Jian Ningfeng instructed.

"Mm-hmm, I know."

Jian Liangtong responded and then exchanged goodnights with Jian Ningfeng before hanging up.

After ending the call, Jian Liangtong habitually picked up the phone intending to dial Bai Qiao’s number. Just as her pale fingers touched the phone screen, she realized she didn’t remember Bai Qiao’s number.

"What’s wrong?" Huo Shaojun noticed Jian Liangtong frowning at her phone, staring blankly, and asked with a slight frown.

Jian Liangtong glanced at him, "Since when did Bai Qiao get so smart?"

Huo Shaojun, "..."

"Or maybe he shares a telepathic bond with me, knowing I’ve been trapped here by you, and therefore specifically called my parents to tell them I went to Z City with him?" Jian Liangtong murmured to herself.

Huo Shaojun couldn’t hold back any longer, scoffed lowly, "Idiot."

"Who’s the idiot calling an idiot?"

"The idiot calling..." Huo Shaojun’s magnetic voice suddenly stopped, his eyes fixed keenly on Jian Liangtong.

He saw Jian Liangtong arching her eyebrows and smiling at him triumphantly.

That smile was very much like a little mouse happily sneaking food, infuriating...

In response, under Jian Liangtong’s startled expression, Huo Shaojun, like a vigorous lion, suddenly lunged at her.

"Ah..." Jian Liangtong was utterly pressed into the not-so-spacious but very soft sofa, only managing a short gasp before all sounds were swallowed by his warm and clear lips.

Huo Shaojun held her stomach with one hand, raising her chin with another, kissing Jian Liangtong deeply like a parched person desperate for water.

Jian Liangtong’s whole body trembled uncontrollably, her watery eyes squinting in confusion, watching the man who repeatedly kissed her passionately, as if wanting to drain her very breath.

This was, this was the third time.

This time he kissed her for the third time...

Huo Shaojun also squinted his eyes watching her, but the emotions hidden in those eyes were too deep, too intense, like a deep well, impossible to see through.

Underneath, a scalding and terrifying outline gradually pressed against her, causing Jian Liangtong’s drifting consciousness to suddenly gather, her eyes widening as her mind shivered, looking at Huo Shaojun.

Huo Shaojun’s deep-set cold eyes remained on her, the large hand on her belly suddenly sliding down.

In Jian Liangtong’s memory, she had never experienced anything like this, not even an embrace.

So being assaulted by Huo Shaojun in such an overbearing way brought not only an indescribable unfamiliar experience but even deeper feelings of humiliation and shame.

Feeling Jian Liangtong gradually recovering from the lingering sensations, Huo Shaojun slowly withdrew his hand, holding it before Jian Liangtong’s face with a cold smile, "It’s yours."

Jian Liangtong, "..." Felt so ashamed she wanted to kill someone!

Yet Huo Shaojun didn’t feel it was enough to provoke her, kissed her earlobe, and as she began to shiver uncontrollably, hoarsely said, "This already has you like this, if I were to change it to something else..."

"Huo Shaojun, you shameless!" Before Huo Shaojun could finish, Jian Liangtong raised her arm across her eyes, crying out in shame and anger.

A flash of helplessness quickened in Huo Shaojun’s eyes, but soon he regained his composure.

Leisurely getting up from her, he walked away heading to the bathroom in the living room without looking back.

In front of the large mirror in the bathroom, Huo Shaojun leaned against the wall, eyes squinting.

Cigarette smoke swirled from between his fingers, gradually enveloping him like waves of cold air.

He coldly stared at a particular part of his body reflected in the mirror.

How ironic!

Only with that woman outside did he have such intense, explosive feelings.

Even though his body was unsatisfied, the level of pain was incomparable to the degree in his heart by far less than one percent.