Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 923: His Promise: The Huo Family in Sea City Will Always Be Your Backing

Chapter 923: Chapter 923: His Promise: The Huo Family in Sea City Will Always Be Your Backing

Huo Qi’s handsome face displayed a bitter smile, he slowly brought his hand to his chest, where the pain had intensified ever since Miss Duan left.

He said helplessly to Wu Fan, "I can actually make do with anything, just getting by with food, shelter, and transportation is enough."

Wu Fan asked coldly, "What about your obsession with cleanliness? "

Huo Qi looked confused and admitted truthfully, "It seems I do have a slight obsession. I don’t really like it when people intrude on my private space."

Wu Fan’s expression darkened, "In front of me, you’ve always acted unrestrained, like a carefree boy. Are you telling me that’s also fake?"

Huo Qi’s expression was complex, unsure of how to respond.

Qin Ruan stood with her back to them by the lake, retrieving the so-called evil object from the bottom of the lake as Miss Duan had described.

Floating in mid-air was a piece of pitch-black wood, exuding a thick, bloody scent.

A look of disgust flashed in Qin Ruan’s eyes as Nether Power burst out from her palm in a fierce golden light. The evil energy and the black wood were instantly reduced to nothing, and the tiny fragments fell into the lake, blending with the water.

Hearing Wu Fan’s question, she turned around to answer for Huo Qi, "He’s going to Capital City next year. The Huo Family intends to cultivate him. If he didn’t possess extraordinary courage and clever strategies, the main family would not waste their time on someone not worth cultivating."

Wu Fan’s entire face twisted, she trembled with anger.

Her gaze at Huo Qi became foreign and sharp, "Very well! To think that I’ve been played by you all these years!"

The scornful smile of Miss Duan lingered in her mind, refusing to disperse.

Enduring the pain in his chest, Huo Qi soothed in a gentle voice, "Wu Fan, don’t think too much. I have never deceived you, and when I was with you, it was with sincere intentions."

Wu Fan looked at him sharply, laughing at herself, "Sincere intentions? Ridiculous, after all these years I’ve never seen you for who you really are!"

Huo Qi furrowed his brows, his expression serious, "Wu Fan, from the start your approach to me was purposeful, which I saw right away. You were always stealing glances at Brother Chengying, and I thought then you were interested in him."

Having her unspeakable initial purpose exposed by Huo Qi, Wu Fan’s face showed a hint of unnaturalness, then she bit back furiously, "Nonsense! If I fancied him, wouldn’t I have just pursued him?"

With pain in his handsome features, Huo Qi’s voice was soft, "You may seem eccentric, but in truth, you’re the most transparent and straightforward, like a child in your innocence. Being with you is relaxing.

In front of you, I forget my heavy responsibilities, and without realizing it, my body and mind relax. I may not be as noble as others at heart, but with you I am at ease with no heavy burdens weighing on me."

Wu Fan turned her head away, refusing to let the tears in her eyes fall, "I don’t want your pity!"

Huo Qi spoke earnestly, "Seven years of affection. If you still wish to marry me despite not being satisfied, I will not run away!"

Wu Fan felt as though she’d been insulted, crying out, "Who cares!"

Hearing such a rejection, Huo Qi was not very surprised, and instead he said, "I have let you down. When you find someone to accompany you for life, I’ll use all of Sea City’s Huo Family resources to lavish you with a grand send-off, and I will always be there for you."

Upon hearing that, tears fell from Wu Fan’s eyes, "Do you really love her that much?"

The ’her’ they were referring to was well understood by both of them.

Huo Qi deliberately avoided the topic, "The affection I’ve shown you in this life isn’t false; my intentions of marriage aren’t false. It’s just the cruelty of fate; we are destined but not fated to be together."

Wu Fan refused to accept such an explanation, her eyes glaring at him, "How can we be destined but not fated? I met you first!"

The pain at Huo Qi’s chest became increasingly apparent, almost preventing him from standing upright.

His face was pale as he shook his head at Wu Fan, whispering, "The fault is mine alone. I should have died to join her, preventing her from waiting in vain for centuries. I shouldn’t have let you waste seven good years."

Wu Fan resented not fighting for his path, "After all that, isn’t she just more important to you than I am? Then why don’t you just marry her, why reject her?"

The worry in her words, how could Huo Qi not hear it?

After sacrificing his love, he could not feel Wu Fan’s pain anymore; his past memories told him that he should treat this girl gently at this moment.

Huo Qi looked at Wu Fan with pity in his eyes, a cold indifference hidden deep within, but his voice was gentle, "If I married Miss Duan, wouldn’t it be disrespectful to her, and how would that make you feel? We’ve been in love for seven years, should we just pretend it never happened?"

Memories from his past life returned, and Huo Qi understood Miss Duan’s prideful nature. She wanted him all to herself, refusing to share with anyone.

If he married Miss Duan and then married Wu Fan, what would that be? It would be nothing but betraying them both horribly.

Huo Qi couldn’t get past this psychological barrier, nor would Miss Duan accept it, with Wu Fan caught innocently in the middle.

He couldn’t betray Miss Duan any longer; it was better to let her go cleanly into reincarnation.

The person who seemed to have no temper and didn’t fight or grab, was just not wanting to destroy their most joyous and intimate memories, the best memories of their past lives.

As for Wu Fan, he could not deny the fondness he once had for her.

If it weren’t for the deep love he had for Miss Duan, he would have married Wu Fan, had children, and lived a stable life.

Regrettably, there were no ifs; Miss Duan was the pain of his two lives, the woman he yearned for but could not have, the one he willingly sacrificed his love to fulfill.

Wu Fan wiped the tears from her face and said mockingly to Huo Qi, "Now I see, you’re still a saint!"

Huo Qi stumbled a few steps, his face growing paler, and said in a barely audible voice, "It’s just realizing that I’m not a good man for you both; it’s all my fault for not being decisive enough."

Qin Ruan saw that something was off with him, stepped forward to help, "You’re not in good shape. Let’s leave this place first."

Leaning half his body on Qin Ruan, Huo Qi asked Wu Fan, "Shall we go back?"

Wu Fan turned her head away and did not look at him, without saying a word.

Qin Ruan said, "Let’s discuss any issues back home, are you really going to become enemies?"

Her tone was light and casual with a hint of uncompromising assertiveness.

Wu Fan walked up to Qin Ruan’s side and said disdainfully, "I’m not that bored!"

The three of them walked away under the moonlight with slow steps.

Wu Fan was a step behind, trailing the other two.

Each step she took landed precisely on Huo Qi’s shadow, and tears in her eyes silently fell, unseen by anyone.

When they left, they stirred the Duan Family, the second time they had sneaked in only to be confronted by the Duan Family people, entangled for a while before leaving.

Finally stepping out of the Duan Family’s gate, Qin Ruan handed Huo Qi over to the Hidden Guard, instructing them to personally escort him home.

Sitting in the carriage, Huo Qi looked at the person standing outside the carriage, "Third sister-in-law, you’re not leaving?"

Qin Ruan, with one hand in her pocket, her voice tinged with laughter, "You’ve let down a good girl; I have to risk it all to keep you company, let her vent all her grievances."

Huo Qi was silent for a long time, then lifted his eyes to Wu Fan with a worried and caring expression, "Drink less, you can’t handle your liquor."

Wu Fan scoffed, "Who are you to me that you get to tell me what to do!"