Daddy Always Gets Jealous

I don’t know what that layer is?

Perhaps, my birth was unnecessary?

Having leaned on Huo Jinnan’s shoulder for a good while, she opened her eyes to look at him.

Huo Jinnan turned his head to look at her.

With a smile, Che Huan looked back at their reflections in the lake and suddenly remembered what Qin Shaojin had said yesterday, ”It won’t actually end up in court today, will it?”

”Qin Shaojin will handle it,” Huo Jinnan whispered. He lit a cigarette, took a slow drag, and quietly watched the image of her leaning on his shoulder on the lake.

Che Huan gazed at the cigarette between his fingers, at his slender fingers, wishing time could stop at this moment forever.

After finishing the cigarette, Huo Jinnan looked at Che Huan, ”Want to go take a look?”

Che Huan shook her head.

Huo Jinnan picked up his phone and made a call to Qin Shaojin. After a brief chat and hanging up, he looked in Che Huan’s direction, ”The trial has started.”

The trial has started?

From now on, do I really have no connection to Gu Jizhou at all? That’s great!

...

Two hours later, the phone rang.

She answered and heard Wen Nuan’s voice, ”Sister Huanhuan, you have no idea how spectacular today’s hearing was. When the judge announced the verdict, Old Mrs. Cheng’s entire face turned green. It was so satisfying.”

Che Huan turned to look at Huo Jinnan and asked softly into the phone, ”Really?”

Wen Nuan exclaimed excitedly, ”Of course, it’s true! The defamation charge was upheld, and she even has to serve a month of detention!”

Listening, Che Huan felt somewhat surreal, she hadn’t expected to actually win!

Wen Nuan was still thrilled, chattering nonstop, ”It was your brother-in-law, right? He’s amazing. You have no idea, people from the civil affairs office came. Old Mrs. Cheng talked her mouth off, but they couldn’t find a shred of connection between you and that scumbag Gu Jizhou...”

It had actually been wiped clean, just as he had said!

Che Huan couldn’t help but turn her head to look at Huo Jinnan, with Wen Nuan’s prattling voice in her ear, gradually growing fainter and less distinct.

”Sister Huanhuan!”

Wen Nuan called several times before Che Huan came back to her senses, ”Hmm, I’m listening.”

Wen Nuan pouted discontentedly, ”You’re with your brother-in-law, aren’t you?”

”Don’t talk nonsense!” Che Huan bit her lip, worried Huo Jinnan would hear and moved the phone slightly away.

—”Okay then, I won’t disturb you two anymore. I’m off to eat. Also, Sister Huanhuan, I’ve suddenly realized that lawyers can be pretty handsome too!”

She couldn’t have fallen for Qin Shaojin, could she?

When the phone hung up with a beep, Che Huan turned her head to look at Huo Jinnan, ”Did Lawyer Qin personally attend court today?”

Huo Jinnan flicked away the ash, ”He wouldn’t appear for such a minor case, it must have been Du Bin.”

Is that so?

So, Nuannuan has fallen for Du Bin?

Che Huan brushed her bangs aside, just as she was about to say something, the phone rang.

She picked it up and saw a message from the little guy.

—”Huanhuan, how have you been lately? I’ve missed you a bit. When are you coming back to Hong Kong?”

Che Huan stared at it for a while, unsure of when she would return, and sent back a message, ”Huanhuan misses you too, I will definitely come see you when I’m back in Hong Kong.”

Huo Jinnan caught a glimpse and his eyes deepened, but he remained silent.

Che Huan looked at him, feeling her cheeks growing warm, ”Do you often leave the little guy alone at home?”

Huo Jinnan glanced at Che Huan, ”He’s a boy, he doesn’t need to be coddled.”

Not knowing what to say, Che Huan brushed her bangs again, ”The little guy says you often leave him alone at home to have fun outside.”