Chapter 1027 - 1069: Am I Just a Substitute?

Chapter 1027: Chapter 1069: Am I Just a Substitute?

Just based on this success, she believed that Huo Junmo must have put in a tremendous amount of effort and sweat behind it!

Even though she knew that not everything in gossip magazines could be trusted, she believed that there must be some truth in them!

She also believed that behind every successful person, there is an untold hardship.

Huo Junmo continued, "So, from the moment Tiantian was born, his fate was already sealed! He is destined to be outstanding in this world, destined to bear what other children can’t from such a young age! For the past five years, I’ve tried my best to let him enjoy the innocence and happiness that other children can. But now, it’s time for him to start learning!"

Hearing Huo Junmo’s words, Ling Yueyue leaned weakly back on the chair, sympathizing, "Poor thing, having his fate decided at such a young age!"

Huo Junmo raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "Of course, I’m not that **** kind of person! If he says he doesn’t want to live such a life and wants a simple life as an ordinary person, I won’t force him! After all, he has the right to choose his own life!"

Ling Yueyue asked gloomily, "If Tiantian doesn’t want to, will you just accept that your hard-earned career will have no successor?"

Huo Junmo looked at her with a smile, half-seriously, half-jokingly, "Don’t we still have you? We will have children in the future too. My career doesn’t necessarily have to be inherited only by Tiantian; our future children will equally have the right to inherit it!"

Upon hearing this, Ling Yueyue blushed, glared at him, and exclaimed coyly, "Shameless, how can you be so sure I’ll have children with you?"

Huo Junmo replied confidently, "You’re my wife; isn’t it natural that you would have children with me?"

Ling Yueyue teased, "What if I don’t? Would you then abandon me as your wife?"

Huo Junmo shrugged indifferently, "If you don’t, then you don’t! I have never liked forcing people! If you don’t give me a child and Tiantian is unwilling to take over the Huo Tian Group, then I’ll just have to sell the Huo Tian Group when I’m old and donate the money to an orphanage!"

Ling Yueyue raised an eyebrow and asked, "Sell it? You wouldn’t regret that?"

Huo Junmo replied with a smile, "Why would I regret it? Everything in the world comes with gains and losses; one must maintain a normal heart!"

"Your mindset is really admirable! If everyone had a mindset like yours, that would be great!" Hearing Huo Junmo’s words, Ling Yueyue couldn’t help but raise her opinion of him to another level.

This man is not only gentle, considerate, and understanding but also maintains a calm mind that businessmen nowadays do not have!

Had it been another man, he would never be willing to sell the career he had fought so hard for, even if it killed him, let alone donate all the money to an orphanage after selling it!

Huo Junmo thinking like this truly proves that he is different from other men! This is also his attraction!

Ling Yueyue tilted her head and looked at Huo Junmo for a long time before she couldn’t help but ask, "Um... can I ask you something? Although it feels inappropriate to ask now, I’m really curious!"

Huo Junmo asked, "What is it?"

"If I remember correctly, you had a thing for my best friend Ye Anxin before! The way I saw it back then, you seemed ready to pursue her! But later on, you made no move! Did you ever really want to pursue Anxin? Or was there a moment when you felt for her?" Ling Yueyue looked seriously at Huo Junmo’s face, trying to discern something from his expression.

Huo Junmo didn’t shy away and straightforwardly admitted, "You could say that! At first sight of her, I indeed felt a pull!"

Seeing Huo Junmo’s candid answer, Ling Yueyue became even more curious, "But, when men encounter a woman they like, don’t they try their best to pursue her? Why didn’t you make a move later? Was it because you knew Anxin married Mu Beiting? That day at the Huo Tian Group entrance, when Anxin got hurt, you quickly picked her up and carried her away!"

Thinking of this event, she still felt a pang of jealousy! Even though she claimed to not mind, how could she possibly not care at all!

Seeming to detect the jealousy in Ling Yueyue’s tone, Huo Junmo suddenly stopped answering her question. Instead, he glanced at her through the rear-view mirror, smiling, and asked, "Do you care that I once had feelings for her?"

Feeling his gaze making her uneasy, Ling Yueyue blushed, her eyes flickering with guilt, but outwardly she maintained calm and said, "Hmph! Why should I care! Anxin is my best friend, and besides, your feelings for her were a long time ago! I’m not someone who clings to the past!"

Apparently not believing Ling Yueyue’s answer, Huo Junmo raised an eyebrow, saying, "Since you don’t care, you wouldn’t mind my answer then!"

"...!" Ling Yueyue paused, looking a bit angrily at Huo Junmo.

Seeing her clearly upset but trying hard not to show it, Huo Junmo couldn’t help but laugh. He reached out and patted her head gently, speaking softly, "The reason I had feelings for Anxin was that she looks a lot like my ex-wife, Nan Jiansi! I can’t deny that at first sight of her, I thought I saw my wife again. Every time I saw her, I felt a sense of déjà vu! That’s why I kept approaching her! But later, upon knowing that she was my brother Mu Beiting’s wife, I completely gave up on that thought! As they say, friends’ wives are off-limits; even if I truly liked her, I wouldn’t compete with my brother for a woman! Besides, when I saw her back then, it was merely reminiscent of her, not exactly romantic feelings!"

"Anxin looks like your ex-wife? Very much?" Hearing this, Ling Yueyue widened her eyes in surprise.

Huo Junmo replied, "About sixty percent; however, besides her appearance, their personalities are not alike!"

Ling Yueyue probed, "Where do they differ?"

Huo Junmo, hesitant about nothing, said, "Anxin’s personality is milder, she goes along with things, lacks opinion, and even when bullied, she stays silent and endures! But Jiansi was different; she was lively, had strong opinions from a young age, and once she set on something, nobody could change her mind! For something she valued, she would act bravely, unlike other women who would be shy and hesitant! Overall, Anxin resembles Jiansi physically, but you resemble Jiansi more in personality!"

Hearing this, Ling Yueyue’s heart sank suddenly, "My personality resembles Jiansi? Was that why you promised to marry me, because you thought my personality was like Jiansi’s? Am I just a substitute for Jiansi in your heart?"