Chapter 58: Huo Qingyan, Bound in Chains and Covered in Blood
The bookshelves behind the desk, which reached from floor to ceiling, parted from the middle, revealing a heavy metal door.
Xu Mocheng was stunned: “Whoa! This…”
He was too shocked for words.
He had only ever seen this kind of hidden chamber on television.
A bodyguard stepped forward to examine it: “Young Master, it’s an elevator!”
They descended two floors in the elevator to a dark, damp basement.
Xu Mocheng found a switch on the wall and turned on the lights.
The lighting was dim, but sufficient to reveal rows of various torture instruments neatly arranged on the walls.
There were whips, daggers…
Several bodyguards gasped in shock.
Jiang Su looked at the instruments on the wall, his heart sinking.
He reached out and touched the whip closest to him; it was noticeably damp.
A sticky, damp feeling.
He slowly reached out and brought the whip to his nose, sniffing it.
He smelled blood.
Jiang Su’s heart sank, and he strode inside.
“Huo Qingyan!”
This underground chamber seemed quite old.
Had this seemingly indestructible man grown up like this?
Xu Mocheng, hearing the change in Jiang Su’s tone, also reached out and touched the whip.
He touched blood.
His scalp tingling, he chased after Jiang Su, also looking for Huo Qingyan.
Fortunately, the underground chamber wasn’t very large.
Jiang Su quickly found Huo Qingyan.
Huo Qingyan, bound in chains and covered in blood.
“Who is this?” Xu Mocheng asked, catching up.
It wasn’t surprising that Xu Mocheng didn’t recognize Huo Qingyan.
Even Jiang Su only recognized him from his build, relying on his familiarity with Huo Qingyan.
“Huo Qingyan!” Jiang Su rushed towards Huo Qingyan.
He knelt beside Huo Qingyan, unsure where to begin, as Huo Qingyan was covered in blood.
Huo Qingyan’s eyelids fluttered slightly, his breath weak as he uttered, “Jiang… Su?”
Jiang Su breathed a sigh of relief.
He was still alive.
Ignoring the blood covering Huo Qingyan, Jiang Su reached out to support him, his voice urgent: “I’ll take you to the hospital!”
As Jiang Su helped Huo Qingyan, he felt some resistance, but Huo Qingyan was too injured to fight back.
Seeing this, the bodyguards wanted to help.
Knowing Huo Qingyan’s dislikes and that he didn’t like being touched by strangers, Jiang Su almost instinctively said, “I can handle it.”
It was like an instinct.
Jiang Su felt a little frustrated.
Huo Qingyan continued to resist, trying to push him away.
Jiang Su’s temper flared, and he coldly said, “Huo Qingyan, you dare move again, and I swear I’ll livestream this to the whole world, letting everyone see how the business prodigy Huo Qingyan was abused by his own twisted father into this inhuman state.”
Over the past two years, he had come to understand Huo Qingyan’s personality somewhat.
Huo Qingyan was extremely proud.
His pride bordered on obsession.
He didn’t want Jiang Su to see him in this sorry state, so he resisted Jiang Su’s help.
Huo Qingyan quieted down, turning his head to look at Jiang Su silently.
Jiang Su lowered his gaze, meeting his eyes. His sharp voice became stern: “Hold on. You still don’t know how much you owe me, do you? Thinking of dying before you repay it? No way!”
Huo Qingyan’s breath was too weak; he couldn’t even speak, only blinking to show he heard.
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The hospital…
Jiang Su and his group sat outside the emergency room.
Huo Qingyan hadn’t come out yet, but Jiang Su’s older brother, Jiang ZhaoYu, arrived.
“Xiao Qi!”
Jiang Su stood up: “Big Brother, why are you here?”
“You took several bodyguards from me, so I had to ask about the situation.” Jiang ZhaoYu glanced towards the emergency room: “What happened?”
Jiang Su shook his head: “I don’t know.”
He didn’t know why Huo Zhenheng had suddenly attacked Huo Qingyan so violently.
He didn’t understand why Huo Qingyan hadn’t resisted.
Although Huo Zhenheng was cruel, Huo Qingyan wasn’t weak.
Moreover, in recent years, Huo Qingyan had grown stronger, and it would have been easy for him to contend with Huo Zhenheng.
Jiang ZhaoYu pulled Jiang Su aside and whispered, “Was it really Huo Zhenheng?”
“When I arrived, all the servants in the house had been dismissed, only the butler.” The butler wouldn’t have done it, so it had to be Huo Zhenheng.
Jiang ZhaoYu’s expression became very serious.
Then, he said earnestly to Jiang Su: “Xiao Qi, I know you’re kind-hearted, and kindness is good, but being soft-hearted isn’t always a good thing.”
He was genuinely afraid that Jiang Su would soften his heart and reconcile with Huo Qingyan.
Look at the Huo family – what a bunch of people. The father is a psychopath, and the son isn’t much better.
Jiang Su smiled: “Big Brother, you always beat around the bush.”
Having his thoughts seen through, Jiang ZhaoYu awkwardly scratched his nose: “As the older brother… I naturally need to appear more composed…”
“Don’t worry, nothing you’re worried about will happen.”
His brother was simply worried that he would sympathize with Huo Qingyan’s plight and soften his heart enough to reconcile with him.
Sometimes, even he found it strange.
When he loved Huo Qingyan, he felt he could live for him, die for him, give him his heart and soul, and sacrifice everything.
Once he stopped loving him, his heart became like a stone.
Hard and cold.
No matter what Huo Qingyan said or did, he remained unmoved.
Love really does disappear.
And hearts really can die.
Jiang ZhaoYu finally breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s good.”
He turned and sat down.
“Big Brother, aren’t you leaving?” Jiang ZhaoYu wasn’t genuinely concerned about Huo Qingyan; after asking about his concerns, he should return to the company.
Jiang ZhaoYu glanced at him: “Do you think you can handle things if Huo Zhenheng comes looking for you?”
Perhaps because he had been groomed as the heir to the Jiang family since childhood, Jiang ZhaoYu was taciturn and seemed very profound.
Compared to his other siblings, Jiang Su least enjoyed playing with Jiang ZhaoYu, finding him deep and uninteresting.
He only understood later that Jiang ZhaoYu was actually the one who sacrificed the most, always silently cleaning up for everyone.
Jiang Su lowered his head, unconsciously grinding his heel on the ground: “I always cause you trouble.”
Jiang ZhaoYu smiled, like he did when they were children, and patted Jiang Su’s head: “If you truly ignored Huo Qingyan’s affairs and became a heartless person, you wouldn’t be Xiao Qi.”
Jiang Su scratched his head awkwardly: “Big Brother, you should go; I can handle it.”
Jiang ZhaoYu instinctively wanted to object, then reconsidered and asked, “How will you handle it?”
Jiang Su said mysteriously, “I brought something from the Huo family mansion. Huo Zhenheng will definitely be wary and won’t do anything to me.”