Chapter 155: Jiang Su, I Am a Selfish and Despicable Person…
“Just stating my own thoughts counts as attracting hate?”
Huo Qingyan roughly understood what “attracting hate” meant, but he had looked at the nominee list before coming. Among those nominated for Best Supporting Actor, none were more impressive than Jiang Su.
His serious and perplexed tone left Jiang Su speechless.
“President Huo?” Although surprised, Xu Mocun, like Jiang Su, didn’t ask why Huo Qingyan was here.
Huo Qingyan nodded slightly in response.
Even after walking quite a distance, Xu Mocun turned back to look at Huo Qingyan.
“Susu, what’s the relationship between Huo Qingyan and Bai Mu?” Xu Mocun only knew the news circulating online and was clueless about the inside story.
Jiang Su thought for a moment. “It’s a long story. I’ll tell you when I have time.”
“Mm!” The award ceremony was the most important thing right now.
…
“Congratulations to Jiang Su for winning the Best Supporting Actor of the Year award!”
Crime and Fiend was a huge hit last year, and Jiang Su’s acting skills were obvious to all; the award was well-deserved.
After the ceremony ended, Jiang Su accepted an interview with the Crime and Fiend cast and crew.
During a break in the interview, Jiang Su looked around but didn’t see Huo Qingyan.
Since seeing him backstage at the beginning, he hadn’t seen him again.
After the interview, people from the crew surrounded Jiang Su to offer congratulations. Only Bai Mu was absent. Jiang Su wondered if he had left early out of fear because of Huo Qingyan’s appearance.
After parting ways with the crew, Jiang Su prepared to find Xu Mocun.
Taking out his phone, he saw a text message Xu Mocun had sent half an hour ago: “Susu, something happened at home, I have to go. I’ve asked Old Luo to give you the car keys.”
Before entering the ceremony, Xu Mocun had indeed taken a call from home, and his expression hadn’t been good.
When Jiang Su asked him about it then, he just said it was nothing and told Jiang Su to go in first.
As it turned out, Xu Mocun never came in.
“Teacher Jiang!”
Jiang Su turned around and saw it was Old Luo, whom Xu Mocun had mentioned in the text.
Old Luo was also a celebrity agent and had a good personal relationship with Xu Mocun, who often mentioned him to Jiang Su.
Old Luo hurriedly handed the car keys to Jiang Su. “Here are the keys. Congratulations on winning the award. I have something to do, see you later!”
Jiang Su took the keys. “Thanks.”
Jiang Su took the elevator to the underground parking lot alone.
When the elevator doors opened and Jiang Su walked out, he heard a few people entering the elevator whispering, “I heard someone was stabbed with a knife in the parking lot just now.”
“Really? Then why didn’t we see any police?”
“Yeah…”
The conversation was cut off by the closing elevator doors.
Jiang Su looked toward the parking lot. It was very quiet, not at all like a stabbing incident had occurred.
Maybe those people were just spreading hearsay.
Jiang Su got into the car. While starting the engine, he called Xu Mocun.
But Xu Mocun’s phone was off.
Given Xu Mocun’s work, it was impossible for his phone to be out of battery.
Had he gotten on a plane so quickly?
Jiang Su hung up the phone. When he checked the rearview mirror, he saw bloodstains on the ground somewhere behind him.
After leaving the parking lot, Jiang Su called Xu Mocun again, but it was still off.
He felt something was wrong.
After thinking it over, Jiang Su decided to go back to the award ceremony venue.
But when he drove the car to the intersection and prepared to make a U-turn, he found that the car wouldn’t stop!
The brakes had failed!
After a brief moment of panic, Jiang Su quickly calmed down.
Methodically, he turned on the hazard lights and called the police.
The phone rang at that moment. Jiang Su glanced at it; it was Huo Qingyan calling.
He looked ahead again.
It was a downhill slope…
If heaven favored him, he might be lucky enough to stop the car. If he was unlucky…
Jiang Su answered the call and put it on speaker.
“Jiang Su.”
The familiar, deep voice tore open the calm Jiang Su was forcing himself to maintain, and panic instantly spread.
“Huo Qingyan, the brakes failed.” His clear, pleasant voice was gritty with panic.
Huo Qingyan’s voice remained calm and steady. “I know. I’m behind you. Don’t be afraid.”
Jiang Su looked in the rearview mirror and sure enough, he saw the car whose license plate number he could recite backward following him.
The original panic suddenly vanished.
In this moment, Jiang Su suddenly understood that there would never be another person like Huo Qingyan, who could make him feel stable and peaceful just by hearing his voice.
“Send someone to find Da Xu quickly. Da Xu might be in danger.” The car underwent regular maintenance; brake failure was definitely man-made. They must have snatched the keys from Da Xu.
“I’ve already sent someone to look.”
“Thank you.”
Downhill, the speed increased. Jiang Su held his breath, afraid to breathe loudly.
Huo Qingyan seemed to sense Jiang Su’s nervousness and continued talking to him.
“I know you don’t want to hear it, but I still want to say sorry to you again.”
“You…”
Jiang Su started to speak but was interrupted by Huo Qingyan.
“I’m actually not as formidable as you imagine, especially when facing Huo Zhenheng. I was most incompetent then. Living under his control for years, I was like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bowstring. I couldn’t think calmly about anything related to him. That night at the Hot Spring Villa was the same. I didn’t care whether Lin Siyue lived or died. I thought at the time, you and Huo Zhenheng had joined forces, so it didn’t matter if I lived or not. I might as well strangle you first, and then go with you…”
He had indeed thought that way at the time. Even Jiang Su had betrayed him, so living didn’t matter anymore. He might as well just die together.
But later, he couldn’t bring himself to do it, nor did he dare to stay any longer, afraid that he would really kill Jiang Su, and even more afraid that Jiang Su would discover his incompetence and cowardice. So before leaving, he acted high and mighty, leaving behind cruel words about making Jiang Su be buried with Lin Siyue.
Clearly, the one whose life was in danger was Jiang Su, yet Huo Qingyan sounded like he was delivering his last words.
What was even more infuriating was what Huo Qingyan said.
“Are you fucking asking me to thank you for sparing my life?”
After saying this, Jiang Su’s gaze hardened.
The car was nearing the end of the road.
At the end was Qingjiang Road, bordering the river. A slight mishap would send the car flying into the water.
Huo Qingyan, following behind him, also knew the road conditions ahead and didn’t speak again.
Jiang Su carefully turned the steering wheel, looking like he would be able to make the turn safely.
But a van rushed straight at him.
Jiang Su instinctively swerved to avoid it.
Huo Qingyan’s panicked shout came through the phone: “Jiang Su! What are you doing!”
Under normal circumstances, he could have avoided it, but now the brakes had failed.
Jiang Su’s car completely lost control and rushed straight toward the river.
He vaguely remembered a pile-up a few years ago where ten people in two cars fell into the river, with no survivors.
He slowly closed his eyes.
He was actually somewhat unwilling.
Clang!
The massive sound of heavy objects colliding made his ears ache.
Jiang Su opened his eyes. That familiar Rolls-Royce was pressed against the front of his car, forcibly holding it back.
The call hadn’t ended, and Huo Qingyan’s voice sounded from the phone again.
“Get out of the car!”
Jiang Su grabbed his phone and scrambled out of the car.
“Huo Qingyan, can you get out? Tell me what to do?”
He stood in front of Huo Qingyan’s car, his mind blank. “Don’t be silent! You’re so smart, think of something!”
Through the windshield, Jiang Su saw Huo Qingyan smiling.
“Jiang Su, I am a selfish and despicable person. The most fortunate thing is that I was once loved by you. The most unfortunate thing is that I lost you in the end.”
Before the echo of the last word could fade, a car rushed over and slammed into Jiang Su’s car.
Accompanied by a loud bang, Huo Qingyan’s car fell into the river right before Jiang Su’s eyes.
Jiang Su turned his head and saw Bai Mu with a ferocious expression in that car.
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