Chapter 157: Main Story End
Jiang Su still went to the hospital every day to see Huo Qingyan.
When he went out in the morning wearing a long-sleeved shirt, Jiang Su felt a bit cold and realized it was already autumn.
He went back home and changed into a thicker white sweatshirt.
On the way, he encountered someone selling osmanthus branches, so he stopped the car and bought a bunch.
Because of this, when he arrived at the hospital, it was much later than usual.
When he pushed open the ward door, there was still a smile on Jiang Su’s face.
But after pushing the door open, the room was empty and in a mess.
“Mr. Jiang!”
Jiang Su turned around and saw a bodyguard with a bruised and swollen face.
But Jiang Su couldn’t care less about the bodyguard’s injuries and asked in a low voice, “Where is he?”
The battered bodyguard looked extremely pitiful: “President Huo ran away. As soon as he woke up, he said he was going to write his graduation thesis and prepare to study abroad. We tried to stop him, but he said we were liars and beat us up.”
Jiang Su ignored the other information directly: “He’s awake?”
The bodyguard, probably feeling particularly aggrieved, explained again: “Yes, he beat us up and then ran away.”
Zhou Fu, who had received the news, also arrived.
“Mr. Jiang, where is President Huo? What exactly is going on?”
Jiang Su fell into deep thought. Huo Qingyan was thirty-two this year; what graduation thesis? What studying abroad?
At this moment, another bodyguard brought the doctor over.
The doctor already understood Huo Qingyan’s situation.
“Mr. Huo suffered a severe head injury, so partial memory loss is possible. Judging from Mr. Huo’s words, his memory seems to have returned to the year he was preparing to study abroad. How old was Mr. Huo that year?”
Jiang Su: “Twenty years old.”
The doctor said, “In other words, Mr. Huo might think he is only twenty years old right now.”
Jiang Su couldn’t quite digest this for a moment: “Let’s find him first.”
…
The Huo family’s old residence, the Qingyang Grand Hotel, the company…
They sent people to search all the places the twenty-year-old Huo Qingyan might go, but he wasn’t found anywhere.
“Mr. Jiang, where do you think President Huo would be?” Zhou Fu was anxious too. These past few months, he had been so busy managing the Huo Group alone that his hair was falling out; he needed to find President Huo quickly to get him back to work.
Jiang Su was anxious as well.
But he didn’t really understand the twenty-year-old Huo Qingyan.
Even if Huo Qingyan only had the memories of a twenty-year-old, with his brain, he should have realized the bodyguards weren’t lying to him after running out of the hospital.
Under these circumstances, where would Huo Qingyan go?
Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in Jiang Su’s mind: “I know where he is.”
Zhou Fu leaned in: “Where?”
Jiang Su wasn’t entirely sure either: “Let’s try our luck.”
…
Qingyang No. 12 Middle School.
Driving the car, Zhou Fu was a bit skeptical: “Would President Huo really come here?”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Zhou Fu raised his voice in surprise: “It’s President Huo!”
Jiang Su looked over and saw Huo Qingyan, wearing a hospital gown, standing at the window of the guard room asking about something.
When Zhou Fu turned to look at Jiang Su, he found that Jiang Su’s eyes were red.
Jiang Su chuckled: “Twelve years ago, I was in the eighth grade here.”
Zhou Fu was surprised at first, then showed a look of understanding.
“I’ll go over alone.”
Jiang Su got out of the car.
When he walked behind Huo Qingyan, Huo Qingyan didn’t notice him immediately.
Because Huo Qingyan was talking to the guard.
“His name is Jiang Su. He should be in the eighth grade.”
“I called and asked. There is no male student named Jiang Su in the eighth grade.”
“He’s very good-looking, very clean, with bright eyes. Anyone who has seen him would remember him immediately. Think again.”
Perhaps because Huo Qingyan’s tone was too certain, the guard really started thinking carefully again.
Having just recovered from a serious illness, Huo Qingyan had lost a lot of weight. Perhaps because his mental age had returned to twenty, his usual imposing aura had diminished somewhat.
Jiang Su felt sad for no reason.
He tilted his head back, covered his eyes with his hand, and took several deep breaths to calm his emotions.
Only then did he call out to him: “Huo Qingyan.”
Huo Qingyan turned around at the sound. The moment he saw Jiang Su clearly, astonishment flashed in his pitch-black eyes.
Jiang Su asked him, “Is the person you’re looking for me?”
Huo Qingyan stared at Jiang Su carefully for a long while before speaking to him.
“They said I’m already thirty-two this year. I didn’t believe it, so I came to ask you.”
“Why do you trust me so much?”
Jiang Su remembered that when Huo Qingyan was preparing to graduate and go abroad, they hadn’t known each other for long and had only met three times in total.
Except for the first time they met, when Huo Qingyan helped him out of trouble and they exchanged a couple of sentences, they hadn’t said a word to each other the other two times.
Huo Qingyan’s gaze remained locked tightly on Jiang Su.
“There was no one else.”
The twenty-year-old Huo Qingyan had no friends, his mother wasn’t by his side, and he hadn’t met Zhou Fu yet.
Compared to finding Huo Zhenheng to confirm the fact that he was thirty-two, he was more willing to find that beautiful child, Jiang Su, whom he had only met a few times.
But the fourteen-year-old Jiang Su in his memory now looked completely like an adult man.
His exquisite brows and eyes were as beautiful as they were at fourteen, and his gaze was as clear as it was at fourteen.
The twenty-six-year-old Jiang Su was no different from the fourteen-year-old Jiang Su in his memory.
Jiang Su definitely wouldn’t lie to him.
Whatever Jiang Su said, he would believe.
Jiang Su stood frozen in place. After a long while, he reached out his hand toward Huo Qingyan, realizing his voice was hoarse when he spoke.
“Let’s go home, and I’ll tell you slowly.”
Huo Qingyan looked at Jiang Su, then at Jiang Su’s outstretched hand, but didn’t take it immediately.
Jiang Su didn’t speak, maintaining the posture of reaching out and waiting.
He knew that Huo Qingyan at this time was very guarded.
But Huo Qingyan didn’t make him wait too long.
When Huo Qingyan placed his hand in Jiang Su’s, Jiang Su was actually a bit surprised.
He had actually prepared himself for Huo Qingyan not to reach out.
When Jiang Su turned around, he heard Huo Qingyan ask him, “Are we married?”
Jiang Su paused for a moment: “We’re divorced.”
Huo Qingyan was silent for a moment, then asked, “Is it because I did something wrong?”
Jiang Su couldn’t help but look at him: “Why do you say that?”
“I definitely wouldn’t have divorced you. It must be because I did something very excessive that you wanted to divorce me.” Huo Qingyan’s tone was exceptionally certain.
Smart as Huo Qingyan was, even with a missing segment of memory, he could accurately deduce this conclusion.
Jiang Su continued walking forward.
“You did do some things wrong, but I’ve forgiven you now.”
“You shouldn’t have forgiven me.”
“Why?”
“Being too soft-hearted leads to being taken advantage of.”
This sounded familiar. Jiang Su remembered that Huo Qingyan had said something similar to him when they first met.
A smile curled on Jiang Su’s lips: “I wasn’t taken advantage of. You gave me fifty-five percent of the Huo Group’s shares.”
After saying that, he stopped and looked at Huo Qingyan leisurely, wanting to see his reaction.
Huo Qingyan’s eyes showed no trace of surprise; instead, he spoke in a matter-of-fact tone: “Those shares are probably the most presentable thing I could offer, but you don’t lack money, so you didn’t really gain anything.”
The smile on Jiang Su’s lips gradually faded.
Compared to the indifferent and selfish Huo Qingyan later on, this “twenty-year-old” Huo Qingyan before him could simply be described as considerate.
Seeing the smile disappear from Jiang Su’s face, Huo Qingyan felt he had said something wrong.
He pursed his lips tightly, frowned in thought for a moment, and said very sincerely, “If you don’t mind, I can help you manage the Huo Group in the future. No salary needed.”
This was the only thing he could think of to help Jiang Su right now.
After a long time, Jiang Su’s smiling voice slowly sounded.
“Okay.”
[Main Story End]
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