After Giving Up, My Rich Ex-Husband Begged Me to Return CHAPTER 80
Chapter 80: Am I Going Crazy? You Know Best
Jiang Su had known Huo Qingyan for ten years.
He had never seen Huo Qingyan act humble or beg.
It was as if the word “please” didn’t exist in his dictionary.
After a brief moment of daze, he cleared the minion wave and went into the enemy jungle to rescue the trapped Huo Qingyan.
Huo Qingyan immediately possessed Jiang Su’s character. After Jiang Su managed to kill one of the opponents, he escaped with the severely injured Huo Qingyan.
Their teammates were fighting the Storm Dragon King in the river, so Jiang Su brought Huo Qingyan over to help.
The Storm Dragon King had a special grievous wound mechanic—anyone within its attack range would suffer grievous wounds.
As Jiang Su and Huo Qingyan arrived, they happened to be hit by the Storm Dragon King’s grievous wound effect.
The next second, a voice broadcast announced a teammate’s death.
Jiang Su instinctively asked, “Who died?”
Everyone was focused on fighting the dragon; no one saw any actual fighting happening.
As he looked up at the teammate icons, a familiar voice rang in his headset: “Me.”
Jiang Su: “……” He had already seen Yaoyao Princess’s icon dim.
Huo Qingyan: “Got slapped to death by the dragon.”
“Pfft—”
A teammate couldn’t help but laugh out loud but quickly stifled it.
Jiang Su: “……”
Did his curse come true?
Huo Qingyan had now completely ruined his reputation in this game.
He was definitely going to trend online and be mocked by the entire internet.
…
The match lasted nearly half an hour, but in the end, Jiang Su’s team won.
The winning team had to attend a post-match interview, which Jiang Su was aware of.
What he didn’t know was that key moments from the match would also be played back as recordings.
And clearly, the production team had no desire to survive—they chose to broadcast the moment when Jiang Su had said Huo Qingyan was “too bad and dragging me down.”
By the time they reached the interview area, the recording had already finished playing.
Jiang Su and Huo Qingyan walked up one after the other, and the camera framed them together. The audience burst into laughter.
Jiang Su: ……
Everyone else was having fun.
Only he was being publicly humiliated.
The host asked Jiang Su, “Did you enjoy playing the opening match today?”
Jiang Su, expressionless: “Yes.”
Audience: Hahahaha…
The host then asked Huo Qingyan, “Mr. Huo, what are your thoughts after the match?”
Huo Qingyan, with a calm and serious expression: “You really can get slapped to death by the dragon.”
Audience: Hahahaha…
The laughter was even louder than when Jiang Su answered.
Jiang Su shot Huo Qingyan a cold glance, his expression full of dissatisfaction.
Why was the audience laughing harder at Huo Qingyan’s response?
Was he not even funnier than this old-timer?
…
After the interview, Jiang Su and Huo Qingyan returned backstage.
Zhou Fu and Xu Mocun were already waiting at the exit, both with serious expressions.
Jiang Su took Xu Mocun and left directly.
Huo Qingyan’s gaze followed Jiang Su until his figure disappeared, then he turned to Zhou Fu.
Expressionless, he said, “Just laugh if you want to.”
Zhou Fu immediately lost his composure and let out a snort of laughter.
Huo Qingyan’s face stiffened slightly, but he kept a straight face and walked outside.
Zhou Fu quickly suppressed his laughter and caught up.
Lu Jue knew that both Jiang Su and Huo Qingyan were extremely busy and would leave immediately after the exhibition match, so he had been waiting at the entrance in advance.
After exchanging a few words with Lu Jue, Jiang Su walked while asking Xu Mocun, “Are we trending?”
“We are,” Xu Mocun, who was monitoring online reactions, replied.
Jiang Su took out his phone and, sure enough, saw trending topics related to Huo Qingyan on Weibo:
#Jiang Su called Huo Qingyan bad at the game# #Huo Qingyan got slapped to death by the dragon#
Jiang Su clicked on the latter topic.
He wanted to see how netizens were mocking Huo Qingyan.
【Hahaha, Huo Qingyan is so bad, he got killed by the dragon. This is hilarious—】 【Such a powerful man, yet he sucks at gaming. I find this strangely adorable!】 【He even called Jiang Su to save him while being chased. So cute!】 【At the start, Mr. Huo looked so calm and composed. It’s hard to believe he actually doesn’t know how to play at all, hahaha…】
Most of the comments were variations of “so funny” and “so cute.”
Jiang Su: ??
This wasn’t what he expected.
Huo Qingyan wasn’t being mocked—he was being praised as cute?
Jiang Su was too focused on reading the comments and slowed his pace.
Behind him, steady and powerful footsteps approached.
Even without looking, Jiang Su could tell it was Huo Qingyan just by the sound.
He turned around, and sure enough, it was Huo Qingyan.
With sharp features, a well-tailored suit, and an air of restrained elegance, he exuded an undeniable sharpness.
No matter how you looked at him, “cute” was the last word that came to mind.
Jiang Su withdrew his gaze and asked Xu Mocun, “Where’s my Sixth Brother?”
Xu Mocun replied, “He had to leave earlier for something. He said he’d treat you to a meal later.”
Jiang Su hummed in acknowledgment.
The competition venue was built on slightly elevated ground. Jiang Su was taking a side exit, and ahead, a steep flight of stairs led down to the parking lot.
On a flat area before the stairs, two kids were playing and roughhousing.
Jiang Su frowned and said, “Kids, this place is dangerous. Go play somewhere safer.”
Falling down such a high staircase would result in a broken leg or arm—at the very least, a fracture.
The kids were polite. “Got it, thank you, big brother.”
Jiang Su smiled.
Just as he turned to leave, he suddenly heard Huo Qingyan’s voice behind him—uncharacteristically flustered.
“Jiang Su!”
Before he could even turn around, he felt someone crash into him from behind.
It happened too fast for him to react. His whole body lurched forward.
A slender yet strong hand reached from behind, trying to grab him and pull him back, but it was already too late.
The owner of that hand was dragged down along with Jiang Su.
Zhou Fu and Xu Mo Cun’s voices rang out almost simultaneously.
“Su Su!”
“Mr. Huo!”
Huo Qingyan firmly held Jiang Su in his arms, and they rolled down the steps together.
Body memory allowed Jiang Su to quickly calm down after sensing the familiar presence.
“Huo Qingyan, what are you doing?!”
“Jiang Su, you know me best. Whether I’m going crazy, you know best.”
Even at this moment, Huo Qingyan remained calm.
As the words fell, they finally rolled to the flat ground at the bottom of the steps.
Upon landing, Jiang Su landed on top of Huo Qingyan.
He immediately looked up at Huo Qingyan.
Huo Qingyan still had an arm around his waist, and he quickly said two words: “Don’t move!”
Jiang Su thought Huo Qingyan was injured somewhere, so he obediently lay still on him: “Are you hurt anywhere?”
Huo Qingyan didn’t speak, but his gaze was dark as he looked down at him.
The next second, Jiang Su froze.
They were practically pressed together, able to quickly sense any change in the other’s body.
Jiang Su blushed and cursed: “Damn it, at a time like this, you…”
He couldn’t finish his curse.
Because…
His condition wasn’t any better than Huo Qingyan’s.
