Chapter 92: Falling Out of Favor and Turning Against
Jiang Su unbuckled his seatbelt and was about to get out of the car.
Turning his head casually, he saw Huo Qingyan hadn’t moved. Thinking he was having trouble unbuckling his seatbelt, Jiang Su leaned over to help him. As he leaned over, Huo Qingyan lowered his eyes, gazing at his fluffy hair, and suddenly said, “Sometimes there is.”
“What is there?” Jiang Su didn’t immediately connect Huo Qingyan’s words to his previous question.
Huo Qingyan: “Guilt.”
Jiang Su froze: “…”
Normally, Huo Qingyan wouldn’t possibly pay attention to such a question from him.
Yet now, not only did Huo Qingyan answer, but he answered so seriously.
After a long while, Jiang Su managed to squeeze out a sentence: “Pretty honest, huh.”
Huo Qingyan neither confirmed nor denied it.
Jiang Su, lips pursed tightly, got out of the car.
…
The doctor examined Huo Qingyan and concluded that he needed another surgery. The previous surgery had involved using plates to fix the bone. Carrying Jiang Su out of the recording studio had already been the limit. Without another surgery, he really would need an amputation.
While Huo Qingyan was preparing for surgery, the accompanying nurse couldn’t help but quietly ask Jiang Su: “Mr. Jiang, there’s something I want to ask.”
Jiang Su: “What is it?”
The nurse glanced in the direction Huo Qingyan had left: “Mr. Huo’s pain perception…is it normal?”
Jiang Su was startled: “What’s wrong?”
The nurse was puzzled: “Logically speaking, a second injury to the arm should be very painful, but Mr. Huo seems like he doesn’t feel any pain…”
Before she could finish, the nurse was called away.
Jiang Su looked up at the door in front of him, slightly lost in thought.
Seeing him like this, Xu Mochun asked: “What did the nurse tell you?”
“Nothing.”
As soon as Jiang Su finished speaking, the door opened, and Huo Qingyan, changed into hospital clothes, came out.
The blue and white striped hospital gown made Huo Qingyan’s complexion appear even paler.
He said softly, “It’s getting late. Go back and rest. Zhou Fu is here.”
The show ended at ten o’clock. After all the commotion of getting from the recording studio to the hospital, it was almost midnight.
Jiang Su didn’t directly respond to his words: “They’re all waiting to operate on you, hurry up and go.”
After Huo Qingyan entered the operating room, Jiang Su said to Xu Mochun: “You go back. I’ll drive myself back after Huo Qingyan comes out.”
Xu Mochun shook his head, indicating that he wanted to wait with Jiang Su.
Jiang Su reminded him: “Didn’t you say you need to help me discuss a script tomorrow morning?”
After Jiang Su’s comeback, he had many invitations for commercial activities and variety shows, as well as acting roles, but the scripts were all mediocre.
He made a comeback to act, and basically didn’t take many variety shows or commercial activities; he didn’t lack the money.
He only took After Divorce, Are You Happy? because he had to.
After this variety show ended, he didn’t plan to take any more.
Xu Mochun had been looking for scripts for him lately.
“Okay, then I’ll go back first.”
After Xu Mochun left, only Zhou Fu and Jiang Su remained.
Zhou Fu sat down beside Jiang Su: “Mr. Jiang, would you like something to drink?”
Jiang Su shook his head.
Then, Jiang Su remembered the conversation he accidentally overheard between Huo Qingyan and Huo Zhenheng at the hospital, and turned to Zhou Fu: “Assistant Zhou…”
“Mr. Jiang, please feel free to speak.” Zhou Fu appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly wondered what could make Mr. Jiang look so hesitant.
Jiang Su pondered for a moment and asked: “These past few years, has Huo Qingyan gone abroad to see his mother?”
The Huo family was very low-key, and Huo Qingyan’s mother was also very low-key. He had only seen Huo Qingyan’s mother from afar at a banquet when he was very young. She seemed like a very gentle person.
Later, when he got to know Huo Qingyan, Huo Qingyan’s mother had already been living abroad with the Huo family patriarch for a long time, and he hadn’t seen her since.
Zhou Fu was the person who knew Huo Qingyan’s schedule best. If Huo Qingyan had gone abroad to visit his mother and grandfather, Zhou Fu would definitely know.
Zhou Fu thought for a moment and shook his head: “No, Mr. Huo only goes abroad for business trips. Why would Mr. Jiang suddenly ask this?”
Jiang Su leaned back, his tone casual: “I just suddenly remembered that after I married Huo Qingyan, he never took me to see his mother.”
Zhou Fu: “…”
Mr. Huo is really a master at playing both sides. Treating those close to him equally—neglecting Mr. Jiang while also neglecting his mother…
Jiang Su’s phone vibrated in his pocket.
The caller was very patient. By the time Jiang Su slowly took out his phone, the call hadn’t been disconnected.
Jiang Su looked at the unfamiliar number on the screen and answered the phone: “Hello?”
“Mr. Jiang.” A familiar voice came from the phone.
Jiang Su was a little surprised: “Bai Mu?”
Sensing the confusion in Jiang Su’s tone, Bai Mu explained: “I got your phone number from the program team.”
Feeling Zhou Fu looking at him, Jiang Su turned to glance at him before replying to Bai Mu: “So that’s how it is.”
Bai Mu asked again: “How is Mr. Huo doing?”
Jiang Su glanced in the direction of the operating room: “He’s fine.”
Bai Mu didn’t ask any more questions. After agreeing to add WeChat with Jiang Su, he ended the call.
As soon as the call ended, Jiang Su’s WeChat showed a new friend request.
It was a friend request from Bai Mu.
After adding him, Bai Mu sent a message: “Mr. Jiang, netizens have paired us up as a CP, [picture.jpg].”
Jiang Su opened the picture and found it was a screenshot of a trending topic on Weibo: Sumu CP.
Heh!
Pairing up as a CP, though late, it finally arrived.
He knew that these “shippers” wouldn’t let him and anyone he had contact with go.
Jiang Su exited WeChat and opened Weibo.
He had been too busy sending Huo Qingyan to the hospital to check Weibo.
After checking Weibo, he found several hot searches related to him:
#JiangSuHuoQingYanTenYearsOfKnowingEachOther#
#HuoQingYanGotDivorced#
#LoveHateRelationship#
#SumuCP#
#LinSiYueThirdParty#
Jiang Su clicked on the first few topics, all related to tonight’s show.
The last topic was full of people cursing Lin Siyue.
[I’m openly saying I’ve turned from a fan of Lin Siyue to a hater, and I’m turning against him! He has a deep friendship with Huo Qingyan, he must know Huo Qingyan was secretly married, yet he let the rumors between him and Huo Qingyan fly everywhere without clarification! I even suspect that the previous press releases about him and Huo Qingyan were all bought by himself!]
[It’s really hilarious, Jiang Su, who’s in the entertainment industry, hasn’t even used Huo Qingyan’s popularity, but Lin Siyue, a businessman, keeps getting press releases. How could they not be bought? Isn’t he just after Huo Qingyan’s connections and resources!]
[I’ve unfollowed him; I’m not going to turn against him. I’ve seen through Lin Siyue, he’s extremely hypocritical!]