Chapter 70
Su Xingyao had experienced the fire incident, which only attracted a small amount of attention when the program was broadcast.
After the entire live broadcast, the audience's attention was focused on Su Xingyao's bug and the dungeon game settings.
But Fu Qingyan couldn't calm down and kept thinking about this matter uncontrollably.
Why did Su Xingyao say those words?
When had he ever encountered a fire?
In that unknown fire...was he also injured by something?
If this really happened, why didn't he ever tell anyone about it?
And all the people around him who knew him didn't know about this...
One question after another filled Fu Qingyan's head.
Even he himself didn't know what was wrong with him, and why he kept worrying about these issues after accidentally hearing the news from the show.
Obviously, he is a person who has nothing to do with me...
He shouldn't pay so much attention to Su Xingyao.
Fu Qingyan lifted the quilt in annoyance and walked into the living room.
However, even though he understood rationally that it had nothing to do with him, he still suffered from insomnia because of this matter that had no cause at all.
Fu Qingyan took out two bottles of wine from the wine cellar and poured himself some.
Looking at the lights outside the window at night, he stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window for a long time.
Actually, it can be very simple, right?
They hadn't had much contact for a long time.
Perhaps Su Xingyao encountered the fire when she was studying abroad.
Or maybe what he was talking about was just a small fire that was not too serious.
No matter what, these could never be related to the fire six years ago.
Fu Qingyan raised the corners of his lips and laughed at himself.
In fact, there is no need for him to care so much about a remark made casually by such a heartless person on the show.
Fu Qingyan quickly drank the entire bottle of liquor.
Although he was making excuses for himself in his head, under the influence of alcohol, he couldn't help but lower his eyes and stared at the photo he was holding tightly in his hand.
That was the photo Su Xingyao took with him after his first audition in his life.
At that time, Director Liu's new drama was in the preparation stage.
In order to preserve the protagonist's youthfulness and purity, he gave up existing actors in the industry and tried to use an amateur as the protagonist for the first time.
After that, he began auditioning for the leading male role in several universities across the country.
When the other party was looking for the male protagonist, he was having a very bad relationship with his family.
In a fit of rage, his parents suspended all the cards in his name and ordered all his friends not to help him.
During that time, his friends were all persuading him to give in to his parents.
But Su Xingyao, the only one who knew how much he liked the role and how suitable he was for it, took the risk and submitted his resume for him.
After successfully getting the audition opportunity, Su Xingyao spent money to buy him a plane ticket to another province for an audition even though he was penniless.
And in order to give him courage, Su Xingyao, who had always been a top student in the eyes of the teacher, lied and skipped class for the first time...
Just for his illusory dream, the other party accompanied him on that journey without hesitation.
Fu Qingyan will never forget the content of the audition that day. It was the role of Bai Yueguang that made him famous in the entertainment industry.
But what he could not forget even more was
Under the dim street lights late at night, there is a figure quietly waiting for me in the snow.
Even after so many years, Fu Qingyan can still clearly feel how cold and biting the weather was at that time.
Because there were so many people auditioning that day, the staff was extremely strict with the candidates.
Except for those who have received the audition notice, no other persons are allowed to enter, including relatives and parents.
The temperature dropped suddenly that day and it was too cold, so he asked Su Xingyao to go back to the hotel and wait for news from him.
But who would have thought that a few hours later when he walked out of the building, the first thing he saw when he looked up was the thin figure waiting for him outside the building.
The wind was cold and the street lights made his shadow particularly long.
Su Xingyao, who was wearing a white down jacket, had her nose tip red from the cold.
And on his long eyelashes, there were some drops of water from melted ice and snow.
The person whose hands and feet were frozen stiff by the cold wind immediately waved his hand when he saw himself coming out.
In the warm yellow light, he smiled at himself.
It was a smile brighter than the summer sun.
Fu Qingyan looked at the other person's figure and stood there for a long time without moving.
He has always felt like a lone warrior when everyone was against his dream.
But at this moment, he suddenly realized that Su Xingyao, who had been silently supporting him, was the light that illuminated his way forward bravely.
"How about it?"
The shivering man ran towards him on the snow, his amber eyes fixed on him with a glimmer of hope in them.
After enduring for a moment, he replied, "The director told me to go home and wait for news."
After saying this, Fu Qingyan, who originally wanted to keep it a secret, felt his heart pounding when he saw the surprise in the person's eyes.
Faced with someone who cared about him so much, he simply couldn't hide anything from him.
So the next second, he told the other party the result of his guess.
“It played pretty well.”
"From what they said, if nothing unexpected happens... it should be safe."
This was the first time he told someone something with such certainty that he was not 100% sure of.
Then he also successfully saw the other person clapping happily in place.
Then, he was completely infected by the anticipation and joy in Su Xingyao's eyes.
After sharing the good news, Su Xingyao smiled and took out a cup of milk tea from her thick scarf.
When the milk tea was handed to Fu Qingyan, it was still warm.
Fu Qingyan didn't know how he did it in such a cold night.
All he heard was Su Xingyao saying to him, "Have a cup of milk tea to celebrate."
After saying this, the other party took out his cell phone and stood with him.
The two of them took a quick photo under the street light, with their backs to the building where they had just auditioned, laughing.
"Mr. Fu's first audition."
The mobile phone captured the joy of the two people at that moment forever.
And a long time later, when he was sure he had got the role, he finally asked the other person the question he had always wanted to ask but hadn't asked when he saw her outside.
——It’s so cold, why are you waiting for me outside the building?
Su Xingyao told him casually.
——Because I hope to share the joy with you as soon as possible.
At that time, he felt that the logic of this sentence seemed to be wrong.
Because no one can be sure that he will succeed in the audition.
Later, unable to sleep at night, he thought about this sentence over and over again before he realized what was wrong.
These words were said to him when he later became successful.
Correspondingly, if I failed the audition at that time.
Su Xingyao hoped that she would not have to face it alone in that windy and snowy night.
He will be with me firmly at the first moment.
Thinking back to the past, Fu Qingyan poured himself another glass of wine with difficulty.
The photo of the audition in his hand was given to him by Su Xingyao before the graduation trip.
Knowing that he would officially join the crew in a month, Su Xingyao found a shop to print out the photo of them and handed it to him.
"Future Film Emperor Fu, for the sake of our revolutionary friendship, please remember to sign for me first."
Fu Qingyan turned the photo over.
There is a signature on the back.
It was not the designed cursive font used today, but a name that was carefully written stroke by stroke.
In the middle of this signature, there is a long crack on the word "Qing" in Fu Qingyan's name.
This photo was torn in half by him six years ago.
Just like the rift between him and Su Xingyao that will never heal.
Fu Qingyan didn’t know how much he had drunk, nor did he know when he fell asleep.
In his dream, he slept restlessly and kept dreaming about the fire over and over again.
Lying on the bed, he was clearly aware of the raging fire burning around him.
But he was forced to stay where he was and unable to move.
The merciless fire was approaching, burning his body bit by bit, but his head was dizzy and he had no strength to resist.
Fu Qingyan warned himself not to fall asleep and to find a way to escape, otherwise he would die here.
He has not yet performed the new role, and his life has just begun...
Fu Qingyan's forehead was covered with cold sweat.
Even though he knew he was in a dream, the despair and reality of being on the verge of death and unable to do anything was overwhelming him.
As the fire approached, everything in the room began to burn.
He felt a dull pain in his left arm, and there was a sizzling sound as his skin and flesh were burned...
His clear mind told him over and over again that he was really going to die in this sea of fire...
With a "bang..." sound.
Just when Fu Qingyan was about to suffocate, he vaguely saw a figure bravely rushing in.
"Qingyan!"
The burning and falling decorations in the room kept falling in front of the opponent, hindering his progress.
However, the other party did not retreat. Instead, he ran towards him desperately, facing the raging fire.
Fu Qingyan, with a confused mind, tried hard to open his eyes, wanting to see clearly what the person who saved him looked like.
In his subconscious, it should be Shen Huaixi who broke in.
Because he remembered that the last figure he saw before he passed out was Shen Huaixi.
The sudden rescue from the sea of fire gave Fu Qingyan a strong hope and desire to survive.
So he tried to wake himself up.
Then he felt that the other person was using all his strength to carry him on his thin body, enduring the burns of the fire, and carrying him downstairs little by little.
In a daze, he felt a sense of weightlessness.
At this moment, his confused consciousness finally cleared up.
The moment his body fell, he opened his eyes.
Looking up from the bottom, he finally saw the face of his savior in the sea of fire.
It’s Su Xingyao!
Fu Qingyan suddenly woke up from his dream.
He was curled up on the sofa and fell asleep, already covered in cold sweat.
Although he had woken up from the dream, the last scene of his dream was still repeating in his mind.
Su Xingyao, it’s Su Xingyao.
The person who saved him in his dream was not Shen Huaixi, but Su Xingyao...
The light of morning sun shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto Fu Qingyan's face.
He lowered his head to glance at the broken photo that he had been pinching all night, and after a moment he took out his cell phone and called Shen Huaixi.
The call was quickly connected. Shen Huaixi was obviously still asleep and his tone was a little unhappy.
"Qingyan, what's the matter so early in the morning?"
Fu Qingyan didn't say anything.
The words that Qin Mingchuan had reminded him of suddenly flashed through his mind.
——Shen Huaixi is not as simple as you think.
Fu Qingyan calmed down instantly and gradually regained his senses.
Shen Huaixi waited for a few seconds but didn't hear the other party's voice. He frowned and was a little confused, "Why don't you say it..."
Hearing this, Fu Qingyan finally spoke, "I drank too much last night, and I accidentally dialed your number when I just woke up."
After saying that, he asked Shen Huaixi, "How was Director Zhang's audition on your end?"
Shen Huaixi was originally a little dissatisfied with Fu Qingyan's call that accidentally woke her up from her sweet dream.
But now, when he heard the other party mention the role he had found for him, his emotions instantly became excited.
"Thank you very much." He smiled sweetly, "The audition went well. If nothing goes wrong, I should be able to get the role."
Shen Huaixi’s words sounded familiar.
Fu Qingyan couldn't help but look down at the photo in his hand that he and Su Xingyao had taken during the audition.
Reality and memories begin to intertwine at this moment.
My heart skipped a beat, as if it had been stabbed by something.
Fu Qingyan suddenly realized that he couldn't empathize with Shen Huaixi's joy at all.
After a perfunctory congratulations, he hung up the phone, saying he was drunk and had a headache.
But after talking to Shen Huaixi on the phone, the scenes he had seen on the show before, where Su Xingyao downplayed and deliberately avoided the fire, kept appearing in his mind.
Although we haven't been in touch for a long time.
But he still knew with absolute certainty that the truth behind Su Xingyao's reaction on the show was definitely not as simple as he showed.
That was definitely not a simple and ordinary fire.
In the afternoon, Fu Qingyan made an appointment directly with Qin Mingchuan and Ban Yang.
After their last unpleasant parting, Fu Qingyan and Qin Mingchuan never contacted each other again.
When he made an appointment with Qin Mingchuan today, the other party didn't even want to answer his call.
It was only after he sent a message, saying what he wanted to ask Su Xingyao that the other party reluctantly agreed to meet in the afternoon.
Qin Mingchuan looked thinner than last time.
He sat opposite Fu Qingyan with a unhappy look on his face.
"Let me make this clear first. If you treat Xingyao the same way as last time, then we have nothing to talk about."
Fu Qingyan ignored Qin Mingchuan's warning and asked him directly.
"Do you know about the fire he talked about in his show?"
Qin Mingchuan had obviously also watched the live broadcast. He raised his eyebrows and shook his head helplessly, "I don't know."
He opened and closed the lighter in his hand, and sighed at the flame, "What happened at what time and place, I actually don't know anything."
So at the beginning, he really ignored Su Xingyao to the point of being completely invisible.
Just when Qin Mingchuan was worrying alone, Fu Qingyan, who had been silent all the time, took the lighter from his hand and asked him in a low voice.
"Where did Su Xingyao go after the fire six years ago?"
The lighter fell into Fu Qingyan's hand, and the burning flame deviated from its original position, burning his fingers.
He frowned slightly and stared at the faint light.
In the end, he still brought up the past that he least wanted to recall.
Qin Mingchuan looked at Fu Qingyan in disbelief.
The last time he talked about this past event, his attitude was intense and his resistance was obvious.
But it wasn't long before the other party came to ask him.
This is a very rare incident.
But because of this, Qin Mingchuan sensed something was wrong.
"Why do you ask that?"
Fu Qingyan shook his head, "Just asking."
Qin Mingchuan did not expose his duplicity. He remained silent for a few seconds before speaking again.
"I don't know where he went, but I tried to call him during that time, but the call didn't go through."
Fu Qingyan asked, "Then what?"
Qin Mingchuan waved his hands in regret when he remembered that he had actually ignored the other party afterwards, "There was nothing else, I can't remember it clearly."
I can’t remember…
Fu Qingyan raised his eyebrows and found that he was actually the same as Qin Mingchuan.
Things during that time always feel vague.
Many things are confusing.
This feeling is actually very strange.
It was as if something was deliberately pushing them and deliberately ignoring many details.
The two people who shared the same feeling fell silent, and the room was silent.
However, the atmosphere was quiet for only a few minutes when a loud and clear voice was heard in the private room.
"What's the wind that made Mr. Fu invite me to have afternoon tea today~"
Ban Yang pushed open the door with a smile, and became more energetic when he saw Qin Mingchuan was there.
"Oh, my dear Mr. Qin, my dear brother, I finally get to see you during this period of time."
He walked to Qin Mingchuan and said half-jokingly and half-complainingly, "You are such a busy man, now you don't play with us anymore, and you don't come out to the party anymore..."
"You've suddenly focused on your career. My mom has been complaining about me not doing my job properly since she heard about it..."
After Ben Yang talked for a long time like a chatterbox parrot, Qin Mingchuan just raised his chin at him indifferently and motioned him to sit down.
Seeing this situation, Benjen glanced back and forth between the two people, and suddenly realized that both of them did not look very well.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
Fu Qingyan didn't want to listen to his nonsense, so he asked him directly, "Ask you something about Su Xingyao."
Hearing this name, Ben Yang shuddered, "Why do all of you guys seem to be circling around Su Xingyao lately?"
As soon as Ban Yang finished speaking, Qin Mingchuan's expression instantly turned several shades worse.
He immediately changed his words wisely, "Boss Qin, I was just joking."
Benjen smiled helplessly, "You guys are more familiar with him than I am... In the past, all of you were closest to him."
After Ban Yang said this, Fu Qingyan's face turned even worse.
After realizing that he seemed to have said something he shouldn't have, he finally shut his mouth and said nothing.
However, Fu Qingyan deliberately ignored the other party's words, calmed himself down, and asked him in a deep voice.
“How did you know that Shen Huaixi saved me during the fire six years ago?”
Benjen answered without thinking, "That's what everyone says..."
Fu Qingyan frowned in dissatisfaction, "What did you say?"
What do you mean everyone says that?
With his eyes fixed on Ban Yang, Fu Qingyan corrected him almost word by word, "You clearly told me at the time that you saw Shen Huaixi saving me."
Qin Mingchuan also sensed something was wrong in these two sentences. He turned his head sharply to look at Ben Yang, "Didn't you see it with your own eyes?"
Benjen shook his head, then nodded.
“I saw it!”
Fu Qingyan's heart suddenly sank, and then he felt a little empty.
That dream was indeed just a dream.
"Can you speak in one breath..."
Before Fu Qingyan finished speaking, Ban Yang was busy explaining to himself.
"I'm not saying this halfway, how should I put this..."
He hammered the table in front of him, trying to recall the scene at that time and then said, "I did see it at that time, but what I saw was you and Shen Huaixi falling together."
Fu Qingyan and Qin Mingchuan suddenly came to him to ask about this matter. Although Ban Yang didn't know why, he knew it was very important from his reaction, so he stood up and acted out the scene for them.
He jogged straight out of the door and fell to the ground. "Didn't I faint right after I ran out? And I woke up once in the middle."
Ban Yang opened his eyes weakly and pointed to his right, "Then I saw you and Shen Huaixi lying side by side by the window."
"Later, when I woke up in the hospital, everyone said he saved you."
"When I opened my eyes, I saw you two lying together, so I naturally thought that he must have brought you out."
After hearing what Ban Yang said, Fu Qingyan clenched his hands.
He suppressed his anger and asked Benjen with gritted teeth, "So you didn't see him rescue me from the fire with your own eyes?"
Benjen nodded affirmatively, but also felt a little aggrieved.
"I fainted at that time, brother! I only opened one eye!"
With a loud bang.
Something suddenly collapsed in Fu Qingyan's world.
He had firmly believed in the fact for so many years...
The result is so ridiculous!
Didn’t see it with my own eyes!
Ban Yang didn't actually see Shen Huaixi save him with his own eyes! !
"Then why did you speak so confidently at that time?"
After a roar as if to vent his anger, veins bulged on Fu Qingyan's clenched fists, his breathing seemed to be sucked dry in an instant, and his eyes turned red with anger.
Fu Qingyan didn't know how he left the private room.
When he came to his senses, he sat in the driver's seat in a daze and found Su Xingyao's phone number.
Fu Qingyan felt that he was really stupid.
Six full years have passed.
It was not until today that he finally realized that he should ask Su Xingyao in person.
With trembling fingers, I pressed the familiar yet unfamiliar number.
My heart seemed to have forgotten to beat at this moment.
Fu Qingyan stared at the phone interface, waiting quietly.
After a few seconds of silence, the system prompt tone responded to his call.
——The number you dialed is unavailable.
The system prompt sound filled Fu Qingyan's mind.
He leaned weakly on the back of the chair, looking ahead blankly.
Su Xingyao's phone call...
He couldn't get through.
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