Chapter 83
Su Xingyao turned around and saw endless pity and heartache in Lu Jiuxu's eyes.
Su Xingyao, who rarely receives empathy from others, suddenly could not suppress the grievances that she had carefully hidden in a small corner of her heart for many years.
But soon this emotion was blown away by Lu Jiuxu's gaze, as if by a warm breeze.
It seemed as if all the pain and memories of the past were blown away by the wind.
Su Xingyao walked to Lu Jiuxu with relief, gently raised her right hand, and smiled.
"Boss, my new album is about to start production, and Sister Xue asked me to go out and collect inspiration during this period of time."
Su Xingyao's curved eyes were as bright and beautiful as crescent moons. In her amber eyes, there was only the figure of Lu Jiuxu.
Regarding Wen Ningshu's intrusive harassment, if it had happened in the past, Su Xingyao felt that she would definitely say goodbye to Lu Jiuxu and ask to move out as soon as possible, so as to avoid him being disturbed by strangers many times because of her own affairs.
But the years here are too gentle.
So he couldn't bear to say the word "leave" after all.
So in the end, what Su Xingyao said to Lu Jiuxu was that he wanted to go collect folk songs.
"Does the boss approve?"
Su Xingyao asked the other party with a faint smile.
Lu Jiuxu looked at Su Xingyao, who was talking and laughing in front of him, without exposing what the other person was thinking.
His dark eyes met the smile in the night, and Lu Jiuxu pretended to be unintentional and said softly, "How long?"
"About three months."
Seeing the slender fingers of the person in front of him making a three sign towards him, Lu Jiuxu sighed, "The boss also wants to give himself a holiday."
Su Xingyao smiled brightly, "Boss, you are welcome to visit us anytime~"
*
The next day, Su Xingyao took Lu Jiuxu's special helicopter to his private island to collect folk songs and write songs.
At the same time, Qin Mingchuan, who had just finished handling official business abroad, finally learned some things about what happened between Su Xingyao and Fu Qingyan.
After the last unpleasant encounter, Qin Mingchuan, who had almost no contact with Fu Qingyan, went straight to the other's house.
At that time, Fu Qingyan, who was always handsome and well-dressed, was sitting on the edge of the bed with an untidy beard and completely disregarding his image.
The house was filled with the smell of alcohol, and Fu Qingyan was surrounded by more than a dozen wine bottles of various sizes.
Qin Mingchuan was shocked for a moment when he saw Fu Qingyan's thin and sloppy appearance.
But when he thought about the other party's repeated slander and disdain for Su Xingyao when they talked not long ago, he couldn't help but mock him.
"Mr. Fu, who are you acting this sad and sorrowful drama for?"
Facing Qin Mingchuan's ridicule, Fu Qingyan didn't even raise his eyelids. After replying with "get lost", he still closed his eyes and immersed himself in his own world.
Seeing Fu Qingyan's half-dead and miserable appearance, Qin Mingchuan not only did not feel relieved, but felt inexplicably even angrier.
He simply walked up to Fu Qingyan, squatted down and looked at him directly.
I saw the other person holding a spliced photo tightly with the hand that was not in a cast and placing it on his heart.
Qin Mingchuan had no sympathy for the patient and simply reached out and took the photo away.
Looking closely, it turned out to be the photo of Su Xingyao and Fu Qingyan during the audition.
Looking at the crack in the photo that had been repaired by Fu Qingyan, Qin Mingchuan's gaze couldn't help but fall on Su Xingyao, who was standing in the heavy snow with innocent eyes and a full smile on her face.
He curled his lips and mocked mercilessly again.
"I skipped classes to go to the audition with you on such a cold day, and waited for you outside in the freezing weather. How did Xingyao treat such a bastard who couldn't even tell the truth as his best friend?"
Qin Mingchuan spoke, running his fingers over the gap between the photos that had been pasted again, and whispered softly.
"What? You regretted tearing it up? Do you really think the crack will be gone after you repair it?"
Fu Qingyan, who had been in a very bad mood during this period, opened his eyes and stared gloomily at the person in front of him, then reached out to snatch the photo.
"You have so much free time to deliberately poke my pain point?"
Seeing the other party carefully put the photo on his lap, Qin Mingchuan did not try to snatch it away. Instead, he replied angrily, "Compared to the grievances Xingyao has suffered from you, this is nothing now."
Fu Qingyan moved his lips, but had nothing to refute.
Qin Mingchuan is right.
Compared to the anger and malice that Xingyao had endured for so many years, what Qin Mingchuan said to him was still too insignificant.
The tense and explosive conversation between Fu Qingyan and Qin Mingchuan suddenly stopped when Su Xingyao was mentioned.
The two people who felt guilty tacitly shut their mouths and stopped talking. They each took a bottle of wine and drank it sip by sip.
After a long while, Qin Mingchuan continued to speak.
"Tell me the truth, what happened to the fire?"
After Fu Qingyan brought up the fire incident again some time ago, Qin Mingchuan actually went to investigate and roughly knew what happened.
But at this moment he wanted to hear what Fu Qingyan had to say.
Fu Qingyan, who was already half drunk, was silent for a moment, and then he poured out all the guilt that had been weighing on his heart for a while.
"He rushed into the fire to save me after he came back from buying medicine for me and was seriously injured."
"He had a permanent scar on his back where his butterfly bone was from the fire."
"I saw it by accident last time. It was a big piece..."
"Xingyao almost died in the fire..."
Every word Fu Qingyan spoke felt like being tortured by a knife.
But he couldn't help but want to tell the truth.
Although he knew that Su Xingyao no longer needed the truth and apology.
But he was still immersed in this punishment, powerless and didn't know how to tell everyone everything Su Xingyao had endured for him.
Qin Mingchuan, who was listening to Fu Qingyan's intermittent description, couldn't help but swear after hearing with his own ears that Su Xingyao almost died.
"Fu Qingyan, you're a fucking bastard!"
He stood up and pulled up the listless Fu Qingyan, holding his collar tightly with both hands, veins bulging, and asked him harshly, "Fu Qingyan, you really deserve to die... Do you deserve him to be so devoted to you!"
"He risked his life to save you, but how have you treated him all these years!! How have you treated him!!"
Qin Mingchuan roared.
Fu Qingyan looked at the mad man in front of him, shook off his hand and fought back.
"Hasn't it been the same for you all these years?"
"Xingyao suffered so much damage, weren't you, Mr. Qin, also a helpful person?"
Fu Qingyan sneered, "How are you, Qin Mingchuan, better than me? What qualifications do you have to blame me?"
Fu Qingyan was already furious with Qin Mingchuan, and his words were no gentler than Qin Mingchuan's.
He sneered and raised his eyebrows, "Is it because you lose it that you know how to cherish it?"
"Or your belated affection that is cheaper than grass?"
The brothers who once had the deepest feelings for each other were now merciless and exposed each other's meanness and shamelessness to each other's face.
"Shut up!"
Qin Mingchuan angrily punched Fu Qingyan in the face.
This punch was thrown with great force, carrying almost all of Qin Mingchuan's anger.
Because he understood that this punch, which seemed to anger Fu Qingyan, was actually a hatred for his past self who had misunderstood and treated Su Xingyao coldly without any reason.
Fu Qingyan was stunned for a long time after being hit. After he came to his senses, he punched the other party back without any hesitation.
Then the two childhood friends, who had known each other so well that they wished they could wear the same pants, started fighting wildly on the ground like miserable dogs, without caring about their image.
The two men did not hold back their strength at all, nor did they care about their past friendship.
The two men fought each other until they had used up all their strength and collapsed to the ground exhausted.
The once dignified actor now looked unrecognizable with bruises all over his face.
The tall and handsome Mr. Qin was also covered in wounds, with not a single spot on his face intact.
I don't know when the sky darkened.
In the dark room, there was only the sound of two people's heavy breathing.
Suddenly, Su Xingyao's voice rang out.
It was the song "Sister" he sang on his last stage of "The Voice of China".
Qin Mingchuan didn't even have the strength to raise his hand to answer the phone. He could only stare at the ringing phone in the dark, listening to the lyrics, and mocking himself, "We've known each other for so many years, and I didn't even know Xingyao had a sister who passed away."
Fu Qingyan also curled the corner of his mouth.
"……Me too."
After that, the two looked at the ceiling in silence again.
They are both the same, and no one should stand on the moral high ground and accuse one of them of being unworthy.
After all, before losing her, none of them really understood Su Xingyao.
Just blindly accept the kindness and warmth shown to you by the other party, and never care about the other party.
*
After a fight with Fu Qingyan, Qin Mingchuan and the other party deleted each other's contact information.
After a period of time, he, like Wen Ningshu, found out the villa where Lu Jiuxu and Su Xingyao lived, and tried to find Su Xingyao many times.
But every time I tried, I came to nothing, and I couldn't even find any information about Su Xingyao.
Qin Mingchuan had never realized that missing someone could be so torturous.
After realizing his feelings, he read the chat history between him and Su Xingyao countless times, watched the movies that the other party had recommended to him, and played the songs that the other party had sung countless times.
He visited all the places they had been to together, and even went back alone to the school where they first met.
Sitting on the high wall between the two schools, looking at the empty podium of No. 1 Middle School, Qin Mingchuan recalled every little detail about the past between himself and Su Xingyao.
It seemed that by keeping such a beautiful memory, he and Su Xingyao could start over again.
But when he couldn't see the figure wherever he looked, Qin Mingchuan realized that he was just deceiving himself.
But understanding is one thing, but accepting it is difficult.
So when Qin Mingchuan learned that the auction house was going to sell one of S's latest paintings, he somehow arrived at the scene.
Qin Mingchuan was not interested in these works of art.
The reason why he participated in the auction was because Su Xingyao had given Wen Ningshu a painting on her birthday.
He still remembered that the author of the painting was S.
After all, this is Su Xingyao's favorite painter, so he will like him too.
There were many works being auctioned at the auction house. Qin Mingchuan was not interested in the paintings at the beginning, so he looked absent-minded and listless.
Just as he was looking down in boredom, he felt a slight noise behind him.
Qin Mingchuan casually raised his head and looked back, and suddenly came to his senses.
The person who just sat down in a low-key manner was Lu Jiuxu.
Rivals in love become extremely jealous when they meet.
Qin Mingchuan's eyes were fixed on the other person's face, and he almost went over to grab the other person's collar and ask where he had hidden Su Xingyao.
The man in casual clothes seemed not to notice Qin Mingchuan's gaze.
After a moment, the man who had originally lowered his eyes suddenly straightened up and looked at the auctioneer, and his expression became slightly different from before.
Seeing the changes in Lu Jiuxu, Qin Mingchuan's heated mind finally calmed down a little.
He turned sideways and found that the work the auctioneer was auctioning was S's latest painting, "Killer Whale", which he had been waiting for for a long time.
On the big screen behind the auctioneer, three baby killer whales were surrounding their mother killer whale in the blue sea.
The little killer whale's eyes were filled with joy at surviving a disaster.
The mother killer whale surrounded in the center had a loving look in her eyes.
This is a very heartwarming painting.
Although Qin Mingchuan was not interested, he could still feel the warm atmosphere from the expressions of the animals in the picture.
Qin Mingchuan's expression softened a lot, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
He finally understood why Xingyao liked S.
A gentle person like the other person would indeed like such a warm painting.
Soon, the filming started.
The starting price for "Killer Whale" is 3 million.
As soon as the auctioneer made the announcement, several buyers rushed to raise their bids.
Although S is not as famous or experienced as other painters, he is still sought after by many collectors among emerging painters for his unique style.
In addition, there are very few of his works circulating in the market for auction, so when new works finally come out this time, naturally many people are willing to collect them.
In less than two minutes, the painting was sold at a high price of 15 million.
This auction value is already a very high price for a young painter like S.
The auctioneer looked at the obviously slow pace of bidding and estimated that the price had almost reached its peak.
But his professional ethics still prompted him to ask everyone diligently.
"15 million at a time, are there any collectors willing to raise the price?"
"15 million twice..."
Just as the auctioneer was about to call out the third time, someone in the last row lazily made a number in the air.
The auctioneer looked at the other party's ear and couldn't help but shout excitedly, "20 million! Mr. No. 78 bids 20 million!"
This price made the collectors who originally thought they had escaped danger couldn't help but look back along the auctioneer's line of sight.
The person who made the bid was a young man who was dressed very modestly but was very handsome.
Qin Mingchuan, who was about to make a bid, also looked over.
He was originally a little confused as to why Lu Jiuxu appeared here at this time.
Unexpectedly, the other party also came to take pictures of S's paintings!
That’s right, the person who spent 20 million in one go was Lu Jiuxu.
After knowing that it was Lu Jiuxu who took the photo, Qin Mingchuan retracted his gaze on the other person, raised his sign and increased the amount by one million.
As soon as he raised the price, Lu Jiuxu remained calm and added another five million as if nothing had happened.
Qin Mingchuan looked over and found that the other party had no expression on his face and his expression was indifferent.
But the determination to get this painting was clearly shown.
Qin Mingchuan suddenly felt his blood boiling, and suddenly he didn't want Lu Jiuxu to get what he wanted.
So he also added five million.
In response to Qin Mingchuan's provocation, Lu Jiuxu continued to add without blinking an eye.
The more relaxed Lu Jiuxu appeared, the more angry Qin Mingchuan felt.
He was just arguing with the other party, and they kept raising the price again and again.
As a result, in the open and secret competition between the two, "Killer Whale" was auctioned for a price that had already exceeded everyone's original expectations.
The auctioneer looked at the two wealthy men's desperate prices, spitting with joy, and kept announcing the real-time price.
Those who were originally planning to join in the bidding, seeing the two young men spending huge sums of money lavishly and the outrageous price, decided to withdraw from the battlefield in shame.
Even Ban Yang, who had accompanied Qin Mingchuan to absorb the artistic atmosphere but had dozed off while listening to the auction, woke up directly because of the warm and weird atmosphere on the scene.
Seeing Qin Mingchuan arguing with someone over a painting with a stern face and acting like a madman, he was so scared that he woke up from his sleep and hurried out to persuade the other party.
"Oh, forget it, Mr. Qin. I've never seen you like these paintings or artworks before."
"Anyway, a layman like me doesn't understand how this painting is worth so much money. Why don't you just not add more money? Why don't you just take a picture of something else..."
As he spoke, Ban Yang looked towards Lu Jiuxu.
After seeing who the other party was, he quickly persuaded Qin Mingchuan in a low voice, "Boss Qin, did you see clearly that the person you were filming with was Lu Jiuxu? You didn't know that your uncle's family had business dealings with them, right?"
Qin Mingchuan didn't say anything.
Of course he knows.
But he just felt unhappy with Lu Jiuxu.
He was unhappy that this person took Su Xingyao racing, he was unhappy that he celebrated her birthday, he was unhappy that Su Xingyao called his name so softly backstage of the show, he was unhappy that he hid Su Xingyao!
Seeing that Qin Mingchuan was as stubborn as a donkey and didn't say anything, Ban Yang hurriedly spoke again. It was as if his Ren and Du meridians were suddenly opened. He asked the thief, "You took this picture because of Su Xingyao, right?"
Originally, Benjen just said this nonsense.
As a result, Qin Mingchuan's face changed and he immediately opened his eyes wide.
“No way! No way!!”
Benyan didn't expect that he had accidentally said the correct answer, and he was so speechless that he wanted to roll his eyes.
"I said, each of you..."
Qin Mingchuan knew what Ben Yang said next.
Suddenly, he shrank like a deflated ball.
He also felt that this was quite boring.
Like being sick.
Qin Mingchuan was interrupted by Ban Yang, and finally "Killer Whale" was filmed by Lu Jiuxu.
The auction price was 46 million.
After taking this picture, the disappointed Qin Mingchuan left the stage halfway.
He didn't know whether he was angry about not getting the chance to take the picture, or angry about losing to Lu Jiuxu again.
However, he did not expect that when he came out, he would accidentally meet Lu Jiuxu.
Looking at the other person's appearance, Qin Mingchuan suppressed the discomfort in his heart and took two steps forward.
"Mr. Lu."
Qin Mingchuan greeted her reluctantly and didn't plan to continue being polite. He wanted to directly inquire about Su Xingyao's whereabouts.
However, in response to his greeting, Lu Jiuxu didn't even raise his eyelids, as if he didn't know him at all, and passed him face to face.
Qin Mingchuan, who was ignored, just stopped where he was. Besides being angry, he also felt a sense of loss for some reason.
Thinking of Lu Jiuxu's move to withdraw halfway like him, something suddenly flashed through his mind.
So he quickly took out his cell phone and was about to enter Su Xingyao's name.
As a result, the term that was the most searched on Weibo suddenly appeared in front of him.
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