Chapter 51: All Misunderstandings
I was confused. Who would call me at this late hour? And this phone number was completely unfamiliar to me. I was sure I had never seen it before.
I pressed the answer button and said, "Hello, who is this?"
A woman's voice came from the phone: "Is this Mr. Tang Qian? I'm Xu Shu. I'm sorry to bother you so late, but I have a few questions in my mind and I want you to answer them for me. Is it convenient for you now?"
I was silent for a while and said, "I'm sorry, it's not convenient for me now."
"Oh? I'm really sorry, but after the party, I thought about it carefully and felt that I might have made a mistake between you and Jingjing. Can you give me two minutes to clarify?"
I sneered in my heart. Why didn't you think of asking for clarification at that time? Since you immediately determined that I was the kind of person who wanted to climb up the social ladder, and I was with Hua Jingjing just for her money, why should I pretend to be wrong now?
I think misunderstandings are not terrible, as long as they are explained clearly. What is terrible is her attitude of looking down on the poor and thinking that money can buy everything. I think this is what I dislike most about her. Although the explanation may make Xu Shu understand the truth, it is impossible to change her rich mentality of despising the working people and thinking that money is supreme.
She is still a big star who is admired by everyone! You should know that most of her admirers are ordinary people like me. On the stage, she said "I love you" to her fans, but at the same time she looked down on them in her heart. What's the point of telling such a hypocritical person the truth?
Besides, I have been insulted by her, and my self-esteem cannot let me forgive her. Even if she understands and apologizes to me, it can't make up for the harm she has done to me. I don't expect her to say sorry to me, I made a mistake. That's not what I want. What I want is respect! Equality!
Ever since she handed me the two checks and asked me to leave Hua Jingjing, her beautiful image in my mind was completely destroyed. I looked down on her from the bottom of my heart. What's the point of being rich? She only has money. What's the point of being famous? Her fame is given by others. Once others look down on her, she is nothing! Another thing, she is beautiful! But what's the point of being beautiful? A person with an ugly heart cannot be considered a beauty no matter how beautiful her face is. The beauty of a beauty also includes the beauty of the heart.
So I didn't want to explain anything to Xu Shu. I really didn't want to explain. Since you already think I'm dead, I would be humiliating myself if I tried to explain the situation to her and prove my innocence. Because it would only make her look down on me even more.
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through my mind, but one thing was certain, that is, I could not bear her insults anymore.
So I said, "I don't think there's much to say. Just go ask Hua Jingjing yourself. I have something else to do now, so I'll hang up first."
"Wait a minute! Please wait a minute!" Xu Shu said anxiously.
I endured it for a moment and didn't hang up the phone.
Xu Shu said: "Don't I have to return your scarf? Tell me a time and I'll give it back to you."
I deliberately made things difficult for her and said, "I want it now! Can you give it back to me?"
Xu Shu thought for a moment and said, "Where are you now? I'll send someone to take you there in an hour."
I happened to be at the intersection of Shangmao Street and saw a row of food stalls on the roadside. So I said, "One hour? Okay, I'm having a midnight snack at Shangmao Street now, please send someone to deliver it as soon as possible. There is a post office here, I'll wait at the door of the post office later."
Xu Shu said, "Okay, it's 11:47 now. I will deliver the scarf to you in exactly one hour." I didn't say anything else, hung up, and walked towards the roadside stall.
Considering that I had to wait for an hour, I didn't order any quick snacks like plain noodles or dumplings. I went into a barbecue shed and ordered grilled corn, grilled steamed buns, a few skewers of lamb, and a bowl of thick sweet corn porridge. I drank while waiting, since there was still an hour left, so I had plenty of time.
When I ate and drank enough and burped, I looked at the time and found that only forty-five minutes had passed. So I didn't leave in a hurry, but lit a cigarette and sat there to kill time.
Only five minutes had passed since I finished smoking a cigarette. I stood up, paid the bill, and slowly walked out of the barbecue shed and headed for the post office across the street. I thought to myself, "The person who returned my scarf a few minutes later must be the powerful Wang Bingzhang, right? Well, not necessarily. Who am I? He is the head of Xu Shu's bodyguards and a former captain of the army. How could he personally deliver a small scarf? Most likely, he thought highly of me by sending a random bodyguard."
I lit another cigarette and started smoking. It was too late, and Shangmao Street was a famous snack street. So there were not many cars passing by, and those who did were only there to eat. At about 12:46, I saw the lights of Jianguo Road flashing in the distance, and a car was speeding towards me at an unbelievable speed. It drove straight into Shangmao Street, and with a bang, it stopped in front of the post office.
I threw away the cigarette butt, leaned down, and went to see if it was someone sent by Xu Shu. But when the car door opened, Xu Shu, who was wearing a black leather jacket, stuck his head out and said to me, "Mr. Tang!"
I was surprised. Xu Shu, a big star, came in person in the middle of the night to return my things?
I asked, "Why are you here? Where are your things?"
Xu Shu smiled at first, then said seriously: "I'm sorry, I lied, I don't have the things now."
I was stunned for a moment, and then I started to get a little angry. If I hadn't seen Xu Shu coming out in person in the middle of the night to show his seriousness, I would have walked away immediately. It was too infuriating to tease someone like this!
Xu Shu saw my face change color and said hurriedly, "Because your scarf is at my parents' house, it's too far from here, and you need it right away. I have no choice but to say we will meet in an hour. In fact, I want to take you with me to get it, so that we can save time and have a chat. Do you think it's okay, Mr. Tang?"
I thought about it and said, "Why don't you ask your men to get it for me? Or ask them to take me to get it. I really can't afford for a big star like you to !"
Xu Shu said, "Because no one but me can enter my parents' house, and I put your scarf in my room, and I don't want others to rummage through it, so I had to come here in person. And I also want to talk to you, can you get in the car first? The door is open here, it's so cold."
I hesitated, not knowing whether to get in the car with her to get it. There was nothing to be afraid of in getting the scarf, I just didn't want her to ask me about Hua Jingjing. Since I didn't explain it at the time, I wouldn't do such a stupid thing afterwards and let Xu Shu look down on me in vain.
Seeing my hesitation, Xu Shu added, "My agent and I will fly to Hollywood for auditions and costume makeup tomorrow at noon. We don't know when we can come back. If you're not in a hurry, you don't have to go with me tonight. You have to wait until I come back from the United States. Can you wait?"
I sighed and thought to myself, "At worst I can just pretend to be dumb and say I know nothing. If you have the guts, just force me to speak." I made up my mind and got in the car.
Xu Shu smiled slightly. She looked me up and down and said, "Where's your expensive suit? Did you change it so soon?"
I smiled coldly and said, "Drive. I only want my own things back. I never want other people's things."
Xu Shu raised her eyebrows and stopped asking questions, saying, "Fasten your seat belt. The road is long and I want to drive fast." Xu Shu's car was a sports car that I had never seen before and whose name I couldn't pronounce. But I saw that the interior of the car was well-equipped and the shape was beautiful. Plus, Xu Shu was a big star, so I was afraid it was expensive. I reached out to fasten my seat belt and ignored her, pretending to close my eyes and rest.
The car started moving. The performance of this sports car is really great. After turning around and speeding at full speed, the interior of the car is completely stable and the engine only makes a slight sound. It looks no worse than a Ferrari.
The sports car turned a few streets and suddenly drove into Wuyi Road. At the speed of the car, we arrived near the stadium in a few minutes.
Xu Shu slowed down and stopped at the intersection of Tiyuguan Road and Wuyi Road. Looking at the familiar place, Xu Shu said softly, "I will never forget that snowy night when you carried me to the hospital. Since then, I have believed that you are an upright and kind person. I said that I would repay you."
I was moved when I saw this place. That night was a beautiful page in my memory. In my mind, Xu Shu was beautiful and lovely. But today, no! This beautiful page was completely destroyed by her last night. I couldn't help but say, "Your reward is to give me money and ask me to leave Hua Jingjing? Thank you! I can't afford this kind of reward!"
Xu Shu said, "I admit that it was a mistake to give you money at that time, because you gave me such a good impression. I always thought you were a man who was poor but not poor in spirit. Have you forgotten? You told me that you were going to be laid off, and I wanted to help you, but you refused. You also said that I was a grown man with hands and feet, how could I starve to death? I was very impressed and admired you. But last night I saw you dressed like a nouveau riche, and appeared at my birthday party with my best friend. To be honest, my good impression of you was completely destroyed at that time. I was very angry and disappointed. So I looked down on you and thought that you were actually a villain who was greedy for wealth and fame, so I gave you money and asked you to leave Jingjing. I don't want my best friend to be deceived by you."
I remained silent, but I listened carefully.
Xu Shu looked at me sincerely and said, "If you really accepted those two checks, I will despise you for the rest of my life. I will even ask my bodyguards to kick you out immediately and make you disappear from my sight forever. I will hate that I misjudged you, and I will... In short, I will be really angry. But fortunately you didn't take it, and what you said made me feel that something was fishy. After the banquet, I thought about it carefully for a long time. I don't think you are that kind of person. I am relieved that you don't want money. Mr. Tang, you are still the good person in my mind, right? I need an answer! I need you to tell me! So it's so late, I still have to come to you. I don't want that good person who was sweating profusely while carrying me on his back in the snowy night to be misunderstood by me. If it is true, I will never forgive myself for the rest of my life!"
Looking at her eager and sincere eyes, my hatred for her began to melt. If what Xu Shu said was true, then we all misunderstood each other. This misunderstanding is actually easy to resolve, but it was only because of my arrogance and self-esteem that I was reluctant to speak out. I couldn't help but think of my arrogance, which had hurt Qiu Jieqin. Was I wrong? Would arrogance and self-esteem really make many things impossible to resolve?
We heard the roar of motorcycles outside the car window. Five or six Prince motorcycles surrounded us. The riders were all young scooters. A bald boy whistled and said, "Wow! Lamborghini! Who the hell is so rich? Let me see!"
