Sheng Xing Ze learned from Mi He Qiu that Hui Si Yong and his uncle made all the evidence public, and Hui Cheng was now being destroyed. Once he was being seen as an epitome of perfection in the audience's eyes, now the consequences of his image being ruined was quite miserable. By the time he has finished serving his time in prison, no one remembers he was once a film emperor.
Hui Si Yong chose a day that Yu Bai was not around to bring his parents to the ward.
"Brother Yu's eyes are always full of hostility every time I come over. I don't want my caring heart for Brother Sheng to be scared away by his eyes." Hui Si Yong's original words were like this.
Sheng Xing Ze told him that Yu Bai's eyes were the same no matter who he looked at, and Hui Si Yong's face with a smile inscrutable rejected this sentence.
Hui Hong Sheng -- Hui Si Yong's father -- was an older generation of domestic artists. He had not acted for a long time. Now he was focusing on teaching in the performing art school. It was said that his class is the most popular in the school. Every of his lectures would result in a crowded classroom.
Seeing Hui Hong Sheng himself, Sheng Xing Ze finally knew where Hui Si Yong's acting skill came from. With such a father teaching him at an early age, Hui Si Yong obviously had won others right from the starting line.
Mother Hui took the boiled fish soup from her husband and put it on the table as she greeted Sheng Xing Ze gently.
"Xing Xing, are you feeling better?" Mother Hui scooped a bowl of crucian carp soup and placed it in Sheng Xing Ze's hands. "Eat more soup to help your body recover."
"I'm much better now, thank you auntie."
Sheng Xing Ze looked at the milky and thick soup bowl, he made a crying face in his heart. This bowl of soup was like a bowl of poison from an old witch in his eyes, glowing in green aura as it called to him in a faint voice, "Come and swallow me."
Sheng Xing Ze really wanted to decline but he could not. He finally was able to convince Father Sheng to stop sending soup to him every day. Right when he thought he could eat something good, Hu Si Yong's family began to make it their job to deliver nutritious soup to him everyday.
He knew that it was their good intentions, and he could not say a word of refusal immediately. He picked up the spoon and started gulping down the soup without saying a word.
"Slow down, no one is going to take it away from you." Mother Hui was afraid that Sheng Xing Ze would choke on the food, and the patient with cracked bones cannot afford a violent cough, she could not help but to remind him when seeing he tried to swallow it down so quick, "If you like it, I'll scoop you another bowl."
Sheng Xing Ze gently refused Mother Hui's kindness. He did not want the taste to stay in his mouth for too long, that was why he finished it so fast, obviously he did not want another bowl.
Recalling the time that Yu Bai slowly fed him one spoon after another of soup into his mouth, it was a painful execution.
Sheng Xing Ze put the bowl aside, Mother Hui was sitting closest to him, and Hui Si Yong stood behind her.
After much consideration, Mother Hui slowly opened her mouth, "We came here today mainly to ask if you would like to see Hui Cheng with us."
She looked at Sheng Xing Ze's eyes, "We raised him for so many years, so going to visit him was the last sentiment that we can do. We want Hui Cheng to apologize to you. In this case, you are the most innocent victim. My husband and I are very sorry."
Mother Hui's voice was very gentle, she turned back to look at Hui Hong Sheng, the man nodded affirmatively.
"This scum Hui Cheng will never apologize, it's a waste of time for Brother Sheng to come, I think it's better for him to rest in bed..." Hui Si Yong interjected his dissatisfaction, but he was soon being glared at by Hui Hong Sheng, he then reluctantly shut up.
He only knew what Hui Cheng did to Sheng Xing Ze after listening to the recording that day.
If Brother Yu did not arrive in time, he had no idea what would happen to Brother Sheng.
Out of his own selfishness, he did not dare to tell his parents of such an incident. They felt guilty for having Sheng Xing Ze sustained an injury due to the accident. It would be worse if they knew that Sheng Xing Ze used himself as a bait to get Hui Cheng out of his hiding, the very reason for his injuries to get even more serious.
Sheng Xing Ze glanced at Hui Si Yong with a warning, then turned to nod and smiled at Mother Hui, "I can go, I also need to give them my testimony."
With a positive answer from Sheng Xing Ze, Mother Hui happily stood up and clapped, pulling Hui Hong Sheng out to grab a wheelchair.
Shen Xing Ze asked Hui Si Yong to hand over his phone on the table and skillfully dialed the first contact in the call log. The other party quickly answered, "Film Emperor Yu, Hui Si Yong's parents are taking me to see Hui Cheng, I'm leaving now."
"Wait for me at the hospital entrance, I'll take you." Yu Bai hung up after saying that.
Sheng Xing Ze heard Hui Si Yong whispering, "Brother Yu really likes to monitor your every move."
"I quite like being monitored by him." Sheng Xing Ze responded with a smile.
Sheng Xing Ze sat in a wheelchair arranged by the Hui parents and met up with Yu Bai at his personal nanny van [1] parking at the hospital entrance. These people did not listen to Sheng Xing Ze's request to get into the car himself as they tried to help him into the car.
The assistant drove slowly and steadily, and Yu Bai sat reading the script beside Sheng Xing Ze.
"Don't you have scenes to shoot today?" Sheng Xing Ze leaned over to ask him, Yu Bai had finished reading the last two pages of the script, and it seemed that they were close to finishing.
Yu Bai only said that recently the progress has been relatively smooth, and nothing else.
Hui Si Yong, who was sitting behind them, inadvertently listened to the conversation between the two people, and the expression on his face was quite indescribable.
He believed that if he said because Yu Bai wanted to have time to look after Sheng Xing Ze at the hospital and had forced the whole filming crew to speed up their progress with the male lead, he would definitely be killed by Yu Bai; a very miserable ending for him, he was sure.
Sheng Xing Ze won his rights to walk when he got out of the car, after leaving the wheelchair, he suddenly felt that he was several years younger.
A group of four people successfully got to meet with Hui Cheng. Compared with a few days ago, Hui Cheng looked a lot older, and the whole person was depressed.
Seeing them coming, he just glanced up indifferently and withdrew his gaze, as if seeing a group of strangers.
Hui Hong Sheng felt uncomfortable when seeing him in this state. He sighed softly, and his voice was dry, "Hui Cheng, I can proudly say that I've been treating you very well. I want to know what went through your mind when you want Si Yong's life, he...he is your younger brother."
Hui Cheng did not seem to hear it, staring blankly at the table without giving them a glance.
"Probably this would be the last time I'll talk to you in this way, having been your teacher for so many years, I would like for you to apologize to Xing Xing, after all he has no involvement in our affairs, it's wrong of you to drag him into this."
Hui Cheng said nothing, but his trembling fingers clearly showed that he was not calm at all.
Sheng Xing Ze noticed this little detail, and spoke with a careless smile, "I didn't expect you to be such a coward, you don't even have the courage to admit that you made a mistake. Are you even worthy of Mr. Hui's teaching for so many years?"
Sheng Xing Ze was right, Hui Cheng's out of control emotions were indeed related to Hui Hong Sheng. Upon hearing this sentence, Hui Cheng reacted for the first time.
Taking advantage of Hui Cheng's moment of looking up at him, Sheng Xing Ze quickly activated his ability. He wanted to know what Hui Cheng's attitude towards this family as a whole.
Hui Cheng, who was being influenced by Sheng Xing Ze, began to burst out emotionally. He rushed to Hui Hong Sheng with full emotion. If it was not for a layer of obstruction in the middle, he would have thrown himself onto Hui Hong Sheng. He looked at Hui Hong Sheng's eyes and his tone was desolate, "Teacher, do you remember what you said when you took me home?"
Hui Hong Sheng was shocked by his sudden movements. He did not wait for him to speak. Hui Cheng continued, "you said that it will always be my home, you and your wife are my parents. But when Hui Si Yong was born, you had forgotten this promise, all of your attention was on him. He grew up to be good looking and talented, and within a few years he will be able to obtain the results that I have worked so hard for so many years. Can you still proudly say that I'm your pride? In about two years or so, Hui Si Yong will achieve better results, he will be your greatest pride, and I will only be a failed student to you."
Hui Hong Sheng was stunned to hear this confession, "Why do you think so, you and Si Yong are two different people, and you take on different paths. I have never thought of comparing you with each other, it is my ultimate happiness to see that both of you have achieved good results..."
The two outsiders, Sheng Xing Ze and Yui Bai, quietly exited the room, leaving the space for the Hui family.
Hearing Hui Cheng's words, Sheng Xing Ze suddenly felt that he was not so hateful, and the saying of a pitiful man also has hateful sides could be applied here.
Hateful people also are pitiful.
He thought that Hui Cheng was jealous of Hui Si Yong because of his own talents, but he did not expect that Hui Cheng was afraid of losing his teacher. He was afraid that he was not good enough, he would be sorry for the teacher's teaching for so many years. Therefore, he chose to destroy Hui Si Yong, so that he would always be the teacher's most proud student.
To wrap it up, Hui Cheng is a pitiful man who longs for affection but takes the wrong path.
There was a lot on Sheng Xing Ze's mind, and he mechanically lowered his head behind Yu Bai and walked out of the police station. Yu Bai's footsteps suddenly stagnated, and Sheng Xing Ze bumped directly on his back.
Touching his slightly hurt nose, Sheng Xing Ze wanted to blame the other man, when Yu Bai took out a mask inside Sheng Xing Ze's pocket for him to wear, even put a cap on his head to cover him up.
Sheng Xing Ze then realized that he almost walked out without a disguise.
Yu Bai did not say it directly, but Sheng Xing Ze could still clearly see "stupid" written in the man's eyes.
He pulled onto the brim of the cap and followed Yu Bai into the car in disgrace.
Sitting in the car, Yu Bai held the script for a long time without turning a page. He looked up at Sheng Xing Ze's side face, a dignified look appeared on his face.
"What did you just do?" Yu Bai called out to Sheng Xing Ze who was looking out at the scenery.
Sheng Xing Ze got panic, and his first thought was Yu Bai had discovered his ability. When he thought about it, his activation ability did not have any clear movement other than the sudden emotion from the other party. Yu Bai was standing behind him, it was hard for the man to find out. He simply opened his big eyes and looked at the man innocently, "Look at the scenery?"
Yu Bai caught a flash of panic in the other's eyes, he suppressed the doubt in his heart.
"Never mind."
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Notes:
[1] nanny van - the kind of van is being used by Asian celebrities nowadays.