Chapter 493

Chapter 493 Let Me Thank You

In fact, Su Rui could have handled this alone, but since Su Chiyan was right there beside him, he couldn’t be bothered to take the lead.

Of course, that was the reason he told himself. As for his true motive, who could say.

Su Chiyan sat in the passenger seat. She hadn’t even done a simple wash-up after getting out of bed, yet she still carried a distinctive kind of charm.

A beauty is a beauty — in certain ways, they always have a natural advantage.

“I also think this is something you could handle on your own. Whether I come or not makes no difference.” Su Chiyan said lightly, her meaning unmistakable.

In her view, Su Rui possessed a level of cunning and calculation completely at odds with his age — perhaps very much like their grandfather in that regard. He was absolutely the type to think three moves ahead, and asking her along this time was definitely not as simple as just being too lazy to act himself.

“I’m not as all-powerful as you imagine. I’m just an ordinary person — nowhere near the third-generation young miss of the Su family.” Su Rui curled his lips. Perhaps due to their personalities, he and Su Chiyan had developed a surprisingly natural familiarity with each other.

“I’m the third-generation young miss of the Su family, and you’re the second-generation eldest son.”

Of course, Su Chiyan didn’t dare say that out loud — who knew what outrageous thing this madman Su Rui might do!

If Su Rui’s true identity were ever revealed, both Bai Qinchuan and Ouyang Xinghai would have to greet him as “Uncle Rui”!

In truth, Su Chiyan was deeply impressed by Su Rui’s personal magnetism. Despite holding a top-tier identity known to only a handful of people, he had relied purely on iron willpower and boundless ability to transform himself from a grassroots commoner into someone no young heir of any capital family dared to look down on.

Even after he killed several scoundrels from major families in a fit of rage, top figures from the State Security Bureau, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the military and other elite institutions had come forward one after another to vouch for him. That kind of face was simply extraordinary.

…………

Outside the concert venue, a large crowd of fans had already gathered. They had come to watch Landor’s rehearsal, never expecting that their idol wouldn’t even be able to get through the stadium gates.

“I’ve already said it — this line maintenance is an emergency situation. We don’t know how many days it’ll last. Stop crowding around here and disperse!” The head of security waved his hand with an impatient look, his gesture like shooing away flies.

“We’re here to see Landor — you guards get out of the way!”

“What gives you the right to keep us out? This is a public facility — what you’re doing is illegal!”

“I don’t care, we’re getting an explanation today no matter what!”

The fans on the scene were furious. Even Cao Tianping was among them. As the president of the Ninghai fan club, he never imagined that Tang Ni Landor’s first commercial performance in China would run into something like this.

The situation left all of them, as fans, feeling utterly humiliated.

Watching those security guards strutting around with smug, self-satisfied looks, Cao Tianping wanted nothing more than to charge forward and tear those insufferable faces apart.

“We protest, we protest! This behavior is completely unreasonable! We firmly oppose it!” Cao Tianping never went anywhere without his little megaphone, and he led the fan club in round after round of chanting.

“Protest my ass. You want me to make you bleed right now? You fat slob!” The head of security walked up to Cao Tianping, pointed his rubber baton at the man’s nose, and said, “You think you’re something, fat boy?”

“Go screw your whole family!”

Being jabbed in the face like that would make even the most patient person snap, let alone Cao Tianping, who had already been bottling up a bellyful of frustration over the whole Landor situation.

In that moment, his usual timid nature vanished completely. He balled up his chubby fist and landed a solid punch square on the security chief’s face.

Thud!

A dull impact, and blood immediately bloomed across the security chief’s nose.

“You actually dare hit me? You’ve got some nerve!”

The security chief froze for a moment, wiped a handful of blood from his face, and then swung his rubber baton furiously at Cao Tianping’s head.

But before the baton could reach its target, a rain of fists was already falling on him from every direction.

Led by the fearless president Cao Tianping, the fan club members had finally reached their breaking point. They were going to stand together and defend their idol’s legitimate rights. They were going to ensure Tang Ni Landor’s concert in China went ahead without a hitch.

The crowd surged in and then scattered, leaving the security chief lying on the ground covered in blood.

“Landor, let’s go in!”

Cao Tianping charged ahead with his megaphone. Faced with such a massive crowd, the handful of remaining guards didn’t dare block anyone. The stadium gates were kicked open, and the fan club swarmed in, instantly flooding the entrance.

Hathaway saw that a fight had broken out and couldn’t help feeling uneasy: “Is this really okay?”

Landor stepped out of the vehicle with an easy stride and smiled slightly: “Let’s start the rehearsal.”

With her saying that, Hathaway had no grounds to object, and could only have the bodyguards surround Landor to keep her safe.

“Thank you all for everything you’ve done for me.”

Landor walked forward, waving to the fans as she went.

Her words set off a collective wave of excitement among the fans. Their actions had finally been acknowledged by their idol, and Cao Tianping and the others were overwhelmed with emotion.

“What do we do now?”

The remaining guards looked at each other helplessly. Staring at their bloodied, bruised security chief, they were completely at a loss.

“Call the supervisor — what are you standing there for? If the higher-ups blame us for this, we’re all out of a job!”

“First lock the gates. Nobody who went in gets to leave!”

It seemed there were a few tough ones among these guards after all.

…………

By the time Su Rui and Su Chiyan’s car arrived at the stadium entrance, the gates were still firmly shut.

But from inside came the thunderous sound of music, deafeningly loud.

“Looks like the problem’s already been sorted out?”

Su Rui and Su Chiyan exchanged a glance, then stepped forward together. However, the moment they reached the entrance, they were stopped.

“We have orders — no one is allowed in!” a guard said sternly.

“Where are these orders? Is there a written document?” Su Chiyan shot back coldly.

“Verbal orders!” The guard was perfectly self-righteous about it.

“Then how did the people inside get in?” Su Rui raised an eyebrow.

“They assaulted our head of security. The police and our supervisors are already on their way. The gates are locked — not one of them is getting out.”

“So what if we want to get in right now?”

Su Rui narrowed his eyes slightly at those words, fixing his gaze on the guard in front of him.

“Not allowed! Nobody gets in!” The guard gave a vague swing of his rubber baton. “You want in? Ask this baton of mine first!”

It was just one man and one woman — with several guards on his side, stopping them would be no problem.

“You really call that thing a baton? You sure know how to flatter yourself.”

Su Rui let out a light laugh. Without any visible movement, the baton in the guard’s hand had already changed ownership.

The guard stood there stunned. He hadn’t seen a thing — the baton had simply appeared in Su Rui’s hand.

“Now will you step aside?”

Su Rui extended his right hand and drove the tip of the rubber baton hard into the guard’s chest.

“Move or not?”

The jab nearly knocked the wind out of the guard, sending him stumbling back several steps.

“Brothers, he attacked first — everyone get him!” The guy clutched his chest and started rallying the others.

The five or six other guards closed in from all sides. They looked like rough characters too — the kind who had clearly been in plenty of street trouble and knew how to fight. On top of that, they’d already been seething after getting pushed around by Landor’s fans, and now they were ready to take it all out on Su Rui and Su Chiyan.

“Which eye of yours saw me hit you?”

Su Rui stepped forward, placing himself in front of Su Chiyan. He released the rubber baton, sending it spinning violently through the air before it came crashing down squarely between the first guard’s legs.

Thud!

That dull impact made the guard’s legs clamp together instantly. He clutched his crotch and collapsed to the ground screaming.

At the same time, Su Rui blocked an incoming arm with one hand and swept his foot upward, landing it perfectly between the next man’s legs.

Another one down.

Just the simplest punches and kicks, and these men were completely out of the fight.

Su Rui dusted off his hands and said to Su Chiyan, “Let’s go.”

With that, he stepped right over them and walked away. The men curled up on the ground clutching themselves, utterly powerless to stop him.

Su Chiyan’s eyes showed a look of helplessness… This guy was clearly capable of handling everything on his own. So why had he insisted on dragging her along? What on earth was his reason?

Even for a rehearsal, the atmosphere was lively. Over a hundred die-hard fans filled the vast stadium, looking so small in that enormous space — yet somehow, that only made their enthusiasm burn even higher.

Landor was fully committed. She stood on stage in a semi-sheer dress, her snow-white skin faintly visible beneath the fabric, breathtakingly beautiful and endlessly captivating.

At this moment, the song she was performing was called “Let Me Thank You” — the track that had made her name in the music world, written and composed by herself. Though in truth, it was the only song Landor had ever written in all her years in the industry.

Whenever she sang this song, she would enter a state of pure, ethereal calm that seemed completely at odds with her alluring, sensual appearance — yet somehow created a harmony that was impossible to put into words.

Down below the stage, Cao Tianping led the fans, and nearly every one of them was on the verge of tears.

As die-hard fans, this was the song they loved most about Landor, because they all believed she had written it for her fans, and the lyrics were filled with an uplifting spirit.

Let me thank you, for the beautiful gifts you gave me.

Let me thank you, for the gentle and soothing words you gave me.

Let me thank you, for the fleeting joy you gave me.

…………

“I feel like Landor wrote this song for a man. What do you think?”

In a corner of the stadium stands, Su Chiyan and Su Rui sat side by side. Su Chiyan nudged his arm and said.

“Maybe so.” Su Rui rubbed his chin with his right hand, looking somewhat uneasy.

“Not maybe — definitely.” Su Chiyan said. “I’m a woman. I understand a woman’s feelings better than anyone.”

“Women are all gossips with nothing interesting to say.” Su Rui curled his lips.

“Then try going without women.” Su Chiyan curled her lips right back… Bickering with her little uncle like this felt a little strange to her.

Up on stage, Tang Ni Landor had reached the climax of the song, and the fans below began singing along in unison. Even for a rehearsal, the energy was electric.

But just as everyone was lost in that indescribable atmosphere, the music cut off abruptly, and every stage light went dark at once.