Chapter 36

Afterwards, seemingly having found his confidence, Su Chen directly invited Su Fei to watch his stand-up comedy performance.

Romantic music began to play.

Su Chen watched her leave.

As he turned back to close the door.

He carried with him an unprecedented sense of confidence and elegance.

He thought that there was likely one more person in the world who held kindness and warmth for him.

Watching this scene.

All the viewers in the live stream could not help but boil over with excitement.

This is so obvious!

Following the rhythm of a movie, love is about to arrive!

And the worst outcome they feared most in their hearts did not happen!!

[Too good!! Poor little Arthur is finally going to be off the market!!]

[Su Fei, she really!! I'm crying to death!!]

[So gentle!! She discovered Arthur was following her but didn't suspect his motives at all!]

[Maybe she also felt Arthur's gentleness!]

[I guess Su Fei must be the one who finally leads Arthur out of the darkness!]

[She is Arthur's salvation!]

[This is the first time I've seen Arthur smile so happily, so confidently! It's like he's a different person!]

[If everyone were this gentle, I think Arthur wouldn't be as gloomy as he is now!]

Because of Su Fei's appearance and the budding of romance, the oppressive atmosphere in the live stream seemed to be swept away in this instant.

All the viewers were sincerely happy for Arthur and were blessing him.

And at the judges' table.

Zhang Laomou's expression was intriguing.

Regarding the overwhelming joy in the comments.

Zhang Laomou had a different opinion.

Clearly, Arthur's performance in the clip just now was completely different from before.

The Arthur just now was confident, elegant, and spoke eloquently in front of Su Fei.

And he easily possessed the sense of humor that his mother had always criticized him for lacking.

Su Fei also forgave him for following her with almost no suspicion.

Everything was happening exactly as Arthur had hoped.

This does not conform to common sense.

Or rather, even in a movie, it shouldn't be this smooth.

And the only reasonable explanation...

All of this is still Arthur's fantasy.

And the darkening of Arthur that the comments are worried about.

I'm afraid it is not far off.

As a ball is constantly squeezed, it is only a matter of time before it rebounds.

When all these beautiful fantasies are shattered, I fear the Joker will fall into the most thorough madness.

Zhang Laomou rubbed his chin, staring at the screen in a daze.

It was as if because of Su Fei's appearance.

The atmosphere gradually became brighter.

"If you're happy and you know it, wiggle your ears~"

"If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet~"

"If you're happy and you know it~"

"If you're happy and you know it, show it!"

Amidst the cheerful music, Su Chen, dressed as a clown and wearing a white lab coat, appeared in the hospital ward.

The ward was filled with hospitalized children and the nurses accompanying them.

They were laughing happily while watching Su Chen's dance.

And this scene made countless viewers feel warmth from the bottom of their hearts.

This is the meaning of a clown's performance!

To bring laughter and joy to others through witty and humorous performances.

And clearly, feeling the joy he brought to others.

Su Chen's dance steps became more energetic and more engaged.

But.

Fate will always give you a surprise at the most critical moment.

Accompanied by a soft sound.

A black revolver fell to the ground.

Although Su Chen quickly picked it up, and the children around did not react.

But the doctors and nurses in the ward were not fools.

The crisp sound of the metal hitting the floor.

Clearly... this was a real gun.

At this moment.

Not just Su Chen.

The hearts of all the viewers also suddenly sank.

They could not imagine what serious consequences this would bring.

Usually, even if Su Chen didn't make any mistakes or blunders, he would still be exploited and bullied by society and his capitalist boss.

And now.

Su Chen had clearly made a big mistake.

A mistake enough to ruin him completely!

Inside the phone booth.

Facing the boss's ruthless decision to fire him.

Su Chen pleaded, trying to use explanations to save it all.

"It's a prop! It's part of my performance!"

"Bullshit! What kind of clown brings a gun to a children's hospital?!"

The boss's voice was even angrier than before; clearly, his point of anger was not that Su Chen brought a gun and made a mistake.

It was that someone like Su Chen actually dared to use lies to fool him!

"And, Randall told me you asked him to buy a gun last week."

Instantly!

The boss's words were like a bolt from the blue, shattering Su Chen's persistence.

Su Chen's face, painted with clown makeup, froze.

Clearly somewhat incredulous.

Randall....

And likewise.

Shocked by the boss's words.

Were all the viewers behind the screen!

[Randall said... Arthur asked him to buy a gun?!]

[This... why would he say that?! This gun was clearly a gift from him!]

[Isn't Randall that colleague who was pretty good to Arthur??]

[This is clearly a frame-up!]

[They were clearly friends, colleagues... why treat Arthur like this??]

[I thought he was a good person before... but I didn't expect...]

[The mother's kindness to Arthur carried denial. Randall's kindness to Arthur was fake.]

[If I were Arthur, I'm afraid I would have gone crazy by now...]

Countless viewers in the live stream were accusing all of this, both angrily and powerlessly.

The whole world where Su Chen lived seemed to be gray and desperate!

He clearly hadn't provoked anyone or done anything wrong, yet he could never get fair treatment!

The colleague he originally thought was kind had stabbed him in the back.

The viewers experienced all these misfortunes, sorrows, discrimination, and exclusion in life along with Su Chen.

They felt they had been suppressed to the limit!

All the viewers also needed an outlet!

As the phone on the other end was rudely hung up, a busy signal came through.

Su Chen let his hand drop powerlessly, closed his eyes, suppressed and in extreme pain.

The various misfortunes of this period flooded his heart.

The bullying by thugs, the carelessness of social workers and doctors, the boss's harshness and exclusion, the misunderstanding on the bus, the mother's denial....

Even the kindness he thought his colleague had conveyed.

He didn't expect it to be just hypocrisy and the subsequent frame-up...

The grievance and anger that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time surged up at this moment.

Bang!!

Su Chen's head slammed into the glass of the phone booth!

Accompanied by a crisp sound.

Spiderweb-like cracks spread across the glass!

On the dim street, darkness slowly swallowed everything.

And behind the cracks, the clown's face seemed to show traces of shattering!

Did something seem about to break out of its cocoon?

That unsettling background music played accordingly!

— Author's Notes —

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