ALL NOVEL Chapter 54: Good Deeds Bring Good Returns
Chapter 54: Good Deeds Bring Good Returns
“What?”
Many people around heard Father Su’s shout, and since he was in the VIP front row, the judges in the first row heard it clearly too.
“Nonsense! This is China’s most prestigious piano competition – how could there be cheating!”
The speaker was Zhang Yitian. When he turned to look at Father Su, he saw Chu Hanting, and Chu Hanting saw him.
Wasn’t this the person who had helped Nanan at the hospital?
He looked carefully at the person on stage again – no wonder he seemed familiar, it was the person from yesterday.
After hearing the full story from his granddaughter, he thought: how could someone of such character cheat? Absolutely ridiculous!
Based on his good impression of Su Mu, Zhang Yitian spoke up in his defense.
“You can’t make accusations without proof! Spreading rumors is illegal.”
“Who says I don’t have proof? I’m Su Mu’s father – how could I not know if he cheated?”
Father Su’s words shocked everyone even more.
What a father-son relationship – selling out his son without hesitation, truly ‘heroic.’
People around looked at him like he was some strange creature.
Zhang Yitian’s mouth twitched involuntarily. He’d thought it was some troublemaker, but it turned out to be the boy’s own father, this was really…
Though others found Father Su’s behavior foolish, they began discussing it:
“If even his father is exposing him, it can’t be fake, right?”
“Yes! If this is true, this Su Mu must have terrible character!”
“Indeed, although the preliminaries were self-recorded videos on the honor system, nobody would dare to cheat. If this is proven, it’s a serious matter.”
“Yes, isn’t this ruining his own future? Sacrificing integrity for ranking, truly despicable behavior.”
Su Mu couldn’t hear the discussions from the stage, but he could guess their nature.
Chu Hanting, however, heard every attack on Su Mu clearly. Now he was grateful Su Mu was far enough away not to hear these insults.
Otherwise, how heartbroken and scared he would be.
“Hey, why did it suddenly get cold?”
A nearby companion nudged this person, using their other hand to point at the person sitting next to them.
*Hiss—*
The person immediately shut up and turned away, their companion also turning to the other side, not daring to look in Chu Hanting’s direction.
With a human cooling unit sitting next to them, how could it not be cold?
Good heavens, who was this big shot? Hadn’t that seat belonged to their other friend?
Their friend hadn’t come today, replaced by this walking freezer. It was terrifying.
Better not provoke him.
Chu Hanting’s dark aura was nearly materializing into ice magic attacks, his presence frigid to the extreme.
But Father Su, caught up in his heated moment, remained oblivious and continued his self-destructive path…
“Su Mu’s submitted video wasn’t his own performance – he used someone else’s.”
Just as Zhang Yitian was about to speak, another judge continued from Father Su’s words: “Since you’re his father, I believe you’re telling the truth. We should ask Su Mu to explain this.”
“Yes, Su Mu, go ahead. It’s alright, just tell the truth. Our competition committee never wrongly accuses innocent people,” Zhang Yitian encouraged the person on stage.
Su Mu put away his dark look toward Father Su and smiled politely at Zhang Yitian.
He hadn’t expected the grandfather of the little girl from yesterday to be a judge. What wonderful karma.
Indeed, good deeds bring good returns.
Su Mu’s lips curved up, his expression cool.
“He’s not my biological father. We cut ties some time ago, so his words aren’t reliable.”
The crowd was even more confused – how had this gone from a piano competition questioning possible cheating to a family drama?
The fickle crowd speculated: “Could it be that this father suddenly discovered his son wasn’t his but from an affair, and is now deliberately sabotaging the competition for revenge?”
Father Su’s face reddened with anger at these words, glaring fiercely at the speaker.
“Hey! I was just guessing, no need to get angry.”
The person who’d been glared at spoke back defiantly.
If Su’s mother hadn’t been holding Father Su back forcefully, he might have started a fight.
“None of those sordid matters – it was just a baby switch at birth.”
Zhang Yitian was getting a headache. He was just a judge; he didn’t want unrelated matters disrupting the competition.
He questioned Father Su: “Since you say Su Mu cheated by using someone else’s performance video, can you tell us whose video he stole?”
Father Su glanced at the composed Su Mu on stage, sneering, wondering if he could remain so calm later.
Trying to escape the Su family’s control without his permission? Impossible!
Having experienced his previous life, Su Mu knew the Su family was heartless, but this incident refreshed his understanding of their cruelty.
He’d thought they’d only become this cruel to him later.
So it had been this way from the start – perhaps from the very beginning, Su Mu had been just a pawn to Su Yuanshan, never a son.
That’s why he didn’t care about ruining Su Mu’s life.
Of course – what compassion could such scum have? Only binding interests and exploitation.
Su Mu smiled self-mockingly, the smile not reaching his eyes, his dark pupils filled with indifference.
Coldness toward the Su family.
Su Yuanshan spoke with apparent pride: “His preliminary video submission was Su Ning’s.”
“Su Ning? Who’s Su Ning?”
“Some piano master? I’ve never heard of them.”
“Pfft, hahahahaha—”
Laughter rang out from the stage.
Su Mu held his stomach, laughing until it hurt. Seeing everyone looking at him, he wiped away tears of laughter.
“I’m sorry, everyone, but this joke was just too funny, I couldn’t help myself.”
Chu Hanting, whose face had been as dark as doomsday, felt the temperature around him finally warming at Su Mu’s hearty laughter.
His expression softened considerably.
Seeing that Su Mu wasn’t panicked or overly hurt, and could even joke about it, showed he was handling this well.
He couldn’t bear to see the little one helpless and hurt on stage.
Putting himself in Su Mu’s shoes – how many people could handle being betrayed, falsely accused, and having their future destroyed by their adoptive father who raised them?
The Su Mu of his previous life couldn’t handle it, but in this life, Su Mu’s heart was sealed in cement against the Su family.
Whatever they did, he wouldn’t be heartbroken over these people – they didn’t deserve his conscience.