aircannonsinc Chapter 114 Clark, I never knew you were this kind of person!
Chapter 114 Clark, I never knew you were this kind of person!
Chapter 115 Clark, I never knew you were this kind of person!
That evening, the Escaliber Awards ceremony took place.
"What are you looking around for, small-town boy?"
A slightly teasing remark rang in Clark's ears, startling him as he looked around the room as if searching for something.
"Louise—" Clark quickly straightened his askew glasses, recognizing the person standing next to him. "What are you doing here?"
As one of the nominees for the Escalius Prize, Louise rarely wore a black off-the-shoulder dress with a deep red neckline.
While Clark was saying those words, Louise had already gracefully sat down, casually bending over to straighten the wrinkles in the hem of her skirt: "Why can't I be here?"
"————" Clark asked in confusion, "I remember the organizers prepared a special dining table for the nominees, and I thought you would be staying with the other nominees."
"Spare me," Louise waved her hand dismissively. "What can a bunch of people who don't even know if they'll win an award talk about? Endless social niceties and cringe-worthy mutual flattery?"
"I'd rather sit next to you, Kent, than with them."
"I'm more curious about something else," Louise said, resting her hand on her chin, looking at Clark with interest. "What were you looking at just now? Which pretty lady at the dinner party caught your eye?"
"La—what? No." Clark choked. "I'm looking for someone."
"Looking for someone?" Louise asked thoughtfully. "Come to think of it, I didn't see Olson today."
"Jimmy went to a table with his friends from the lifestyle section because they're planning a movie marathon tonight." Clark shook his head. "I'm not looking for him."
"Actually—" Clark hesitated for a moment, but looking at Louise, he finally chose to answer directly, "I am waiting for Langdon Parrels."
This surprised Louise somewhat.
Because she was rushing to finish her report, she got back to the office late and missed the chance to gossip with her colleagues in the current affairs section about how Clark and Langdon seemed to know each other before, so she didn't know about the relationship between the two.
"I knew Langdon before because of some accident, although I didn't know at the time that he was the chairman of the Parrels Group—after all, the Parrels Group has only gradually gained fame in the last five years."
Clark explained.
"I see," Louise said knowingly. "So, you're planning to catch up with him?"
"But if I may be so bold, Kent."
"You've known Parrels for five years, but you obviously haven't had much contact since then, otherwise you would know that he is the chairman of the Parrels Group."
"Unless you're trying to say that you became friends but didn't exchange any contact information."
"So, whether the other person still wants to reminisce with you—that's a question worth pondering," Louise reminded her.
Actually, Louise said this entirely out of a desire to avoid the heartbreaking scene of Clark, a simple and sincere boy from Kansas, being asked "Who are you?" by his wealthy friend whom he hadn't seen for five years.
But Clark looked on with a strange—awkward expression.
He suddenly remembered that five years ago, aboard the Ocean Prayer, filled with a determination to explore the Arctic, he had hastily said goodbye to Langdon and then flown away.
Ultimately, wasn't he the one who was responsible for not leaving his contact information?
Moreover, knowing that Langdon's personality had suddenly changed and that he seemed to be very resistant to socializing, it became quite subtle that Langdon would still try to take the initiative to say "long time no see" to him in public even though he didn't want to talk.
It's clear that he truly values Clark, this old friend he hasn't seen or contacted in five years.
Langdon even overcame his social anxiety to achieve this!
Clark was moved, but his feelings were also complicated.
After all, it seems that the scumbag friend Louise was talking about was actually himself.
Langdon is the poor guy who was abandoned by his friend and hasn't been contacted for five years!
Superman's conscience suddenly ached.
Noticing Clark's strange expression, Louise raised an eyebrow, took a glass of wine from a passing waiter's tray, and slowly swirled it. "Hmm? I was just giving you a hint, but you're not really going to give up on finding Parrels, are you?"
"Of course not." Clark felt a pang of guilt at the thought of Langdon's pitiful state in his mind, which only strengthened his resolve to talk to Langdon. "I will definitely have a good talk with him."
"That—" Louise seemed to want to say something, but her gaze swept past Clark and suddenly paused subtly.
"?" Clark noticed Louise's gaze lingering behind him and suddenly had a bad feeling. "Don't tell me Perry is standing right behind me."
After all, he still owes two articles to write and really doesn't dare to face Perry's anger.
"No." Louise suddenly gave a knowing smile, took a sip of her drink, and said, "Why don't you just turn around and look at yourself?"
Clark: "————"
He tried to cheat using his super hearing, but only heard a perfectly normal breathing sound, proving that someone was indeed standing behind him.
Apart from that, nothing was gained.
Fortunately, this awkward situation—with Louise watching the show in front and someone else standing behind, whose identity was unknown—was eventually broken when that person took the initiative to walk to the other side of Clark, pull out a chair, and sit down.
The guy who casually sat down and placed the several plates of chocolates he'd been carrying on the way on the table, under Clark's shocked gaze, calmly nodded and said, "Hello."
"Good evening," Louise replied first, her gaze sweeping over the chocolate desserts in front of the other woman. "I didn't realize you were such a sweet tooth."
"————" Langdon did not answer the question.
Clark, standing to the side, finally snapped out of his daze: "Land... Langdon? — You actually showed up?"
Upon hearing this, Langdon expressed his confusion with his eyes.
After a long pause, he slowly said, "I've received an invitation."
The answer seemed completely nonsensical at first glance, but Clark actually understood it.
Langdon seemed to be implying that since he had received an invitation, why couldn't he come?
Clark: "————"
Suddenly I understand why there are rumors that Langdon Parrells is a topic killer.
Louise, however, laughed heartily at Clark's embarrassment: "Haha, I suddenly realize that you are actually quite interesting, Mr. Parrels."
"You can't be saying this because I suddenly don't know how to reply, Louise," Clark said, wiping his brow.
“No way, boy,” Louise said with a smug look on her face. “I really find it very interesting.”
After Morgan Edge dragged her into being Langdon's victim, she finally found her next victim and was naturally in a good mood.
Clark: "
He could only look at Langdon again and tentatively say, "I misspoke just now, Langdon."
"What I really wanted to say was, it's been so long since we last met, and you've made the rare trip to the Metropolis, so how about—"
"How about we grab a meal sometime?"
"And I also want to apologize to you. It was my mistake to leave in a hurry five years ago—" Clark's intention was to express his apology for his cold-hearted act of abandoning his friends, and his tone was very sincere.
"Otherwise, you might not have ended up like this now."
Clark felt increasingly heartbroken the more he imagined it.
Think about it carefully, if Langdon had a true friend to talk to when he faced a major life change—
Perhaps they wouldn't have become the withdrawn person they are today, finding it so difficult to even communicate with others.
After all, friendship is a haven for healing broken hearts!
But in Gotham, Parrels was likely surrounded by a band of vultures eyeing his interests, not true friends, so no one was willing to lend Langdon a helping hand at that time.
That's why Langdon has become what he is now—Clark thought sadly.
Faced with Clark's sincere gaze, Jaeger, who was wearing Langdon's vest, was completely baffled.
No, putting aside the fact that I've become like this, it's all an act.
But even if I really am socially awkward, what does it have to do with you?
Is Superman's sense of morality so strong that he would even stage an accident for someone else and apologize?
That's weird, you Kryptonians.
Unlike Langdon, who was completely bewildered at the moment, Louise's expression gradually became complicated upon hearing Clark's words.
"I never would have guessed you were this kind of person, Kent," Louise said heavily, pulling Langdon's seat closer to her to keep him away from Clark.
After finishing that, she gave Clark a look that was somewhere between "I misjudged you" and "I despise you": "What exactly did you do to Parrels back then?"
"You've turned a perfectly normal group chairman into someone with such a communication impaired condition!"
"Come on, Parrels, stay away from him. He's not worth your time—"
Clark: ?
"Louise... Louise ————???"
"
Wait, are you misunderstanding something?! It's not what you think! I didn't—"
But before Clark could defend himself.
The lights at the banquet hall were turned off at that very moment.
This also means that the Escalius Awards ceremony has officially begun!
As the dinner began, Clark was no longer allowed to speak loudly and disrupt the quiet atmosphere of the event.
So much so that even if Clark wanted to argue, he was now forced to sit still.
He looked at Louise across the table with eyes full of despair, as if some maternal aura had been triggered, and she brought Langdon a plate of chocolate desserts, her face even bearing a strange kind of tenderness.
And when her gaze swept over Clark, she didn't forget to give him a ruthless glare.
Clark: "————"
Whatever you've imagined—Louise, I'm truly innocent!
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