After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 254: Kidnapping

Chapter 254: Chapter 254: Kidnapping

Xu Qingmei returned to her exclusive lounge in the film crew, closing the door, her face darkening almost visibly.

Her assistant, holding a tablet, was about to come over to report on work, but seeing her current expression, knew this was not a good time for work reports.

Hurriedly putting down the tablet and hiding it, "Sis, should I have Jing Huai come over to keep you company tonight?"

Xu Qingmei was her bread and butter. Now that her bread and butter was unhappy, the assistant knew her job was not to ask why, but to take the initiative to alleviate her concerns and make her happy again.

Only then could she continue to securely hold on to her position as an assistant.

Lately, Jing Huai was the favorite in Qingmei’s heart, so pleasing her naturally had to involve Jing Huai.

Xu Qingmei glanced at the assistant coldly, and just when the assistant was feeling sweaty from being stared at, she finally received a light "Hmm" in response.

"I’ll call Jing Huai now, should I schedule it at your number 5 villa?"

"Sure, and prepare some things, I’m not in a good mood today."

"I understand, I’ll make sure you’re satisfied."

The assistant held her breath as she left the lounge, pulling out her phone to start making a series of arrangements.

Xu Qingmei watched her leave hurriedly, a cruel curve appearing at the corner of her mouth, unable to help but take a deep breath.

Even though her status in the entertainment industry was high enough for ninety-nine percent of people in the circle to only bow their heads, please her, and cater to her, in front of those people, she still had to obey them submissively.

It’s really, very frustrating!

And, why exactly was that fool Jiang Xiyu, who hadn’t made a name for herself in the industry for years, so valued by that person? Even personally calling to ask her for help!

Was it simply because she’s foolish and useless?

*

Xiao Tao landed just as evening fell, the vast airport tarmac bathed in a crimson sunset. After getting off the plane, she stood gazing upwards for a while before following the flow of people to the shuttle bus.

Leaving through the exit, she adeptly hailed a taxi by the roadside, "Driver, to Little Dongshan Hospital."

The driver, wearing a black baseball cap, acknowledged and skillfully started the car.

Little Dongshan Hospital wasn’t close to the airport, but Xiao Tao was used to this route by now.

Ever since she became Jiang Xiyu’s personal assistant, she was practically on call 24/7, but whenever she had a little free time, she would buy a ticket and fly over, even if it was just to have a meal and chat with her mother.

That’s the only motivation she has to persist beside Jiang Xiyu.

As the road ahead became more remote and traffic thinned, it signaled that Little Dongshan Hospital was near.

Xiao Tao’s face showed increased tension.

It was only after she got out of Imperial City airport yesterday that she realized how long she had been missing after being taken away by Master Mei.

During this time, she had muddled through, her phone not in her possession, unable to call her mom for over half a month.

The driver glanced at the passenger in the back seat through the rear-view mirror, "Young lady, coming from Imperial City?"

Xiao Tao was jolted from her thoughts, frowning as she looked at the driver, "How did you know?"

"This is a small city, our airport isn’t big, there are only a few flights. At this hour, it’s only the flight from Imperial City."

Only then did Xiao Tao put away that slight vigilance in her heart and lightly affirmed.

"Did you just get off the plane and head to Little Dongshan Hospital, are you going for treatment?"

Xiao Tao: "... Do I look ill to you?"

"Young lady, don’t take it the wrong way, but you do look a bit under the weather, and you’ve been looking troubled the whole way. Isn’t that the expression people have when they’re sick and going to the hospital? But with so many big hospitals in Imperial City, why would you come to a small hospital here?"

Xiao Tao couldn’t help but touch her face, "Do I really look that bad?"

The driver nodded vigorously.

"I’m not sick, I just didn’t eat well or sleep well for a while." Xiao Tao explained earnestly, only to meet the driver’s sympathetic gaze, which made her twitch her mouth involuntarily, "I’m really fine, I’m going to the hospital to see my mom."

"Your mom is at Little Dongshan Hospital, you came all the way from Imperial City, why didn’t you transfer your mom to a hospital in Imperial City?"

"I thought about it," how could she not want to be closer to her mom, "but my mom can’t leave Little Dongshan Hospital."

"Why, does the hospital not let her go?"

Oddly, even though she couldn’t see the face beneath the driver’s cap clearly, listening to his query, Xiao Tao felt a rare urge to confide, "This hospital was recommended by an elder I know. We had visited many hospitals before, but her condition kept worsening until we came to Little Dongshan Hospital, where it was finally stabilized. Besides, the doctor said my mom’s condition can’t handle the strain of moving."

"Good people get blessings, and with a filial daughter like you, hopefully, your mom will recover soon."

Xiao Tao’s mouth curved upwards, a faint dimple appearing on her slimmed-down cheek, "Thank you, driver."

Just then, the car suddenly turned into a side road.

Xiao Tao was startled, quickly reminding the driver, "Driver, you took the wrong road, it’s straight to Little Dongshan Hospital!"

"I didn’t take the wrong way," Wu Jue, who temporarily acted as a taxi driver and successfully got the target into the car, lifted the cap slightly, glancing at Xiao Tao’s now panicked expression and gave her a reassuring smile, "Miss Xiao Tao, before taking you to Little Dongshan Hospital, I’ll need you to come with me for a bit."

"No, stop the car!" Xiao Tao instinctively reached for the door, only to find it was already locked.

She quickly took out her phone to call the police, but despairingly found there was no signal, the car had a signal jammer.

"Who exactly are you, what do you want, I don’t have money! Wait, how do you know my name?"

Wu Jue glanced at Xiao Tao, who was gripping her phone ready to use it as a weapon, touched his nose. It was his first time being mistaken for a bad guy.

What a novel feeling!

"Well, first of all, let me clarify, I’m not a bad guy, you can see I don’t look like one."

Xiao Tao couldn’t help but retort, "There are plenty of people in this world who look kind but have evil intentions."

She’d met many like that in the entertainment industry over the years.

"Wait a minute, have you seen me with Jiang Xiyu, planning to use me as leverage against Jiang Xiyu? It’s useless, I’m just a small assistant, she won’t care about my life or death."

Aside from this, she really couldn’t think of any reason why someone would want to kidnap her.

Wu Jue gave Xiao Tao a somewhat surprised look. Before coming to pick her up, he naturally did some basic research on his target this time. He knew this Xiao Tao was seen as a dumb and easily bullied person next to Jiang Xiyu, and he had hesitated whether prioritizing her in Shen Yunqing’s plan was too arbitrary.

Now it seemed his understanding had been too one-sided, this girl had some quick wits.

"I have no bad intentions toward you, Miss Xiao Tao." With that thought, Wu Jue’s expression turned slightly more serious, "I’ll mention one name, Mei Shuiqing, Master Mei, Miss Xiao Tao should be familiar with this person?"

Xiao Tao’s breath caught, her face immediately turned pale, and she couldn’t help but shiver, barely containing her fear as she asked again, "Who on earth are you?"

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