Mr.President, Let's Get a Divorce
Chapter 318 - 321 Did you make an appointment with someone and then got stood up?

Chapter 318: 321 Did you make an appointment with someone and then got stood up?

"Vice President, what do you mean by that?"

Qu Yu’s face turned red with anger, "Are you suggesting we abandon His Excellency’s life!"

"Secretary Qu! Now, who can prove that His Excellency is at the Great Bright Light Cinema? The chief commander of the Armed Police did not mention President Wen Nian at all when he reported!"

Qu Yu then understood what Zhuo Ting meant.

He intended to seize this opportunity to eliminate Wen Nian, openly using the M Country rebel army.

"Offering 3 billion US dollars to the M Country rebel army, I can assure you that G country will never have another peaceful day! With the political turmoil in M Country, a civil war could break out at any moment—are you trying to get G Country involved in M country’s political affairs as well? These 3 billion US dollars will become an eternal disgrace for G Country on the world political stage! Qu Yu, you have always been President Wen Nian’s right-hand man, don’t you even realize this much!"

Zhuo Ting said with a face full of indignation, sounding irrefutably convincing, yet...

In Qu Yu’s view, not a single word was devoid of Zhuo Ting’s own selfishness and ambition!

"... "

At this moment, Qu Yu was truly regretful! Why had he not kept a closer watch on Mr. President!

The President’s wife had repeatedly warned them!

He was furious as well! Had Lord Wen Nian ever acted so irresponsibly?

"I will go to the Armed Police Command Center myself, I will try my best to save the hostages, but we can’t lose the national dignity of G Country!"

After Zhuo Ting finished speaking, he went downstairs.

Qu Yu panicked now; he immediately called Tang Xiaohua. Her phone was on silent, but it lit up when the call came.

She squinted her eyes, hung up the call, and then texted Qu Yu.

—Vice President Zhuo Ting might ’tear the ticket.’ Even if he intends to save the hostages, he will definitely take the opportunity to harm Lord Wen Nian.

After reading this, Tang Xiaohua tightly closed her eyes.

She swore that once Wen Nian was rescued, she would give him a good thrashing!

Only forty minutes left until the final deadline.

Should we continue to wait...?

—

On the other side of the wall, Wen Nian was dressed in a hooded black sweatshirt, ripped jeans, the season’s trendiest sneakers, and a black mask with a bright red mouth painted on it.

He was truly unrecognizable as a President!

The person sitting next to him was none other than Bai Qiantan.

Heaven knows what kind of fate it was that she and Wen Nian should meet at a movie theatre!

A country’s President coming to a cinema alone to watch a movie... wasn’t that absurd?

Aren’t the private cinemas in the residential area of the President Mansion equipped better than this place?

Now see what has happened—he came here and brought bad luck too!

Gunpoint hostage-taking, kidnappings for ransom; such unfortunate events that one may not encounter in a lifetime, yet she had stumbled into it!

And these foreign criminals... Bai Qiantan was really anxious for them!

They hadn’t even recognized the G Country President right here—it was like they were all blind!

What use was it to kidnap so many people? 3 billion US dollars, they really dared to ask that much. Kidnapping the President was useful, what use was kidnapping the others?

Hey, hey, Mr. President is right here! Mr. President is here! Hey!

Wen Nian glanced at her, "Don’t just shout in your mind; shout out loud, that’s useful."

Bai Qiantan turned her head away and huffed, "big deal you can read minds..."

Wen Nian didn’t argue with her; he could only say that this girl really didn’t care about anything—she was still finding joy amidst being held hostage.

"Did you arrange to meet someone to watch the movie together and then got stood up?"

Bai Qiantan, feeling dejected and utterly bored, mumbled curiously.

Wen Nian glanced at her,

"You too? Is that so?"

"No! Not at all!"

Bai Qiantan immediately retorted! Little did she know that her reactive demeanor clearly gave her away.

"Keep your voice down."

Wen Nian reminded her frowning.

Bai Qiantan realized she had almost doomed herself and quickly shrank her head, fortunately, the criminals didn’t notice.

Seeing that the criminals hadn’t noticed, she boldly turned her head towards Wen Nian and whispered very softly,

"Is it... Tang Xiaohua?"

"..."

Wen Nian didn’t want to engage with Bai Qiantan.

"Really, it is her..." Bai Qiantan muttered to herself, "It seems you really do like Song Lili... Seeing someone who resembles her already has you so concerned. Ah... It’s a pity, a beauty’s life is so fragile, if only she were still alive..."

Wen Nian tugged at the corner of his mouth,

"If she were alive, that would be bad for you."

"Not at all."

Bai Qiantan’s little schemes were something Wen Nian could still guess.

Probably because he felt if Song Lili were still alive, he would try by all means to marry Song Lili, that way, Bai Cangqiong and Wen Liangyu couldn’t pressure her to marry the President.

Lili not showing up was expected, from 7:50 until 8:50.

The movie went from beginning to intermission... As characters came and went, he felt nothing.

Images of Tang Xiaohua dining with her beloved Brother Lu in the exquisite little dress he had given her kept flashing through his mind.

The thought annoyed him, why had he given her the dress.

Reflecting on it, it was all Qu Yu’s fault, he found that this Qu Yu never settled his personal issues, yet always managed to stir things up on his side, making him do stupid things.

It was nearly eleven o’clock.

March 28th was spent in such a manner...

As the president of a country, his current appearance was truly a mess.

...

There were three armed individuals in the hall, and from their conversation, Wen Nian had no trouble discerning that they were rebels from country M.

They demanded a whopping 3 billion US dollars... Undoubtedly, this money was intended to prepare for the civil war in country M.

Buying weapons and hiring soldiers all required money.

Fortunately, their intent was not to harm people, but solely about the money.

But the issue also rested solely on the money.

Wen Nian’s time was limited, 3 billion US dollars was not a small amount, he wasn’t at the President Mansion, and no one would dare authorize a ransom of 3 billion US dollars.

Moreover, the fact that he was in the cinema as one of the hostages wouldn’t remain a secret for long. At least not from Vice President Zhuo Ting.

By then, he couldn’t hope for any ransom, as Zhuo Ting would definitely seize this opportunity to deliberate carefully, so carefully that the criminals would lose patience and riddle him with bullets.

Men and women around were terrified.

Wen Nian remained hidden and did not step forward, the criminals weren’t murderous, so there was no need for reckless action; if they became murderous, rashly stepping forward might endanger the ordinary people.

...

What to do...

As time ticked by, Tang Xiaohua was still hiding in the projection room, examining the internal structure of the cinema with the light of her flashlight.

The explosives in the hall were clearly meant to handle scenarios where negotiations failed.

She was losing patience, just a wall away, over two hundred lives including children who came with their parents, teenage girls about eighteen or nineteen, couples enjoying the leisure of their weekend...