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

Xu Qingi 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 co over to report on work, but seeing her current expression, knew this was not a good ti for work reports.

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

Xu Qingi 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 Qingi’s heart, so pleasing her naturally had to involve Jing Huai.

Xu Qingi 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 so 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 arrangents.

Xu Qingi 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 entertainnt 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 na 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?

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

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

As the road ahead beca 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 i.

During this ti, 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 affird.

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

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 co 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 et 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 ca 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 recomnded by an elder I know. We had visited many hospitals before, but her condition kept worsening until we ca 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 slimd-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 co with 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 jamr.

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

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 ti being mistaken for a bad guy.

What a novel feeling!

"Well, first of all, let 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 t many like that in the entertainnt industry over the years.

"Wait a minute, have you seen with Jiang Xiyu, planning to use 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 soone would want to kidnap her.

Wu Jue gave Xiao Tao a sowhat surprised look. Before coming to pick her up, he naturally did so basic research on his target this ti. 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 seed his understanding had been too one-sided, this girl had so 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 ntion one na, i Shuiqing, Master i, Miss Xiao Tao should be familiar with this person?"

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