Chapter 42 Personally sending the ruthless bandit to hell! (Additional...)

On a weekday, between eight and nine in the morning, there weren't many vehicles on the road to the airport.

The crew's car successfully turned around to avoid the danger, and they called the police. It would take at least ten minutes for the local fans to arrive.

The ten-minute window is crucial. The thugs are armed with heavy weapons. If they don't act quickly enough, not only will they get the money, but the guests will also be in mortal danger!

Director Mao Zong's team was in a complete mess.

The situation was too complicated and serious for them to handle, so the director immediately called high-level leaders in China and the local embassy for help.

Such accidents are not something everyone can predict. They might be cannon fodder, or they might be targeted by someone. No one can say for sure.

The director ordered everyone, "You must keep your mouths shut. No one is allowed to use their phones. There should be no further communication with those in China for the time being. If anyone asks, just say the flight is delayed."

Even if the guests manage to escape, they will definitely miss their noon flight. They can only pray to Buddha and all the bodhisattvas for protection, hoping that Jiang Mingyue can bring them a miracle.

The gunfire outside continued, accompanied by profanities and shouts that Wei Lai and the others couldn't understand, but they all reached Jiang Mingyue's ears clearly.

Their goal was to steal money; the hostages were secondary.

"Boss, what about the people on this bus?"

"Grab one or two people and take them away!"

Jiang Mingyue frowned. These people spoke quickly and in a jumbled manner, which didn't sound like a Xidao accent, so they could be ruled out as people sent by Mafia.

To dare rob a bank in broad daylight and to operate with such discipline

They were clearly not ordinary thugs, and given that they were armed with lethal weapons, it cannot be ruled out that they were serious criminals wanted by Interpol.

Jiang Mingyue's good mood had been ruined, and she was extremely annoyed that someone had bullied her.

Sure enough, the bus's iron door was smashed open from the outside the next instant.

Qiu Zhenlong and the others screamed in alarm.

Immediately afterwards, three fully armed thugs jumped in. They fired a shot at the roof of the car and said menacingly, "Listen up, shut up if you don't want to die!"

Wei Lai and the others were filled with despair; it was all over, their deaths were imminent...

The thugs looked around; there were ten people in the carriage—eight men and two women—and they were all Chinese.

The thugs exchanged glances. The Chinese were more troublesome. After exchanging a look, they automatically ignored the eight men and focused their attention on Wang Xia.

Women are naturally less strong than men and are less timid, making them easier to control.

Just as they were about to arrest Wang Xia, Jiang Mingyue raised her hands and stood up, saying, "Hey, since you want a hostage, why don't you arrest me instead? I'm short of money. If you arrest me and I get injured, my family can still get insurance money."

Wei Lai and the others were dumbfounded. "Mingyue, what are you doing?!"

The thugs were stunned. They glanced at Wang Xia, then looked at the petite Chinese girl in front of them.

The former looks like a sports prodigy, tall and strong, while the latter is thin and weak, like a little chick.

If Jiang Mingyue said she was all alone and unafraid of death, given the bandits' rebellious nature, they might just shoot her dead.

Jiang Mingyue deliberately claimed that she was short of money and had bought insurance, which perfectly exploited the ruthless bandit's psychology.

As expected, the thugs put Wang Xia down, stepped forward, grabbed Jiang Mingyue's arm with such force that it hurt her.

She suppressed her displeasure and cooperated with them as they got out of the car.

The thugs fired another shot at the roof of the car. "Shut up!"

Jiang Mingyue glanced at Tang Huang, who quickly received her signal and covered Wei Lai's mouth.

Don Juan understood Jiang Mingyue; she wanted them to find an opportunity to leave first.

To be honest, when Jiang Mingyue stepped forward to protect them at the critical moment of life and death, the nine of them were filled with anxiety.

They felt inferior, ashamed, and embarrassed, mixed with a variety of complex emotions such as tension, worry, and fear.

After the thugs got out of the car, Don Juan whispered to everyone, "Everyone, please be quiet. We need to trust Mingyue. She can escape safely. We'll get out of the car when we find an opportunity!"

The group of ruthless thugs were well-trained; they robbed the armored truck of everything, and all the bodyguards guarding it were shot and fell to the ground, bleeding profusely.

The scene was horrific; it was a miracle that the guests on the bus were still alive.

Jiang Mingyue was pushed and shoved by a group of people into the van that came to pick her up.

She surveyed her surroundings. Four thugs were holding her captive. They probably looked down on her and thought she posed no threat, so they didn't tie her up, but instead pointed the dark muzzles of their guns at her head.

The van started up, and a group of thugs drove past arrogantly.

About a minute later, the sound of police cars could be heard in the distance.

Jiang Mingyue leaned against the driver's seat. The car was dimly lit, and the windows were covered by curtains, so she couldn't see the road conditions outside. Based on the map on her phone that she had looked at earlier, she roughly guessed that they were heading north.

Her backpack was thrown into the bus by the thugs, and she had nothing of value on her.

That's good, it avoids being searched.

"Boss, what should we do with this Chinese woman?"

"Take her with you for now, and when the police come looking for her, we'll throw her into the river."

One of the thugs stared at Jiang Mingyue with malicious intent. "Too skinny, hardly any meat on her bones. She's not fun to play with. What a damn disappointment."

Another person cursed at him, "Don't let your brain get the better of you, get down to business."

Jiang Mingyue memorized the man's face; he had a scorpion tattooed at the corner of his eye. She kept his sins in her heart.

Very well, those who create mouths will surely go to the hell of tongue-pulling. Before they go to hell, she will personally send them off.

Fifteen minutes later, local police arrived after being alerted.

The nine Don Juans were successfully rescued and reunited with the production team.

Qiu Zhenlong was so frightened that his legs trembled. He gripped the director's hand tightly and choked out, "Director Wang, please save Jiang Mingyue. She's a good girl. She protected us. If it weren't for her reminder, we would all have died in that car today."

If she hadn't reminded them to cover their heads and crouch down in time, those bullets would have already pierced through the car window and hit their heads.

Wei Lai, Ji Wenxuan, and Meng Qinzhou all had tears in their eyes. They had the deepest feelings for Jiang Mingyue. Although they knew Jiang Mingyue's strength, she was, after all, a defenseless girl. Asking her to protect them, a group of grown men, made them feel really bad, and they regretted not being able to help.

Wei Lai gripped the backpack tightly. He was a coward. He had boasted that he had studied martial arts for three months, but when faced with danger, he was as cowardly as a mouse.

"I broke my promise; I failed to protect Mingyue."

Ji Wenxuan and Meng Qinzhou sat on the curb, filled with remorse, neither of them saying a word.

Don Juan felt even worse and stood alone by the roadside to calm himself down.

A short while later, his team, including Zhou Kai, arrived.

Seeing that Don Juan was safe and sound, Zhou Kai breathed a sigh of relief. "Boss, given the current situation, your noon flight will definitely be rescheduled, and in serious cases, you might not be able to leave at all. I'm afraid the domestic public opinion situation will get out of control."

"Although the police have cordoned off the scene, a passerby filmed the video and uploaded it online. It will probably cause a huge uproar in no time. We need to coordinate with the production team later and think about what to say to the public."

Wang Xia kept crying, "It's all my fault. Those people were going to arrest me, but Mingyue took my place..."

Wang Xia cried even harder, gasping for breath, while Xie Fei and Lin Chaosheng looked after her.

Even the strong-willed Qi Sheng was ashen-faced at this moment. His slippers were gone, and he was barefoot on the ground, ignoring the broken pieces that might cut his soles. It seemed that only pain could alleviate his distress.

The production team reassured the guests while sending people to make emergency negotiations.

Five minutes later, the director came over and said, "Dear teachers, we are sorry, but you can't leave for the time being. You need to cooperate with the local police to give statements and conduct further investigations. I will send someone to cancel your plane tickets."

Don Juan was the first to calm down and immediately asked, "Director Wang, did they say how long it would take?"

The director stated that it was unclear at the moment, adding, "They want to know whether we were randomly selected or deliberately targeted, and the investigation timeline is unpredictable."

The locals are notoriously slow at getting things done, and the timeframes are unpredictable, which is really troublesome.

Thus, the group had no choice but to return to the hotel where they had stayed earlier.

Executives from Shiliu TV and the respective agencies of the nine guests held an online meeting to prepare a press release for public relations.

A robbery occurred on Luo City Airport Road, where a bank armored truck was robbed and a Chinese girl was taken hostage. The girl is suspected to be Jiang Mingyue, a Chinese female idol.

In the internet age, once the news about Luo City was exposed, it quickly spread throughout the country, causing a huge uproar in domestic news and instantly soaring to the top of the trending topics on Weibo.

Jiang Mingyue was kidnapped by ruthless bank robbers.

Jiang Mingyue's chances of survival are slim.

Ten guests on the second season of the reality show "Adventure" were attacked.

All sorts of sensational headlines came flooding in, some people trying to muddy the waters, others unaware of the facts, and marketing accounts all profiting from human suffering in order to get traffic.

Someone took a picture of Don Juan and his nine companions. Jiang Mingyue was not in the picture, and everyone looked exhausted and pale.

Some people also verified with local netizens in Los Angeles that a Chinese girl had indeed been abducted.

Upon hearing the news, Jiang Mingyue's fans rushed to the official Weibo account of the second season of the variety show to question the production team.

"Why didn't you protect Sister Jiang?"

"Why was Sister Jiang the only one among the ten guests kidnapped? The production team needs to explain!"

"If Sister Jiang loses even a single hair, I will be at odds with the production team of the second season of the variety show!"

"Jiang Jie's fans, please stay calm. I'm just a casual fan of Jiang Jie, and I think the production team has also been implicated. Before the truth is found out, please stay calm, don't fall into the trap of the haters, and don't fight amongst yourselves."

“Those two people upstairs are fake fans, not our Sister Jiang’s fans. We fans are very calm, and I believe Sister Jiang will return safely.”

The company has ordered all nine individuals, including Don Juan, to refrain from posting on their Weibo accounts.

Author's Note: [Laughing out loud][Laughing out loud][Laughing out loud] Extra chapter! Where's the nutrient solution? Where's the praise?