Chapter 463 Riot

The equipment in the back office was accidentally hit by Xia Ningxi and fell to the ground with a crash. Someone's coffee was spilled and flowed into the wiring. The overhead lights flickered a few times and made a buzzing sound. In just two seconds, all the lights went out, and in an instant, the surroundings were plunged into darkness.

"What happened?"

"Why is the power out?!"

"Where are the staff? Quickly check where the problem is."

I don't know who was shouting.

The vast cathedral was shrouded in darkness.

The guests inside and outside were all frightened and started screaming.

The organizers didn't know what was going on either, so they led a group of people to the back in the dark to investigate.

With so many people around, the surroundings became chaotic, and no one noticed that Huo Nanxiao and Xia Ningxi were both backstage.

As a group of people rushed over, Xia Ningxi was bumped hard. She lost her balance and fell forward uncontrollably. Just when Xia Ningxi thought she was going to crash heavily to the ground, a strong and powerful hand grabbed her.

When Xia Ningxi was pulled up, she breathed a sigh of relief, but when she smelled the familiar scent on the man, her temper flared up instantly.

Huo Nanxiao.

That bastard! It's all his fault!

"Let me go!" Xia Ningxi shouted angrily.

As soon as she finished speaking, another group of people rushed in from outside, and Xia Ningxi was almost knocked down again. Fortunately, Huo Nanxiao pulled her away in time, and she escaped a disaster.

However, she still harbored a lot of resentment towards Huo Nanxiao.

"Go outside first," the man suddenly said.

The place where they were standing was actually in a passageway with many people coming and going. If they continued to stand there, there was a risk of being knocked down again, so Xia Ningxi did not refuse Huo Nanxiao's suggestion.

It was pitch black all around, and Xia Ningxi didn't have her phone. She could only follow Huo Nanxiao's footsteps by feeling, and she couldn't see anything on the road.

Once I got backstage, I realized it was even darker outside.

The main hall of the venue was already in complete chaos.

The guests stood there, pressing the organizers for answers, and some even started cursing.

upstairs.

Han Musen coldly observed everything downstairs, a smirk playing on his lips with interest.

"Brother, everything is ready." Han Youling's voice rang out in the darkness.

Han Musen asked, "Have you located Huo Nanxiao?"

Han Youling said, "We just ran out from backstage and can make a move on him at any time. However, Xia Ningxi is also with him. If we make a move now, we might accidentally hurt her as well. Should we take care of her too?"

"What's the point of dealing with her? Only by dealing with Xia Wanwan can we truly get revenge on Huo Nanxiao. Xia Ningxi isn't qualified for that," Han Musen said.

Han Youling: "But Xia Ningxi injured my brother last time, so I think we should take this opportunity to teach her a lesson."

"Go ahead, but don't let anyone get killed. She's not like Xia Wanwan, someone you can just manipulate at will. Li Yancheng seems to care about her quite a bit. You can discipline her, but don't go too far," Han Musen reminded him.

Han Youling nodded and turned to lead a few people downstairs, but then she remembered that Xia Wanwan was also in the crowd, and asked, "What should we do with Xia Wanwan?"

"You decide for yourself," Han Musen said, without giving a definite answer.

However, Han Youling already knew what to do. Since she was already there, she might as well pack up together. She quickly went downstairs.

The cathedral was dimly lit.

Before arriving, everyone's electronic devices had been confiscated to prevent anyone from leaking photos and videos of the event in advance. This was supposed to protect everyone's privacy, but the result was that no one present had any lighting equipment; they were all blind.

As Han Youling led her group in a rampage, many people were knocked to the ground, falling one after another like tarot cards being pushed.

Screams echoed through the crowd.

Xia Wanwan and Xia Luoluo were not spared either.

Xia Luoluo was pulled and fell forward uncontrollably, while Xia Wanwan was also hit hard.

Someone in the crowd started swearing.

"Who exactly pushed me?"

"Are you blind? Why are you pushing? There are so many people standing here. Would it kill you to just stand still and wait for the power to come back on?"

"You stepped on me again, damn it, it hurts so much."

"Which damned bastard is it? Ah, stop pushing... bang..."

The scene was in complete chaos. Because someone deliberately caused trouble, many people were pushed and shoved, and they all fell hard. Now everyone was unable to stand and wanted to leave.

Xia Wanwan realized that staying here would be dangerous, and despite the pain, she called out, "Luo Luo, where are you? Luo Luo!"

"Sister, I'm behind you," Xia Luoluo replied in a hoarse voice. The fall had hurt quite a bit, and tears were streaming down her face as she spoke.

Xia Wanwan said, "It seems like someone is deliberately causing trouble. We can't stay here any longer, let's leave quickly."

"Someone's causing trouble? What do you mean?" Xia Luoluo was very surprised.

Xia Wanwan said, "Everything was fine just now, but suddenly it became chaotic. I think someone is deliberately trying to mess things up and has ulterior motives."

"This is a charity gala. Everyone here is either rich or powerful, and they're all here to donate. What bad things could they possibly do? You're overthinking it." Xia Luoluo didn't take Xia Wanwan's words to heart.

Xia Wanwan said, "Have you forgotten that the Li family and the Han family are all here?"

Xia Luoluo's face stiffened.

Xia Wanwan said, "They are all enemies of Nan Xiao. It might be dangerous for us to stay here. There's no guarantee they won't do something outrageous if they're pushed too far. We should leave here quickly."

"Okay." Xia Luoluo agreed to Xia Wanwan's request, but she had other thoughts in her mind.

She looked around and found that it was completely dark, with no spare lighting. Such a mistake shouldn't have happened in this situation. Perhaps, just as Xia Wanwan had said, someone was trying to take advantage of the chaos to do something bad.

Xia Luoluo pushed the wheelchair, a ruthless glint flashing in her eyes. It's so dark, if something happens to Xia Wanwan, no one should know, right?

She pushed Xia Wanwan to the platform, then thought that pushing Xia Wanwan off like this wouldn't do her any good. Huo Nanxiao was only nice to the Xia family because Xia Wanwan was still alive. If Xia Wanwan were gone, Huo Nanxiao would probably choose Xia Ningxi directly. Wouldn't all her efforts be a waste of Xia Ningxi's time?

never mind!

Xia Luoluo snapped out of her thoughts and said, "Sister, it's too dark, I can't see the road. Where do we go now?"

“Nan Xiao is backstage, go find him,” Xia Wanwan said.

Without hesitation, Xia Luoluo led Xia Wanwan towards the backstage area.

A faint light shone from the backstage area, illuminating the narrow aisle. Xia Wanwan was able to spot Huo Nanxiao's figure through this ray of light, and she was extremely excited.

"Nan Xiao!" Xia Wanwan shouted.

At this moment, Huo Nanxiao was still holding Xia Ningxi's hand tightly, pulling her as he was about to walk out, when he heard Xia Wanwan's name and stopped.

A thick cloud of smoke billowed towards him, pungent and acrid. Huo Nanxiao frowned and instinctively looked in the direction the smoke was coming from, only to see a large blaze rising from the backstage area, with billowing smoke and flames spreading rapidly...