Chapter 76
After the notary announced the effectiveness on the spot, the signing process was completed smoothly. Tang Jiulin and Luo Yi shook hands and exchanged the contract.
As he stepped down, Luo Yi looked in Tang Ruxin's direction and greeted her with a smile. This action caught the attention of those who were interested, and they immediately thought that the resigned security director was not far from being reinstated.
Luo Yi did not stay to watch the performance, but left the venue directly with his assistant.
He walked briskly while handing the contract to his assistant and said, "Please continue to follow up on the contract implementation. Check the delivery terms one by one, and make sure the supplementary agreement is completed."
"Yes." The assistant opened the car door. "The plane is already waiting for you at the airport. However, the weather is bad tonight, so the flight may be bumpy. Are you sure you want to return to Canada tonight?"
Luo Yi got in the car, glanced at his watch and said, "We have to leave now. Contact me if anything happens."
"Yes." The assistant nodded in response, watched Luo Yi leave, and then turned back to the venue.
A female solo was currently underway, led by a professional vocalist, with several rows of Donghe Refining and Chemical employees singing in chorus behind her. Speakers scattered throughout the venue blasted the music down below, and every high note was heart-pounding.
Yu Lei felt like he was going deaf after listening for a while. He poked Tang Ruxin and asked, "Aren't you leaving?"
Tang Ruxin thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. This should be my last time attending the company anniversary celebration. Let's finish watching it."
"Most things that require emotional effort to complete are actually unnecessary," Yu Lei advised earnestly, while getting up and preparing to leave. "You've only been here for two years, it shouldn't be that serious."
Tang Ruxin turned her head and looked at him, "Sit down."
Yu Lei found his headphones and plugged them up. Luckily, they had noise cancellation. He sat patiently for another hour or so, feeling incredibly uncomfortable, and leaned over to whisper in Tang Ruxin's ear to ask for leave.
"I'm going out for a cigarette."
The staff on stage were performing very hard, but it was all ugly and incomparable to a professional performance. They were just entertaining themselves. Many people had already left, either to get some fresh air or go to the bathroom.
Tang Ruxin sat there the whole time, quietly watching the performers on the stage expressing their exaggerated joy, anger, sorrow and happiness.
"Mr. Tang." Song Mu stood beside her without her knowing when.
"Thank you for your hard work. It must be tiring to organize a celebration party like this?" She motioned for him to sit down.
Song Mu sat in Yu Lei's seat and nodded, "This isn't the first time. Just follow the procedure."
There was a crosstalk performance on the stage, with two people talking, imitating, joking and singing back and forth, which seemed quite realistic. Unfortunately, the text was boring and the jokes were awkward, making it difficult to laugh.
"Are you and Yu Lei together already?" Song Mu suddenly asked.
Tang Ruxin was stunned, a little surprised that he would actually ask. She thought that with his personality, he would probably keep it to himself. If it were a few days ago, she would definitely deny it, but now...
She was about to speak when the lights in the venue suddenly dimmed, including the main light on the stage and all the spotlights. After a moment of silence, a commotion erupted from all directions.
Song Mu immediately stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."
Before he could walk away, the large electronic screen on the stage suddenly lit up, revealing a terrifyingly large face. The face slowly retreated to a normal angle, revealing the facial features and the figure tied to the chair that had been previously obscured by the face.
Tang Ruxin's breathing stopped and she jumped up as if she had been electrocuted.
——Tong Jiayu, and the unconscious Tang Jiulin.
The doubtful voices around her were mixed with exclamations one after another, but what reached Tang Ruxin's ears was just a roar, which made her dizzy and she could only barely stand by holding the back of the front seat.
What... What is Tong Jiayu going to do? !
"Hello everyone, can you hear me?" Tong Jiayu smiled and waved at the camera on the screen. "The next program I'm going to present to you is called 'Evil Will Be Rewarded.' I hope you enjoy it!"
Tang Ruxin frantically pulled out her phone to make a call, but a calm, electronic female voice informed her that the other party's phone was turned off. She frantically ran towards the venue's entrance, only to be embraced by Yu Lei, who had rushed over.
"We're already positioning you. Don't worry, calm down." Yu Lei held the struggling Tang Ruxin tightly in his arms. "Take a deep breath, slowly."
"What is she going to do? Is she going to kill someone live?! She is going to..." Tang Ruxin shouted in despair.
Yu Lei patted her back and tried to comfort her, whispering softly in her ear: "It's okay, she won't. We can stop her. It's okay..."
Yu Lei had just been standing at the gate smoking when the lights in the entire building went out. He immediately realized something was amiss. He glanced at the venue from the doorway and saw the image on the big screen. He immediately called Xu Qinghong, briefly explained the situation, and asked her to send additional police support.
He wanted to call Chen Jingzhou again, but he saw Tang Ruxin rushing towards the gate like crazy from afar, so he had to stop her first.
At this moment, Chen Jingzhou called. He held Tang Ruxin's hand with one hand and answered the call with the other.
"Captain Yu, I've got your equipment. I've also notified the SWAT team and called the hospital emergency department. We'll all be dispatched as soon as the location is confirmed. Do you think you need any additional support?"
Xu Qinghong's movements were indeed quick. Yu Lei immediately said, "Come and pick me up first."
Tong Jiayu on the big screen finally adjusted the camera distance and finally focused on the bound Tang Jiulin. She stood up, wiped the sweat from her forehead, then limped over to Tang Jiulin and slapped him twice.
"Wake up, Chairman Tang."
Song Mu was almost going crazy at this time. He wished he had wings and could fly up to the studio on the second floor. When he arrived at the studio door, he found that it was locked from the inside.
"Go find the keys! Go get the keys from security!" He shouted to the other colleagues running over. "Hurry!"
Soon the key was delivered, but the door still wouldn't open. Song Mu banged on the door and shouted, "Who's in there? Open the door quickly!"
There was no response at all.
Song Mu immediately said, "Remove the lock. Go find the tools to remove the lock!"
"No, Song Zhu, it's not the lock." The venue employee said sweatily while trying to turn the key: "The lock is open! The door, the door is blocked from the inside!"
"This door opens outwards, you..." Song Mu tried hard to swallow the word "pig", "How can you block it!"
"Then, that means it's welded!"
Song Mu punched the security door. There had been staff inside the entire time, so how had this person managed to weld the door shut?! It was a ghost.
"Contact the fire department to come and remove the door!" Song Mu roared.
The live broadcast continues on the big screen in the conference hall downstairs.
No one left the venue, and those who had originally left had returned. All eyes were fixed on the screen, and Tang Jiulin, who had been poured with a basin of cold water, slowly woke up.
Tang Jiulin, who had just been signing the contract on stage, looking dapper and well-dressed, had become a completely different person in just two hours. His hair was disheveled, his suit was stained, his cheeks were red and swollen, like a homeless man bankrupt by failed investments.
"What are you going to do, Tong Jiayu, are you crazy? What are you going to do?!" Tang Jiulin struggled hard.
"Do what you did back then." Tong Jiayu smiled, her pleasing round face seemingly having nothing to do with what she was doing now.
Tang Jiulin didn't listen to this, and continued to struggle and curse:
"You'd better untie me quickly, or I'll keep you from leaving prison for the rest of your life! You're crazy, I've always thought you were crazy! You crazy woman, let me go!"
Tong Jiayu stood behind him, one hand on his shoulder and the other hand holding a butterfly knife.
Tang Jiulin was so frightened that his face turned pale and he immediately shut his mouth, but it was too late. The knife was deeply embedded in his thigh the next moment and then pulled out immediately. Blood gushed out instantly, staining his snow-white suit pants red.
"I didn't ask you to speak, but you're talking so much." Tong Jiayu said with a cold face.
Tang Jiulin's screams were heard simultaneously, irritating the eardrums of everyone in the venue.
"Holy crap, are you serious?"
"I thought it was a sideshow...the chairman was kidnapped?"
"Oh my god, is this true... Who is this person?"
"Have you called the police? Did anyone call the police?"
"Which platform is this live broadcast from? Can you find the IP address?"
Exclamations, questions, and the sound of phone calls came from all directions. Tang Ruxin covered her mouth and leaned against Yu Lei, tears streaming down her face. She held Yu Lei's arm and asked in a trembling voice:
"Haven't you found it yet?"
Yu Lei held her shoulders, his face livid as he stared at the big screen, his eyes bloodshot. "It's almost there, it's almost there..."
He repeated it mechanically, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or to Tang Ruxin.
He answered the phone the moment it vibrated, "Where are you?"
"The last signal access point was the signal tower near National Highway 3X7, and then it was shut down," said Chen Jingzhou.
National Highway 3X7 is still within Donghe City. That road can take you to many places! How can I find this? Yu Lei hung up the phone, turned around anxiously, and began to pace in place.
"Can't find it?" Tang Ruxin stared at him blankly, her tone filled with despair.
"Wait a minute, let me think about it. National Highway 3X7..." Yu Lei raised his hand to signal her to be quiet, "What did she just say? She just said a word!"
Tang Ruxin bent her index finger and bit it hard, trying to calm herself down.
"Do what you did... Do what you did back then!" she said loudly to Yu Lei.
The next moment, they both said the place name at the same time.
"Yanwu County!"
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