Chapter 305: Aesthetics of Violence
"Mr. Xia, I'll be there right away!" Li Xiao replied, then turned and ran towards the control room.
When Xia Lili regained her sight, she only managed to catch a glimpse of Li Xiao's hurriedly retreating figure. After a moment's thought, she quickly followed, cautiously keeping a distance.
She quickly hung the phone on the lanyard in front of her chest, skillfully adjusted the angle, and turned on the rear-facing video mode. The special phone lanyard had two extra fixing bolts, which could just hold the phone firmly in place on her chest for covert filming.
Xia Lili's heartbeat quickened as she followed Li Xiao. She had hoped only to prevent the inevitable doom, but she hadn't anticipated the chain reaction that would ensue, dragging new parties into the conflict. Time was running out, and the situation was changing rapidly, leaving her no time for careful consideration.
Up ahead, Li Xiao was running while dialing a phone. Just as she had seen in her hallucination, she hurriedly shouted to the other end, "Brother Zhang! Turn off the speakers! Stop the performance immediately!"
Half a minute later, the stage speakers were still roaring.
Li Xiao looked anxiously towards the control room, but Xia Lili could vaguely hear Su Wanqing's singing still coming from the stage.
She was shocked. Hadn't she asked Yu Shou to ask Su Wanqing to step down?
Why is Su Wanqing still singing on the stage?
But the situation has taken a turn for the worse at this moment, and distant water cannot put out the nearby fire.
Xia Lili decisively regained her composure. The most important thing at the moment was to ensure Li Xiao's safety, and she had no time to care about the stage.
Just as she was concentrating on rushing forward, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark shadow out of the corner of her eye!
It was the 1.7-meter-tall black shadow in the illusion, and it looked very similar to Su Wanqing's assistant!
The figure suddenly rushed out from the corner, quickly approached Li Xiao, holding the metal microphone stand high in his hand, and was about to smash it down fiercely -
At the critical moment, Xia Lili moved!
She rushed forward like a cheetah, grabbed the opponent's wrist with a neat right hand, spun her body into his arms, and locked his throat with her left arm like lightning.
Almost at the same time, she slashed her legs in the air, accurately clamped the opponent's neck, and twisted her waist and abdomen!
With a dull "bang", the attacker was pinned to the ground by her, and the microphone stand fell to the ground with a clang.
The whole process takes only two seconds, clean and neat, like a silent aesthetic of violence.
Xia Lili pressed one knee against the other person's back, her breathing was slightly disordered, but her eyes were as cold as a knife.
And just when she subdued the gangster, a sharp and piercing noise suddenly came from the stage!
Immediately afterwards, all the music at the front desk suddenly stopped, and the entire scene fell into an eerie silence.
Li Xiao watched the scene in front of him in shock. Xia Lili, a petite girl, had subdued the attacker to the ground with ease and efficiency!
He hurried forward to help hold down the still struggling criminal, his voice still filled with terrified gasps: "Xia, President Xia...what on earth is going on?"
While controlling the criminal's movements, Xia Lili quickly explained, "I forgot to tell you something urgent. I caught up with him and saw him holding a microphone stand and about to attack you from behind."
As she spoke, she swiftly took out a pair of handcuffs from her waist and handcuffed the criminal's hands behind his back with a "click". Li Xiao was stunned and blurted out: "Why are you still carrying handcuffs with you?"
Xia Lili coughed lightly, a little embarrassed. "I'm a criminal profiler hired by the police. It's normal for me to carry some self-defense equipment... Don't be so surprised."
Li Xiao shook his head violently, his tone filled with disbelief. "I wasn't surprised by the handcuffs! It was your moves just now. They were amazing! You didn't look like a profiler at all. You looked like a trained professional!"
Xia Lili smiled, let go of the gangster and stood up: "It's still a long way to go, it's just some basic self-defense skills."
Li Xiao steadied his breath and solemnly thanked Xia Lili, "Mr. Xia, thank you so much! If you hadn't intervened in time, I can't imagine what would have happened if the microphone stand had fallen..."
Before she finished speaking, Xia Lili's phone suddenly rang. As soon as she answered it, she heard Yu Shou's anxious voice coming from the receiver:
"Ms. Xia, something happened! Su Wanqing just fainted on the stage, and the medical staff have already carried her off... I'm afraid the concert will have to be canceled!"
Yu Shou's tone was filled with regret and self-blame. "Ms. Xia, when you told me to notify Su Wanqing to leave the stage immediately, I happened to see her female assistant nearby. So I quickly relayed the message to her, asking her to notify Teacher Su to leave immediately."
"After hearing this, the female assistant immediately walked up from the backstage entrance. I thought she was going to bring Teacher Su down."
Yu Shou's voice gradually lowered, almost trembling. "But when I helped Mr. Xia to the lounge, I looked up and saw on the CCTV screen... Su Wanqing was still singing on the stage!"
"I immediately turned around and rushed towards the stage, but before I could reach the side of the stage, I heard an extremely piercing noise coming from the live speakers—"
Yu Shou paused, as if still feeling a lingering fear. "Then, I watched Su Wanqing... collapse in the center of the stage."
"The audience is in an uproar, the scene is extremely chaotic, and the concert... has to be stopped."
Xia Lili ripped off the cap and mask of the subdued man in black and said to Yu Shou on the other end of the phone, "Brother Yu, this is not your responsibility. Don't blame yourself."
"Thank you for protecting my brother immediately. You have fulfilled your obligation to notify him."
As the hat and mask were removed, the attacker's true face was completely exposed under the light.
Xia Lili stared at the familiar face. It was indeed the male assistant who had disappeared from Su Wanqing's side for a long time.
At this point, she already understood: Su Wanqing's injury was not a simple stage accident, but someone's secretive work.
The female assistant who did not take Su Wanqing away in time was probably also part of this conspiracy.
The only thing that has not been confirmed is whether the male assistant in front of him planned all this to harm Su Wanqing, or whether he and Su Wanqing worked together to stage this drama.
Xia Lili spoke faster and more clearly to the person on the other end of the line, "Brother Yu, I have an urgent matter to deal with. Contact Ming Zhou immediately and have him prepare a team of lawyers."
"Please keep calm at the scene. We will explain to the public that Su Wanqing fainted briefly due to the excitement at the scene. She has been sent to the hospital for examination and is fine. Please rest assured, fans, the performance will continue."
At this moment, the male assistant who had fallen to the ground heard her words, his eyes widened, and he blurted out: "What? Just fainted?!"
His tone suddenly turned ferocious: "Damn it...why didn't he just fall to his death!"
These words sounded as if he intended to murder Su Wanqing, but Xia Lili did not believe it.
Because in her previous foresight, after Su Wanqing suffered hearing loss, it was this male assistant who stayed by her side all the time.
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