Chapter 50 Chapter 50 “She is Xia Nuan, she is Xia Nuan…
Is this a joke played on them by the program crew?
Before she could even feel the fear, Xia Nuan's heart was suddenly filled with the strong urge to go over and see how Le Zhiqi was doing.
Xia Nuan struggled to move her body towards Le Zhiqi. She felt a sharp pain in her legs and hands. The small stones on the ground might have scratched her skin, but she didn't feel any pain at the moment.
The distance between the two people is less than one meter, but this one meter is longer than any other distance.
When Xia Nuan was about to move to Le Zhiqi's side, she suddenly heard a sound coming from the warehouse door, as if someone was unlocking it.
The door was pushed open, not loudly, but in this dilapidated warehouse, the sound was deafening.
Le Zhiqi also woke up at this time. She and Xia Nuan looked at each other, and there was fear in each other's eyes.
Le Zhiqi was trembling all over. She had only gone to the bathroom with Xia Nuan, and when she woke up, she was already here. She hadn't offended anyone since she came here, so why did they kidnap her?
Le Zhiqi's teeth couldn't stop trembling. The person at the door was either someone who came to save them or someone who wanted to harm them.
She stared at the warehouse door, filled with fear for what was about to happen.
A figure appeared at the warehouse door, but that figure was not anyone they were familiar with.
The door was closed again, and the warehouse became gray again.
The footsteps grew clearer as the man walked up to the two men. He was dressed in black, with a black hood covering his head, and his entire body was almost completely absorbed in the darkness.
Le Zhiqi is now regretting it so much that her intestines are turning green. If she had not come to Italy, if she had agreed with Xia Nuan at the beginning, would she not have encountered this kind of thing?
There was a sudden burst of blinding light; it was the masked man pointing a flashlight at them.
Xia Nuan subconsciously closed her eyes and blinked continuously, trying to quickly adapt to the sudden bright light.
Le Zhiqi was stimulated by the light and her whole body began to tremble again. She opened her eyes carefully and saw that the man had a gun on his waist.
He suddenly came closer.
Xia Nuan was so frightened that her entire body froze, completely unable to move. Le Zhiqi kept shaking her head, trying to move back, but the powerlessness in her body meant that even with all her might, she could only move less than two centimeters.
He tucked the flashlight under his armpit and picked up his cell phone as if to compare something. After a moment, he put down the phone, took the gun in his hand, knocked it twice, and opened the safety of the gun.
The sound of loading the gun stimulated Xia Nuan's brain, and her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
She tried to calm herself down, but there was no way. The man was holding a gun! Was he going to kill her to silence her, or to rape her first and then kill her, or—
There was a silencer installed on the muzzle of his gun. Was he really going to die here? Xia Nuan's face turned pale.
Le Zhiqi next to her was completely stunned, completely unable to think, but her body was twitching uncontrollably.
The man spoke, pointing the gun at the two men and smiling, as if he found their pale, frightened expressions amusing. "I'm going to rip the tape off your mouths now. You'd better not yell, make any noise, or move around. Otherwise, my gun won't have eyes—"
He spoke English, but with a thick Italian accent.
Hearing this, the first thing that came to Xia Nuan's mind was how the kidnapper knew that they could understand English but not Italian; then, he might not intend to kill us, otherwise, he wouldn't have a black hood on his head.
The moment the tape was torn off, Xia Nuan couldn't help but hiss and frown, but when she thought of what this person had just said, she immediately shut her mouth.
Now she and Le Zhiqi had no strength left and could not resist at all. They could only take things one step at a time. If she really died today, even though she didn't want to die, Xia Nuan smiled bitterly, there was nothing she could do.
Now we can only hope that people outside know that they are missing and can find them quickly.
I don’t know how much time has passed since they disappeared.
At the Florence Police Department, the police officer remained indifferent to the Chinese who had reported the crime. After recording their information, he nodded and said, "Okay, you can leave now. We will do our best to find you. If we have any news later, we will contact you immediately."
His attitude was perfunctory, almost visible.
Ji Mian gritted his teeth, clenched his fists tightly, and the veins on his forehead twitched. The director quickly pulled him back, "I know you're sad right now, and I feel the same way. But bear with it for now, I'll go talk to him later."
"Don't touch me."
Ji Mian glanced at the director, who subconsciously let go of his hand as if he were cut by a knife.
Ji Mian's eyes were filled with anger. He knew that he couldn't be impulsive at this moment, but he couldn't calm down at all. Where was Ah Nuan now? Why did she disappear? In this country where they couldn't speak the same language, he couldn't imagine what kind of treatment two beautiful women would suffer.
He took a few deep breaths, blood staining his clenched palms. "Mr. Policeman, the two missing women are famous Chinese celebrities. I hope you can find them as soon as possible. They are very important to us. You must know that these two missing women are both prominent figures in China. If we don't deal with them quickly, it will likely affect diplomatic relations between our two countries."
The person who received them opened his eyes wide, raised his eyebrows, and had an exaggerated expression of surprise on his face. "Oh, although you mentioned this matter earlier, I didn't expect it to affect the relationship between China and our country. Don't worry, we will definitely help you find it."
His tone was a little stronger than before, but only a little.
Ji Mian was so angry that he laughed.
There had been several clashes between police and Chinese people in Florence recently, and now these people were even more unfriendly towards people with similar appearances. The Italian police were notorious for their corruption and incompetence. Without external pressure, he didn't know how much they would have spent on searching for the two Chinese people.
Ah Nuan was a well-known Chinese actress, and Le Zhiqi's family background was said to be very powerful. He had to contact the embassy.
Thinking of the director who had been trying to stop him, Ji Mian couldn't help but let out a cold sneer. This idiot, worse than pigs and dogs, looked nonchalant, intending to keep the matter a secret for the sake of his own reputation.
If he hadn't insisted on calling the police earlier, he had no doubt that the man might have continued to delay.
——
Two hours ago.
After waiting for half an hour, they still didn't see Xia Nuan and Le Zhiqi come out of the restroom, nor did they send any text messages. Furthermore, no one answered their calls.
Fang Danyi went into the bathroom and looked around, but didn't find anyone. Then Duan Chunjing and she went in again, but still found nothing, no items related to the two of them.
Ji Mian's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could have pinched a fly to death. He quickly ran to the director's car, opened the door, and said to the director, "Xia Nuan and Le Zhiqi are missing."
The director frowned upon hearing this and turned to look at the other staff members, "Has anyone seen Xia Nuan and Le Zhiqi?"
Everyone shook their heads.
The director asked someone to find the two bodyguards following Xia Nuan and Le Zhiqi. "Did you two see them come out? Do you know where they went?"
The translator translated this sentence to the two people.
The two bodyguards gave almost the same answer, they both didn't see it, and because it was a women's restroom, they didn't go in, so they just waited not far from the restroom.
And because they were going to the women's restroom, the two male photographers who were following them didn't follow too closely. For a moment, no one knew where the two were going or what happened.
Only then did everyone realize that Xia Nuan and Le Zhiqi were missing.
But forty minutes had already passed since they entered the bathroom.
Ji Mian ripped off the microphone clipped to his chest and strode in front of the director. "Call the police! Xia Nuan and Le Zhiqi are missing. There's no sign of them in the restroom."
The director pushed his glasses. He was a little nervous now. He squinted his eyes and thought for a while, "Ji Mian, don't worry, let's look for them first. Maybe Xia Nuan and Le Zhiqi want to give us a surprise, so - Hey, Ji Mian, what are you doing? Do you still want to do it?"
Ji Mian grabbed the director's chest and pulled him up. "Li Zhihui! If this was planned by you, tell me they're not missing and I'll apologize. If you're talking nonsense without knowing anything, you're asking for a beating. This is Italy, a foreign country. Those two girls have been missing for forty minutes now, and we can't contact them. And you call this a surprise!"
Duan Chunjing and the other three were discussing what to do when they saw Ji Mian's actions. Director Li's face had turned red because of him, so the three of them hurried over to stop him. Director Li had a powerful background, so it was better not to offend him if absolutely necessary.
The director stood up straight, patting his chest and gasping for air. Ji Mian had just grabbed his collar and nearly strangled him. He looked at this actor, known for his composure, as if he were a madman. "Let's search for another half an hour and check the area again. If we can't find him, call the police immediately."
The director picked up his glasses from the ground, still gasping for breath. "Ji Mian, I know you're anxious right now, and I am too, but we can't all be calm right now. What if we call the police and find out they're not missing at all? If the news of our false report gets out to others, it won't be good for Xia Nuan and Le Zhiqi either."
When Ji Mian heard what he said, he glanced at him coldly and said, "This is bad for your program, right? If you don't call the police, I will call the police now."
The director was so angry that he laughed, "Okay, okay, go ahead and report it."
The cameraman continued to diligently film the four guests present, and the camera kept working until the director stopped.
The director turned around and said, "Everyone, go find someone now, in groups of two or three. Don't get lost."
Ji Mian glanced at him and then called the police in Italy. He described the situation to the police on the other end of the phone. The other party asked them to continue searching and would call back immediately.
After getting the confirmation, Ji Mian began to join the search crowd, but nothing was found.
Twenty minutes had passed since he called the police, and there was still no response. Ji Mian called again, and the operator there suggested that he go to the police station in person to report the crime.
The director took a deep breath and said, "Ji Mian, you should thank me for letting bygones be bygones. Let's go. Xiaolin, the translator, and I will go to the police station with you."
Fortunately, this place is only two kilometers away from the police station.
——
Xia Nuan looked at the gun pointed at her and the kidnapper who had been gazing at her. She took several deep breaths, swallowed the saliva in her mouth, and opened her trembling pale lips. "Sir, why did you bring us here?"
Although he was wearing a mask, one could still sense his disdainful sneer. He ignored Xia Nuan's question and just moved away from them, with the muzzle of his gun hovering between Le Zhiqi and Xia Nuan.
[Who among you is Xia Nuan? ]
His pronunciation of the word "Xia Nuan" was not standard, but even so, they both heard clearly whose name it was.
Xia Nuan felt as if her heart stopped for a beat, and then beat even faster.
She opened her mouth, flexing the muscles around her lips, and spoke: [It's me, sir. I'm Xia Nuan.]
[She is Xia Nuan, she is Xia Nuan.] Le Zhiqi almost roared, but her voice was still not loud enough for the two of them to hear clearly.
[You are Xia Nuan.] This sentence is an affirmative sentence.
He seemed to smile again, a very satisfied smile. He took out two pieces of cloth from his clothes. His movements were so quick that Xia Nuan was knocked unconscious again almost instantly.
He took a few more steps and knocked Le Zhiqi unconscious.
The man re-taped their mouths and sent a message on his phone. Several people emerged from the doorway, carrying the two men away in separate directions.
When Le Zhiqi saw the man's actions, she subconsciously held her breath, but because her consciousness was weak, she eventually inhaled some and fell into a coma.
But the moment she was carried away, perhaps because she had inhaled less, or for other reasons, she regained some hazy consciousness. Two people were carrying her, so she was committing a crime alone. What about Xia Nuan? She—
Le Zhiqi fell into a coma again.
When she woke up again, she was lying in a narrow and dilapidated room. The ropes on her hands and feet were gone, and she tore off the tape on her mouth.
Suddenly, she thought of something, looked down at herself, and breathed a sigh of relief. She was still wearing yesterday's clothes. Apart from being a little dirty, they were not damaged.
She didn't die, no one killed her? What about Xia Nuan? Thinking of Xia Nuan, Le Zhiqi felt a little breathless.
My whole body still feels weak.
Le Zhiqi tried hard to turn over and propped herself up with her arms.
In the corner was her bag, her bag, the bag was still there! ?
Le Zhiqi didn't know where she got the strength from, so she immediately opened her bag. The wad of cash inside was gone, but her cell phone was still there.
Cell phone, turn it on. Yes, she wanted to turn it on. The cell phone still had power. Tears welled up in Le Zhiqi's eyes.
She held the phone. She should still be in Italy. Well, yes, her hands trembled a few times as she called Ji Mian.
Almost instantly, the call was connected. It didn't seem like Ji Mian's voice was on the other end. About a minute later, Ji Mian's voice rang out, "Zhiqi, are you all okay? Where are you now? Is Xia Nuan with you?"
Le Zhiqi's tears suddenly flowed out, and she suddenly opened the door. The door opened, but it was not locked.
Before she could get excited, Le Zhiqi looked at the green wheat fields. There was no one in sight. She froze in her place, her voice weak and pale, "I don't know. I don't know where I am."
Perhaps she was too distracted to notice Ji Mian's question: "Is Xia Nuan by your side?"
"Don't hang up, we've located your location and will pick you up right away."
Ji Mian seemed to be telling something to the person next to him, and Le Zhiqi heard the sound of a car engine coming from the phone.
Saved, saved, she collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down her face.
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