Chapter 51 Chapter 51 I'm Here to Save You
Chapter 51
Le Zhiqi was found, but she was alone.
They were found at noon the day after they disappeared. Le Zhiqi hadn't eaten all day, and the police, after questioning her, didn't get much useful information.
The only thing she got was what Le Zhiqi said, that the kidnappers kidnapped Xia Nuan on purpose, and she herself was implicated. Xia Nuan was kidnapped because she didn't know who she had offended.
At the same time, in a castle in Sicily, thousands of miles away.
Xia Nuan lay in bed, unable to tell where she was. The European-style room, with its exquisite decoration, felt like she had stepped back into the Middle Ages.
Is she saved?
The light refracted through the glass onto the bed. Xia Nuan squinted and looked out the window. The sky outside was blue and cloudless, and the weather was great.
She tried to sit up, but she had no strength.
Her eyelids were heavy, and Xia Nuan blinked slowly. Was she rescued, or not?
Why am I the only one here? Where is Le Zhiqi? Isn’t she the target of the kidnapper? Was she rescued like me? Then where is she now?
Xia Nuan fainted again in a daze. When she woke up again, the sky was still clear and cloudless.
But now she can barely control her body, but she is very thirsty and hungry.
Xia Nuan sat up and realized that her clothes were no longer the same as yesterday's. Her wrists and ankles were bare except for the red marks from being bound, and the tape on her mouth had been torn off.
But she didn't feel any signs of intrusion on her body. Xia Nuan frowned and stared blankly at the unfamiliar room. Her head was still a little dizzy, was it because she slept too long?
The clock on the wall showed that it was half past three, but the spring weather outside was so bright and beautiful that it definitely wasn't three thirty in the morning.
Xia Nuan was thinking about some meaningless and non-brain-intensive things, or rather, she was so thirsty and hungry that she was completely unable to think about anything that required much brainpower.
With a sudden burst of weakness, she slipped and landed on her feet. The soft carpet cushioned the pain of the fall, but in her panic, her hand brushed against the porcelain vase on the bedside table, shattering with a resounding sound. The fragments scattered across the floor, and light danced on each piece.
Xia Nuan didn't know the reason, but she still secretly hid a sharper piece and put it in the pillowcase.
I don’t know if the noise in the house seemed to alarm the people outside, or if they were planning to come in at this time, but a European maid in a black and white maid outfit came in pushing a dining cart.
She simply glanced at the broken vase and said, "Miss Xia, this is your lunch. I've heated it up for you. I'll clean up the broken pieces right away, so don't worry."
The maid's voice had the same Italian accent as the man's, but it was much better than the man's. At least, Xia Nuan could understand what she was saying without having to struggle to distinguish it.
She first put the tomato and onion soup and soft bread on the table. Less than three minutes later, she had cleaned up the broken pieces of vase and porcelain and was ready to leave.
Xia Nuan called out to her and took the opportunity to look outside the door. [Excuse me, where is this place?]
The maid didn't answer her question, but simply said, "Miss Xia, I'll come to collect the dishes in an hour. The water on the table is drinkable."
Sure enough, she was not rescued, but brought here by someone for unknown reasons.
She didn't even know where this was.
The door was closed again. Xia Nuan waited for a few minutes and then walked to the door.
She had just seen that there was no one guarding the door. She thought the door should be locked, and sure enough, she was still a little disappointed.
Xia Nuan's stomach rumbled again, and her eyes were involuntarily drawn to the bowl of fragrant tomato and onion soup and the bread on the table that looked soft, delicious, and emitting a golden glow.
She pinched herself and forced herself to observe here first.
This is a European-style room with a bathroom. All the furnishings are exquisite, whether it is the carpet, wallpaper or carvings on the furniture, all of them reveal this.
Xia Nuan walked to the window. It wasn't designed to be low, perhaps to suit the height of the previous owner of this house, who was at least much taller than herself. She stood behind the curtains, observing the outside. She didn't seem to be on the first floor, perhaps the second or third, but it shouldn't be too high.
What came into view was an endless garden, and in the center of the view was a conspicuous sculpture. The sculpture looked familiar. Xia Nuan remembered seeing it somewhere, but now she couldn't remember what it was.
Her gaze dropped downwards and she subconsciously held her breath.
There were many burly men in black clothes, who seemed to be on patrol or just walking around casually. She couldn't see clearly, but it seemed that everyone had a weapon and was ready to fight at any time.
Xia Nuan suddenly shuddered all over. She remembered what that strange-looking sculpture was. She had found it a few days ago. It was the family emblem of the Molegs family.
Was she in that mafia family that was in the middle of a civil war?! Suddenly losing all her strength, Xia Nuan collapsed to the ground, holding her head helplessly. After a while, she calmed down and wiped away her tears.
Xia Nuan consoled herself, thinking that at least for now, they still wanted her to live. After all, if they really wanted to kill her, why would they have gone to all the trouble of bringing her here?
But this pale and powerless comfort was of little use, and she was doomed to die in the end.
The room was not small. On one side of the room was a wooden carved European-style wardrobe. Xia Nuan gently opened it and found that it was full of new women's clothes without even the brands on them, and they all fit her size.
She blinked a few times, and the tears hanging on her eyelashes fell to the ground. As expected, her arrest was premeditated.
Xia Nuan inevitably thought more and more deeply, and all the dark stories that existed in her mind emerged one by one. She was obviously the only one in the room, but Xia Nuan felt as if her throat was strangled and she couldn't breathe.
She was gasping for breath, perhaps because she was too hungry. Xia Nuan stopped crying meaninglessly and stopped indulging in meaningless self-pity.
Since she was going to die sooner or later anyway, she didn't want to starve to death now.
Xia Nuan walked to the table and sat down, holding the bread in one hand and the spoon in the other, and began to stuff food into her mouth.
After dinner, Xia Nuan walked to the bed and touched the porcelain fragments she had secretly hidden. She felt a sense of security inexplicably.
An hour later, Xia Nuan was still there, and the maid came to collect the dishes on time.
Seeing Xia Nuan finish her meal, the maid secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Before she left, Xia Nuan asked the maid's name, and her name was Chiara.
Xia Nuan could vaguely feel that this person named Chiara did not have much ill will towards her.
At 6:30 in the evening, Chiara brought dinner and told us that she would come again in an hour to pick up the dishes.
Chiara seemed to notice that Xia Nuan was much calmer now than she was in the afternoon, so she told Xia Nuan that the towels and toiletries in the bathroom were new, and that she had helped Xia Nuan change her clothes, so she didn't have to think too much.
Xia Nuan took a step forward and grabbed Chiara's sleeve as she was about to leave. "Miss Chiara, can you tell me why you brought me here? I'm sure I don't know anyone from the Moleges family. I don't even know any Italians."
Chiara pulled the sleeve out of Xia Nuan's hand and left.
She was not allowed to go out. Xia Nuan looked at the door that Chiara closed again, her eyes full of darkness.
It had been less than three hours since Xia Nuan's last meal, and she wasn't very hungry, but she still finished her dinner.
The day passed like this. Xia Nuan did not turn off the lights, but stared at the mural on the ceiling in a daze. She did not know when or how long it had been before she fell asleep.
After being questioned by the police, Le Zhiqi bought a flight ticket for the same day and left Italy immediately. Duan Chunjing and Ji Mian also left after Le Zhiqi left.
Fang Danyi had not intended to leave. Although she had only been with Xia Nuan for sixteen days, she had already considered Xia Nuan her friend. She called her husband, briefly told him about the matter, and told him that she planned to go back after finding Xia Nuan in a few days. But who knew that her husband flew directly to Italy to bring Fang Danyi back.
It is now the second day since Xia Nuan disappeared. The domestic media has not received any news of Xia Nuan's disappearance, but many paparazzi have taken pictures of several people who were supposed to be abroad returning to China.
Ji Mian is the only guest left in Italy. The other members of the program crew have not left yet. If Xia Nuan cannot be found, they will be responsible, so the staff are very nervous and afraid that their jobs will be lost.
But there seems to be one exception.
Ji Mian hopes to seek help from the embassy and ask the embassy to put pressure on the police station to make them pay attention to Xia Nuan's disappearance case.
But after the director knew his thoughts, he contacted him many times and even threatened Ji Mian that if he didn't want to work abroad in the future, he should not go to the embassy for help now.
Ji Mian now felt physically disgusted whenever he thought of Li Zhihui. He kept saying that he would wait for the police for a day, and if there was no result, he would go to the embassy with him for help.
It's really ridiculous. If he hadn't insisted on calling the police yesterday, Li Zhihui would not have taken the initiative to call the police; if he hadn't gone to the embassy today, Li Zhihui would be even less likely to go to the embassy for help.
Although Ji Mian knew that Li Zhihui had a powerful background, why didn't he call the police? Why was he unwilling to seek help from the embassy? Everything was very abnormal.
Ji Mian even thought about his sudden notification before leaving for Italy and his resistance to changing the country of travel. If there was no reason, Ji Mian would even suspect Li Zhihui of involvement in the kidnapping of Xia Nuan.
After Li Zhihui's persuasion and threats failed, he asked the bodyguards to guard Ji Mian's room and not let him go out. He even took away Ji Mian's mobile phone to prevent him from secretly asking the embassy for help.
The next day, Li Zhihui suddenly appeared and handed him the phone, and Ji Mian heard Le Zhiqi's voice.
However, when they arrived there, Le Zhiqi was the only one there.
While everyone was rushing to rescue Le Zhiqi, Ji Mian secretly called the embassy.
Xia Nuan has not been found yet. Li Zhihui knows that Ji Mian will definitely make a fuss about looking for her and is definitely planning to go to the embassy. He plans to keep Ji Mian locked up in the hotel when he comes back.
If there is still no news about Xia Nuan tomorrow, Li Zhihui also plans to seek help from the embassy. He has already established good relationships, so even if this matter is exposed, he can now ensure that he will be cleared of the matter.
Li Zhihui curled his lips in a pity. Xia Nuan was so pretty, it was a pity she had never tasted the sweetness of love. Now she had been missing for almost a day, and it was likely that she was in great danger.
Li Zhihui asked Xiao Lin to instruct the bodyguards to keep an eye on Ji Mian and not let him run around, and to take back his cell phone.
Li Zhihui's eyes widened, his glasses fogged up with anger. He took them off angrily and asked, "You said Ji Mian is missing?"
Inside the Chinese Embassy in Italy, Ji Mian was telling the staff what had happened that day. He earnestly pleaded with the officials to urge the Italian side to take action as soon as possible.
The embassy quickly investigated the case and responded promptly.
At the same time on Earth, in China, the news of Xia Nuan's disappearance in Italy became a hot topic the moment it was exposed, and it continued to rise, staying at the top of the trending search list for two days.
At that time, Su Yuzhou was holding a symposium for the actors of his new movie.
A message popped up automatically on his phone. He glanced at it and was about to turn off the screen, but his gaze seemed to be fixed on the phone screen. The tip of the pen touched the script and dipped into a large ball of black ink.
The screenwriter sitting at Su Yuzhou looked at him, motionless and stunned, with a serious expression on his face, as if something bad had happened.
The screenwriter patted him gently and reminded him, "Director Su, the two actors have finished speaking, it's your turn now."
Su Yuzhou seemed to wake up from a dream. He looked at the ink stain on the script, feeling annoyed, and simply closed the script.
The two actors thought they had said something wrong and were getting worried when Su Yuzhou spoke. As usual, he did not criticize them, but his tone was a little off. However, Director Su was used to being willful, and no one cared about it.
Lou Su had just woken up and was drinking water in the living room when Lin Dayong called to tell him the news.
He was very calm when he answered the phone. Lin Dayong even thought that his calmness was a little abnormal. "Lou Su, are you okay? Do you want me to come over and check on you?"
Lou Su's tone remained calm. "No need, Brother Lin, I'm fine. Thank you for telling me the news."
He really had something wrong, so Lin Dayong quickly said, "Don't move at home. Let's discuss what you want to do first. I'll come find you now."
Lin Dayong didn't know how much Lou Su had heard, but the call had been hung up anyway.
He rushed to Lou Su's residence in half an hour and opened the door with the spare key. The lights in the house were still on and there was half a glass of water on the table. It seemed that the person was still there.
Lin Dayong breathed a sigh of relief. "Lou Su, I'm thinking of going to Italy. I'm worried about Xiao Xia. I have a hunch that she should still be alive and well. You know, my intuition is always very accurate. I know you can't not go back, so let's go together-"
No one answered him.
"Lou Su—Lou Su—"
This guy has already left, without even taking a suitcase. He plans to leave without anything! It's only half an hour, and this guy won't even wait for him?
Lin Dayong sighed, but still quickly turned off the main power switch of Lou Su's house, said goodbye to the company, went home, picked up his luggage and rushed to the airport.
When Lin Dayong arrived at the airport, Lou Su had already boarded the next flight to Italy.
Xia Nuan didn't know what was happening outside, nor did she know that many netizens in China were praying for her and wishing her safety. Of course, she didn't know that some people already believed that she had been cruelly treated and unfortunately died.
Xia Nuan had calmed down a lot the second day after being abducted here. At least she had become indifferent to it now.
She had nothing to do today, so she was observing from the window. Including last night and tonight, those tough guys in black changed every thirty minutes, and there were only about twenty or thirty seconds in between when there was no one in black clothes in her sight.
But she had no idea if there were others watching the castle from somewhere else she couldn't see.
She still didn't get any useful information from Chiara today, but she was now certain that this person did have good intentions towards her.
But Xia Nuan had no idea about the other people in this place.
Life and death are determined by fate. It doesn't matter if you die early or late. Anyway, when you think about her life, it has been quite wonderful and there is nothing to regret.
If that unknown, mentally ill person who had captured her, the damned Morleges, wanted her to do something bad, she would choose to step into the trap herself first.
Xia Nuan was afraid that leaving the lights on would attract people, so she turned off the lights like she did yesterday. But maybe because she had slept for a few hours at noon, it was now the middle of the night and Xia Nuan still couldn't sleep.
She closed her eyes and began to recall the past. Is it true that when people know they are about to die, they will start to reminisce? Xia Nuan sighed, as if wanting to laugh at herself, but she couldn't. She couldn't mobilize any muscles on her face.
There seemed to be movement near the window, and Xia Nuan suddenly opened her eyes.
She had drawn the curtains and closed the window hinges. She didn't know who was coming in, whether they were here to kill her or for some other purpose.
Are you afraid of being discovered by not going through the main entrance?
Xia Nuan's heart, which had been calmly preparing for death, seemed to be reignited and began to beat violently. She couldn't tell whether it was excitement or fear.
She took a deep breath, quickly reached under the pillow and took out the piece of broken porcelain that she had modified (she wrapped one end with several layers of cloth so that at least it wouldn't prick her hand when she held it).
She stared at the window.
One second, two seconds, three seconds... She counted fifteen seconds in her mind. It might have been fast or slow, but in this short period of time, the man had already opened the window and entered the room.
His footsteps were very light, and it was unclear whether he didn't want to wake her or didn't want to disturb her.
Soon, the man walked to the bedside.
Xia Nuan didn't know where she got the explosive power from, she took the broken porcelain pieces in her hand and stabbed at the man.
The man was caught off guard, but almost instantly, Xia Nuan's wrist was grabbed. The man exerted force, and the broken porcelain pieces in his hand fell to the carpet with almost no sound.
The person covered her mouth and made a hissing sound.
"Miss Xia Nuan, I'm here to save you."
Chinese.
Xia Nuan was stunned, and her resistance stopped. Was this a Chinese? Was he really here to save her?
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