The king refuses to accept [entertainment circle]

【"The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable, please try again later."】

"Okay, Ka—"

Xu Zhengming shouted with a loudspeaker in satisfaction.

As soon as the director's voice fell, the staff members who were holding the lighting board and the radio microphone pole immediately put down the props and moved their sore arms.The assistants off the set immediately took their coats and handed them to the thinly dressed actors.

Although it is early summer in June, the temperature difference between day and night is huge, and the temperature in the middle of the night is only about ten degrees.

When the fast-rotating clock was shot, today's night scene was finally finished.

Mu Qing, who was wearing a court uniform, first checked today's shooting clips with the director, and then picked up his work phone to read the email.

When he finally had time to read the messages on his personal phone, his brows immediately frowned.

There were nine missed calls in the message bar, all of which were from Mu Xiaoxiao, and the most recent one was displayed 10 minutes ago.

Contacting myself so late...

Mu Qing called back immediately, but what he heard was the cold "The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable".

Not "The number you are calling is off" or "The number you are calling is busy".

Mu Qing paused for a moment, then immediately called up the text message record and WeChat interface.

Mu Xiaoxiao sent him a location 15 minutes ago, but there was no other information.

Mu Qing clicked on the location immediately, and the address was displayed on Huixin Street.

"Brother Mu, is something wrong?" The assistant Xiao Wen next to him couldn't help asking when he saw that Mu Qing's face had become more serious than ever.

Mu Qing shifted his gaze from staring at the phone screen to Xiao Wen, and at that moment, Xiao Wen who was covered by his eyes felt like falling into an ice cellar.

"Let's go." Mu Qing just said briefly, turned around and walked out quickly.

Xiao Wen originally wanted to remind Mu Qing that the costume hadn't changed yet, but thinking of Mu Qing's expression just now, he immediately shut his mouth and trotted to keep up with Mu Qing.

The night is like water, and the night wind is like a knife.

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On the street late at night, a black suv speeds by.

On the co-pilot in the SUV, Sui Dongting peered at the windshield for a long time, and finally withdrew his body in dismay, rubbing his sore eyes.

Seeing the movement of Sui Dongting, Mu Bei immediately stepped forward and asked, "How is it?"

"I can't find that car." Sui Dongting replied sullenly.

Thumping the back of the chair, Mu Bei sat back unhappily. After a while, he felt unstoppable excitement. He took out his mobile phone and looked at the map, and said, "We will be at Huixin Street soon, at most 10 minutes!"

"Since Xiyuan and the others are being followed by a car, we'd better call them and tell them." Li Weinan said suddenly.

As soon as Li Weinan spoke, there was a moment of silence in the carriage.

Mu Bei suddenly realized: "Oh yes, forget about it."

Mu Bei quickly took out his mobile phone to call Xiyuan, and said with a smile, "If this kid knows that he is being followed, he will be so scared."

Sui Dongting in the front seat also turned around and waited for the call.

But Sui Dongting saw that Mu Bei's face gradually changed, and he couldn't tell whether it was more shock or panic.

An inorganic, cold female voice came from the mobile phone with the external speaker on:

"The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable, please try again later."

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Huixin Street.

The old buildings were silently hidden in the darkness, and the scattered living room lights hung high in mid-air, looking extremely far away.

Only a few street lights could be seen on the ground, and there was a broken one in the distance, flickering, shining brightly and dimly.

"There is no signal here."

Lu Li looked at the No Signal displayed on the upper left corner of the phone, and tried to make a call, but he couldn't.

Nishihara put down the phone and said, "Mine too."

Lu Li said to the taxi driver, "Master, thank you very much. After you drive out, can I trouble you to call the police, saying that someone has been kidnapped here."

Lu Li looked at the driver's face, paused for a moment, and then changed his words: "I understand if you are afraid of trouble, then do you think it's okay, I'll leave a call for you later, you have a signal when you go out, help me Call this number and say that Lu Li is in Huixin Street, please come over as soon as possible, and bring a few people with you, so that it won't trouble you too much, do you think it's okay?"

Even when he heard the word Lu Li, the driver didn't react at all, obviously he didn't know him.This is also normal, middle-aged men usually know little about the small fresh meat market, after all, the driver doesn't even know Nishihara.

The driver hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "No matter what happened inside, you should always take the car when you get out. Is there a signal here, and there is no car coming. I will wait for you here. How about you take it back?"

Unexpectedly, the driver, who seemed a bit afraid of causing trouble, showed kindness and was willing to stay.

Lu Li was a little surprised, but felt that this was the best choice.He originally wanted to contact An Shi, but far away water could not save the near fire, the day lily was cold when An Shi came over, it would be best to have a ready-made car waiting here to take them away at any time.

Lu Li immediately reacted, and sincerely thanked, "Thank you so much, Master, we'll be back as soon as possible."

Nishihara also politely thanked the kind driver at the side.

After the two got out of the car, Lu Li pulled out the location map that Mu Xiaoxiao had sent him, and said to Xi Yuan, "Go inside first."

Xiyuan nodded and followed Lu Li.

"Hey--"

Suddenly there was a shout from behind.

Lu Li and Xi Yuan turned their heads and saw the sweaty face of the driver sticking out of the window. There was fear and self-blame on that face. The driver probably felt that he, a big man, should accompany these two teenagers, but in the end I dare not.

Lu Li understands the driver's entanglement. He may be willing to help strangers, but he never takes it for granted that strangers help each other. In this increasingly indifferent society, although Lu Li does not necessarily agree with it, he can understand everyone's "sweeping the front door". ".And this driver is willing to stay, Lu Li is already very grateful.

The driver struggled for a few seconds, more sweat broke out on his forehead, and he finally said: "You two...be careful."

The driver stared blankly at the two young boys with picturesque eyebrows and smiled at him, then turned around, and his figure gradually disappeared.

The two of them seemed to be swallowed by darkness.

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The road at midnight.

Mu Qing, who changed into his costume in the back compartment, buttoned up his shirt while asking, "How long will it take to arrive at Huixin Street?"

Xiao Wen, who had been staring at the phone map, immediately replied: "There are still 10 minutes."

Mu Qing rubbed his frowning brows, suppressed his fatigue, and then asked, "Have you contacted the bodyguard?"

Xiao Wen's face was also a little worried, and said: "I just got in touch, and said that Xiao Xiao deliberately threw him off and lost his mobile phone."

Xiao Wen quickly explained what happened: "At 8 o'clock tonight, Xiao Xiao and her classmate Wang Yaya went to the movies together. After watching, they went home separately. They probably wanted to go for a walk alone. Xiao Xiao felt that the bodyguard followed her. Trouble, throw him away."

What the two of them tacitly knew was that this was not the first time Mu Xiaoxiao had lost a bodyguard, and they didn't want something to happen this time.

Could it be that someone really did something to a defenseless little girl?

Xiao Wen didn't dare to think about it at all.

"Wang Yaya has already gone home, and I haven't contacted Xiao Xiao after the movie." Xiao Wen carefully looked at Mu Qing's expression, and said, "Xiao Xiao's phone... still can't get through."

"Do you want to talk to Aunt Lin and the others?" Xiao Wen asked.

Mu Qing quickly replied: "Don't contact me yet, don't make parents worry for nothing."

Xiao Wen wanted to say, Brother Mu, don't worry, but he stopped the words when they got to his throat. He knew that Mu Qing was the last thing to listen to worthless words, so Xiao Wen continued to report: "It has been done according to what you said, Brother Mu, I found a security company to contact a team, they will probably be able to arrive at Huixin Street in front of us, and we will be notified as soon as we arrive, and the search will be launched immediately."

Mu Qing nodded slightly, expressing that he knew.

Thinking that he had nothing to do except wait in the car at this moment, Mu Qing couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

Mu Qing leaned on the back seat, staring at the rapidly receding street scene outside the car window.

The neon lights overflowed his cold and serious face, and all the brilliance dimmed as if he had been frightened away.

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"By the way, we can't contact Xiyuan, so we have to contact Uncle Yuan Chu, after all, it's so late, we haven't returned to the dormitory, and Xiyuan's whereabouts are also missing..."

I don't know if it's wise or stupid, but compared to Mu Bei and Sui Dongting who are restless, Li Weinan is the one who can always figure things out.

Just as Mu Bei took out his phone, the driver, who had been silent all the way, spoke up.

"Why don't you just stop fighting, if Boss Xi knows that I didn't send you back to the dormitory, but took you around in the middle of the night, you can't scold me..."

Mu Bei's face immediately changed: "We are called wandering around, we are here to save people, you know—"

"—Mu Bei!"

Mu Bei, who was about to lose his temper, was interrupted by Sui Dongting.

Mu Bei was about to turn his firepower to Sui Dongting, but he saw Sui Dongting looking at him and Li Weinan with a pale face, and asked, "Look at this driver, is it the same as the one who took us to the restaurant?"

As soon as this question came out, there was a dead silence in the carriage.

Mu Bei and Li Weinan immediately glared at the driver.

The driver was also stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "I'm Lao Li, you don't know me, I started work last month, and the shift was supposed to be at 8 o'clock, the old Xu who sent you here has something to do at night, so he specially called me to see you off go home."

The driver stopped the car at the red light, and when he turned around, he saw only three expressionless little faces staring at him.

The staff around the myth group is very mobile, whether it is part-time workers, chefs, drivers or assistants, they are often changed. They have so much work that they have no time to remember the faces of every driver around them.

The driver who called himself "Old Li" looked familiar at first, but at this moment, this face was a little strange...

Mu Bei, Sui Dongting, and Li Weinan looked at each other, and they all saw the suspicion and fear on each other's faces.

Why did someone stare at them as soon as they left the restaurant...

Why was Xiyuan followed by someone watching them as soon as he got into the taxi...

Why did this driver go to the garage for so long and make them wait for a long time before arriving late...

Mu Bei suddenly grabbed the handle of the car and tried to open the door, but the door didn't move at all. It seemed that it was locked inside.

The red light turned into a green light. The driver who was just about to start the car looked at Mu Bei's sudden movement from the rearview mirror, and before he stepped on the accelerator, he said in a panic: "What are you doing? This is, we are still on the road ,Danger--"

"—open the door."

Mu Bei stared viciously at the driver named "Old Li". He tried his best not to expose his sternness, and his voice became shrill because of his nervousness.

Behind their car, there was already a continuous sound of horns, urging them to start quickly.

Mu Bei's face was distorted amid the frantic sound of the horn, and he shouted again: "I'll let you open the car door!"

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There is a taxi parked beside the road at the intersection of Huixin Street.

At this moment, there are few people on the road, and there are occasional vehicles passing by on the wide road, and only this car is parked on the street.

The driver sitting in the driver's seat looked like he was resting or waiting for someone.

The driver's expression became more and more anxious, and the sweat on his forehead became more and more, as if he was enduring some kind of suffering.

He felt that the days felt like years, but he looked down at his phone and found that only 5 minutes had passed.

He thought about leaving without driving, but when he thought of the trembling girl's voice on the phone, and the backs of the two teenagers who finally walked into the intersection...he couldn't bear to leave directly.

Feeling bored, the driver opened the car door, took out a crumpled cigarette case from his trouser pocket, took out a cigarette, and pressed the lighter several times before barely igniting it.

But when the driver sucked in a puff of cigarette intoxicatedly, and raised his head while exhaling, he found that there was also a car parked on the opposite road at some point.

Five people got out of the car in a row, and each of them was holding something long in their hands. I don't know if it was a baseball bat or a machete or something else...

The five people walked straight across the road as soon as they got out of the car and walked towards the driver.

The driver wanted to shrink into the car and escape immediately, but his legs were trembling and he couldn't make any effort, and the smoke between his fingers couldn't be squeezed, and it slid directly onto the back of the shoe.As if feeling hot, the driver gained the strength to move his foot abruptly, dropping the still burning cigarette bomb to the ground.

But after this action, wait for the driver to come back to his senses and look towards the opposite side.

He found that these people seemed to fly, and they arrived in front of him in no time.

The driver glanced at the faces of the group of people through the dim light. Seeing their faces, the driver was frightened and leaned against the car door.

The man in the lead seemed satisfied with the driver's fearful reaction and seemed to smile.

This man was tall and thin, like a model, but when he lowered his head, the taxi driver could clearly see his eyes, which were vicious like a python's.

"Didn't you bring two children here just now?"

The back of the driver who was paralyzed on the car door was already wet, and he was panting violently as if he was being stared at by prey. He heard the snake-like man in front of him ask quietly: "Tell me, which direction are they going?" ?"

The street lamp at the end of the road, which was on and off, flashed a dazzling light, then went out suddenly, and never turned on again.

Probably the street lamp was completely broken.