Internet moguls are being held hostage by the entertainment system!

Chapter 144 The Sudden Arrival of Nezha
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This sound made Chen Xiu realize that she needed to go home quickly.

Fortunately, the premiere of "Detective Chinatown" is mostly complete, and the rest can be left to others to keep an eye on.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiu turned her head to look at Wei Feng.

Noticing the gaze, Wei Feng looked up to ask, and after receiving a look that suggested they go back offstage to talk, he took the initiative to walk to the host's side and speed up the end of the premiere ceremony.

After dawdling for about 10 minutes, Chen Xiu finally left the stage after the host announced the end of the premiere.

Seeing Chen Xiu leave early, Nezha, who was sitting in his seat, didn't care about manners. He immediately stood up after the main creative team left and became the first audience member to leave.

Winter attire, along with hats and masks, allowed Nezha to blend into the crowd and avoid being recognized as a celebrity.

After leaving the theater, she didn't go out the same way she came in. Instead, she used the excuse of going to the restroom to shake off the security guard's attention.

As someone in the industry, Nezha naturally knew about the safe passages provided for artists to leave the cinema.

After wandering around for a while, she came to the corner of the emergency exit, intending to wait there for her prey to come to her.

Nezha thought she would have to wait a long time, but only a few minutes later, she heard a flurry of footsteps coming from the passage on that side.

More than one person?
The idea popped into her head, and she carefully peered along the wall.

Three people came into view.

The one walking in the middle was none other than Chen Xiu, the rabbit who was waiting quietly. Standing on either side of him were the producer named Wei Feng and Reba...

Seeing the way his fellow villager looked at Chen Xiu with such a tearful gaze, Nezha couldn't help but clench his teeth, feeling that he had gained another competitor.

Just as she clenched her fists, thinking of taking the initiative to go out and greet Chen Xiu.

A voice came from inside, causing Nezha to stop in his tracks.

"Xiao Feng, I'm leaving the rest of the work to you. I sent a message to Da Xiong to go home first; he's already waiting downstairs."

"Boss, are you okay?"

Chen Xiu glanced at Reba, who insisted on coming along, and shook her head: "It's nothing, I'm just a little tired and want to go back and rest early."

"Brother Xiu, are you... are you feeling unwell?"

Reba wanted to say that she knew how healthy Chen Xiu was, but when she thought of Wei Feng's presence, she could only ask about Chen Xiu's health instead.

"It's nothing, I might have caught a bit of a cold. I'll be fine after resting at home for a couple of days."

Hearing that Chen Xiu was unwilling to say more, Reba looked worried but didn't press the matter further.

After giving Wei Feng a few final instructions, Chen Xiu, feeling that there were only 40 minutes left, gave Reba a reassuring look before leaving the cinema through the emergency exit.

Watching the emergency exit door close, Wei Feng and Reba didn't say anything more, and turned around and walked back one after the other.

As they reached the next corner, Nezha, who was already extremely anxious, rushed to the entrance of the emergency exit, opened the door, and dashed inside.

When Nezha came outside, he found that he was in the mall's parking lot, and from a distance he saw Chen Xiu get into a white van.

After staring intently at the van for two seconds, Nazar quickly pulled out his phone and memorized its license plate number.

She heard the conversation upstairs very clearly.

My original plan to have a private talk with Chen Xiu has quietly changed...

After doing this, Nezha turned around, took the elevator, went straight to the first floor of the mall, hailed a taxi as quickly as possible, and headed towards Xiangshan Qingqin.

At the beginning of this year, Chen Xiu posted a message on her WeChat Moments when she moved.

Because he had lived in Jinqiu Garden, Nezha had a particularly deep impression of it.

Although I don't know exactly where Chen Xiuxin's house is in Xiangshan Qingqin, the license plate number I just recorded can still help Nazha find his way.

Upon arriving at the gate of Xiangshan Qingqin, Nezha got out of the car on her own initiative. With only half of her face exposed and the excuse of looking for her boyfriend, she got the security guard to open the gate for this little girl who was only carrying a bag.

There is more than one gate to the community, but Nazar chose the one that is the closest in a straight line.

When the headlights came on, the white van appeared. After confirming the license plate number, she knew she had made the right choice.

The speed limit for cars in the residential area is 60%.

Nazar was able to keep up at a leisurely pace on foot until the car drove into one of the detached villas, at which point she stopped.

As the iron gate closed, Nazar, who was wondering whether to sneak in when the car drove out, noticed the small door next to it.

By this time, the sky had darkened, and with the help of his phone's light, Nazar saw the combination lock on the small door.

"A six-digit password, even if you try to guess it, you might not be able to figure it out by tomorrow."

The thought flashed through my mind.

She did consider calling Chen Xiu to tell him that she was outside the door.

However, if he did that, Chen Xiu would most likely have the driver take her away... That's just his personality; it's never changed.

When his thoughts reached this point, Nezha paused for a moment, and then, with a try-it-out mentality, pressed the following numbers on the secret lock: 9, 3, 0, 1, 0, 5, followed by the hash symbol to confirm.

"Drip~~"

The small door was opened, and a knowing smile appeared in Naza's eyes.

Having successfully entered the gate, before Nezha could even consider whether to wait for the driver to leave before entering,

The white van that had driven in less than 10 minutes ago had already turned around and was heading back towards the main gate. Nazar was pressing himself tightly against the small door, using this to conceal his figure.

In the depths of winter in Beijing, the outdoor temperature was already below zero. As Nezha got off the bus at the entrance of the residential area, her hands and feet were already getting cold from walking all the way. Standing there like this, she couldn't help but shiver.

She only let out a sigh of relief after the car drove away and the gate closed.

"Hu~~"

White breath seeped through his mask as Naza, now completely uninhibited, strode towards the villa's main entrance.

Grasp the brass doorknob, and with a click, the handle is turned open without any resistance.

Looking at the orange-yellow light shining through the crack in the door and feeling the hot air blowing out, Nazar nervously swallowed, thinking about what he should say when he saw Chen Xiu later.

After thinking for a while, I still couldn't come up with anything.

Helpless, Nezha could only go inside first, intending to let his body escape the cold wind outside, and decide to take it one step at a time.

"crunch~"

As she closed the door behind her, feeling the warmth rushing towards her from all directions, Nezha couldn't help but sneeze.

"Ah~ Chu~~, Chen Xiu, I..."

As Nezha removed his mask, he was about to reveal his identity when he discovered that Chen Xiu was nowhere to be seen in the brightly lit hall.

Alone in the unfamiliar, empty living room, Nazar felt a chill run down her spine. It wasn't until she saw the photo on the full-length mirror on the wall and confirmed that the man in the photo was indeed Chen Xiu that she felt her steps become firm.

"boom!!"

A banging sound came from above, drawing Nazar's attention.

She looked toward the spiral staircase, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped onto the marble steps.

Upon reaching the second floor, as I stood there staring at the rooms on both sides of the corridor, wondering whether I should knock on each door, a sound suddenly came from behind the middle door on the left.

He walked over, pressed his ear against the door, and after sensing that there was nothing unusual inside, Nazar knocked on the door.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Chen Xiu, this is Nezha, can you open the door?"

"I just attended the premiere of 'Detective Chinatown' and I'd like to chat with you..."

"It's so late now, and it's so cold outside. I've already come all this way, you can't just let me go back like this, can you?"

Standing at the door, after talking for a long time, Nezha still couldn't hear Chen Xiu's voice.

Just as she lowered her head in grievance, feeling that her behavior tonight was very childish and ridiculous, there was another noise coming from inside the door.

"boom!"

Hearing the sound of a heavy object falling, Nezha jumped in surprise. Forgetting his grievances and politeness, he immediately opened the door.

When she pushed open the door, the scene that came into view was Chen Xiu lying on the desk with her brows furrowed and her eyes closed. The things that were originally on the desk had been swept to the floor, and there was a cell phone wreckage in the corner.

"Chen Xiu, what's wrong?"

Nezha shouted and ran to the desk, reaching out to hug Chen Xiu.

However, upon hearing the noise, Chen Xiu forced herself to open her eyes and glanced at her.

That one glance froze Nezha's hand in mid-air, his steps and expression also stopping at that moment.

After staring intently at Nezha for two seconds, Chen Xiu, whose expression relaxed somewhat, asked, "What are you doing here?"

"I... I just attended the premiere of 'Detective Chinatown,' and then I followed your car here..."

Meeting Chen Xiu's gaze, Nezha didn't even try to hide or embellish the situation, and directly told the truth.

Hearing this bizarre and strange behavior, Chen Xiu might have said something under normal circumstances, but he really didn't have the mind to say anything now. He simply closed his eyes and ignored Nezha.

After a long while, Nezha finally realized what Chen Xiu had just looked at.

Seeing him on the desk, still frowning and pale, she didn't care about anything else for a moment. She came to Chen Xiu's side, took his hand, and then put her other hand on his forehead.

"Ah! Your forehead is so hot, do you have a fever...?"

"Your own forehead is burning hot too."

Upon hearing this, Nezha quickly touched himself.

"Wow, really! I have a fever too?"

"...It's because your hands are too cold."

Chen Xiu, who was experiencing the Battle of Shallow Water Plain, couldn't help but complain. His mind was filled with the sounds of battle, and he was being stared at by many strangers with bloodthirsty, bestial eyes...

It was a completely immersive and realistic experience, and the only thing that seemed to be able to distract him was Nezha, who suddenly appeared.

Just as Nezha was feeling embarrassed about himself, he suddenly felt his other hand being gripped tightly, and then he heard Chen Xiu's voice.

"Bring a chair over here, sit down and rest."

"Ah? Okay, okay."

(End of this chapter)