System 001 suddenly said, "Host, that number's phone is on. I can determine his direction now."
After Lin Shuangshuang resigned recently, she received an invitation from another well-known design company through the introduction of the second male lead, Ji Tianle. Both sides had a very pleasant discussion during the meeting, and Lin Shuangshuang quickly confirmed her employment.
After signing the contract, she specially invited Ji Tianle and Wen Bai to celebrate that evening.
Ji Tianle had something to do during the day and would come in the evening. Lin Shuangshuang decided to take Wen Bai to a restaurant she had booked in advance for an early meal, and the three would meet up later in the evening.
Before they had finished eating, Wen Bai's extended chopsticks paused. "Oh, where is it?"
System 001: "The distance is too far now, I can only determine the general direction. Once I'm closer, I can pinpoint the exact location."
Wen Bai usually wouldn't divert even a fraction of his attention to unrelated people, but there were exceptions.
Those who had caused him substantial harm would never be let off the hook.
Wen Bai decisively declared, "Let's go now."
Lin Shuangshuang watched as Wen Bai, who was particularly devoted to food, suddenly put down his chopsticks as if something urgent had come up.
Upon being told by Wen Bai that he needed to go somewhere, Lin Shuangshuang hesitated.
She was still worried about the person who had been watching Wen Bai and had caused him to be hospitalized.
Since they had met, Wen Bai had been frequently hospitalized, and she was not at ease with him going alone.
"You're not eating anymore? Where are you going? I have nothing else to do, and we're supposed to have dinner together tonight. I'll go with you?"
Wen Bai, thinking of the protagonist's rule of turning misfortune into fortune, nodded. "That's fine too."
The two quickly paid the bill and got into a waiting taxi on the roadside.
System 001 dictated the route, and Wen Bai instructed the taxi driver, "Turn left, at the intersection ahead, then turn right now!"
The car, which had been smoothly driving, suddenly braked sharply and then immediately changed lanes.
They had almost entered the straight lane, and the driver, a young man, looked like he wasn't very skilled.
He wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead. "Brother, why don't you tell me the specific location? Changing lanes so suddenly is very dangerous..."
Wen Bai pursed his lips. "I only know the general direction..."
The driver replied, "Alright, but you need to tell me a bit earlier. Otherwise, if I go into the straight lane, I won't be able to turn right..."
"Okay."
System 001: "Keep going in this direction!"
Wen Bai: "Straight ahead..."
And so, Wen Bai acted as a human navigation system for a while.
Lin Shuangshuang asked, "Are you in a hurry to go back and get something?"
Wen Bai then realized that this road was heading in the direction of Su Ying's house. In a few more minutes, they would be near the villa.
System 001 suddenly announced, "The phone is off, I can't determine the location anymore..."
Wen Bai: "..."
Man proposes, heaven disposes.
Seeing that Wen Bai was no longer giving directions, the driver felt uncertain. "Brother, should we keep going straight without turning?"
Having not eaten well and not found the person, Wen Bai stared expressionlessly out the car window. "Pull over to the side."
"Pull over to the side, okay, okay."
The driver agreed but did not stop.
Lin Shuangshuang thought the driver hadn't heard. She called out loudly, "Driver, just pull over to the side here."
The driver seemed to be very hot. He wiped the sweat from his forehead again and stammered, "Okay... okay, please wait a moment, I'll pull over to the side now!"
After paying the fare, the two got out of the car. The driver sped off like he was fleeing for his life.
Lin Shuangshuang remarked, "This driver is really strange, he kept sweating, and it wasn't even hot in the car..."
Before she could finish her sentence, a sack fell from the sky.
"Ah..."
A short scream was muffled inside the sack.
Although Wen Bai dodged the sack in time, he was simultaneously grasped around the waist by someone behind him and had a cloth pressed over his mouth.
In an instant, he felt himself inhaling something, his head swam, and then his vision went black. He knew nothing more.
System 001 watched as a large group of burly men with tattoos on their arms suddenly appeared. "..."
It didn't even have time to issue a warning.
When Wen Bai woke up again, he felt his eyes were blindfolded, and his hands were tied behind his back. Upon regaining consciousness, he didn't move immediately, maintaining the pretense of still being unconscious.
He heard System 001's voice in his ear: "Host, these people don't seem to be with the taxi driver group you mentioned earlier. Don't move for now. There are still two people guarding you."
"Only two? Are Lin Shuangshuang and I in the same place?"
"Mm," he heard the sound of an iron gate opening. System 001 continued, "One person has gone out. There's still one person here now, and he's watching both of you."
"The people who captured you this time were well-prepared. There are 6 men, all in matching black suits. One of them has a tattoo on his arm," System 001 informed him. "I suspect you've entered a specific plotline."
Wen Bai remained calm. "The plotline of being kidnapped by Jiang Dalei?"
"Yes, the original plotline had the female lead being kidnapped only once. This happened after the male and female leads were together. The second female lead, out of hatred, asked her brother to kidnap the female lead and throw her directly in front of her. She arranged for people to humiliate the female lead and prepared a camera to record it. But it's strange, the plot has already changed, the male and female leads are not together now, and it's not because the female lead broke up. Kidnapping you can be understood as a side benefit, and the second female lead doesn't seem to be here now. Why are you being kidnapped..."
Soon, Wen Bai got his answer. The other party didn't seem to intend to hide their identity.
Someone roughly pulled off the black cloth from his face, causing his skin to sting. Wen Bai's eyes and the area around his temples were left with red marks.
His eyes were no longer covered, and he swept his gaze with his peripheral vision.
This looked like an empty factory, filled with miscellaneous items piled up, covered in a thick layer of dust, their original purpose unclear.
Not far from them, there was an iron bucket, a table, and several chairs, on which lay tools like hammers and knives.
Wen Bai's brows furrowed slightly.
They were not here with good intentions.
These people were already being extremely disrespectful to Wen Bai.
A man standing not far from them nodded, and immediately, one person walked up to Lin Shuangshuang, grabbed her hair, pulled off her blindfold, and directly caused her to wake up in pain.
"Ah..."
Not showing any gentleness or pity.
Jiang Dalei gritted his teeth, looking at Lin Shuangshuang, who was being held by the hair on the ground. "Long time no see."
Upon seeing Jiang Dalei, Lin Shuangshuang was struck as if by lightning.
She had an impression of this person. When she first met Yu Yang, she had seen his girlfriend and her brother at his place, and it was indeed the man in front of her.
This man had caused her to resign, what was he trying to do again?!
Wen Bai asked, "Mr. Jiang, what is the meaning of this?"
Jiang Dalei spat out the cigarette from his mouth, casually picked up a knife about half an arm's length from the table, and walked towards Lin Shuangshuang. The man beside him immediately made way.
Jiang Dalei took his subordinate's place, grabbed Lin Shuangshuang's hair, and pulled back with a force that threatened to rip her hair out. He placed the knife against Lin Shuangshuang's face. "Let me see what the woman my brother-in-law fancies looks like."
The touch of the cold blade against her face made Lin Shuangshuang's heart jump.
But even so, Lin Shuangshuang no longer wanted to argue, because this brother and sister were both lunatics!
She could only try her best not to speak and to avoid showing too much emotion that might provoke them or give them an excuse.
"And what about me?" she heard Wen Bai say.
Lin Shuangshuang was anxious at this moment, but both she and Wen Bai were like fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others. Neither could help the other.
Jiang Dalei was swift. He lightly drew a line from the corner of her eye to her chin. Lin Shuangshuang felt a pain in her face, followed by the sensation of skin being cut. Warm liquid flowed down, and blood trickled down her cheek, falling onto the dusty concrete floor.
The blood dripped, "Drip... drip..." landing on the ground, splashing dust.
Wen Bai's pupils contracted slightly. Lin Shuangshuang was injured.
Despite all his efforts, he couldn't harm the female lead in the slightest. This supporting character had so easily injured the female lead with a knife? And on her face?
System 001 was also shocked. "In the original plot, the female lead only experienced fear at most and was never injured. This is on her face, are they serious? Where is the law of survival?"
Jiang Dalei looked at the blood on the knife, his eyes filled with viciousness. He didn't waste any time in dealing with the two. "You? You pretty boy, if you like other people's men so much, I'll naturally treat you well."
Saying that, he tilted his head, and several burly men behind him stepped forward. One of them, who looked somewhat presentable, said, "Brother, this, is this really for us?"
"As long as you don't kill them, you can do whatever you want."
Wen Bai: "..."
He said in a cold voice, ignoring the men. "Before that, I'd like to know whose man I like?"
He himself didn't know he liked men...
Wait, does Su Ying have a family?
"Don't you like my brother-in-law? What are you pretending for?"
Wen Bai: "..."
Lin Shuangshuang finally couldn't stand it any longer. Although her hair was still being held by the other person and blood was still flowing, she said urgently, "Mr. Jiang, you can't just say anything. Wen Bai has a family and a lover, and their relationship is very stable."
Jiang Dalei visibly froze for a moment, then, as if unable to back down, he said, "Damn it, did I tell you to speak?"
He slapped Lin Shuangshuang across the face.
Lin Shuangshuang couldn't bear it and collapsed onto the ground, the other side of her face swelling up high.
System 001: "This plot is not right. If the female lead is beaten like this, where is the male lead?"
The male lead, Yu Yang, was still tattooing at the studio at this moment, enjoying the calm before the storm.
Those who had already cornered Wen Bai said, "Then... Brother, this, the brothers are waiting... do we still want to..."
Although Jiang Dalei acted unscrupulously, he wasn't one to make baseless accusations. He felt that he might have made a mistake.
He ran his hand through his hair and walked over, kicking the man who was leering at Wen Bai. "Damn it, get lost!"
The man, not daring to dodge, took the kick head-on and conveniently released his grip on Wen Bai.
"Take him away first. I'll deal with him later."
The man patted his pants, then roughly lifted Wen Bai again and carried him away.
As Wen Bai was being taken away, he said to System 001, "Send the location and a message to Ji Tianle, tell him to come."
If not now, when would a hero come to save the damsel?
Ji Tianle was still busy with company matters. The project his father had entrusted to him had been launched, and he was very busy lately.
He had many things to arrange and handle, and he also needed to find time to be with Lin Shuangshuang.
Before that, he wanted to arrange the company's affairs as much as possible.
The phone on the desk vibrated slightly, and the short ringtone sounded.
The secretary brought over an important document. "General Manager Ji, this document is also urgent and requires your approval."
Ji Tianle nodded, took the document, and did not check the message on his phone.
At the same time, Su Ying's phone, placed in his office, also rang with a short, crisp ringtone.
Su Ying, who was about to go to the operating room, turned his head slightly. That ringtone was set exclusively for Wen Bai.
He walked over and picked up the phone.
Ji Tianle finished handling the more urgent documents and, for some reason, picked up his phone and opened the message.
Wen Bai was pushed into a smaller container next door. Yes, it was a container, not a normal room.
Inside was a simple bed.
The man behind him followed him in.
The man at the door blocked him. "Brother said, don't touch him yet..."
The man holding Wen Bai did not let go. He glared at the person blocking him in annoyance. "I'm not touching him now, but it's okay to touch him a little, right? Don't worry, nothing will happen. Brother is so busy now, he won't have time to worry about this side..."
The man at the door frowned. He wasn't interested in men, unlike the person in front of him who was known for being indiscriminate.
He had been unhappy since receiving this task, but in their line of work, you couldn't refuse to do what you were told.
Now, if he could avoid going to bed with a man without holding back, that would be for the best.
However, the person in front of him was different; he was horny, and letting him in now might lead to trouble.
The man at the door stood his ground, not yielding. He wouldn't leave, nor would he let them close the door.
"If you want to go in, I'll go with you. I'll watch you. If you cause trouble, I won't stop you, but don't drag me down."
Seeing that the man at the door was unyielding, the horny one had no choice but to rudely grab Wen Bai's face before reluctantly leaving.
Wen Bai was forcefully pushed into the container by the man at the door, followed by the sound of the lock.
There was a small window on the side of the container, boarded up haphazardly with scrap metal, but it didn't prevent light from coming in.
Wen Bai couldn't reach the knot of the rope tied behind his back. He leaned against the door and listened carefully for a while. The two men had moved further away.
Confirming that the two would not come in, Wen Bai slowly squatted down, exerting force on his arms and shoulders to droop down. As he squatted, he arched his body as much as possible.
Without any apparent effort, he easily brought his hands to the front.
He raised his hands and saw that it was a slipknot. He used his teeth to bite open the rope and casually threw it on the ground.
System 001 was dumbfounded.
Wen Bai, as if extremely disgusted, fiercely rubbed his left cheek repeatedly with his sleeve.
He rubbed half of his face red.
System 001: "You're going to break the skin again."
Wen Bai didn't stop until after a while, when he slowed down.
Voices could be heard from outside the door. The container was not soundproof, and Wen Bai could clearly hear what they were saying.
The horny voice said, "Brother is calling you over."
"Do you think I believe you? You're trying to stir up trouble every day, aren't you?!"
"Believe it or not, I've delivered the message." The voice was flippant, as if certain that the other person couldn't do anything about it.
After waiting for a while.
The person who had been at the door spat. "Damn it, if you lied to me, you're dead!"
Footsteps gradually faded away.
Then, a sound of footsteps rapidly approaching, followed by the sound of the lock being opened.
Wen Bai glanced at the only bed, frowned, and picked up the rope to sit on it.
From Wen Bai's direction, against the light, he saw the lecherous figure eagerly walking in. He then closed the door and immediately locked it from the inside.
As if afraid of being disturbed.
"Little beauty, you've been waiting for a long time, right? It's okay, he won't be back so soon. We have time to do some happy things now. Of course, I'll finish quickly before he returns..."
Wen Bai looked at the approaching person expressionlessly and suddenly broke into a slight smile.
Wen Bai rarely smiled. His delicate, doll-like face looked very deceptive when he smiled, appearing both innocent and harmless.
The man paused, then immediately lunged forward.
Outside the abandoned factory, Ji Tianle encountered Su Ying, who had also come looking for them.
The abandoned factory was quite large, and after meeting, they decided to split up.
Su Ying took out his phone, looked at the direction indicated on the screen, and headed purposefully in one direction.
Ji Tianle was originally heading in the opposite direction but got lost halfway and took the wrong turn.
Compared to Lin Shuangshuang, he found Wen Bai first.
Because he heard sounds from the container at the door, he cautiously tried to push the door open, but it wouldn't budge.
He circled around to the side and looked through the window. He saw a man lying on his side on the bed, his hand in a strangely contorted position. A normal person's hand couldn't bend at such an angle.
He seemed to be unable to exert any force and was struggling to move, as if trying to get further away from the edge of the bed.
Ji Tianle leaned closer to get a clearer look, and his foot stepped on something.
With a crisp "snap"...
The person with his back to Ji Tianle turned around upon hearing the noise.
He saw Wen Bai, his face covered in blood.
Ji Tianle was stunned and froze on the spot. He heard the man, who seemed to have lost his strength, gasp weakly, as if he had found a lifeline. "Help... help... me..."