Chapter 764: Hero Saves Beauty: Children's Edition

The "Eagle" and the "Chick" were chasing and dodging each other on stage, starting a stage version of "Eagle Catches Chick"!

Every adult and child present had played this game, but no one expected that one day it could turn into a song and dance performance on stage; the two performed very well, making the audience below applaud and cheer incessantly until their palms turned red.

Suddenly—with a crisp "pop," the music stopped abruptly, and the lights on and off the stage went out.

"What's going on?"

"Why did the power go out all of a sudden?"

"Quick, get someone to go to the electrical room and see what's happening!"

The audience below quickly fell into chaos.

With the power out and nothing visible, it was very easy for problems to arise.

The Elite School had the best resources in the country, and besides collective power supply, it also had emergency power equipment; it would never lose power for no reason.

That this happened could only mean one thing—someone was deliberately causing trouble!

Although the war in L Country had ended, the country was not very peaceful.

People were highly vigilant, and seeing the power go out, they immediately prepared to protect themselves.

The audience below was either rich or noble, or both; people from wealthy and noble families all cherished their lives and scrambled to run outside.

However, when they ran to the doors, they found that the main entrance could not be opened, and all the doors were locked.

"What's going on?"

"Open the door!"

"Smash it..."

The emergency exit doors were being pounded with a "thud-thud" sound, the people in the auditorium were in a state of chaos, but outside it was deathly silent.

The lights from mobile phones flickered, swaying constantly.

Under the lights were faces so tense they were nearly distorted, accompanied by hysterical screams: "Help!"

"Someone come, hurry and open the door, I want to get out!"

"Why hasn't the power come back on yet?"

"Security Guard, what are the Security Guards doing? Useless!"

At the same time.

On stage and below, the scenes were completely different.

The moment the lights went out, several people instantly appeared and blocked Lady Qi.

She wanted to go protect the children, but she couldn't, because the people were in chaos, jostling her as they crowded toward the exit.

She didn't want to, struggling with all her might, but it was of no use.

She strongly suspected these people were doing it on purpose; she couldn't see what the people around her looked like, but they were very strong, and no matter what, she couldn't break free.

Lady Qi shouted with all her might: "Ranran, run! A Heng, hide!"

However, there were all kinds of screams at the scene, and even though she almost shouted until her throat tore, it was useless; the children might not be able to hear her.

On stage.

The moment the lights went out, Qi Heng quickly grabbed Shi Ran, and the two hid inside the scenery wall.

To make them easy to move, the stage scenery was made of foam and was hollow in the middle; it looked realistic and heavy, but was actually very light.

It was just right for the two of them to hide inside.

The two children held their breath, not daring to let out a sound.

The wooden floor on stage made a "creak-creak" sound; someone had come up, and the footsteps were very close to the two of them, so close it felt like they were right in front of them.

Judging by the footsteps, there should be two people.

These two people were not just searching, they were also talking.

"Strange, where did those two brats run off to? They were jumping around right here just a moment ago."

"Search carefully, no matter where they ran, we have to find them."

"We want the child wearing the chick costume; remember, make sure you don't grab the wrong one."

"Wouldn't it be better to grab both? Why only want one?"

"You talk too much; just grab who you're told to grab, why so many questions."

Although he said that, the man still gave a reason: "The boy wearing the eagle costume is the son of the Vice President; if we grab him, I'm afraid none of us will be able to escape."

"That girl is different; catching her is like catching a cash cow, and there won't be any problem living in luxury for the rest of our lives."

"Oh, oh."

The two searched a circle on stage and didn't find them.

Strange: "Where did they run to?"

"Search carefully, they definitely didn't run far."

Qi Heng gently took off the eagle costume and signaled for Shi Ran to take off her costume too; the two of them swapped!

Shi Ran disagreed, clutching the zipper and refusing to let go.

She and Qi Heng were best friends; in the most dangerous moment, leaving the danger to a good friend was not what a friend should do.

Qi Heng whispered: "Listen to me, they won't leave if they don't catch you on stage; you heard what the bad guys said just now, if they take me and realize they grabbed the wrong one, they will let me go home."

Shi Ran hesitated, but still disagreed: "What if the bad guys don't let you go?"

"They won't, they will definitely let me go."

The people on stage did not leave.

They frantically turned over every corner and had already started to suspect the scenery wall.

"Quick, listen to me."

"Just listen to me this one time, and from now on, I will listen to you for everything."

"I promise I will come back safely; if I break my word, I'm a puppy," Qi Heng pleaded.

There was no time left, so the two of them swapped clothes.

Perhaps their movements were a bit too large while changing, causing the backdrop wall to shake and be discovered by the bad guys, or perhaps these people had already searched everywhere and it was time to suspect this place.

In any case, the two children were discovered.

Qi Heng shoved Shi Ran hard, telling her to run quickly.

At a time like this, Shi Ran did not hesitate; she took to her heels and ran, not daring to make a single sound.

Qi Heng was taken away.

The lights were also fixed; someone had sabotaged the fuse in the electrical room, and when the lights blazed on, the Security Guard arrived and opened the main gate.

Everyone was safe and sound, but before anyone could even breathe a sigh of relief—

A cry suddenly rang out from a corner: "Qi Heng, Qi Heng has been snatched away by the bad guys."

Lady Qi fainted.

Vice President's Mansion.

The living room was filled with gloom and misery; Lady Qi was crying, and Shi Ran was crying too.

The Vice President was in the Study issuing orders, dispatching all the elites of L Country to search for the person using every possible means.

There was only one principle—Qi Heng must be brought back safe and sound, not a single hair missing!

"It's my fault, Auntie, it's all my fault!" Shi Ran sobbed.

She had never cried like this before; the young girl felt extremely guilty, crying until she was out of breath: "It, it's all my fault; if it weren't for me, A Heng wouldn't have been snatched away by the bad guys."

Lady Qi was a sensible person; no matter how anxious she was, she would not blame the child for the mistake.

She pulled Shi Ran into her arms and stroked her head to comfort her: "Silly child, it's not your fault. How could this kind of thing be blamed on you? Don't blame yourself anymore. A Heng did the right thing. Don't worry, Ranran, A Heng will definitely come back safe and sound."

She herself felt as if her heart were being twisted by a knife, with her entire heart tethered to her son.

Yet she still comforted Shi Ran, not wanting the young girl to be too sad.

Lady Qi was clear-headed in her actions and knew that this matter could not be blamed on Shi Ran.

Although her heart ached with worry for her son, she did not blame Shi Ran for a single word.

Jiangzhou.

After Sheng Hanyu received the news, he immediately told his wife about the matter.

When Shi Youxuan heard that Qi Heng had been snatched away by the bad guys, she was also incredibly anxious, and she immediately got on a call with Lady Qi.

"Meiqi, we must quickly find a way to rescue A Heng. What can we do? How can we help?"

"You must not stand on ceremony with me. I might not be able to help with other things, but if the other party wants money, just say the word. No matter what method is used, as long as we can rescue A Heng, we must try it..."

At this moment, Shi Youxuan did not yet know that the bad guys' target was Shi Ran, and that Qi Heng had been kidnapped because he used himself to swap for Shi Ran to save her.

The two of them talked for half an hour.

Shi Youxuan came up with many ideas, and the entire conversation revolved around how to rescue Qi Heng, without mentioning a single word about her daughter throughout.