CH 64

Chapter 64.1 Du Du who disappeared!

The man who jumped on him took Yuan Suo by surprise, causing his heart to beat like a drum, but the process lasted only a few seconds before the man hanging on top of him was lifted up with great force and slammed to the ground! The older bodyguard, with a frosty expression on his face made a clean move, working in tandem with the other bodyguard to pin the man down with his great weight and physical strength.

“Ouch! Ouch! Help!” The dark figure landed solidly on the ground, writhing in agony like a dead leaf caught in an autumnal drift under a large leather shoe.

“Don’t move!” The older bodyguard rasped.

“Stop! What are you doing?” Another voice sounded and Yuan Suo looked up to see Chen Sheng walking over with an anxious expression on his face, the security personnel behind him having already rushed over first.

“Young master Chen?” The bodyguard relaxed his grip when he recognised the man.

Yuan Suo looked at Chen Sheng, then at the figure on the ground struggling and crying out in pain.

“Long… Long Bow?” But shouldn’t Long Bow look like a big yellow dog after he exited the game?

Long Bow clutched his aching arm, getting up with a grin on his face, “I wanted to surprise you, but this bodyguard is too strong!”

Only then did Yuan Suo confirm that it was really Long Bow. He blurted out, “Long Bow, why aren’t you a dog anymore?”

The older bodyguard: “….”

Chen Sheng: “He’s been upgraded so he can switch freely.” He didn’t want to explain too much for fear of being overheard by outsiders, he walked over to Long Bow, “Are you okay? Did you get hurt from the fall?”

Long Bow grinned and moved his arm, “I’m alright, but this big brother is too harsh. You could have just hit me, why did you have to sit on me in addition?”

The tall and sturdy bodyguard’s dark face flushed…

Feeling embarrassed, Yuan Suo apologised then asked Chen Sheng and Long Bow why they were here.

Long Bow responded, “Didn’t I tell you before that I’ll come to watch the variety show and have a little fun here? We flew over from the capital and landed at about the same time as you guys did and I saw you from afar. Little thing, you look great in that outfit!”

Yuan Suo took his sunglasses off shyly, “Then we can go to the studio together.”

Long Bow was about to say yes when Chen Sheng said, “Forget it, your Mo Yi Cheng has an eye-catching effect, everywhere he goes, there are a lot of people, we’d better not get involved.”

In the end, the three of them got into two separate cars. Chen Sheng and Long Bow went to eat first, after all, there was still some time before the real opening. Yuan Suo got into the car and it drove up to the main entrance of the airport, stopping just in time for Mo Yi Cheng who was flanked on all sides by a crowd to jump in as he waved everyone goodbye.

On the way, Yuan Suo spoke to Mo Yi Cheng about Long Bow, but Mo Yi Cheng frowned slightly after listening.

Surprised, Yuan asked, “Mo Yi Cheng, aren’t you happy for Long Bow?”

Mo Yi Cheng said, “I am, it’s just that I don’t think the security measures put in place were adequate. Long Bow was the one who jumped on you today; if it had been anyone else, there would have been trouble. It’s best to stick with me for the time being.”

“En.” Touched, Yuan Suo looked at Mo Yi Cheng but seeing his still furrowed eyebrows, he pulled his sleeves, winked at hin and whispered, “Don’t worry, Du Du is super strong, or how about I enroll in a boxing course next semester? When the bad guys see my biceps, they’ll be scared out of their wits!”

Mo Yi Cheng couldn’t help but laugh out loud at the way the little thing was teasing him, the dark clouds in his heart lifting.

XX TV Station.

Mo Yi Cheng and Yuan Suo met Chen Jiao in the dressing room. Although Mo Yi Yan didn’t accompany him this time, the man in black standing next to Chen Jiao was Mo Yi Yan’s personal bodyguard who had been with him for many years and seemed to be just as uneasy.

The hosts also came over to greet the guests, the atmosphere warming up quickly as everyone got to know each other and exchanged pleasantries. When someone noticed Yuan Suo, Mo Yi Cheng only introduced him as a friend and seeing that he didn’t want to say much, the hosts didn’t ask any more questions.

Mo Yi Cheng patted Chen Jiao on the shoulders, “Don’t be nervous, just follow my rhythm later.”

Although Chen Jiao was nervous, he still gave the impression of being gentle and strong, “I understand, Mo Ge.”

Mo Yi Cheng smiled, “Don’t call me Mo Ge, just call me Yi Cheng.”

The hosts looked at each other, a tacit mutual understanding between them that Mo Yi Cheng was saying this because he wanted to promote Chen Jiao. It seemed that the rumours of Chen Jiao having an extremely strong background wasn’t just empty talk.

The rehearsals that took place prior to the official recording of the show.

Mo Yi Cheng, as the main guest of the show, had relatively more rehearsals to do.

“There are two game sessions with a large range of action. One is climbing a large ‘Lego’ with a seemingly thrilling shape but a very stable center of gravity, and the other is the throwing of sandbags with your eyes blindfolded.” The executive assistant director explained to the guests, “So it’s best for everyone not to have keys, mobile phones or anything like that on them.”

Mo Yi Cheng took his cell phone from his pocket and handed it to Cao Li, instructing him to put it away and keep it very close to his body.

Yuan Suo sat on the stage obediently as he watched everyone rehearse, climbing up, throwing sand bags, singing and reciting lines, all of which he watched with great interest, sighing from time to time at how his Mo Yi Cheng could look so good. It was as if the man had become much more handsome again since he first saw him six months ago!

No one noticed the small episode that happened during this time.

Cao Li was carrying the backpack with the cell phone and a host of other items on his back, standing at one side respectfully, ready at any moment if Mo Yi Cheng called him.

Just as Mo Yi Cheng and Chen Jiao were working together on a singing game, a middle-aged man with a baseball cap on his head walked over, wearing the uniform of the TV station staff members, a broom in his hand.

“Excuse me, do you know which guest was at table number one in the guest dressing room just now?” The man’s voice was hoarse his bangs covering half of his eyes.

That dressing room had actually been used just now by only Chen Jiao and Mo Yi Cheng, and table No. 1 was naturally the main dressing table Mo Yi Cheng used.

“What’s wrong?” Cao Li asked, a little wary.

“Ah, I just picked up a cell phone when I was cleaning that place and wanted to find the owner.”

“Picked up a cell phone?” Cao Li was shocked, how was that possible? He touched his pocket subconsciously, his cell phone was there, could it be Mo Ge’s? That was also impossible, Mo Ge just gave his cell phone to him, it was right in the bag in front of his arms and the other phone was also inside the bag…. it couldn’t have been taken out, or Mo Ge took it out and used it but he just didn’t know?

“What kind of phone is it? Can you show it to me?” Cao Li asked. If it was Mo Yi Cheng’s phone, he would naturally recognized it.

The man waved his hand immediately, “No… no. Young man, don’t get me wrong, I’m afraid that someone would pretend it’s theirs, so check first to see if your phone is there. If it’s there, I’ll go and ask someone else, if it’s not, tell me what it looks like. If it’s correct, I’ll return it to you.”

Cao Li thought for a while. The man had a point, so he took the backpack he was carrying, found a shelf on the side where he could put the things on and opened it.

First, he saw the dark green printed film phone case that Mo Yi Cheng always carried with him. The other one… seemed to be underneath, Cao Li concentrated as he looked for it intently.

At that moment, the man who was fine suddenly cried out in pain, randomly covering his stomach as he went down, screaming in pain.

“Big brother, what’s wrong with you?” Cao Li was startled.

“Ouch, ouch.” The man leaned against the shelf limply.

“I… I’ll call someone over.” Cao Li panicked a little.

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” The man gasped, the pain seeming to have eased up a bit, “It’s an old illness, I just need to take some medicine and I’ll be okay.” As he said this, he took out a small medicine bottle from his pocket, trembling as he poured two pills out, “Do you have water?”

Cao Li, already frightened by his appearance, turned around quickly and found half of the water he’d just drunk and placed not far away. He hurried to get it, brought it back and helped open the lid for the man. The man took the pills with the water.

“Thank you, young man, you’re really a good person!”

Cao Li wiped the sweat from his forehead, “You’re welcome, it’s good that you’re alright.” Then he began looking for the cell phone inside the bag again, only to discover another plain black case beneath. After confirming that both of them were there, he said to the man, “Big brother, I didn’t lose my phone, why don’t you tell me what it looks like and I’ll help you ask later when I’m free.”

“Then thank you very much young man, you’re a good person, big brother trusts you. I still have work to do so I’ll leave the phone with you first.” Saying this, he took a cell phone from his pocket and placed it in Cao Li’s hands.

Cao Li looked at the phone in his hands, it was a very ordinary XX cell phone, probably worth around two thousand yuan, it couldn’t belong to either the guests or the hosts. Thinking along these lines, he looked up only to find that the man had disappeared. After handing the phone to the person in charge, he didn’t ask any more questions.

Chapter 64.2 Du Du who disappeared!

Rehearsal was over.

Mo Yi Cheng returned to the lounge to prepare for the final look.

Yuan Suo’s head was buried inside the snacks sent over by the crew, his mouth bulging like a little hamster, his eyes sparkling.

“The official recording session will probably take a long time, so take a break in between if you get tired. Also, your seat is beside Long Bow, Chen Sheng and the others, so they’ll take care of you.” Mo Yi Cheng looked at himself in the mirror and somehow couldn’t help but frown. He tugged at his collar twice, but it didn’t ease the discomfort that was blocking his throat.

Yuan Suo responded faintly and handed a small ball with a toothpick in it to him, “This is delicious, it’s the last one, I’ll share it with Mo Yi Cheng.”

Mo Yi Cheng couldn’t help but poke the little thing’s cheek twice. Although his fleshy Q version was no longer around, the elasticity felt absolutely first class and was extremely stress relieving!

The event was recorded successfully. In four hours, all the staff, including the guests were very dedicated and focused, resulting in a particularly good effect. The audience enjoyed it even more as they interacted with their idols, unaware that so much time had passed.

Long Bow couldn’t laugh so much anymore, his cheeks very sore from laughing all night. He’d laughed so much that he fell on Yuan Suo a few times, but of course he soon felt the sharp glares coming from the stage and bounced back like a spring.

The event completely over, they all went out for a late night hotpot.

Mo Yi Cheng was worried that Yuan Suo wouldn’t have enough time outside with less than three hours left, so he asked the little thing to go back inside the game first, so he could take a break and wait until he ordered something good at the restaurant before coming out.

“Cell phone.” Mo Yi Cheng asked Cao Li.

Cao Li removed the backpack he was carrying in front of him hurriedly, took the two cell phones out and handed them over together. The moment he held the cell phones, Cao Li felt a little strange, but it only lasted a few seconds.

But when the phones were placed in Mo Yi Cheng’s hands, he only touched them for a split second before sensing something that was wrong, his gaze turning ice cold instantly!

“Mo Ge, what’s… what’s wrong?” Cao Li suddenly panicked. Inside the lounge room Chen Jiao, Chen Sheng and Long Bow also all looked at him.

The phone wasn’t right! Mo Yi Cheng regarded the phone with the game installed on it as the other half of his life, so he was extremely sensitive to the phone’s weight, hence even if he held it for a second he could tell the difference instantly. He clicked the screen quickly. The phone was off!

He suddenly felt as if something had hit his heart hard, the dull pain making the blood on his face recede instantly. It was impossible for his cell phone to be turned off!

The solemn expression on his face made everyone tense up. Yuan Suo even squeezed the corner of Mo Yi Cheng’s coat where no one else could see uneasily.

Fingers trembling, he switched on the phone. His mind went blank for a moment, it was as if all the blood in his head had flowed backwards — the phone had been swapped!

At this moment, Fang Gui, who had changed out of his work clothes had already taken the phone he had swapped out and hopped onto a bus to the terminal. He went back to the uncompleted building he had discovered earlier. He didn’t intend to return to S City where the Mo family was too powerful, but stayed in C City where he would have more advantages.

Going up to the first floor, he turned on the rechargeable desk lamp and in the dim light took out the cell phone that had originally belonged to Mo Yi Cheng, both hands trembling with excitement.

“Ha ha, if I don’t get seven figures this time, I don’t give a da**, I’ll smash this thing.” Nails filled with dirt and grime moved across the screen. The screen didn’t react in the slightest as he had processed it from the moment he got the phone to prevent it from being located.

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Mo Yi Cheng and his group left the TV station through the back door as fast as they could, making the group of fans waiting at the door disappointed that they weren’t able to meet their idols.

Inside the hotel’s presidential suite, Mo Yi Cheng held Yuan Suo’s hand, his eyes having turned red from anxiety, full of anger but he could only suppress it. He couldn’t lose control in front of the little thing, he had to control himself and endure it all.

“We have no way of locating the phone.” Chen Sheng had already contacted the relevant professionals.

Mo Yi Cheng gritted his teeth, “How is that possible? The GPS system on the phone is the most advanced, even if it’s off, as long as the phone has a battery in it it can activate the location.”

“It seems that the perpetrator is an expert in this area or at least somewhat proficient.” Long Bow, as an elf, knew how powerful this was and no matter how he looked at it now, he could tell that this was premeditated. The person had swapped it with an identical phone to stall for time then dealt with the GPS system, not just for the phone, but for the game inside the phone.

“There’s only an hour and a half left.” Chen Jiao looked at clock on the wall worriedly. In another two hours, Yuan Suo would automatically return to the the game, which meant that the phone and Yuan Suo would be in the perp’s hands.

Who was it? What did he want? Mo Yi Cheng’s mind spined rapidly, his grip on Yuan Suo becoming a little tight. At the same time, he felt Yuan Suo trembling slightly, which made his heart twist like a knife had been inserted in it. The person he had promised to take care of for the rest of his life was now in great danger, but he could only watch and do nothing.

Mo Yi Cheng forced himself to calm down, he couldn’t lose his mind at this time, “Maybe….. we can start with the person who stole the phone.”

They all looked at each other and thinking it was feasible, called Cao Li who had been waiting apprehensively in the outer room over.

Cao Li was already pale and sweaty. He knew he was in big trouble, his legs becoming a little weak under everyone’s gaze.

“Describe the appearance of the person who stole the phone to us again.” Chen Sheng spoke.

In the end, everyone came to the conclusion that the perp should have infiltrated the tv station earlier by pretending to be a part of the cleaning staff. They would be able to find him in the station, but it was already late in the night, so even if they could find out, afraid it would take a long time.

“No matter what, let’s call someone to check it out first.” Having made up his mind, Chen Sheng made the call himself.

As time passed, Yuan Suo couldn’t help but peek at the wall clock. Everyone went to the outer room, leaving two people alone.

“Du Du.” Mo Yi Cheng called out, his throat clogging up as soon as he opened his mouth.

Yuan Suo’s face was white, the corners of his eyes red due to the prolonged shock and fear, but he still pretended to be fine as he smiled, puffing out his chest, “Mo Yi Cheng, don’t worry, it’s…. it’s fine, Du Du won’t be scared when he gets back inside the game! Because I know Mo Yi Cheng will be able to find me.”

“I’m sorry.” Mo Yi Cheng held him in his arms, feeling Yuan Suo’s thinness as he run his fingertips through his fine, soft hair.

The instant Yuan Suo felt the wetness on his shoulder, he felt a burning pain. Mo Yi Cheng was actually crying…

Yuan Suo’s eyes were hot and for the first time he took the initiative to kiss Mo Yi Cheng’s lips, his voice still shaking badly no matter how much he tried to control it, “It’s okay, it’s okay, Du Du is not afraid, so Mo Yi Cheng shouldn’t be afraid too, I believe…”

Yuan Suo was only able to say his words halfway throug when…..

Suddenly Mo Yi Cheng arms became empty, the person who had been hugging him tightly just a second ago disappearing into thin air, his fingertips, his arms, the residual warmth of his chest….

Just like that, he disappeared, he didn’t know where he went, what grievances he would suffer…..

Everyone gauged the time.

Chen Sheng pushed the door and stood in the doorway, looking at Mo Yi Cheng’s arm in the air that maintained an embracing posture, standing stiff like a statue.

Chen Sheng called out, “Yi Cheng.”

Mo Yi Cheng still didn’t move. After a long time, his voice cut through the air like a sharp blade, “Even if we turn this world upside down, we have to find that person!”