The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 698 - 660: The Person Is Missing

Qiao Yuxian’s activities were restricted, while others could still move about the villa; she couldn’t even leave the room.

In Yan Ting’s eyes, she was an exceptionally dangerous individual.

Someone who needed focused surveillance.

Qiao Yuxian was confined like this for an entire day.

That day, she only saw Huang Qi; besides causing a ruckus in the morning at the door, she didn’t even see Huo Yanxin afterward.

Huang Qi came to deliver medicine once at noon and once in the evening.

Qiao Yuxian found it quite miraculous, just as Huang Qi had said, within less than an hour after drinking the medicine at night, she clearly felt much more comfortable.

Her aggravated symptoms were indeed caused by the injections Huang Qi had given her.

The blood taken for testing was also tampered with by Huang Qi.

Now, after two or three bowls of medicine, the effect was obvious.

Feeling much better, Qiao Yuxian leaned against the headboard and soon fell asleep.

Until the later hours of the night, the sound of gunshots outside the window startled her awake.

Immediately after, her door was knocked on violently.

The knocking was loud, one hit after another, very urgent, and seemed like more than one person was knocking.

"Miss! Miss!"

It was the people guarding her outside.

Qiao Yuxian looked toward the door, listening to the urgent voices.

Pausing momentarily, she quickly got out of bed.

The people outside knocked for a while, and upon receiving no response from inside, resorted to violently breaking the door.

Qiao Yuxian had locked the door from the inside before sleeping.

They kicked the door from outside several times before finally breaking it open.

The loud noise startled Huang Qi, Shi Tan, and Huo Yanxin awake, prompting them to come out.

"What’s going on?" Huo Yanxin and the others hurried over to see.

The guards completely ignored the three of them, rushing straight into the room.

Upon entering the room, they were met by the wind blowing in from the opened window.

The leader hesitated and immediately turned on the lights.

In front of their eyes was a wide-open window and a neatly arranged bed.

"What on earth are you doing?" Huo Yanxin shouted again.

Still, no one paid her any attention as the six guards of Qiao Yuxian began searching every corner of the room—wardrobe, cabinets, even under the bed.

They searched places that could hide someone as well as places that couldn’t.

Yet, there was no trace of Qiao Yuxian.

The leader immediately went out to call Yan Ting.

The remaining five followed him out.

"Qiao Yuxian." Huo Yanxin called out twice, seeing the empty room.

No response came.

Huo Yanxin immediately left the room.

Huang Qi hurriedly circled the room once before rushing out too.

Shi Tan, seeing everyone leave, glanced out the window through the dark veil, then left the room, pausing outside to close the door. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The room fell silent.

The curtains fluttered back and forth in the wind.

After a moment, Qiao Yuxian returned through the window and went straight to the dressing room.

The villa was already in chaos when the gunshots sounded outside.

She moved from window to the upstairs room, unnoticed by anyone.

When things quieted down inside, she returned to change in the dressing room into an all-black outfit, armed herself with a gun and knife, then left through the window.

Huo Yanxin went outside first to find the six guards.

The signal within the villa was being blocked.

The leader went first to disable the signal jammer, then called Yan Ting.

The remaining five waited nearby for instructions.

Huo Yanxin approached and immediately took action.

She kicked one of them down and yelled, "Where is she?! You were supposed to be watching her! She’s sick, so late at night, where is she?!"

"Miss, we, we don’t know." Responded the person kicked down, "Gunfire suddenly erupted outside, and the people at the villa’s perimeter told us Young Miss had escaped and even engaged them. We rushed to check the room and found Young Miss was gone."

"What nonsense! Do you think your words make sense?" Huo Yanxin cursed, "How sick was she, none of you did not see during the day. She was out of breath just walking, and you say she ran out and fought? You were guarding the door, from where did she leave?! From where?!"

As she spoke, she pointed toward Qiao Yuxian’s room direction, "Don’t tell me she jumped from the window; this isn’t the first floor! Could she jump down? You failed to protect her! Let her be taken away and still want to shirk responsibility! Each of you is good at finding excuses!"

Every word of Huo Yanxin’s loud voice was heard by Yan Ting on the other end of the call.

"She’s still poisoned, so seriously, you let her be taken." Huo Yanxin shouted, choking up, "She was taken, can’t even drink medicine, wouldn’t that harm her life?! You keep saying you protect her, what on earth are you protecting?!"

Listening to her voice, Shi Tan lightly furrowed his brows.

"Miss, the people outside saw Young Miss fought with them and fired." One of the guards spoke, "Maybe Young Miss’s condition wasn’t as serious as we imagine."

"Nonsense!" Huo Yanxin slapped him, "Is her blood test report fake? Is the medicine she drank fake? Yan Ting even had it checked again; are they all fake? Could she fake how miserable she felt? Are you all blind? You can’t protect a person, keep making excuses! I think each of you deserves to die!"

"Also! Yan Ting! These were originally all my people here; everything was fine until you insisted on changing them to your bunch of idiots!" Huo Yanxin yelled even louder, "Now look! If something happens to that girl, how will you survive!"

The leader was reporting to Yan Ting about Qiao Yuxian’s disappearance.

Actually, by the time Huo Yanxin arrived, he’d already finished.

They immediately arranged for people to go after her.

But hearing Huo Yanxin’s voice on the phone, Yan Ting didn’t let him hang up.

Halfway through listening, he said a few words and then disconnected.

The leader directly confronted Huo Yanxin: "Miss, finding her is urgent now. Once Young Miss returns safely, you can punish us however you wish."

Huo Yanxin glared at him, then after a while, turned and returned to the room.

Huang Qi followed her back into the room.

Shi Tan looked on briefly and then left as well.

Once the three of them left, the six guards immediately departed the villa to find Qiao Yuxian.

...

Since everyone was distracted, and Qiao Yuxian was agile and familiar with the place, she managed to leave very smoothly.

Weaving through to a hidden corner of the grounds, she climbed the wall, preparing to jump when she heard someone whistle from a nearby tree.

She raised her eyes to look.

In the dark, she could only see a shadowy figure on the bare branches.

That person jumped down from the tree and walked quickly to the wall, looked up, gestured with a wave, and smiled, "Honey, long time no see."

The night was dark, and below the wall was even more devoid of light.

Yet Qiao Yuxian felt like she saw Qin Xia wink at her.

She chuckled and jumped down the wall.

Qin Xia immediately stepped forward to embrace her: "Quick, let me give you a kiss."

Qiao Yuxian held off her attempts to kiss her face: "Girls shouldn’t kiss each other."

"We’re the closest." Qin Xia hugged her, "I’ve missed you so much, let me kiss you once."

Qiao Yuxian tilted her head back, "Stop! Chu Zhengran would hunt me down."

"He wouldn’t dare." Qin Xia touched her lower back twice, taking advantage before letting go, "You’ve lost weight."

"Who could endure such torment." Qiao Yuxian said softly.

"All is well now?" Qin Xia asked.

"Yes." Qiao Yuxian replied, "Pretty much. Once things are settled, and after some rest, I’ll be okay."

"Alright." Qin Xia said, "This way, the car is at the corner of the shopping street ahead; there’s a crowd there that can cover us. We need to avoid people and walk a bit.

"Good."