Chapter 502: Underhanded Move (Part 2)
How could this be?
It was supposed to be Jiang Xue, so how could it be a man? In the middle of the crowd, a man was lying on the ground, groaning in pain.
Where is Jiang Xue? Where did she run off to? Could she be hiding somewhere? Just as perplexed as Lu Ling was Ming Lan. She had arranged everything perfectly, just waiting for Jiang Xue to make a fool of herself. But how did things not go according to her plan?
Ming Lan widened her eyes, searching all around for any sign of Jiang Xue. But she found nothing, as if Jiang Xue had vanished into thin air.
How could this happen?
Ming Lan couldn’t understand it. She had been watching from the shadows and hadn’t seen Jiang Xue leave. However, with so many people suddenly flooding into this small garden, there was no place for anyone to hide. Moreover, someone had brought over the large lights that were supposed to be outside.
With the bright lights shining, everything in the garden was clearly visible, unlike before when someone could hide.
But where did Jiang Xue go? Ming Lan was filled with resentment but couldn’t find Jiang Xue, which also meant she couldn’t proceed with the second step of her plan.
Lu Ling, seeing no sign of Jiang Xue, had no choice but to look for Ming Lan. The plan that was supposed to be foolproof had gone wrong, and she was equally unwilling to accept it.
She knew that if Jiang Xue messed up this time, she could be with Mu Qiancheng sooner. But now, with things going awry and Jiang Xue not being tricked, how could she resign herself?
Could it be that something went wrong on Ming Lan’s side? Lu Ling searched around for Ming Lan, eager to find out why things turned out this way.
Soon, she spotted Ming Lan’s figure, and after saying a word to Ouyang Yi beside her, she headed towards Ming Lan.
When she reached Ming Lan’s side, Lu Ling lowered her voice and asked, "Miss Ming, what exactly happened? Where’s Jiang Xue? How did she get away?"
"I don’t know either. I had everything arranged perfectly, with people guarding every exit. Jiang Xue hasn’t left at all."
"Then where did she go? Could it be that she has some ability to vanish into thin air?" Lu Ling’s face was a bit grim, wondering if someone was secretly helping Jiang Xue.
The two of them secretly searched again, but still saw no sign of Jiang Xue, so they had to give up. Meanwhile, the man lying on the ground was also taken away by the hotel’s security and was reportedly sent to the hospital.
Whether he was genuinely sick or just pretending was unclear for the moment. However, Jiang Xue, who Ming Lan and Lu Ling were looking for, was actually in a space.
Earlier, she couldn’t break free, and her dress was on the verge of being ripped off, exposing her completely.
In that split second, Jiang Xue couldn’t care about too much and directly flashed into the space. So when those people came to the small garden, Jiang Xue was in the space, and naturally, Ming Lan and Lu Ling couldn’t see her.
Sitting on a chair, Jiang Xue glanced at her skirt, unknowingly torn by something, and had Little Fox fetch a pair of scissors.
With the scissors in hand, Jiang Xue cut off the damaged part of her skirt. Having fixed her dress, she listened to the noise outside the space die down, guessing those people had left, and only then did Jiang Xue come out.
Sure enough, there was no one in the small garden anymore; everyone had returned to the hall, and no one cared about the earlier incident.
The banquet continued!
After a short while, the evening party started, with employees of the Ou Group stepping on stage to perform. Shangguan Wenbin watched for a while, feeling a bit bored, and then remembered he hadn’t seen Jiang Xue for a while.