178: Chapter 178 Where is our daughter?

Yesterday, Zhang Xiaofu and Lin Xiao arrived at the Film Crew together.

At the very beginning, they were both startled by Lin Ran's situation.

But after the matter was resolved, he felt bored and decided to wander around on his own.

As luck would have it, he happened to run into that female celebrity he liked.

He excitedly stepped forward to take a photo with her and got an autograph.

But when he wanted to go back to find Lin Xiao, he realized he was lost.

The filming location was a large forest, and because of the beautiful scenery, there was more than one Film Crew shooting there.

Each Film Crew seemed to look about the same, and Zhang Xiaofu had forgotten to ask the name of the drama the previous Film Crew was filming.

There was no other way, so he had to search them one by one.

His wandering appearance led people to mistake him for an extra looking for work.

Just as a scene was short on people, he was pulled straight into it.

At first, he thought it was quite interesting; after all, he had entered the entertainment industry.

But gradually, he realized something was wrong.

No wonder they were short on people; it turned out they were doing all the dirty and exhausting work!

Like playing a corpse, playing cannon fodder...

The real kind of cannon fodder—the kind that ends up pitch-black all over after being bombed.

After a few scenes, Zhang Xiaofu was covered in dirt, hungry, tired, and completely exhausted.

Holding the crumpled two-hundred-yuan extra fee and a box of cold takeout, he almost wanted to cry but had no tears.

He wanted to get Lin Xiao to save him, but he realized he had lost his phone somewhere along the way.

Just as he was in despair, someone dressed like an assistant found him.

They took him to wash off the dirt and found him a clean set of clothes to change into.

He thought he had met a kind person, but to his surprise, he was eventually brought in front of a minivan.

Inside sat a first-tier celebrity in her early thirties, a young woman who was divorced.

The celebrity said she saw talent in him and wanted to teach him acting.

Zhang Xiaofu didn't know what was going on at the time and just foolishly got into the car.

Before long, his cries for help could be heard from inside the car.

However, the car had already driven to a remote area, and no one could hear him.

...

The Lin Family.

Early in the morning, Lin Xiao was awakened by a knock on the door.

"A-Xiao, Mrs. Qiu is here."

Outside the door was Su Xiumei's voice.

Lin Xiao was instantly jolted awake and hurriedly looked at Qiu Xiaoyan, who was lying on the sofa.

Fortunately, he had helped her change her clothes yesterday; she looked normal enough now, and there shouldn't be any flaws.

He immediately crumpled up the dirty bedsheet and threw it into a corner, then went to open the door.

"Mom, please ask Mrs. Qiu to wait a moment, I will bring..."

Before Lin Xiao could finish, he saw Mrs. Qiu following behind Su Xiumei.

Whether it was because of what happened last night, he felt guilty whenever he faced Mrs. Qiu.

It was as if he had accidentally ruined someone's perfectly good cabbage...

At this moment, the sound of rustling footsteps came from behind him.

He saw Qiu Xiaoyan walking over, dazed, and asking suspiciously, "Mom, why are you here?"

"It's nothing, Mom just came to see you."

Mrs. Qiu smiled and looked her daughter up and down, wanting to see how well she had recovered.

But soon, her smile froze on her face.

She saw the red marks on her daughter's wrists from being tied up...

Lin Xiao followed Mrs. Qiu's gaze, and his heart instantly skipped a beat.

How could he have forgotten about this!

Just as he was about to awkwardly explain, he saw Qiu Xiaoyan speak first: "Mom, you don't understand, this is all just couple's fun!"

As she spoke, she lowered her head shyly.

The expression on Mrs. Qiu's face was about to crack.

After a long while, she slowly looked at Lin Xiao, her gaze filled with an indescribable pity.

"A-Xiao, it's been hard on you."

"..."

One sentence blocked all the apologies and explanations Lin Xiao wanted to make.

Shouldn't she be blaming him?

What was with this inexplicable apology and pity?

Mrs. Qiu brought Qiu Xiaoyan quite a few clothes and other things she liked on a daily basis.

While Qiu Xiaoyan went to tidy up her things, Mrs. Qiu quietly pulled Lin Xiao aside.

"A-Xiao, I am truly sorry. My daughter's current situation really doesn't look good; she wasn't like this before..."

"Ah? Like what?"

Lin Xiao was completely confused.

"Just, you know, the ropes, the bondage, that kind of hobby!"

Mrs. Qiu's aged face flushed, and she spoke hesitantly.

Lin Xiao finally realized that Mrs. Qiu had mistakenly assumed those bondage marks were some strange habits Qiu Xiaoyan had developed due to her confused memory.

No wonder she had that reaction.

Seeing that Lin Xiao didn't speak, Mrs. Qiu tentatively said: "A-Xiao, it's really been hard during this time. How about this, I will give you another one percent of the shares; I hope you can be more understanding."

Lin Xiao instantly perked up and patted his chest in assurance.

"Don't worry, I will definitely take good care of her!"

...

After seeing Mrs. Qiu off, Lin Xiao was just about to enter the house.

But he noticed a taxi slowly pulling up outside the gate, and a somewhat weary figure stepped out.

"Zhang Xiaofu?"

Lin Xiao was very surprised to see who it was.

And when Zhang Xiaofu saw Lin Xiao, he also had the look of someone who had survived a disaster, "Brother Lin, I finally found you!"

Lin Xiao was also curious about what had happened to Zhang Xiaofu over the past day, so he brought him back into the house.

After Zhang Xiaofu briefly greeted The Lin Family, he grabbed Lin Xiao's arm and couldn't wait to pour out his grievances about what he had encountered over the past two days.

"Brother Lin, do you know? I was really so miserable, so miserable!"

"..."

Lin Xiao rubbed his nose, feeling embarrassed.

He didn't expect that because of his momentary negligence, Zhang Xiaofu had experienced so much.

However, seeing Zhang Xiaofu's foolish look, it seemed he hadn't realized anything and just thought that because he had lost his phone, Lin Xiao hadn't been able to contact him.

At this moment, Qiu Xiaoyan suddenly walked down from upstairs.

"Husband, do we have guests?"

"..."

Lin Xiao and Zhang Xiaofu looked up at the same time.

When he saw Qiu Xiaoyan, Zhang Xiaofu's eyes widened, and he grabbed Lin Xiao's arm in astonishment.

Lin Xiao wanted to stop Zhang Xiaofu before he could speak, but it was one step too late.

"Brother Lin! Why is she at your house! You, you actually went behind my back..."

Zhang Xiaofu's startled cry stopped abruptly after Lin Xiao covered his mouth.

But his eyes were still expressing his shock with unwillingness!

"Shut up first, I'll tell you later!"

Lin Xiao warned in a low voice.

Seeing that Zhang Xiaofu finally calmed down, he slowly released his hand.

Unexpectedly, the next second, Qiu Xiaoyan suddenly spoke again.

"Husband, where did our daughter go? I miss her so much."