Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 123: Sister Ning, What’s Wrong with Me?

Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Sister Ning, What’s Wrong with Me?

"Where did the disappearance happen?"

Ji Ning’s face looked very calm, but his gaze was somewhat intense.

Fu Yuanxuan opened the Smart Brain on his wrist, projecting a small light screen, displaying surveillance footage.

It clearly showed Bai Xiaotang and Lin Yuanyang leaving the guesthouse near the base and getting into a taxi.

"Bai Xiaotang had been going to the guesthouse during the day and returning to the base at night these past two days. This is the surveillance of them taking a taxi back to the base last night, but the car didn’t head towards the base. When I realized they hadn’t returned on time, both of their Smart Brains were already turned off."

"Where did you find Lin Yuanyang?"

Fu Yuanxuan was a bit surprised by Ji Ning’s intelligence and continued, "My people tracked the car’s direction through the surveillance and went after it. In a tunnel leading to Jiuming Mountain, they found an unconscious Lin Yuanyang. There are cameras inside the tunnel, but there’s a section of road without surveillance after exiting the tunnel. The car stopped there, but the kidnappers and Bai Xiaotang were nowhere to be seen. I suspect they have already entered Jiuming Mountain."

As Fu Yuanxuan spoke, a hint of worry appeared in his eyes.

The area around Jiuming Mountain is vast. Even if the base’s soldiers were patrolling, they couldn’t cover all regions. If the kidnappers really took Bai Xiaotang into the mountains, finding them would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Ji Ning’s brows gradually furrowed. After watching the surveillance footage on the light screen for a while, her gaze sharpened, "Take me to the location where the car was abandoned."

"Two groups from the base have already gone in, but the expanse of Jiuming Mountain is too wide. Even using helicopters to search would take half a day."

Ji Ning nodded slightly, turned on her Smart Brain, and searched for a map of Jiuming Mountain.

Fu Yuanxuan pressed his lips, started the car, and asked, "Do you plan to go into the mountains to look for them?"

Ji Ning made a sound of acknowledgment, without saying much more.

The car was silent for a while.

About half an hour passed when Ji Ning suddenly said, "Turn around, go to the guesthouse!"

Fu Yuanxuan immediately hit the brakes, "What do you mean?"

"Bai Xiaotang might still be in the guesthouse."

"How do you know?"

"From the abandoned car location to Jiuming Mountain, it takes at most three hours on foot before there’s no road. How long have your people been in the mountains?"

Fu Yuanxuan was shocked in his heart. They had indeed only found the abandoned car location less than three hours ago. After arranging for his subordinates to search the mountains, he came to the set to pick up Ji Ning.

But how did she know? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Could it be that she had been to Jiuming Mountain before?

Fu Yuanxuan looked at the person in the rearview mirror with a complex expression.

Ji Ning was still looking down at the Smart Brain screen, tapping its screen occasionally, seemingly checking something.

"If we don’t hurry, Bai Xiaotang will really be taken away."

Fu Yuanxuan collected himself, spun the wheel, and made a U-turn directly on the highway.

With a push of the accelerator, the car sped away.

At this moment, Ji Ning’s Smart Brain screen displayed a transparent structural map of the guesthouse.

When she had previously confronted those assassins, she used her spiritual power to cover the entire guesthouse, allowing her to replicate all the structural details inside the guesthouse perfectly.

She knew the thickness of each brick like the back of her hand.

"I still don’t understand, how are you so sure Bai Xiaotang is in the guesthouse? Wasn’t the person in the surveillance getting into the car her?"

"It was her, but she was swapped."

As Fu Yuanxuan continued driving, he recalled the conversation he had with Ji Ning earlier, desperately trying to find any clues within their discussion that made Ji Ning so certain, but he still had no leads.

How on earth did she determine that?

As he was thinking, Ji Ning suddenly said, "Park the car near the guesthouse later, and don’t show yourself."

"Why?"

Ji Ning gave him a glance of disdain, causing Fu Yuanxuan to press his lips again.

Half an hour later, Fu Yuanxuan parked the car near the guesthouse but didn’t get out, watching through a miniature camera Ji Ning was carrying.

Ji Ning didn’t head to the front entrance of the guesthouse; instead, she jumped and climbed her way through the back fire escape of the guesthouse.

The back door of the guesthouse adjoined the kitchen and the storeroom. Fu Yuanxuan watched as Ji Ning unhesitatingly headed straight for the storeroom. When the storeroom manager approached to inquire, she knocked him out with a sharp karate chop, then obtained the keys and opened the storeroom door.

Bai Xiaotang was lying in the storeroom manager’s lounge, tied with ropes, a cloth stuffed in her mouth.

Ji Ning stepped forward to check her breathing, pinched her wrist to feel her pulse.

Suddenly—

Fu Yuanxuan’s view momentarily blurred. He was about to get out of the car, thinking there was signal interference, but the image promptly reappeared.

By this time, Bai Xiaotang had already started to wake up, groggily holding her head, looking at Ji Ning in confusion.

"Sister Ning, what happened to me?"

"You were drugged."

"Huh? Drugged?"

"Let’s get out of here first."

Ji Ning extended a hand to Bai Xiaotang, helping her up from the floor.

Fu Yuanxuan’s questioning voice was in her earpiece, "Hey? What happened? The signal suddenly interrupted?"

Ji Ning pressed the earpiece, "I don’t know."

No sooner had she finished speaking, a male voice suddenly came from the storeroom door, "Who are you?"

They saw a few men in garbage disposal uniforms, looking at them fiercely.

Ji Ning’s gaze darkened slightly, shielding Bai Xiaotang behind her, and replied indifferently, "It’s just you guys."

The men advanced slowly, pulling small knives from their pockets, "Young girl, don’t meddle in others’ business! Hand over the lady from the Bai Family behind you, and we can let you go."

Ji Ning chuckled lightly, pulling the somewhat frightened Bai Xiaotang out of the lounge.

"Aren’t you afraid of the Bai Family’s retaliation for capturing the lady from the Bai Family?"

"Heh... We only want money, not our lives. With the money, it would be worth it for us brothers in this lifetime. Quit the nonsense, hand her over, or don’t blame us for being impolite."

One of the kidnappers brandished a knife, lunging forward, but Ji Ning pinched the tip of the knife between two fingers after it was thrust out.

There was a crisp "crack," and the knife tip snapped off like a brittle crust. The kidnapper’s face received a heavy punch, sending his body flying more than two meters back.

The surrounding kidnappers immediately rushed in, but before they could see how she punched, a wave of acute pain swept through their bodies, causing them to scream for their mothers in agony.

Standing before a leader of the kidnappers, Ji Ning stepped on his chest with one foot, bent down, and calmly asked, "Who told you she was the lady of the Bai Family?"

"N-No... N-No one... We just heard Lao Li say this was the lady of the Bai Family, that’s why we came up with the idea of kidnapping her and demanding money from the Bai Family." The leader, terrified to death, wished to spill everything he knew to alleviate his pain.

"Is that so?" Ji Ning’s foot exerted a bit more force.

"Ah—"

Ji Ning had already received a surveillance video from Lin Yuanyang regarding Bai Xiaotang’s disappearance before meeting Fu Yuanxuan. The video wasn’t tampered with; Ji Ning watched the entire footage from the past two days. It included a segment four hours after Bai Xiaotang went missing, showing a taxi arriving at the back of the guesthouse on surveillance.

Initially, she didn’t think there was an issue, but after confirming some details with Fu Yuanxuan, she quickly deduced that Bai Xiaotang had once again been brought back to the guesthouse.

This behavior was very bold but also had a degree of safety. After all, the most dangerous place is the safest. The mastermind may not intend to do anything. However, after a few drunkards followed the taxi, things might change.

Afraid of additional complications, Ji Ning had Fu Yuanxuan turn back immediately.

Therefore, she wasn’t surprised when these kidnappers came.

"Ah... It hurts, it hurts... Granny, we’re telling the truth, we really heard it from Lao Li..."

"Yes, yes, it was last night when we were passing by, we saw Lao Li carrying a girl from the car and followed him into the storeroom, hearing him muttering to himself that this lady of the Bai Family should be quite valuable..."

Ji Ning turned to look at Bai Xiaotang, seeing her face look unwell, clutching her chest and gagging, she released her foot, standing upright.

Her gaze toward the kidnapper leader gradually became profound, "Go turn yourself into the police, or I’ll make sure there’s nothing left of you."

No sooner had she finished speaking, a stench accompanied, Bai Xiaotang finally couldn’t hold it and threw up.

"Ugh—"

Ji Ning quickly walked over to Bai Xiaotang, handing her a bottle of water.

"Thank you..."

After vomiting, Bai Xiaotang’s complexion slightly improved, she unscrewed the bottle cap and drank a few sips.

At this moment, Fu Yuanxuan also climbed in through the back door, anxiously looking at them, "Are you all okay?"

"Brother Fu..." Bai Xiaotang was a bit surprised.

Fu Yuanxuan glanced at the few people lying on the ground groaning, his face darkened, "Leave this to me, you take her to the hospital."

"There’s no need. They aren’t the ones behind all this."