Chapter 81
In 25 days, the fan leaderboard has two squad leaders, one steward, dozens of disciples, apprentices, the top 100 is full, and the reward amount is hundreds of thousands (hmm, Qidian Coins)... more than my previous book. This is beyond what I dared to imagine, thank you, brothers! It's like giving me a few hundred subscription royalties even for free chapters. All I can feel is gratitude, gratitude! Tonight from midnight, I'll start the listings, vowing to repay everyone's kindness with better stories, more updates, and a more attentive attitude! I also hope all of us brothers can support me with subscriptions! Hmm, no need to mention MM, all MMs subscribe. If there are any female readers...
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Bai Feijin realized what was happening and shouted out, but the person had already run quite a distance. He, Mo Fei, Yan Xuan, and a few other boys immediately started chasing.
But someone was already faster than them!
It wasn't Li Yan, but Yu Xiaodi!
A professional quality tennis racket is certainly expensive, but for a wealthy child like Yu Xiaodi, who can occasionally indulge by custom ordering a set of tennis outfits, even a limited edition commemorative version isn't a loss she can't bear. Though the price isn't the point, the meaning is significant!
Yu Xiaodi could have custom-made a Hingis-like lucky outfit, and the racket was changed several times, but what she had now was a lucky racket. Especially since she just defeated Jiang Wen and retreated early, to her mediocre tennis skills, she surely believed it was related to cheering from Li Yan and her lucky racket.
Seeing her lucky racket being snatched away, she reacted faster than anyone else and dashed out before she could even give Li Yan a heads-up, chasing after the man who took the racket.
"Menmen (Wenwen), Menmen..."
Huang Xuhui, who was just chasing Jiang Wen out, was suddenly bumped from behind, causing him to spin 180 degrees. Astonished and about to curse, he saw Yu Xiaodi rushing over with several boys in tow. His eyes widened in shock—what in broad daylight are they doing?
The person who snatched the goods perhaps lost confidence—after bumping Huang Xuhui, he almost collided with a few girls, slowing his speed significantly and allowing Yu Xiaodi to gain on him.
Seeing that Yu Xiaodi was about to catch up, the man, in an attempt to escape, threw the racket toward a nearby truck that had just been unloaded, its compartment door open, trying to divert Yu Xiaodi's attention and escape toward the crowd.
"You go catch him!"
Retrieving the racket was Yu Xiaodi's first priority, but she was also very displeased and waved for the trailing boys to apprehend him while she climbed up into the truck compartment.
Having retrieved the item, Bai Feijin and the others felt slightly relieved and immediately went after the thief. Outraged by someone so bold, they couldn't show their faces again without capturing and teaching him a lesson.
"Crazy, even daring to blatantly snatch things on school grounds..."
Yu Xiaodi picked up the bag and mumbled curses. Then she turned toward the tennis court to see if Li Yan had followed the chase.
Unfortunately, outside were Huang Xuhui and other students unaware of what occurred, along with other boys and girls rushing out from inside. But from her unobstructed view, she did not spot Li Yan among them.
Yu Xiaodi was about to step out of the truck when the compartment door suddenly closed swiftly!
"Hey!" Yu Xiaodi was startled, immediately pounding on the rear door, only to find it not just closed but seemingly being locked from the outside! Even more shocking, the truck engine started.
Indeed, soon after being locked outside, the truck drove off.
No way? Yu Xiaodi cried out loud: "Hey! Stop, open the door!"
In the dim enclosed compartment, she stumbled and nearly fell due to the vehicle's swaying, realizing the truck was accelerating, likely heading out of S University's campus!
...
Though Yu Xiaodi had just suffered a kidnapping not too long ago, that time she evaded her bodyguards when shopping and got tricked. If she had just stayed confined within S University, it wouldn't have been so dangerous. Thus, this week, the condition thrust upon her return by Yu Hong and his wife was that she must remain on campus, never go out alone, avoid going out during non-busy times, and must contact her bodyguards when leaving the school.
For the past week, it had proved effective. But unexpectedly, near the weekend, right outside a crowded tennis court, someone plotted anew to deceive her, targeting not objects but herself...
Evidently, the other party had a thoroughly investigated and planned intent. They knew she would be here playing tennis and treasured her racket, including that the snatcher bumping into people and nearly being caught was arranged. Even if other boys caught up first, mishaps would stop them.
At this point, saying or thinking anything was too late. Furious and anxious, Yu Xiaodi pounded and kicked the door, using that cursed racket to bang while shouting, but only making it sound loud to herself inside. Outside, it wouldn't have had much effect.
Distressingly for her, unlike last time, she carried no phone this time. To keep things convenient, she had inserted the SIM card with only Li Yan's number into her regular phone. Normally, it was with her, which was how she raced out after receiving Li Yan's call. But while playing, she didn't have the convenience of carrying a phone, which she left in a bag held by a female classmate. Now, with nobody confiscating it, she had no external communication tools whatsoever.
After shouting for some time, Yu Xiaodi lost her energy, squatted down, ran her hands through her hair, hating her misfortune, for these incidents to constantly occur. She also resented her family background, as it was the cause...
But venting wouldn't help, and after a while, she forced herself to calm down, trying to recall how she managed to help herself the last time.
But how could she escape from a sealed compartment now?
She genuinely couldn't think of a way to break out from the truck's closed space, pinning her hopes on Li Yan, hoping he emerged from the tennis court the moment the truck started moving; otherwise, Bai Feijin or others might hopefully have noted the license plate number, providing her bodyguards a clue to act upon once they realized something was amiss.
Right! This is a public kidnapping; many students should have seen it. They should call the police, right?
This thought gave Yu Xiaodi a small measure of reassurance. Though her situation seemed graver than the previous time, there were witnesses, and someone might call the police, greatly improving her overall outlook.
What she didn't expect was that at the moment the van door shut and left from S University's tennis court, sheer chaos erupted outside!
As they sealed the door to allow the truck to speed off, a few prepared motorcycles immediately charged out nearby. The riders, helmeted, roared through the crowd, sending everyone screaming backward into the tennis court. Bai Feijin and the others couldn't continue their pursuit, retreating swiftly to avoid collisions. Jiang Wen, too, set aside her spat with Huang Xuhui, letting him shield her retreat toward the tennis court.
Amid their self-preservation, who had the mind to call the police? Most hadn't even noticed Yu Xiaodi being loaded into the truck, only Bai Feijin, Mo Fei, Yan Xuan, and others noticing its disappearance after the motorcycles left, assuming she had retreated into the court without thinking more, hence searching for her inside.
No one called the police for the unfortunate Yu Xiaodi right away.
Of course, amid the chaos, nobody noticed a spectral figure that swiftly climbed onto the still not fully accelerated truck, lying flat atop the cover as the vehicle drove away...