After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows-Chapter 88: The Kid Goes Missing

—"Ah ah ah, I’m going to cry to death, just thinking that I might never see the cub again makes me so sad that even the roast duck I just ordered and love doesn’t taste good anymore!"

—"Why is Jiang Lingxi reacting so calmly? Doesn’t she feel reluctant to part with the cub at all? It seems a bit cold-blooded!"

—"I just imagined it from the cub’s perspective: waking up to find that my favorite human is no longer around, replaced by a bunch of strangers. It’s like a forced separation to the ends of the earth never to meet again, what kind of tragic storyline is this?"

—"I saw the little brother’s eyes were red; if it weren’t for the cameras, he would’ve probably already started crying. Jiang Lingxi, how can you watch the cub being taken away so coldly?"

—"Conclusion: This woman’s heart is extraordinarily hard."

Watching as Qi Chen and his group appeared and then left along the same path with the still-sleepy cub, Jiang Kaiyuan finally, reluctantly, pulled his gaze back after they vanished from sight. Sniffing, he looked at Jiang Lingxi with confusion and a hint of hidden accusation: "Sister Xixi, don’t you feel reluctant to let the cub go?"

How can you send the cub away so easily?

At the very least, you should say a proper goodbye to the cub!

Jiang Lingxi met his eyes and asked back, "The cub leaving us was destined from the start. Didn’t you mentally prepare for it?"

"I, I did, but who would’ve thought this day would come so quickly? We’ve only spent so little time together, I guess it won’t be long before the cub forgets about me!"

Seeing how he was unable to let go of the cub, Jiang Lingxi fell silent.

Compared to Jiang Kaiyuan and the other three with equally reluctant eyes nearby, she indeed seemed a bit too calm about the cub’s departure.

But since the cub was destined to leave, it was merely a difference of a few days or less. She could naturally put in emotions before and effortlessly withdraw them later.

She wasn’t so lacking in restraint.

That’s certainly true.

Understanding this, Jiang Lingxi comforted, "Unless you can bring the cub back, otherwise, just try to get used to it."

Jiang Kaiyuan: "..."

This comfort was too blunt; now he couldn’t even cry if he wanted to!

In the small courtyard with white walls and black tiles, Xu Xingyuan also felt a lingering sense of loss.

"Wei Ke, won’t we be able to see the cub anymore in the future?"

Wei Ke nodded and made a helpful suggestion, "If you want to see pandas, I can find someone to take you to the nearest zoo."

Xu Xingyuan looked up at the sky, suppressing an urge to roll his eyes. Pandas are indeed adorable and cute, but he was longing for the cub that the pretty sister had rescued, not other pandas.

He looked at Wei Ke’s unchanged, calm face and asked, somewhat perplexed, "Wei Ke, don’t you feel reluctant about the cub?"

They both usually watched the live stream together, so they should have similar feelings for the cub.

"It’s not legal for individuals to keep pandas."

Xu Xingyuan was choked by his honest remark and glanced at the equally expressionless pretty sister in the live stream, "Why do I feel Wei Ke, you’re a bit like the pretty sister!"

Wei Ke raised an eyebrow, "Am I?"

He had witnessed plenty of life and death, becoming stronger-hearted than the average person.

But where did Jiang Lingxi get her firmness of heart?

Seeing more comments in the live stream criticizing Jiang Lingxi for being too cold-blooded towards the cubs, Jiang Xiyu finally felt some relief.

"Told you to change your persona too drastically; now you’ve overdone it, serves you right!"

Xiao Tao, standing next to her, thought that Jiang Lingxi was actually quite right. The bullet comments labeling her cold were probably just due to people struggling to accept that the cub had been taken away so suddenly. Once they calmed down, they’d realize Jiang Lingxi wasn’t wrong.

But seeing Jiang Xiyu’s satisfied expression, she quickly lowered her eyes to hide her thoughts, "Sister Xiyu, Sister Yuting just sent a message, asking you to meet her as soon as you return."

"Did she say what it’s about?"

"She said she wanted to take you to meet a very important person. It was already planned, but unexpectedly you decided to visit Master Mei, so now time is a bit tight; you’ll need to head there right after getting off the plane."

"How do I meet someone in my current state? Wasn’t it agreed to do maintenance first?" Jiang Xiyu sneered, "How important could this person be that we can’t delay a single day?"

Xiao Tao turned the latest voice message into text, "Sister Xiyu, look at this; it’s Sister Yuting’s original words."

Jiang Xiyu reluctantly shifted her gaze from the live stream to her phone and, after reading, brightened up, even ignoring the other phone’s live stream and immediately started typing on Xiao Tao’s phone, "Book the best styling team for me; I’ll head there right after landing."

Jiang Yuting replied, "Didn’t need mentioning, already booked."

Xiao Tao watched Jiang Xiyu’s excited expression, pursing her lips, not daring to mention that she accidentally overheard Sister Yuting saying the person also had an interest in Jiang Lingxi.

Mentioning that would spark rage, and she’d be the one to suffer!

*

The mood among the team was a bit gloomy.

Jiang Kaiyuan suddenly muttered, "It feels like there’s something missing."

Jiang Lingxi: "The cub is missing."

"My cub has been gone for almost two hours, it should be awake by now; I wonder if it’s looking for me?"

Jiang Lingxi: "Just to clarify, the cub isn’t yours."

As for whether it would look for her and Jiang Kaiyuan, perhaps at first it would, but likely not for long.

What kind of memory capacity do small animals even have!

However, this time Jiang Lingxi miscalculated.

Qi Chen’s group wasn’t slow to catch up, as they were worried about the little one’s safety and were in a hurry.

Now that the panda cub was safely returned, there was no longer a need to rush like before.

They planned to stay in the forest for a few days and return to the place where Jiang Lingxi had rescued the cub, hoping to find its parents.

Unexpectedly, those responsible for guarding the little one couldn’t resist falling asleep out of exhaustion, and when they reopened their eyes, the little one, previously sleeping soundly nearby, had vanished.

Upon returning from nearby streams where others washed up, they encountered this shocking news.

"What are you standing there for, hurry up and find it!"

They hadn’t been away long, and the little one was small, so it shouldn’t have gone far.

Everyone scattered immediately.

With the entire group searching for such a striking black-and-white bundle, they hadn’t expected it would be so difficult, yet Qi Chen returned empty-handed after the fruitless search only to see the same outcome for the few students, and his expression was as dark as could be.

"What? The cub is missing? How have so many of you been watching over it?"

Despite standing in front of Qi Chen, Jiang Kaiyuan couldn’t resist blurting out.

Qi Chen wiped the sweat from his face, "This is indeed our oversight. We came to ask for your help in searching together; more people should help."

"Then what are you waiting for; hurry and search, where did the cub go missing?"

"Not far, just near the river ahead. We went to wash up, left someone to guard, but during his nap, the cub disappeared."

"River..." Jiang Lingxi grabbed the anxious Jiang Kaiyuan just as he was about to search blindly, "I think I can guess where the cub is hiding."

As soon as she finished speaking, she met Qi Chen’s unbelievably bright eyes.

"Quick, quick, quick, go now!"