Chapter 145 Child Star
The child star lives in an atypical small villa on the outskirts of the city. Strictly speaking, it is more like a self-built house rather than a villa.

The agent opened the iron gate with the code, and the car was parked in the small front yard. The first floor was the kitchen and two servants' rooms. I followed the agent to the large living room on the second floor of the villa. The second floor was the living room, dining room and small fitness room. The third floor was two bedrooms and a study.

An interview was going on on the second floor, with seven or eight people holding lights and operating cameras, and in the middle sitting on the sofa were a reporter and the child star himself.

The child star in front of the camera is cute and well-behaved, occasionally showing a lively personality, giving people the overall feeling that the child star has a lively personality and is sunny and optimistic, but because she is a little restrained in front of the camera, her extroverted personality is restrained. Such a child star has a full personality, which makes people look forward to her reaction when encountering things.

Cui Jian and Duanmu naturally didn't know that this thing is called character setting. For example, in the escape room variety show shot by child stars, the members have different personalities and different positioning. Some are responsible for dragging the team down, some are responsible for making people laugh, some are responsible for solving problems, and some are responsible for connecting and livening up the atmosphere. If you look more carefully, you will find that in any successful variety show, the personalities and positioning of each member are almost the same.

20 minutes later, the interview was over. This was the warm-up footage for the escape room. The team packed up and left. The child star relaxed and fell on the sofa, reaching out to grab the tablet on the coffee table and started playing games.

The agent introduced: "Child star, this is Cui Jian, this is Duanmu, during these seven days, they will protect you closely and help you deal with the troubles in life."

The child star didn't put down the tablet. He turned around to take a look and nodded: "Thank you for your hard work." Then he continued to play the game.

The agent said to Cui Duan: "There are two servants in the villa. One is a nanny who is responsible for the daily life of the child star and lives on the first floor. The other is a cleaner who only works half a day. Your residence is in the small bedroom on the third floor. That is my room, but I don't live here on a daily basis."

Before Duan Cui could express his opinion, the child star said, "What's wrong? Is the swordsman sick again? Or do you have your eyes on some new potential star?"

The manager was a woman in her late 40s. She walked over and sat on the sofa, saying kindly, "Child star, you have to understand me. Xingyue is an artist under my care, just like you. You still have to shoot a commercial together tomorrow at noon, so you should be nicer to her."

The child star snorted coldly: "Why should my attitude be better? Why not let her attitude be better?"

Agent: "Xingyue has a delicate personality..."

The child star threw the tablet away, sat up and looked at his agent with a straight face: "She is just a swordsman."

The agent took a deep breath and forced a smile: "You are going to study in the UK soon, and this will be the last time you will work together in the next few years. No matter what happened before, after all, you have known each other for many years. Can you part ways in peace?"

The child star said, "After I go to England, you will no longer be my agent. So it's all fake, right? You became my temporary guardian just for money, and now I'm useless, so you kicked me out of the country."

The agent said patiently, "Child star, you have too many scandals. No one can accept the image of a girl who has just reached adulthood drinking, smoking, and beating people. The company and I have been worried about these things, and letting you study in the UK is the best solution we can think of. Even if the scandals are exposed after you leave, it will not have a big impact on you. In a few years, you can return to Korea with a brand new attitude and continue to be a star as an adult."

The agent said, "Your guardian aunt has lived in the UK for 20 years. She is a very good person. She has no children and will definitely treat you well. You can also call me."

The agent talked to the child star like a mother, coaxing her. According to information Duanmu learned from the Internet, Xingyue, the child star, is a little star under the same company, and her position is a delicate and cute little princess. Unlike child stars, she did not perform well in variety shows, but performed very well in TV dramas. Last year, she won the title of national sister with a TV drama.

The agent answered the phone, explained some things and left in a hurry. Cui Jian ran around and chatted with the nanny for a while, and basically understood the situation of the villa and the child star, especially the parents of the child star.

The parents of the child star are rare parents who extremely favor boys over girls. Even when the child star was still a child model, they began to suck blood and feed their youngest son. In the past few years, they even ignored the obstruction of the agent and the company, secretly took the child star to various dinners, and asked the child star to help their company to get projects. During this period, the child star was molested. In the end, the company took his parents to court and deprived them of their custody rights. After the child star's aunt obtained custody, she asked the agent to serve as the child star's temporary guardian in South Korea.

Since Escape Room is a phenomenal variety show, the child star herself is very rich, and now she has achieved financial freedom, as she is out of her parents' control. Her parents came a few days ago, hoping to have dinner with the child star as a farewell. The child star lacked love since she was a child, and was deeply moved by her parents' words, so she agreed immediately, but was stopped by her agent in the end.

Because of this incident, the child star and her agent had a fierce argument. The agent told the child star that they had bad intentions. The child star did not appreciate it. She said that she was the master of her own life. The agent was also annoyed and said that before the age of 18, you cannot make decisions. He ended the topic forcefully and prepared to leave. The child star stopped and asked if she wanted to see Xingyue. The agent said that Xingyue fell into the water during filming and he had to go to see her. The child star did not let her go, but the agent answered the phone again and then pushed the child star away and left.

Cui Jian went upstairs and whispered the information he had obtained in Duanmu's ear. Duanmu nodded, roughly understanding the situation. Child stars are people who are not loved by their fathers and mothers. Fortunately, there is still an agent who cares about her, but the more she lacks love, the less she wants to share love with others, so she often uses rebellious behavior to attract the attention of her agent.

"Two strokes." Duanmu concluded.

Just as he finished speaking, the videophone hanging on the wall rang. Duanmu pressed it, and the screen showed the surveillance footage outside the gate. It was a well-dressed couple, who were also the parents of the child star. They were waiting outside with snacks and dolls.

Duanmu was not fluent in Korean, so Cui Jian said into the intercom: "Hello."

Tong's father: "Who are you?"

Cui Jian: “It’s none of your business.”

When Tong Xing heard his father's voice, he looked over, got off the sofa and ran to the door. Cui Jian reached out and slapped Tong Xing on the forehead, pushing him aside. Duanmu grabbed Tong Xing's abdomen with one hand like he was holding a chicken, and threw him onto the sofa even though he was slapped and scolded.

Cui Jian: "Oh, you said you are the parent of a child star? Do you have any evidence?" He stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.

Duanmu pushed Tong Xing's forehead as she was about to stand up, and pushed her back to the sofa. Duanmu walked to Cui Jian, who dealt with Tong's parents while using sign language, and Duanmu understood to go downstairs.

Cui Jian hung up the access intercom and stayed on the second floor to watch over the child star. Duanmu sent the child star's parents away in fluent English.

The child star in the living room began to be furious and asked Cui Jian with her hands on her hips, but Cui Jian ignored her. The child star ran out, but Cui Jian grabbed her collar and pulled her back, pushed her forehead and pushed her back to the sofa.

"This is imprisonment, this is a crime." The child star picked up the cup on the table and looked at Cui Jian. Cui Jian looked at the child star with curiosity, "Are you going to hit me with the cup, or are you going to break the cup?" The child star seemed to read Cui Jian's thoughts and felt that he couldn't let Cui Jian guess his thoughts, so he took a sip of water and looked at Cui Jian arrogantly.

Cui Jian smiled, and the child star was angered again. He looked around for a while, took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from under the sofa, lit them for himself, and lay back on the sofa. He glanced at Cui Jian from the corner of his eye: Are you scared?
Cui Jian leaned against the wall, took out a cigar and sniffed it, then looked at the child star with disdain: a tasteless little bastard.

The child star was once again filled with impotent rage, and he took out a bottle of whiskey hidden behind the books in the cupboard, opened it, and poured himself a glass.

Duanmu came back and saw this scene, and approached Cui Jian and asked: "Did she write two?" Cui Jian: "Ask her yourself."

Duanmu stepped forward and said kindly, "Miss Tong, whiskey is best drunk on the rocks. Pour about an ounce at a time, shake it and cool it down quickly with ice cubes, then drink it all in one gulp."

The child star repeated the words many times: "Get out of here, or I'll call the police."

Duanmu took out his cell phone and said, "Before calling the police, let's listen to some stories first." He turned up the volume to the maximum and connected the cell phone to the bug, which was placed in Tong's father's snack bag.

Tong's father was driving, and the conversation with Tong's mother came over, all about the child star. At first they criticized the child star for being heartless, but later even Cui Jian was shocked. The father's biggest partner was a pervert, a fan of the child star, and he made a condition to Tong's father that as long as Tong's father sent the child star to his bed, he would not only cooperate with Tong's father, but also give him another 10 percentage points of profit.

The child's mother suggested that she find a way to establish contact with the child star and let the child star escape on his own. The two rehearsed the lines, such as "Baby, of course mom loves you, but you have already received too much. We are afraid that your brother will feel inferior, so we take extra care of him." "It was mom's fault last time."

Cui Jian was translating quietly beside Duanmu. Duanmu looked at the dumbfounded child star and said to Cui Jian in English, "She may not be without feelings or not know that her parents have no feelings for her. She just doesn't want to believe it, so she will look for any opportunity to be with her parents to prove that she is still the child who is loved."

The child star looked up and angrily said, "What have I done wrong? You don't understand at all."

Duanmu was surprised: "She can speak English, and she speaks with an Oxford accent."

The child star ignored him and said: "You all like Xingyue. Her parents, brother, sister, Sister Wang (agent), and many, many others treat her like a treasure." There was unspoken jealousy in her words.

Cui Jian said: "Little girl, the world is big. You are rich and pretty, why limit yourself to emotions?" After Tong's father expressed his idea of ​​selling the child star, Cui Jian felt more compassion for the child star. He was sold by his parents when he was just born, and was exploited by his adoptive parents in his childhood. Later, he took up arms and fought with criminals on the street. Whether it was his parents or his adoptive parents, they did not give him any emotional care, but only exploited him.

The child star looked at Cui Jian for a few seconds, then turned and went upstairs. Duanmu shook his head: "A rebellious kid, she will rebel against anyone who treats her well."

Cui Jian sat down and poured the wine into the trash can.

Duanmu also sat down and said, "Hey, when I was negotiating with Tong's father, I found a car parked on the side of the road diagonally opposite. The windows were closed, but there was someone in the car."

Cui Jian: "Do you remember the license plate number? Contact Yiyi to check it."

"Yes, we have a great guy now." Duanmu picked up the phone with a smile and contacted Yiyi: "Please check the license plate of XX." Turn on the hands-free mode.

Yiyi didn't say anything, but she could hear the keyboard sound. After a while, Yiyi said, "The registration information is a black Shrimp car, 2.0T, the owner's name is Zheng Xiu... The car entered the airport parking lot two days ago and has not left yet."

Duanmu sat down: "Not leaving yet?"

Yiyi: "Yes, the online charging information shows that she drove into the parking lot two days ago." This is the era of big data. The smarter it is, the more information it can find.

Duanmu quickly walked to the window, lifted the curtain with his fingers and looked out. The car was still there, and the license plate was correct. Either Zheng Xiu had used a trick to get the car out of the parking lot, but using this method, the parking fee would continue to increase. Or someone had used a fake license plate.

The information was quickly fed back to Li Ran, who decisively said: "Come back and get your guns. No, I'll send them to you. Be careful." He had a lucky physique and was able to upgrade from a C-level project to an A-level project.

As soon as he hung up the phone, Tong Xing came down from the third floor, holding a tablet computer and said to Duanmu: "I want the recording just now."

Duanmu added the child star as a friend through social software, and then sent the recording to the child star. Cui Jian said: "Do you want to use the recording to question your parents, hoping that they can give a reasonable explanation?"

Child star: “It’s none of your business.” After getting the recording, she returned to the third floor with a cold face.

Cui Jian: "Why do I feel like she wants to escape?"

Duanmu: "Your feeling should be correct."

Cui Jian: "What should I do? There are wolves outside."

Duanmu: "Your eyes tell me that you have an idea."

Cui Jian grinned.

Half an hour later, a brother-in-law of Dayin Security drove a small truck and hit the fake car. The two passengers in the car fell into a coma for a short time and were quickly sent to the ambulance. The police went to the scene to check the situation and determine the responsibility. They unexpectedly found suspicious items such as cable ties, handcuffs, and anesthetic spray in the hit car, so they reported it immediately.

One of the injured woke up on the way, beat the ambulance doctor to force him to stop the car, and then fled. Another injured woke up after entering the hospital, and fled the hospital with a red and swollen ankle.

The two injured are male, one with white skin and the other with black skin. The police are currently searching for them.

The agent met Li Ran in the small villa. Li Ran explained the situation. He was not sure about the identities of the two people and whether they came for the child stars, because this area not only has celebrities but also rich people, and child stars are not the preferred targets. The agent said that he could increase the remuneration, but Li Ran said no, the contract is written as it is, and Dayin Security will be responsible to the end.

Because of this incident, Duan Cui became more vigilant and started to arrange night watches. Unexpectedly, the employer ran away before the thief even arrived.

At dinner time, the nanny prepared the meal and called but no one answered. She knocked on the door but no one responded. Duanmu kicked the door open impatiently and found that the child star's bedroom was empty. A rope made of several pieces of clothes hung from the windowsill. It was obvious that the child star had slipped away.

(End of this chapter)