Elder brother's garrison

"Huh? Huh, huh... Oh oh oh?!" The director looked at Lu Ming's agent, somewhat bewildered, seemingly intimidated by his fierce aura.

"This man just tried to take advantage of Lu Ming. I've been watching him for a long time." Lu Ming's manager grabbed the man's neck and said to the director, "Everyone on set still needs to film. Don't let him disturb your work, so I'll handle this man."

"Oh, oh... okay, sure... thank you." The director hadn't quite recovered from the sudden incident yet. Facing Lu Ming's agent, he could only nod awkwardly and respond stiffly.

"Let me go, let me go, I need to see Lu Ming!!!" Just then, the man in Lu Ming's manager's arms began to struggle violently. His eyes were red as he frantically waved his arms at Lu Ming, who was a few steps away, spitting as he spoke. "Lu Ming! I'm your fan! I have thousands of photos of you at home! I even bought the water bottle you used! My computer wallpaper and phone wallpaper are both of you! Even my tattoo says I love Lu Ming forever! How could you do this to me? How could you do this to me?!"

The wailing of the enthusiastic fans instantly drowned out everyone else on the filming location.

"Snapped!!!"

Just then, a large hand, carrying a powerful gust of wind, slammed into the man's back. The loud sound, like a bomb, created a faint, invisible sound wave.

The fanatic fan's eyelids instantly rolled back in pain, and he grimaced.

"be honest."

In the quiet air, Lu Ming's agent's calm voice was particularly noticeable.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lu Ming's manager carried the now powerless, fervent fan away from the filming location.

The mountain-like figure hunched over and squeezed into a small room in the temporary studio, easing the somewhat oppressive atmosphere, and the people on the shooting set gradually returned to normal.

It wasn't until Lu Ming's agent's back was completely out of sight that the director, who was standing frozen in the middle of the room, gradually came to his senses.

The director quickly looked in the direction where Lu Ming was.

"Oh dear! Miss Luming! You've been frightened!" The director's face turned pale instantly. He was afraid that Luming had been traumatized by the sudden incident, so he quickly gathered the nearby staff around her. "Miss Luming, are you alright? Would you like some water? Let's put the filming on hold and rest for a bit! Everyone, listen up, quickly go check the location to see if there are any suspicious persons!!!"

At the director's shout, the staff present quickly scattered.

Lu Ming seemed to be in pretty good condition. Faced with everyone's concern and care, she just shook her head slightly, indicating that she was not injured during the process and that she was fine now, and that filming could continue at any time.

"Wow... this is Lu Ming's manager... wow, that's impressive."

"That fan looked like an adult, but he was practically a baby in his hands!"

"Did you see that? His palm is bigger than a clay pot!"

"..."

Xiao Bai was surrounded by the chatter of the staff.

"Little White, it seems I don't need to help anymore." The golden light in Saratoga's eyes gradually faded, and she turned to Little White and said.

"Hmm...it seems that the agent acted faster than us..." Xiaobai murmured, tapping his chin lightly with his index finger.

"So the criminals were easy to catch this time?" Saratoga lowered her arms with slight disappointment.

If Lu Ming's manager hadn't intervened, Saratoga could have intercepted him before the fanatic fan could touch him. The reason Lu Ming's manager got there first wasn't because Saratoga was slow, but simply because Lu Ming's manager noticed the staff member with the strange expression earlier and thus took advantage of the situation.

Ok.

Saratoga said she didn't lose.

At least in terms of reflexes and motor skills, they didn't lose.

"Don't be so disappointed. It's a good thing that the criminal was caught." Xiaobai smiled at Saratoga. She first looked at Luming, who was surrounded by people in the distance. After confirming that Luming was not frightened by what had just happened, she patted Saratoga on the shoulder. "Saratoga, I'll leave things here to you."

"Where are you going, Little White?" Saratoga asked Little White.

"I'm going to check on the criminal we just caught." Xiaobai pointed to the small room that Lu Ming's manager had last entered.

“Oh…” Saratoga nodded, indicating that she understood.

Xiaobai greeted the ship girls and the abyssal deans, then quietly left the filming location, heading towards the direction where Luming's manager had left.

Most of the staff on the filming location were focused on Lu Ming, and not many people noticed Xiao Bai's whereabouts.

Lu Ming's manager went into an ordinary staff lounge. Xiao Bai listened to the sounds inside the room before gently pushing the door open.

A crunch.

The door was pushed open.

Xiao Bai slowly walked into the room.

This lounge was used by the advertising company for its ordinary employees, so it wasn't as big as the one prepared for Lu Ming. The room was only big enough for five or six people to move chairs and rest. As soon as Xiao Bai entered the room, he saw a muscular man in a suit with his head down tying another man to a chair.

The man, bound to the chair, had his head down, groaning and moaning, his consciousness fading.

Hearing the door being pushed open, the muscular man stopped what he was doing and turned around alertly.

"It's Admiral Lu Lin." Upon seeing Xiao Bai, Lu Ming's manager instantly dropped his guard, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "How's Lu Ming doing?"

The man in the suit was now polite and gentle, a stark contrast to his violent demeanor just seconds before.

"Miss Luming doesn't seem too frightened. I've had my ship girl stay there to protect her," Xiaobai replied simply. She walked to the man's side, looked at the man bound to the chair, and asked curiously, "...Is this the criminal who threatened Miss Luming?"

"Prisoner?? I'm not!! I'm not a prisoner... Hehehe... Deer Cry, my Deer Cry... my wife... let's have babies together... Hehehe... I'll plant the crops and you water them, I'll till the fields and you weave clothes, hehehe... No one can separate us, not even the Queen Mother of the West... Hehehe..." The man on the chair listened to Xiaobai's words and immediately began to refute them weakly, but as he spoke, the topic began to strangely veer off course, eventually turning into his own fantasy and soliloquy, interspersed with occasional silly laughter, which made those who looked at him feel disgusted and sad.

"This person seems to have some mental issues. I just brought him in to ask him a few questions, but his reaction has been like this ever since he came in," said Lu Ming's agent.

Xiaobai secretly released her Admiral's Network to approach the man on the stool. She wanted to calm him down and try to get some information out of him, but unfortunately, the man's mental state was extremely disordered, and even Xiaobai's Admiral's Network could not calm him down.

"Judging from this...it does seem a bit..." Xiaobai covered her mouth and thought for a while. She moved closer to the man on the stool and reached into his work uniform to grope around a few times. "...Hmm?"

Xiaobai felt she touched several hard pieces of paper. She pinched the pieces of paper and pulled them out of the man's work clothes.

Xiaobai opened his hand, and a neatly folded, yellowed piece of paper appeared in his palm.

"That's it!" Lu Ming's manager exclaimed with delight upon seeing it. "That's right! This color of paper is the same one that's been sending Lu Ming threatening messages recently!"

"Oh? So that's true..." Xiaobai murmured as she unfolded the piece of paper.

The yellowed piece of paper detailed the location and time of the advertisement shoot. Tucked inside was a photo of Lu Ming and a smaller white piece of paper labeled "Yuncheng Venue 047 Luggage Locker," with the password "72315"...

"Wow..." Xiaobai exclaimed in amazement as she looked at the location and time clearly marked on the piece of paper.

Chapter 2431 The Real Goal

"What does it say here?" Lu Ming's manager asked, noticing Xiao Bai's fluctuating expression.

"This shows the location and time of the advertisement shoot," Xiaobai said, handing him all the pieces of paper in her hand. "Besides that, there's a photo of Miss Luming and something that looks like a luggage locker receipt."

"He even knows the time and location of the advertisement shoot?" The agent frowned, looked down and carefully read the information, then said, "I just took a look at this person. He doesn't seem to be from the advertising company. He probably got the advertising company uniform from somewhere and sneaked in before Admiral Lu Lin arrived. Compared to this, we were drafting the contract with the advertiser last night, which means there has been a serious leak of our company's information. The situation is quite serious."

"Was it done by the missing employee?" Xiaobai asked.

“Not sure, but there’s a high probability it is.” The agent said in a deep voice, “...I remember that missing employee used to be in charge of some tasks such as serving tea and water and doing odd jobs. I don’t know where he got our company’s intranet address and login method. It seems we need to go back and update our firewall.”

"Isn't he the missing employee?" Xiao Bai understood the meaning behind the agent's words, suddenly paused, and asked, pointing to the crazy man on the stool.

“Unfortunately, he doesn’t look like our missing employee, but the piece of paper in his hand suggests that he has some connection to the missing employee.” The agent shook his head. “It seems that this matter is more complicated than we thought… At least, judging from the current situation, the perpetrator who attempted to harm Lu Ming should not be an individual, but a group.”

“A gang committed the crime…” Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai’s expression also became serious.

"In short, let's call the police first. Judging from this person's mental state, we probably won't get any valuable information out of him," the agent said to Xiaobai. "Let's hand him over to the police first; they should have the professional methods to interrogate people with mental instability like this."

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

"...Is Lu Ming still safe?" The agent thought for a moment and asked Xiao Bai, "Since it was a gang crime, there's a good chance there are other criminals outside."

"My ship girl is watching outside. I... I'll go check outside," Xiaobai replied, but she was a little worried halfway through her sentence.

Xiao Bai quickly walked to the door and peeked outside.

After a period of rest, the filming location has returned to its orderly state. Lu Ming has even started going over the lines for the next few shots with the director while the staff are quickly setting up the set.

"She seems alright... It seems Miss Luming isn't scared at all about almost being attacked just now." Seeing that Luming was unharmed outside, Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief and murmured involuntarily.

"Being attacked by obsessive fans isn't uncommon in the industry," the manager said, walking out with his phone in hand. He explained to Xiaobai, "Actually, this isn't the first time Lu Ming has been attacked by obsessive fans, so it's normal for her to remain calm."

"Huh? Has this happened before?"

"After all, you can't expect all of Lu Ming's fans to be normal people." The agent nodded. "Things like sending razor blades, doxxing, and bombarding people with fireworks are still quite common."

"Uh...being a celebrity isn't easy..."

"Admiral Lu Lin, I'll guard this room until the police arrive," the agent said to Xiao Bai. "Lu Ming is in your hands now."

"Okay." Xiaobai nodded, looking thoughtfully at her manager. Recalling how he had just subdued the enthusiastic fans, she couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of which, manager, you're quite the fighter."

"Hehe... I only hung out on the streets for a while when I was young. It was just some petty tricks for bullying and fighting, nothing respectable."

"If you're so capable, why do you need us as bodyguards?"

"Admiral Lu Lin, I'm only good at thuggish brawls. When it comes to dealing with emergencies, I'm no match for you ship girls at all." The agent smiled bitterly. "If a prisoner really comes out with some kind of gun or explosives, I simply can't stop them."

Xiao Bai scratched his cheek and smiled awkwardly.

"Yes, that's right..."

Xiaobai temporarily bid farewell to her manager and returned to her ship girl's side.

As soon as the ship girls guarding near Luming saw Xiaobai return, they all took two steps closer to her.

"Admiral, how are the prisoners doing?" Akagi asked in a low voice.

"The situation is a bit complicated..." Xiaobai looked around and then whispered to the ship girls what had just happened in the room.

After hearing what Xiaobai said, the ship girls all showed surprised expressions.

"What? This time it was a gang crime..."

“Yes, it seems this matter is more complicated than we thought.” Xiaobai said, stroking his chin, and turned to look at Lu Ming. “In short, although we have caught one of the criminals who wanted to harm Lu Ming, there may be other criminals infiltrated into this filming location. We cannot let our guard down.”

"Understood!" The ship girls nodded in unison.

Under the watchful eyes of Xiaobai and the ship girls, the staff, having finished their rest, resumed filming the advertisement.

Lu Ming memorized his lines and, with an excellent attitude as if nothing had happened, walked into the spotlight and began his performance.

After the brief incident involving an attack by enthusiastic fans, the subsequent recording of the advertisement went smoothly, and no one interfered with the filming set again.

Soon, with the filming of the last clip completed, the director shouted "Cut!" with satisfaction, ending the entire recording session.

After the recording ended, Lu Ming bowed to everyone in gratitude amidst applause from the surrounding staff, and then walked back to Xiao Bai and his group.

"Welcome back, Miss Shikamei." Akagi Fukami walked forward with a smile, spraying herself twice with a transparent perfume bottle.

"Yes, I'm back," Lu Ming replied, looking at Xiao Bai, "The person who just attacked me..."

"That person has been subdued by the manager." Xiaobai pointed to the room where the fanatical fan was being held.

Lu Ming turned his head to look.

In front of the staff break room, a burly man in a suit stood guard like a gatekeeper. The director, who had just finished filming, came up to him, clasped his hands together and raised them above his head, apologizing repeatedly, seemingly feeling deeply sorry that a strange person had infiltrated his film set.

"Leave the matter over there to the manager. The police will be here to clean up the mess soon." Xiaobai took Luming's hand. "Miss Luming, let's go back to your dressing room first."

"Mm." Lu Ming withdrew his gaze and obediently nodded to Xiao Bai.

Based on the current situation, although the filming has been completed, the group cannot leave the studio until the police arrive.

Xiao Bai and her group returned to Lu Ming's private lounge.

After about twenty minutes in the lounge, everyone could vaguely hear a police siren outside.

In a few more minutes.

The door was knocked on with a crisp sound.

Akagi stepped forward and opened the door, whereupon her manager, who looked somewhat relaxed, bent down and walked in.

"Mr. Agent, is everything finished on your end?" Xiao Bai asked his agent as he entered.

"Yes, it's over. The police have arrived and taken the fanatic fan in for questioning. They said they'll let us know if there are any new developments." The manager then turned to Xiaobai and his group, "Did anything unusual happen here while I was away?"

"No."

"That's good... It seems that this time, that person, or rather that whole group, only sent one person." The agent said, looking at Xiaobai with some regret, "Admiral Lu Lin, it seems that our plan to lure the snake out of its hole has not been perfectly completed. This matter of Lu Ming... it looks like it will have to continue to drag on."

"It's alright, I have plenty of time." Xiaobai nodded.

"Thank you so much." The agent looked at Xiaobai and his group with gratitude.

"My lord, something's strange." Just then, behind Xiaobai, Shenhai Chicheng thought for a while with a puzzled expression, tugged at Xiaobai's sleeve, and spoke softly.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Xiaobai turned around and looked at Shenhai Chicheng.

"The person who attacked Miss Luming this time seems to be just an ordinary fanatic," Akagi Fukami asked, somewhat puzzled. "If this person really has some connection with the criminal gang that attempted to harm Miss Luming, then isn't there some fundamental conflict between his and the other criminals' objectives?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

"So, if this person is a fan of Miss Luming, then he must at least like her, right?" Akagi asked Shiro. "Why would he join a criminal gang that wants to stop Miss Luming from working, and is even willing to harm her for that purpose?"

"Huh? That's right..." Xiaobai suddenly realized something was amiss when she heard this.