Second pregnancy, sixth child: The beloved mom's disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 296 I'll keep it safe; it's evidence.

Ning Yao's face was ashen, her chin was slightly raised, and a few thin streaks of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

Her arms were stiff in a defensive posture, as if she was using a great deal of strength to support her body.

Are you alright?

The assistant rushed forward to check on Ning Yao's body, and upon seeing Ning Yao's injury, a flash of guilt crossed his eyes.

It was their inadequate protection that allowed the employer to have an accident right under their noses.

Upon closer inspection, the blood at Ning Yao's lips looked like she had bitten herself, while the man lying sprawled on the ground on the other side was in an even worse state, his entire face swollen so badly that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a fat pig's head. Even his closest relatives might not be able to recognize him.

Ning Yao swayed slightly as she tried to steady herself, and her assistant, who was closest to her, helped her out of the cubicle.

The female bodyguard was very experienced. She took a quick sniff of Ning Yao's scent and knew that she had been drugged.

On the table in the cubicle was a bottle of water with a faint red lipstick mark on it. The director was a grown man who went out without makeup and certainly wouldn't wear lipstick or lip gloss. The lipstick mark was obviously left by Ning Yao.

The assistant quickly stepped forward and took the bottle of mineral water to prevent the pig-headed director and the people from Star Trail Entertainment on the ground from destroying the evidence.

"How dare you hit me! Do you still want to work at Star Trail Entertainment?!" The director mumbled an indistinct curse. His eyes were swollen like walnuts from being punched several times by Ning Yao, and he couldn't open them, so he couldn't see who was in the cubicle.

Judging from the voices, they sounded like Luo Xiyao's female assistants. As long as they weren't from Xingji Entertainment, he felt emboldened.

"Who do you want to make unable to work at Star Trail Entertainment?" Tang Xiaoge's voice was chilling to the bone.

What's Tang Xiaoge doing here?

All the actors and staff should have left by now, how come?

The pig-headed director on the ground trembled, shrank back in fear, and quickly tried to defend himself.

"Brother Xiao, I just pointed out a few things Luo Xiyao didn't do well in her acting. Who knew this young woman had such a temper? You can't say anything to her. If you say anything bad to her, she gets upset and starts hitting you. Look at my injuries, ouch..."

Ning Yao was already under the influence of the drug and was delirious. Even though the person supporting her was her assistant, she tensed her muscles and resisted. She made a low, hoarse sound as she gritted her teeth and kept saying, "Let...let me go, don't touch me, get away!"

It's only because the assistant is a trained fighter that he could withstand Ning Yao's stubborn strength, which is as strong as if she were sucking her baby.

Tang Xiaoge glanced at Ning Yao behind him and noticed something was wrong. He then looked at the water bottle in his assistant's hand and immediately knew what was going on. He strode forward, grabbed the pig-headed director by the collar, and scolded him.

"What, you're going to drug the actress while directing the scene? Do you think I, Tang Xiaoge, am stupid?"

"No, no, no, there's a misunderstanding. I didn't put the drug in there... The mineral water was in the cubicle the whole time. I didn't know someone had put it in there. Brother Xiao, I'm so wronged! I'm innocent! I'm innocent!"

"Go to the police station and explain to the officers," Tang Xiaoge gestured to her male assistant to call the police.

But the male assistant hesitated. He took a few steps forward to Tang Xiaoge's side, covered her face with one hand, and whispered a few words in her ear.

"Brother Xiao, we'd better not make a big deal out of this. Let's resolve this internally if possible. If we take it to the police station, it'll probably make the news again, which will be bad for Star Trail Entertainment."

Tang Xiaoge raised her eyes and glared fiercely at her male assistant, her gaze leaving no room for negotiation.

"He is him, and Star Trail Entertainment is Star Trail Entertainment. How could a nominal director like him affect the company's reputation? Not calling the police would be damaging the company's reputation!"

"Yes, yes, I'll call the police right away." The male assistant was intimidated by Tang Xiaoge's imposing manner, so he quickly took out his phone and dialed the police without hesitation.

Ning Yao lost her footing and bit her lip hard to stay awake.

The sound of Tang Xiaoge calmly handling the situation could be heard in my ears. He seemed to have said to call the police, had no intention of settling it privately, and didn't even ask what had happened. His fair and impartial attitude was admirable.

Ning Yao was relieved. She handed her weight to her assistant. At this moment, she could not use the spatial spring, so she could only slowly close her eyes.

Tang Xiaoge ordered her male assistant to keep an eye on the director, completely ignoring his wailing and protests.

Tang Xiaoge's gaze had already fallen on Ning Yao, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes, but she quickly concealed it.

The woman leaned her head against her assistant's chest, her long, smooth black hair cascading over her shoulders and curving across her collarbones.

Ning Yao's face was sickly pale, her curled eyelashes trembled slightly, beads of sweat appeared on her delicate skin, and her slightly reddened lips were pressed into a straight line, occasionally twitching.

Her breathing was sometimes heavy, sometimes light...

The slender woman was powerless to resist, which made her seem pitiful.

"How is she?" Tang Xiaoge asked Ning Yao's female assistant and bodyguard, his voice deep and powerful.

"It's a sleeping drug. Its effects are quick and strong, and it can easily break a person's willpower. It will take at least four or five hours for her to wake up. Right now, she won't feel anything."

The assistant put one arm around Ning Yao's shoulder and casually answered Tang Xiaoge's question.

If this person hadn't seemed decent enough and didn't appear to favor his own company, the assistant wouldn't have bothered with him.

“Take her home to rest first. She can’t give a testimony in her current state. Take her to the police station tomorrow when she’s more alert.”

“Okay, I can take the boss back first, but we have to keep this safe; it’s evidence.” The assistant held up a mineral water bottle in his hand, which contained sedative ingredients.

Tang Xiaoge remained noncommittal and personally arranged for a driver to take them home.

Cui Mengmeng, who had classes and couldn't accompany Ning Yao to film, rushed to the teachers' apartment after learning about this.

Ning Yao fell asleep on the bed in the inner bedroom, but she seemed restless in her sleep, her brows slightly furrowed.

She didn't have time to remove her makeup, and her girlish, gentle, and easily bullied appearance was truly unbearable.

"What's wrong? Should she go to the hospital for a checkup?" Cui Mengmeng asked one of her female assistants in a low voice.

Just as the female assistant was about to speak, a series of hurried footsteps came from the doorway. It was Ning Moran and Ning Chen who had arrived.

"How could you watch my mother like that? Right under your noses, she still fell into someone else's trap?" Ning Moran lowered her voice, her teeth grinding together, sending chills down everyone's spine.

Ning Chen stood to the side with a solemn face, his jaw muscles twitching occasionally as he narrowed his cold eyes.

His silence didn't put his female assistants at ease; rather, it felt like the calm before the storm.

"There was no sound from inside at the time, we never expected something like this to happen..." The female assistants swallowed hard and explained in a low voice.

That's StarTraces Entertainment, a big company.

They figured that such a large company should have proper staff, especially since they were just discussing a play in the conference room and hadn't gone far.

So after waiting for only twenty or thirty minutes, when they realized something was wrong, they rushed inside. Luckily, they made it in time; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable...

"I'm paying you such high salaries, not so you can be my mother's mascots!" Ning Moran's usual calm and good-tempered image was shattered. He shouted angrily, his eyes looking like he wanted to devour someone.

Two young men appeared like the wind and began to interrogate her. The female assistant, knowing she was in the wrong, immediately shut her mouth and pretended to be a quail.

"Mo Ran, go in first and check Mom's body to see how much drug residue is left. Leave the rest to me."

"It seems that the so-called number one bodyguard company in the capital is nothing special. If I had known this would happen, I would have been better off hiring a few elementary school students to guard my mother."

Ning Chen parted his thin lips slightly, and his cool and cold voice sent chills down one's spine.

Ning Chen didn't directly get angry and curse like Ning Moran, but while his attitude wasn't very hurtful, it was extremely insulting.

He looked up at the female assistants and bodyguards inside the room, his gaze no different from that of someone looking at trash.