Chapter 256
The production team was pacing nervously
Midway through filming, the lead actors, Stirling and Yesbel, had mysteriously vanished. If word got out,
it would spell disaster for
involved, from the investors down to thest crew membert
The person in charge of the crew sighed in relief at Noells’s arrival. “We’ve been keeping it under
wraps, too scared to even call the cops. Thank heavens you are here, or we’d have no clue how to
handle this messt
Noe frowned, her tone stem. “How could you even think of not reporting something this serious? If
anything happens to Stirling and Yashet, who’s going to take responsibility?”
She wasn’t a cop or a detective. Surely, the crew couldn’t expect her to find them, could they?
Sewing the faint anger on Noe’s face, the crew leader wiped his sweat and hurriedly exined, ‘We
wanted to, really, but Stirling and Wasbel’s agent told us to wait for you!”
Yasbel was under contract with Pris Star’s own entertainmentpany, East Sea Culture Company.
The agent, being an internal staff member, decided not to alert the authorities, uncertain of what had
actually happened.
Noe stepped into the room. “If there’s no news in two hours, call the police. You’ve already missed
the golden hour for a search and
rescue
The production was a massive investment, and they were hoping this movie would be their ticket to
major awards. If it leaked that the leads were missing, billions in investment would go down the drain!
The crew leader didn’t dare hesitate and quickly agreed.
Noe’s gaze then turned to the two agents waiting by the side. “Has Stirling been harassed by any
fans recently?”
“Just those. Even if Stirling filed aint, most of them are underage, barely fourteen. It’s tricky to
handle.”
From day one of shooting, several obsessed fans, barely twelve, had been lurking around, forcing the
crew to arrange transportation to send them home. Unfortunately, this made those fans think Stirling
was indulging and weing them!
An agent pulled out a phone. “This is Stirling’s phone. I don’t know the passcode, Ms. Noe. Maybe
you could try.”
The lock screen was a photo of Stirling and Noe together, with a few members of the Schnabel family
cropped out at the edges.
Noe paused for a moment, then tried her birthday as the passcode, and it worked.
She remembered Stirling mentioning that he had set all his devices, including his bank PIN, to her
birthday!
The message inbox was filled with offensive content.
“Why didn’t Surling just contact his carrier to disable messaging?”
The agent exined, “Stirling used to ignore his messages, but after you went home, sometimes you’d
text, and Stirling would check in case he missed something from you.”
In reality, the times Noe actually texted were few and far between, as she preferred to call if there
was something important.
Stirling’s fear of missing any message from Noe was evident.
Noe didn’t know whether to me herself for texting Stirling in the first ce or regret that she hadn’t
sent him more messages!
The few messages she did send were all saved as favorites by Stirling!
Palmer, seeing Noe’s guilt, whispered soothingly, “Even if he disabled messaging, those fans would
just start calling, making it even more of a hassle. It’s not your fault. Besides, we shouldn’t have to limit
ourselves to avoid these situations. The most important thing is dealing with these intrusive fans
effectively”
Noe quicklyposed herself. “Let’s focus on finding them. Where was Yasbel’sst known
location?”
Nn replied, “North, near a small creek.”
Glen Vige was small, surrounded by mountains, with the border only a hundred kilometers further.
Noe pocketed Stirling’s phone. “Lead the way”
As they approached, the gate of a nearby house creaked open, and Maddox emerged, draped in an
army coat.
“Ms. Noe and Mr. Pock, you’re back? Why didn’t you let me know!”
“Maddox, have you heard anything unusual these past few days?”
Living not far from Verdant Garden, Maddox would’ve noticed if Stirling and Yasbel had disappeared!
Everyone looked at Maddox with hopeful eyes.
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Maddox pondered for a moment. “Let’s see, Ellsworth Fuller came by the other night, along with the
rest of the Fuller family, asking for Ms. Noe’s contact. I didn’t give it to them!”
Remembering the Fullers‘ expressions made Maddox angry. They clearly had no good intentions!
“I didn’t hear anything unusual at night. The young master mentioned their filming was a bit noisy, so I
didn’t stay here at night.”
Maddox lived nearby mainly to keep an eye on Noe’s property and to guard Old Mrs. Lambert’s
coffin.
When the Schnabel family came in full force to respectfully relocate Old Mrs. Lambert to the Schnabel
family’s cemetery, Maddox was somewhat relieved. He worried about who would apany Old Mrs.
Lambert when he passed away!
With Stirling staying at Verdant Garden, Maddox decided to spend his nights at a distant nephew’s
house, away from the film crew.
Maddox was quite pleased with the Schnabel children; they were clearly extraordinary folks. Stirling’s
concern for his rest was touching!
Hearing that they were missing, Maddox grew anxious too.
Noe nodded. “I’ll check the north.”
“North? The Fuller family’s old house is up there too!”
The Fuller family’s ancestral home had been neglected for years, left to crumble and decay, yet it
indeedy to the north!
“Take me to see it!”
“Sure thing!”
Maddox, without any hesitation, led Noe and the film crew on a grand trek towards the northern
hillside.
The paths around Glen Vige were treacherous, with wild grass towering over humans, and many
areas were simply impassable. The film crew grumbled under their breath but dared not voice their
comints too loudly.
They had seen Noe striding ahead, leading the way without so much as a word ofint. Not
only did she notin, but Noe also moved at a brisk pace!
She and Palmer followed Maddox, leaving the rest of the film crew far behind, clearly very concerned
about Stirling!
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The sibling bond between the Schnabels was admirably strong!
Palmer reached the hilltop first and turned back to extend a hand to Noe. “Come on!”
He showed no sign ofint in such a setting.
One moment he was the CEO covered in gold, hands tied up with international contracts worth billions,
and the next, he stood on the challenging slopes of a hillside vige, reaching out through the thorns to
Noe.
cing her hand in Palmer’s, Noe easily climbed up the hillside with his help, then turned to
Maddox. “Maddox, the film crew might not make it up here. Wait for them and take them around
another way.”
Noe and Palmer, being top–tier assassins ustomed to operating in border areas, found scaling
such slopes to be as easy as pie.
However, for the film crew attempting to climb this nearly vertical hillside, the task would prove much
more challenging!
To save time, Noe and Palmer opted for a shortcut.
Maddox, unable to make the climb himself, stayed behind to wait for the crew.
“Alright! Just over this hilltop, and we’ll be at the Fuller family’s ce