In a previous life, the incident occurred in a movie theater, where two men with guns had fled after a robbery and, under police pressure, decided to take hostages before escaping.
Coincidentally, that night she and Wen Nian had disguised themselves in casual clothes to watch a movie at the theater.
Wen Nian couldn’t possibly hide in the crowd and watch two children be taken hostage, so he volunteered to exchange himself for the two children.
The police were already cautious about hostage situations, and such cases were difficult to handle during the actual operations. Now, with the President involved, the Military Department was immediately alerted.
The criminals were eventually killed, and Wen Nian was saved.
Actually, she hadn’t planned to bring this up because she was certain that on March 28th she wouldn’t go to the movies with Wen Nian again.
And Wen Nian, busy with the election, wouldn’t likely have the inclination to go watch a movie at the theater himself.
She had also considered that if Wen Nian really were kidnapped in the theater, he should have been safely rescued, just like in the previous life.
But... "rebirth" didn’t come with a manual; she had no idea how closely events would follow the trajectory of her previous life and feared the what-ifs.
What if Wen Nian really went to the theater, really got kidnapped, and then... wasn’t rescued?
She was the President’s personal guard; if something happened to the President right under her watch, she would face dire consequences!
Yes! That was exactly what she was worried about!
Wen Nian didn’t respond, just silently took a couple of sips of soup, then set down his spoon, wiped his mouth, and looked up at Tang Xiaohua with an awkward expression...
"Sir, I’m serious, you should stay in as much as possible that day."
"The final campaign speech is coming up, and until the election is over, it’s an extremely unsafe time for you, so..."
"Why specifically the 28th? Are the 29th and 30th safe?"
Tang Xiaohua took a deep breath, getting a bit annoyed, how was she supposed to explain this?
"Can’t you just trust me unconditionally? I wouldn’t harm you!"
Wen Nian laughed upon hearing this,
"Unconditionally trust what you say? Why should I?"
Wen Nian stood up, "When have you ever unconditionally trusted what I say?"
Tang Xiaohua stiffened, as Wen Nian walked toward the door of the President’s Office; she hurriedly followed him. Wen Nian, his back facing her, said,
"That day is your birthday, I’ll give you the day off, do something to celebrate. Just be back before midnight."
With that, the door closed.
Tang Xiaohua felt a pang in her heart...
That day... isn’t it your birthday too?
She stood sadly to one side, patiently waiting until Qu Yu arrived,
"Secretary Qu, could I... borrow two minutes?"
Qu Yu blinked at Tang Xiaohua, this was unusual, the first lady approaching him...
Tang Xiaohua pulled Qu Yu to a corner, "Secretary Qu, I wanted to inquire about... the President’s schedule on the 28th."
Qu Yu squinted, "Why are you asking about this? As his personal guard, shouldn’t you be accompanying him wherever he goes?"
"The President gave me the day off."
"But Secretary Qu, you know the results of the election are coming out in early April, but until then, it would be very dangerous for the President to go out casually."
Qu Yu raised an eyebrow, "So?"
"So since I’m not on duty that day, I’d like you to keep an eye on the President for me, try not to let him leave the President Mansion if possible. I have a bad premonition..."
Tang Xiaohua’s statement seemed somewhat mystical, making Qu Yu recall what the witch had previously mentioned about a "Goddess."