From the outside, it seemed quite ordinary, nothing special.
But since Su Qing said that, Qianxun of course believed her.
She lowered the car window and stuck her head out to take a look.
Hidden so well? She didnât see a single one...
"Madam, could you please call Xiao Man to let her know first? Itâs quite dangerous for us to barge in like this." Su Qing had a hunch.
They were only here to find Xiao Man, not to declare war, there was no need to involve Zhan Lei and the others.
"Okay, Iâll try again."
In fact, she had already tried calling Xiao Man on the way here, but the phone was turned off.
Worried about her, she decided to come see the place where she lived.
Now the company was in chaos too, she wasnât the only one who couldnât contact Xiao Man.
"Still turned off..." Qianxun bit her lip, "Xiaoqing, could you have someone check her familyâs phone number? Surely they havenât... cut off the phone line as well?"
"Sure thing!"
After a while, Qianxun got through to the phone.
The call was answered by a maid, who spoke with a somewhat strange tone: "Hello? Who are you looking for?"
Since the household phone hardly ever rang throughout the year, it was as if no one knew it existed.
"Hello, Iâm looking for Xiao Man, Iâm her friend, my name is Qianxun, could you please tell her my name, sheâll know who I am. I called her cell phone and it was off, I canât find her and Iâm a bit worried."
"Ah, youâre Miss Xiaoâs friend. Miss Xiao isnât at home."
"Ah? Sister Man isnât at home? Did she say where she was going?"
"We donât know either..." the maid replied, "Miss Xiao doesnât tell us where she goes. Liâ"
Qianxun could hear some noise, as if someone stopped her from speaking, and then she stopped abruptly: "Thatâs all..."
"Maid, you donât need to worry, I know who he is, Li Sinian. Iâm not a gossip reporter, I really am Xiao Manâs friend, and Iâve met Mr. Li before too."
Seeing that Qianxun knew Li Sinianâs name, the maidâs wariness faded: "It seems you really are Miss Xiaoâs friend! But truly, we donât know where Miss Xiao has gone, weâre used to it, we never ask, and usually Mr. Li has his ways of finding Miss Xiao. Well, Miss Xiao left after lunch, the rest is up to you to figure out where she went, we canât help you."
The maid didnât seem to be lying.
Xiao Man wouldnât intentionally refuse to see her.
The only answer could be that she really had gone out.
"Okay, thank you, maid."
"Sheâs not home..." Qianxun said to Su Qing, "Letâs go back for now."
On the way back, Qianxun was wondering where Xiao Man might have gone.
Little Five and Fan Fan, who also couldnât contact Xiao Man, were extremely anxious and had to call Qianxun to ask.
While talking, Little Five suddenly thought of something: "Oh no! This morning Sister Man told me not to look for her, that she would go to the TV show on time in the afternoon, could it be... after all this happened, Sister Man still went to YS TV Station?"
It hadnât occurred to anyone.
They thought that after such a big incident, Xiao Man definitely wouldnât go.
"This is bad... Su Qing! Letâs reroute to YS TV Station!"
Given Sister Manâs personality, while they were turning the place upside down looking for her, she might have indeed gone to YS TV Station!
...
When Xiao Man showed up at YS TV Station, all the staff who saw her were shocked, as if they couldnât believe Xiao Man would appear at such a critical moment.