Before ng Hongyao finished speaking, her phone rang.
It was the landline that had called earlier.
ng Hongyao glanced at Jiangli and the others, and answered the phone imdiately, "Hello, Mrs. Wu?"
He Ruoi’s panicked sobbing voice ca from the other end, "I, I can’t reach my husband, what should I do? He, he should have gone to the inn, but I called the inn’s landline and no one answered, what’s going on..."
ng Hongyao paused, "You called the inn’s landline?"
He Ruoi: "Yes, I just called..."
ng Hongyao glanced inside the door, "But we’re standing at the entrance and didn’t hear the phone ring."
He Ruoi said, "Oh, the inn’s landline is at the front desk in the lobby on the first floor, the volu isn’t loud, so it’s normal that you didn’t hear it."
ng Hongyao didn’t think much of it, "So you still can’t reach Mr. Wu now?"
He Ruoi hurriedly said, "Yes, no matter how I call, I can’t get through... Why are you at the inn entrance now? Are you here to find my husband? Do you know where my husband is?"
ng Hongyao heard this and softened her tone to calm He Ruoi, "Mrs. Wu, please calm down, let’s talk properly. We ca here because there have been frequent disappearances at your inn, and as Mr. Wu’s wife, you might have heard from him about posting on the Xuann Association, right?"
He Ruoi paused for a mont, "I’ve heard about it... So, you’re from the Xuann Association?"
ng Hongyao said, "Yes, we ca to assist. We had agreed Mr. Wu would et us here, but when we arrived, the inn was closed, so I called you."
He Ruoi: "When my husband left today, he ntioned he had an important matter to attend to, turns out it’s this..."
ng Hongyao: "Mrs. Wu, if you still can’t reach Mr. Wu, could you please provide us your ho address so we can check the situation? If Mr. Wu is really in trouble, we can help."
He Ruoi didn’t respond imdiately.
After a mont, she said, "Perhaps, I should call the police. My husband might have just gone missing routinely..."
ng Hongyao said, "Mrs. Wu, you may not know, we already have police backing. If you need assistance in any aspect, we can help. Can we co over and take a look? If you really don’t trust us, you can also contact the local police. When the ti cos, we’ll go together with them. How about that?"
ng Hongyao tried to be as considerate as possible.
He Ruoi seed to have no reason to refuse and said, "Then, you can co over. Our ho is right behind the inn, not far away. The address is—"
He Ruoi provided the ho address to ng Hongyao.
ng Hongyao then asked, "By the way, Mrs. Wu, I want to ask, which route does Mr. Wu usually take to the inn? Is there a specific path he frequently uses? We’ll follow it and take a look. Maybe Mr. Wu just got caught up in sothing on the way, don’t you think?"
He Ruoi hesitated for a mont and then told ng Hongyao the route Wu Jianhan usually takes.
He Ruoi and Wu Jianhan’s ho is not far from the inn, located behind one street and across two intersections, there’s a residential area.
He Ruoi and Wu Jianhan’s ho is there.
However, usually He Ruoi stays there with the child, while Wu Jianhan takes care of the inn and typically lives in the inn.
But since the inn hasn’t been open for business in recent days, Wu Jianhan went ho to stay.
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