Outside the Monitoring Room.
It was already noon.
As Dong Xuebin walked toward an empty stretch of the corridor, he called his Second Aunt, Ci Lifen. Beep, beep, beep—the call quickly connected.
"Hello, Second Aunt?" Dong Xuebin said.
"Haha, Brother-in-law!" The one speaking was actually Xie Hao.
Dong Xuebin froze. "Why did you pick up the phone, kid?"
Xie Hao chuckled. "I saw your number, so I answered it."
Hearing some commotion on the other end, Dong Xuebin asked, "Where's my Second Aunt? Is she there too?"
"She's here, eating." Xie Hao said, "I came over to mooch a meal off my mom too. They've got a dinner gathering—abalone, shark fin, all that stuff. I haven't had any in ages!"
"You only know how to eat." Dong Xuebin urged, "If your mother has time, put her on the phone. I need to talk to her about something."
"Sure thing." Xie Hao shouted, "Mom, my brother-in-law wants you."
Ci Lifen's voice sounded from the other end. "He was calling for me in the first place, but you just had to grab the phone."
Once she took the phone, Dong Xuebin said, "Second Aunt, am I interrupting your meal?"
Ci Lifen laughed. "It's fine, we're almost done anyway. What is it? Something happened?"
Dong Xuebin grunted. "I ran into a little trouble. There's a company called Hongye Company that has invested in quite a few entertainment projects. Its headquarters are right here in Shuangjing. A friend of mine came here for an interview, but she ended up receiving unfair treatment. From the boss to the managers to the employees, everyone in the company had an awful attitude. Even after I came over to deal with it, and even after the police arrived, they still refused to admit anything. The ones who gave