The next day.
Luo Yan arrived at the headquarters of the Gou Mang Department.
Today, the Gou Mang Department was holding an internal meeting, and the captains of every team had been notified the night before.
Since he was not meeting Liu Hongming alone, and Liu Hongming was, after all, the nominal minister now, failing to attend the meeting would violate regulations.
Besides, Luo Yan intended to use this opportunity to announce what had happened to Zhao Dingkang.
So, he appeared in the conference room at headquarters first thing in the morning.
Luo Yan had barely stepped inside when Feiyu arrived behind him. Seeing Luo Yan, he nodded and said,
"Captain Red Ghost, you're here early."
Luo Yan nodded lightly and casually asked, "Captain Feiyu, do you know what today's meeting is about?"
Feiyu shook his head and sat down. Lowering his voice, he said, "This is the first internal meeting Minister Liu has held since arriving in Qingmu City. There should be something important to announce."
At that moment, the captains began arriving one after another. Those captains had almost no interaction with Luo Yan. They merely nodded in greeting without speaking.
Before long, Liu Hongming's secretary entered. Lin Xiao took the seat that originally belonged to Liu Hongming and looked indifferently at everyone below.
"Minister Liu has something urgent to attend to today and cannot be present. I'll be taking his place."
Suddenly, her gaze fell on an empty seat.
It was Zhao Dingkang's seat.
Lin Xiao frowned slightly. "Captain Zhao hasn't arrived yet?"
At that moment, someone hurried in from outside. It was the Big Round Face who had been at Zhao Dingkang's side.
He came to Lin Xiao's side and whispered into her ear, "Something's happened, Secretary Lin."
"Captain Zhao has gone missing."
Lin Xiao froze.