She frowned slightly, but quickly nodded anyway. "Yes. What can I do for you?"
"We'd like to ask you about Xia Xiaolin," Liu Liu explained with a smile.
"Linlin?" Gu Xue was extremely surprised.
"What happened to Linlin?"
Liu Liu did not answer directly. Instead, she pointed toward the living room and made a request: "Could we go inside and talk?"
"Sorry about that. Please come in."
Gu Xue slapped her forehead as if she had only just realized it, then hurriedly ushered them inside.
Gu Xue politely invited the four of them to sit down, then hurried to make them each a cup of hot tea. Only after that did she sit on the sofa and ask anxiously, "What did you say happened to Linlin?"
Liu Liu quickly explained, "It's nothing serious. We just wanted to ask her about something, but we couldn't find her. Do you know where Xia Xiaolin went?"
"That's good." Gu Xue patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief. A gentle smile slowly returned to the corners of her mouth, giving her a friendly, relaxed air.
"She went traveling."
As she spoke, Gu Xue took the phone from her pocket, found a message, and held it out to them. "Look, she even sent me a message before she left. She told me to remember to collect her clothes for her. How could you not find her?"
Liu Liu took the phone and examined it carefully before showing it to the others beside her.
"September 21st."
"Did she leave on September 21st? Do you know where she went?"
Gu Xue thought for a moment, then answered naturally, "She mentioned before that she wanted to visit Basha Island. She should have gone there. As for whether she left on the twenty-first, I don't know