"What's wrong?" they both asked in unison.
The Thin Man and Chen Xiao Qiu were staring at me, too.
I shook my head. "I forgot to contact Wu Ling earlier. I was so focused on Qi Bai..." I added, "A lot of ghosts escaped. If we only have three days... There are rumors online that it might not be Spirit Search that caused the Bai An incident."
As I spoke, I dialed the number.
But I still hadn't calmed down. My heart was beating very fast.
This was a truly ominous sign.
Once the call connected, I had no spare thoughts to dwell on it.
I repeated the story I'd just told the Thin Man and the others. This time, though, I focused on the wandering ghosts.
Wu Ling and the others had a much easier time investigating than we did. If we wanted to look into it, we'd have to ask Chen Xiao Qiu to contact Chen Yi Han, which meant going through an extra step. Chen Yi Han had plenty of authority, but she was also subject to many restrictions. She couldn't just do whatever she wanted. In that respect, she was nothing like Nangong Yao, who had a great deal of freedom.
After I finished, Wu Ling got straight to the point and asked about the Thin Man.
I told him about the phone call the Thin Man had received and explained what he planned to do.
The four of us didn't entirely agree with the Thin Man's approach. To be honest, when I heard what he'd said earlier, I'd wanted to object outright. If the Thin Man wouldn't accept it, I'd find a chance to kill Qi Bai first.
Qi Bai was innocent. But there was no way I could stand by and watch the Thin