"Was it Lü Qiaolan?" I asked again.
A few seconds later, I finally got an answer from Gu Mo.
"It's Lü Qiaolan. Nangong examined her carefully, and there's nothing wrong. It's really Lü Qiaolan."
Lü Qiaolan wasn't dead.
The teddy bear had been wrong...
Or perhaps worse, the teddy bear had been deceiving me.
I felt dizzy, and my hands and feet began to grow cold.
I sprang to my feet. "Then I'm going to see her!"
"Put your phone on speaker so I can hear her voice. Nangong will keep monitoring things on our end," Gu Mo said steadily, calming me a little. "We'll keep trying to reach Ling and the idiot. It'll be fine. Find out what happened, and then we'll figure out what to do together."
At last, Gu Mo was showing the composure of an elder.
I put my phone on speaker, told the others I was leaving, and headed out.
From what I'd said, they had already figured out what was going on.
"I'll go with you," Chen Xiao Qiu said.
I glanced at Chen Xiao Qiu. She gave me no chance to refuse and headed out first.
The Slender One and the Fatty probably wanted to offer to come too. Guo Yujie even stood up, but they weren't as quick as Chen Xiao Qiu. With Chen Xiao Qiu already accompanying me, it would be too conspicuous for them to follow as well.
Chen Xiao Qiu and I walked to the entrance of the office. Neither of us spoke along the way; we were both on edge.
Beside the guard booth, I saw Lü Qiaolan, looking frantic.
"Mr. Lin!" Lü Qiaolan spotted me at once and tried to rush over, but the guard stopped her.
I slowed down and watched Lü Qiaolan for a moment.