Meng Hua had disappeared. The problem I had to deal with now was the teddy bear.
I couldn't help looking down, and came face-to-face with the teddy bear as it raised its head.
Its human ears and hands gave it an eerie, horrifying appearance, and the stains on its body made it seem less cute.
Still, its glass eyes were intact, and its soft, squishy belly looked just like that of an ordinary stuffed animal.
I shifted, setting the teddy bear down in front of me, and sat facing it.
"Um... I'm Lin Qi," I introduced myself to the teddy bear. "You might remember me. At the agency, Ye Qing handed you over to a friend of mine. I was there at the time."
Back then, the whole box of teddy bears had seemed as good as lifeless, but I believed they had souls, which meant they could perceive things and had memories.
Talking to a supernatural object like this felt strange. Fortunately, I was somewhat used to talking to myself at the agency, so "talking to myself" with the teddy bear wasn't too difficult.
The teddy bear simply watched me with its glass eyes.
"Um..." I struggled to bring it up. Mostly, I had no idea what the teddy bear was thinking.
What would happen if I told it that Lü Qiaolan was next door, and that she hadn't thrown them away? Would it run straight off with Lü Qiaolan?
Lü Qiaolan would probably have been happy to help me, and she'd agreed to let the teddy bear help find Chen Xiaoqiu. But seeing the teddy bear in this condition...
Given how Lü Qiaolan felt about the teddy bears, I thought she might simply face me in silence, then find a way to take all of them away and