Chen Yihan's voice was low and grave, and the news he delivered wasn't good.
"She's not at home. She must have left in the evening, around the time that news popup you mentioned appeared. We don't know where she is now. I've already had people pull the surveillance footage to look for her, but it'll take some time. I've also had people check the cameras near Miss Guo's home. She hasn't left. I sent officers from her local precinct to check on her, but they haven't reported back yet."
"Is no one at Chen Xiaoqiu's place?"
I remembered that Chen Xiaoqiu lived with her whole family. Surely they would've known if she went out?
Chen Yihan had obviously thought of that already and asked them.
"She said it was for work when she left. She seemed perfectly normal at the time, so her family didn't suspect anything." Chen Yihan sounded exhausted. "Either she was threatened, or by then she had already..."
Been possessed by a ghost!
The thought immediately sprang into my mind.
Chen Xiaoqiu still had that string of soul-summoning wind chimes on her!
Could the woman who died so tragically have turned into a ghost, possessed Chen Xiaoqiu, and then walked out of the house? Could that also be why she wasn't answering our calls?
I immediately told Chen Yihan what I suspected.
He was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "I have another call coming in. Hold on."
The phone went quiet, and I could only wait.
A little later, Chen Yihan came back on the line.
"We found something. The victim in the news was named Wang Hongyi. Do you remember what happened with Xu Jun on the subway?" Chen Yihan asked suddenly, but before I could answer, he continued, "The woman Xu Jun attacked,