Chapter 289
I answered Boss Lin’s call.
Before I could speak, his anxious voice came over the phone.
“Xiao Chen, is Assistant He with you?”
“Assistant He?”
I feigned ignorance. “No. What’s wrong, Boss Lin?”
He hurriedly explained, “I can’t reach him. This has never happened before. He never switches off his phone. Didn’t he go with you yesterday to investigate the Luo Mansion? When did you last see him?”
I could not tell him the truth, but I could not lie about everything either. I had already prepared an explanation. “Assistant He came to Xujia Village with us yesterday, and we spent the night at a local villager’s home. But when I woke this morning, he was gone. I assumed he’d left early. I tried calling him, but he didn’t answer.”
Boss Lin sounded even more nervous. “Impossible. That’s impossible. Assistant He joined my company immediately after graduating and has worked as my assistant for two years. I know his attitude toward his work. He would never abandon you without a word and leave on his own.”
“Could something have happened to him? Did anything occur in Xujia Village? Was there anything unusual?”