Chapter 189: Peekaboo
When she got to the hotel, it was already evening, too late for her to go out and poke around in the town. The weather was cold, with the snow falling heavier than it had done during the day. All the boutiques and clothing shops were displaying down jackets, hats, gloves and the like.
In such weather, most people were eager to close up shop and seek the comfortable warmth of home. Instead of looking around for answers, she checked into her room in the hotel and took a shower.
From there, she called her brother and congratulated him upon bagging Chen Chu. Then she called Muyang so that she could speak to Mei-Mei.
When he picked up, from his background, she could tell that he was still in his office.
"Eh, why are you still at work, it’s coming to six p.m. shouldn’t you be heading home?" she asked. She was in a bathrobe, drying her hair with a towel.
"Why aren’t you wearing something warm?" Muyang answered her question with one of his own. His face expressed worry and concern. He was already bothered by her being in this town at a time when the serial was known to strike; did she have to make him worry about her health as well? "Are you trying to catch a cold?" he asked unhappily.
"I am from taking a hot bath, I am still warm but I can change into a warm outfit if that is what will make you happy." She responded.
He nodded and waited for her to go and change. Thirty seconds went by and she was yet to move. "Now, go and change now." he emphasized the word now.
"En." She said and placed her phone on the table. She changed into thick cotton pajamas and put a green jumper on top.
Then she returned to the video call. "I am back, all changed and warm. Now you tell me why you are still in the office?"
"We are working on the new information you sent. So far, we have identified around eighty women who were hospitalized with burn marks on their faces for one reason or the other. We are yet to know if one of them was Mu Qingzi. We are also looking into Cloud kindergarten, it’s a private school, not much is known about them except that the facilities are top notch and they employ a lot of foreign teachers." He explained this to her with a frown on his face.