Although he had his doubts, Huo Yuankai knew that since Song Mengmeng and the others had brought it up, they were definitely not making baseless accusations.
So without any hesitation, he quickly made the necessary arrangements, took two reliable police officers, and set off with Song Mengmeng and the others to the Zhao Group headquarters.
After getting out of the car, Song Mengmeng did not rush inside. Instead, she stood at the entrance of the Zhao Group and looked up at the landmark building in Baiyue City.
The building looks magnificent and imposing, but from the outside, it looks no different from other buildings.
At least, that's what Huo Yuankai thought.
He stood next to Song Mengmeng for a long time before finally turning to her and asking, "Um, did you notice anything wrong?"
"It's too clean." Song Mengmeng squinted and looked at it for a while before speaking softly.
Not only is there no evil aura, but there's also no wealth or even human presence!
The entire building was so clean it was as if it didn't exist in this world, untouched by any trace of this world!
This in itself is the biggest abnormality.
"Isn't being clean a good thing?" Huo Yuankai asked, puzzled. He didn't quite understand Song Mengmeng and the others' way of looking at things, but as a police officer, sometimes not being able to find any clues at a scene wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
"If you went to a nightclub and found that it wasn't even selling drinks, which was suspected of illegal transactions, would you think it was normal?!" Song Mengmeng glanced at Huo Yuankai and said in a low voice, "It's so clean here, there's not a trace of human presence. Are all the people in this building right now demons and monsters?!"
Without hesitation, Song Mengmeng walked towards the building's entrance.
When Huo Yuankai arrived early in the morning, in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, he notified the person in charge of Zhao's Group in advance after obtaining Song Mengmeng and the others' consent. So when they entered, they simply explained their purpose to the receptionist, and soon a security manager surnamed Wang came over to receive them.
"Oh dear, this is such a pity. Those two people were pillars of our company with bright futures! Speaking of which, it was that nightclub street we went to to entertain clients that day."
But as you can see, the client is fine, but they've disappeared without a trace!
Because of this, the families of these two people have come to our company to cry and make a scene several times! Fortunately, our General Manager Zhao is kind and understanding, and he understands that they have just lost a family member and are feeling sad, so he has not argued with them too much.
They even promised that regardless of the final outcome, the incident would be considered a work-related injury for both of them, and that their families would definitely receive compensation should anything happen to them.
Manager Wang kept praising the president as he led Huo Yuankai and his group upstairs to the office area.
Since we're here to investigate the disappearance of these two people, it's definitely necessary to check out where they used to work.
Song Mengmeng followed behind Huo Yuankai, but when they got on the elevator, her eyes were drawn to a uniquely shaped statue placed at the end of the corridor.
"What's that?" Song Mengmeng didn't shy away from the question. With a hint of curiosity, she pointed to the statue and asked Manager Wang, who was leading the way for them.
"You mean that one? That's the guardian spirit that our CEO Zhao invited! It's said to have been blessed by a master, and it's called something like Xingshan Tongzi."
Manager Wang clearly didn't pay much attention to these kinds of beliefs. When Song Mengmeng asked, he didn't hide anything and simply told her the result: "President Zhao values this very much. In our building, almost every floor has an altar, and we have to ensure that the incense is burned continuously every day."
One of our security department's tasks is to regularly clean these statues and offer incense.
When this topic came up, Manager Wang's tone clearly betrayed a hint of resentment. It's evident that this statue, for him, was simply a nuisance that added to his workload.
Song Mengmeng got her answer, and the elevator arrived at the first floor at that moment. She didn't ask any more questions and decisively followed Huo Yuankai into the elevator.
Those two long-term employees, one surnamed Zhu and the other surnamed Song, were both senior executives in the planning department on the twelfth floor.
These past two days, we've been negotiating a shopping plaza project, and it's said that everything is almost finalized, just one last step away from completion. But at this crucial moment, the two managers have disappeared.
Manager Lin, who was called over to receive Song Mengmeng and her group, looked terrible; her dark circles were so prominent that even thick foundation couldn't completely conceal them.
She greeted Song Mengmeng and the others briefly before quietly introducing herself: "I was there when we were entertaining clients that day. Everyone was very happy because several problems we faced had been resolved."
There were about ten of us, including the clients. We didn't actually drink that much. Anyway, when we left, I noticed that Brother Zhu and the others were all pretty sober.
As you all know, after the dinner party ends, they always want to go out and have some more fun!
We female employees generally don't particularly like attending those kinds of events, so at that time, I and a few other girls in the department said goodbye to Brother Zhu and the others and went home.
We didn't think much of it at first, but when we got to the company, Zhu and the other guy still hadn't come to work by the afternoon. We didn't think much of it at first, just assumed they'd drunk too much the night before and were resting at home!
Later, their family contacted the company, saying they couldn't get in touch with Brother Zhu and the others, and that's when we found out something had happened.
Manager Lin sighed, raised her hand to smooth the stray hairs that had fallen across her cheek, and continued to explain to Song Mengmeng and the others in a low voice what had happened that day.
"In other words, when you and Steward Zhu parted ways, nothing unusual was found." Hu Yue sat next to Huo Yuankai, acting as the clerk taking notes while looking up to ask Steward Lin some other questions.
Supervisor Lin was quite cooperative, nodding slightly: "Yes, everything was normal during our meal, and we didn't encounter anything unusual before we left."
"Do you also have this statue in your office?" Song Mengmeng suddenly asked, pointing to the shrine hanging on the wall and asking Steward Lin.
Song Mengmeng's question startled Manager Lin, who then glanced in the direction Song Mengmeng was pointing before realizing and laughing, "Yes, this is Mr. Zhao's request. Each of our offices has one of these shrines. Inside, there's supposedly a guardian deity that Mr. Zhao invited for our company under the guidance of a master!"
[Zhao's Company = The Company That Caused the Accident]
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