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Xiao Minxing said, "What's going on with the current person in charge of the studio?"
"Did you ask him what exactly happened?" I followed up.
He thought for a moment and replied, "I asked. He said there was an artist causing trouble, and they couldn't handle it. He asked me to come over. Qiu Yuhan, is something going on there? Just speak your mind."
I shook my head, realizing he couldn't see me, and then said, "It's strange that nothing is happening. Everything was handled when I arrived, and that artist was calmed down. I can't figure out why they called you."
Xiao Minxing must have been too busy in the morning to think about the oddities of the situation. After hearing what I said, he immediately asked, "Where are you now?"
"I'm still at the studio, and I feel like something is off here. If you have time..."
"I'm coming over right now; just wait for me there." He interrupted before I could finish.
He arrived quickly, running into my Office after about ten minutes.
After seeing me, he took a breath and said, "Let's sort things out first. We'll hold a meeting soon, and also Ye Guang. If it's not safe here, we should temporarily take him to our place."
I shared what I had seen since arriving, including Ye Guang and the staff's comments, as well as the drawings he made to show Xiao Minxing.
He listened intently and finally asked me, "Are you sure that only Su Qian has been here during this time?"
I shook my head at him. "I'm not here right now, but the staff has been taking care of Ye Guang. If there were outsiders, he should have noticed, right?"
Xiao Minxing remained silent, thoughtfully looking at the drawings in his hand.
I actually don't dare to think too much about this. If during this time Ye Guang has only seen Su Qian, could the bad person he mentioned be referring to him?
Xiao Minxing always says that Su Qian has ulterior motives, but I really haven't seen him do anything wrong. On the contrary, he has helped me a lot and has been decent to Ye Guang. Besides, he used to visit him often without any issues, so it doesn't make sense that he suddenly discovered Su Qian is a bad person recently.
While I was lost in thought, I heard Xiao Minxing say, "Call that nanny."
I was taken aback for a moment before remembering he was talking about the caregiver we hired for Ye Guang. I quickly searched for the nanny's number on my mobile phone.
It rang for a long time before someone picked up. During this process, Xiao Minxing kept staring at the phone. As soon as it connected, he signaled me to put it on speaker.
The nanny sounded like she had just woken up and was a bit confused about the situation when she answered my call. Her tone was unfriendly: "Who is this? Why are you calling?"
I was about to introduce myself when I saw Xiao Minxing write a character on his palm.
I quickly changed my words and said, "Jin Ke."
There was a clear surprise on the other end, and soon it fell silent.
Before the other party could say anything else, Xiao Minxing had already pulled me out the door, heading straight to the house where Longwen used to live.
We knocked at the entrance for quite a while without anyone answering. Just when we thought there was no one inside, we heard a woman's voice coming from within, sounding extremely annoyed: "What are you making noise for? It's broad daylight; can't you let me sleep in peace?"
Xiao Minxing gritted his teeth. I could see the veins on his forehead bulging, and his hands were clenched into fists.
I was afraid that if the door opened, he would punch out her front teeth. So I reached out and held his hand, saying, "It's okay, it's okay. Let's first listen to what she has to say."
The nanny had been dawdling inside for long enough. We knocked again and again, almost considering going back to get the keys to open the door.
Finally, we saw a crack open, and the new nanny in her forties, upon seeing us outside, hurriedly opened the door wide with a smile on her face. Her voice softened as she called us "Xiao Zong" and "Qiu Zong," and she even wanted to serve us tea.
Xiao Minxing shot her a fierce glare and said in a low voice, "Sit down."
The nanny was taken aback and didn’t dare to sit, standing a few steps away from him.
This place was no longer as it was when Longwen left.
Not only had all the original instruments been moved out, but clothes and garbage were piled everywhere. The floor was filthy, with patches of black-gray sticky substances scattered around, covered in dust and debris.
The woman looked down at the floor and timidly said, "Ye Guang kept me up late last night, so I was too tired to get up early to clean. I'll go mop the floor right now."
As she spoke, she turned to leave.
Xiao Minxing stood close to her and pulled her back forcefully, pressing her into a nearby chair. He stared at her and asked, "Where are all the instruments that were kept here?"
After Longwen left, we had come here a few times because we were initially worried about how the new nanny was getting along with Ye Guang.
However, everything seemed fine back then; the room maintained its original appearance. We didn’t expect that just a little time later, as we stopped checking in, the place would change so drastically.
The nanny stammered, "Wh-what instruments?"
At that moment, Xiao Minxing appeared to have no patience left. He kicked the leg of the chair, causing it to slide forward with considerable force. The nanny sitting on it let out a startled scream.
Realizing that Xiao Minxing was not hitting her, she hurriedly said, "I don't see any use for those things; they're just in the way here, so let's throw them away."
"Throw them away?"
Xiao Minxing said this while walking towards her, his eyes filled with fierce light. Coupled with the animal kicking the chair in front, the nanny quickly became frightened and stammered, "N-no, it's not that I'm throwing them away. I saw them and thought they were nice, so I took them."
"You're from the same hometown? Jin Ke?" Xiao Minxing glared at her and asked.
The nanny quickly nodded and took a breath before stuttering, "Well, I've heard that she had a car accident recently. I was planning to go to her place in the next couple of days to get my things back."
"You know where she lives?" Xiao Minxing asked.
The nanny nodded repeatedly.
I stood about four or five steps away from them, able to see the interaction between Xiao Minxing and the nanny, as well as the entrances to several other rooms.
The room was originally quite large. After Longwen moved out, we left his room unused. Ye Guang still lived in his room, while the nanny stayed in a guest room.
Now all three doors were open, and sounds from a television could be heard coming from Longwen's room.
I had only taken two steps toward that direction when the nanny hurried over to grab me and said, "Qiu Zong, I was wrong. I shouldn't have opened this door. I'll close it right now; I...".
Xiao Minxing was quicker than me. As she held onto me, he also pulled her away with little effort, then signaled for us to move forward.
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