Chapter 3181 — Ye Rou'er Goes Missing
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"What? Wan'er didn't go back? That's impossible. It was our people who accompanied her all the way to the vicinity of Gu Pengzhan's company before they left her. How could she not have returned?" The Grand Elder was taken aback and asked, somewhat perplexed.
"All the way to the company? But my father says he never saw her!" Gu Mengyao's heart went cold. Surely nothing had really happened?
"Yao Yao, don't fret yet. I'll call the Shadow Group at once—we still have people in Donghai City, and after Wan'er went back I had Elder Li send extra hands besides. They've reported nothing amiss, which means Wan'er is safe!" As she spoke, the Grand Elder sent someone to summon Elder Li.
Thanks to Gu Mengyao, Elder Li had regained command of the Shadow Group, and his power within the Palace of the Dark Night was at its zenith! When Elder Li arrived, the Grand Elder explained Ye Rou'er's situation to him and then said, "Elder Li, go and ask the Shadow Group members in Donghai City where Wan'er is at present!"
"Yes, I'll go ask right away!" Elder Li went off to make the call, and some ten minutes later he returned with a strange look on his face. He said to Gu Mengyao and the Grand Elder, "Grand Elder, Palace Master, the Shadow Group people in Donghai City say that Elder Ye is presently staying at a hotel across from the Gu Group in Donghai City. Ever since she arrived in Donghai City she has been lodging there, going out now and then to circle the place where Gu Pengzhan lives, but she never stays the night—she always comes back to the hotel to sleep."
"Staying at a hotel nearby? So my mother hasn't met my daddy? And when she goes to the house at night, she only stays outside?" Hearing this, Gu Mengyao too found the business rather strange.
"Yes. Though we can't be certain—after all, the Shadow Group can't follow too closely. Elder Ye is a Heaven Rank expert; if they shadowed her too closely they'd be discovered," Elder Li said.
"Then… is there any way you can reach my mother?" Gu Mengyao asked.
"We can, but the Shadow Group will have to go to her hotel room to find her, since Elder Ye carries no phone or other means of communication." Here Elder Li suddenly thought of something. "There's another way—we can find the number of her hotel room and call her directly."
"Then let's use the second way. Elder Li, please look up the number now," Gu Mengyao instructed.
"Yes, I'll go ask them right away," Elder Li said with a nod.
After a while Elder Li returned and handed a slip of paper with a phone number on it to Gu Mengyao, saying, "Palace Master, this is the telephone in Elder Ye's room!"
Gu Mengyao breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, took the number, and stepped out of the room to dial her mother Ye Rou'er's number. The Grand Elder and Elder Li did not follow her out—plainly they had no wish to eavesdrop on Gu Mengyao's private affairs.
The call was picked up quickly. Ye Rou'er assumed it was the hotel's service line—she ordered all three meals from the hotel restaurant, so she thought nothing of it—and said directly, "Hello, who is this?"