Jiangli’s expression darkened, "Found a person?"
Xia Xin nodded gravely, "Yes, the first to discover was the person responsible for overseeing the stirring machine. Two people were assigned to monitor one machine, and when he returned after fetching a batch of materials, he found his colleague missing..."
At that time, the worker thought his colleague had just gone to the restroom or to get some water and didn’t think much of it.
When he climbed up the ladder with the scrap material ready to put into the stirring machine, and looked inside, he saw... an arm inside the mixer.
The worker was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he scrambled down the ladder, hurriedly pressed the power button, and stopped the stirring machine.
By the time the police arrived, the person was already inside the mixer, turned into dust.
Identity could only be confirmed by extracting DNA.
"Then why would they post a task on the forum? Wouldn’t calling the police be more useful?" Jiangli sensed something was off.
Xia Xin said, "I don’t know either. According to their own statements, this series of events was so strange that the police have never been able to properly investigate it. They also don’t know what happened, so they could only hope that the Xuanmen side could help."
Jiangli asked, "When did this happen?"
"The first time was about half a month ago," Xia Xin pointed at the time marked on the post on his phone, "Then the police dealt with it for a while, and when they couldn’t figure it out, the factory turned to the Xuanmen Association to post the task."
Soon after that, Uncle Pei Jiu sent Qing Yue to deal with the situation.
But now, Qing Yue too had gone missing.
Uncle Pei Jiu and the others were out of town; they were en route but were worried they wouldn’t make it in time, so they wanted Jiangli to take a look.
"Did Qing Yue disappear inside the factory?" Jiangli inquired.
Xia Xin shook his head: "Unclear. Uncle Pei Jiu and Director Xun also couldn’t say for sure, only that they haven’t been able to contact Qing Yue. Where exactly Qing Yue went missing, they are not certain."
Jiangli frowned, "So, you’re saying we know nothing except that there is an issue with the pharmaceutical factory?"
Xia Xin hesitantly hummed in agreement.
Jiangli rubbed his temples, irritated, "Where is Tianhai now?"
Xia Xin replied, "Director Xun should be on his way here, but it will take some time. He hopes we can go first and take a look."
Jiangli clicked his tongue, "Did you ask them for money?"
Jiangli’s eyebrows arched, "Xia Xin, where is your brain? Do you want to work for them for free?"
He had just found the matter to be very serious and hadn’t thought about the money.
Jiangli gave him a disdainful look and said, "First contact Uncle Pei Jiu to confirm the price for the assignment, I’ll go change my clothes."
With that, Jiangli threw the phone to Xia Xin and turned to enter the room.
Xia Xin fumbled to catch his phone, just as he heard a loud bang, the door closed.
Xia Xin touched his nose sheepishly, turned around, and went to contact Uncle Pei Jiu with his phone.
Uncle Pei Jiu had been waiting for their response and at Xia Xin’s message, he agreed quickly.
Without a second thought, he accepted the price for the assignment that Xia Xin proposed, as if he was already familiar with Jiangli’s way of doing things and the pricing for assignments.
Xia Xin was surprised at how easily they had come to an agreement and immediately felt relieved.
It wasn’t long before Xia Xin heard the sound of a door opening; he turned his head to see Jiangli walking out in sportswear.
Jiangli, who was already quite youthful in appearance, looked even more so in the athletic attire and high ponytail; to the unaware, she could easily be mistaken for a high school student.