Sister Yi was upstairs cleaning in the morning when she noticed that the study room door was slightly ajar. She thought Leng Yixiu was inside and knocked on the door, but there was no response for a long time.
She gently pushed the door open and found that the study was empty. However, the mountain of cigarette butts in the ashtray on the desk gave her a sense of foreboding.
She remembered that the master hadn't smoked much these days; the study's ashtray had been almost unused. Yet, in just one night, it was suddenly filled with so many cigarette butts. It seemed the master had spent a long night in the study.
After finishing cleaning the study, she also tidied up the master bedroom. The bed in the master bedroom remained untouched from the day before, clearly indicating that Miss Lin had not returned last night, and the master probably hadn't slept all night.
But where exactly had Miss Lin gone?
