Chapter: 989

After leaving home, Ye Chen drove around the neighborhood, visiting various card rooms.

Each time he arrived at a card room entrance, he would take a photo of the main door and then another of the inside, before sending both photos to his wife to prove that he had been there.

Whenever Xiao Ru asked him how it was going, his response was always the same: "The shop owner said they've never seen this person, customers also said they've never seen this person."

Although he didn't really ask, he knew the result would be like that.

Xiao Ru watched as he continued to send various feedback, feeling relieved on one hand that Ye Chen was indeed helping her find Mom, but anxious on the other hand because they couldn't find any leads yet.

She was said to be the best time to crack a missing person's case, within the 24 hours prior to disappearance. If they could find some clues within these 24 hours, there would be a relatively larger probability of finding the person, but if no clues were found before the 24 hours passed, it might be a grim prospect.

Whenever it's been 24 hours since Ma Lan went missing, she has become extremely worried and anxious. So she hurried to the beauty salons and clubs where Ma Lan used to frequent.

She arrived at one of the beauty salons, holding Ma Lan's photo, and asked the owner: "Hello, have you seen this woman in the picture?"

The owner looked at Ma Lan's photo, surprised, and said: "Oh my, isn't that Ma Ji?"

Xiao Ru was thrilled to ask: "Do you know my mom?"

The owner laughed and said: "It turns out you're Ma Ji's daughter! Ma Ji used to be a regular customer here, but I haven't seen her around for the past few days. She used to come here with friends to get facials, and suddenly she went missing? How about that?"

Xiao Ru nodded slightly, then asked: "Do you know any of her friends? Can I get in touch with them somehow?"

The owner suddenly thought of something, and blurted out: "Ah, Ma Ji's friend is actually here right now getting a facial. Why don't I call her out for you to ask some questions?"

Xiao Ru gratefully said, "That's truly too much thanks to you, bothered you that much!"

"Not a problem, it should be."

The owner smiled slightly, picked up the intercom, and said, "Lili, call Wang Sister over and tell her Ma Ji's daughter is here looking for Ma Ji, there's something I need to ask her about in person."

The intercom quickly responded with an answer: "Okay, Wang Sister says she'll be right over."

Xiao Ru waited for a while before seeing a plump woman with a very full face and a rather imposing figure emerge from the room.

This woman's face was just a bit too chubby, so the entire mask was somewhat stuck on her, looking quite comical.

But Xiao Ru didn't have any intention of laughing; she was simply eagerly looking at the other person, hoping to get some information or clues about her mother from them.

The Wang Sister walked up to Xiao Ru's face, looked her up and down for a moment, and asked, "Are you old Ma's daughter?"

Xiao Ru quickly respectfully said, "Wang Auntie, hello! I'm Ma Ran's daughter. I want to ask you, have you seen my mom since yesterday till now?"

"You mother!" Wang Sister let out a cold snort with a hint of anger: "Your mother is the kind of friend we can't get along with, period!"

But Xiao Ru didn't have time to ask: "Wang Auntie, what do you mean by this? Is there some kind of conflict between my mom and you?"

Wang Sister scowled and said, "I'm not capable of having conflicts with someone like Old Ma. Yesterday afternoon, I just called her to come out and do our faces together, but then you know how your mom talks?" JrNovels.com