About fifteen minutes later, a white bus drove up outside the building. There were no staff members in the lobby, which was empty, and Chen Ke stood up, looking around uncertainly about what to do next.
He heard someone crying and followed the sound, which came from an office behind the reception desk.
He walked around to the back of the desk and looked toward a row of offices. He randomly chose one and knocked on the door.
The door opened slightly with just one knock, not locked.
Through the crack in the door, he saw a staff member with arms wrapped around their knees, crouched into a circle in the middle of the office.
One of them lifted their head and looked at him; it was actually the female supervisor, her eyes red and tears streaming down her cheeks.
"I..." Chen Ke took a deep breath, his right hand ready to summon the Holy Relics.
"Mr. Chen, the bus, get on, it's yours, has arrived." The female supervisor spoke through her sobs.
