Chapter Two: Person Not Found

The receptionist searched the directory and shook her head. Su Qiao pulled Gu Yan inside. “A system glitch, maybe. Shen Zhuo brought a woman in this morning. The office is acting possessed. They even moved the desks.” Gu Yan’s workstation had vanished. It had not been emptied. It had never existed. Two rows of desks joined without a gap. The carpet showed no pressure marks; the power channel had no socket. His colleagues applauded around the presentation screen, where Midnight Muse shone complete once more. Bai Mi occupied the poster as flawlessly as if last night’s transparent silhouette had been a hallucination. The real Bai Mi stood beside Shen Zhuo in a black suit.