Gao Ming did not know whether the female clerk was referring to Doctor Ce or himself as the helper; he just thought she seemed to be in a good mood.
"I've completed your interview task; can I meet the boss now?" Gao Ming had a long conversation with Doctor Ce in his dream and felt that the mysterious boss might know something.
"The boss is still out of town on business and won't be back for a while," the clerk said, propping her chin and sizing up Gao Ming anew.
A ghost house boss who always runs out of town on business—in an era when information can be so easily communicated, and not a full sentence can be told to Gao Ming—is that boss really just "out of town"?
Gao Ming did not pursue the matter further, feeling it impolite to keep asking when in a situation of unequal power and the other party did not want to talk.
