The front desk employee, looking resigned, picked up the phone to make a call. After receiving a response, he turned to the players and said, "I'm sorry, but the surveillance room reported that there was an issue with the monitoring system yesterday afternoon. It hasn't been restored yet."
"A hotel this big, and you don't have any surveillance footage? What kind of operation is this?" the players exclaimed, their frustration palpable.
Without any leads to follow, they expressed their anger at the front desk for quite some time before finally giving up.
Wen Nannan glanced at the clock on the wall behind the front desk. It was 7:20 AM, but the date was conspicuously absent. She recalled that yesterday, the date had also not been displayed.
"Wen Xiaohua, where are you going?" Just as she reached the fountain outside the hotel, a few players hurried after her.
"Time to work." She still had to go to her job.