Chapter Two: One Black Badge for One Fallen Genius

He grabbed her wrist. Jiming rose from the next table and set down a newly downloaded billing record. “Device number, file hash, payment trail,” Jiming said. “Enough to preserve evidence through the economic-crimes unit. Shall we wager on whether the service provider's backup still contains the original file?” Yuheng slowly released her. “You think Lu Jiming is innocent?” he murmured. “Your mother once trusted a man who claimed he could save her too.” Yanqiu's pupils tightened, but he offered no explanation before leaving. The evidence triggered a provisional payout under Jiming's professional-liability policy and forced creditors to suspend collection.