Chapter Five: A Thirty-Million-Yuan Ticket

Han seemed to have appeared from nowhere. Blood darkened his gray coat. “You ignored tail risk again,” he said. Lin offered no thanks. “Were you following me?” “If I could follow you, the Clocktower would already be outside.” Han unlocked Du’s phone and entered the insurer’s records. Alongside false policies was coverage for the Sea Swallow Seven. The beneficiary was not its operator, but Helix. Su Lan aimed at Han. “Explain what happened three years ago.” Han faced Lin. “The falsified medical data was real. I planted the evidence that framed you.” Lin punched him. Han did not strike back. “Why?” “Because you had not found accounting fraud. You had found personality calibration trials.