Chapter Two: One Memory, Ten Million Bids

Gu faced the camera. “If I keep it, she dies. If she lives, she can play it for me again.” The chat went silent for three seconds. Then bidding exploded. One hundred thousand. Three hundred thousand. One million. Outside the frame, Zhou He said coldly, “Emotion cannot support an asset price.” Lin watched the wallet curve. “Authentic sacrifice can.” At 2.8 million yuan, an anonymous bidder won. Before settlement, Lin demanded that the buyer show her face. Su Wanqing appeared on-screen, an investigative reporter famous for exposing financial corruption. “I'll buy, provided an independent notary verifies the transfer,” she said. “If it's real, I'll report it. If it's fake, you will spend tonight in a cell.”