Chapter Five: A Delivery Rider in Couture

Jibai smiled over his glass. “Mr. Shen told me to enter as his.” “That did not include meeting another Shen alone.” “Doesn't sound like professional advice.” “Zhou Jibai.” “Private opinion received.” At 9:15, Jibai entered alone. Mingshu was absent. White Jade Soup waited at table nine with a magnetic safe key beneath its bowl. As he lifted it, mirrored walls brightened to reflect Shen Boqian walking toward him. “Zhou Chengyue's son.” Boqian smiled. “Your father drove reliably. Only on his last trip did he choose the wrong direction.” Cold touched Jibai's spine, but not his face. “You have the wrong person.” “Yanci was fond of that sentence too.” The earpiece went silent.