Chapter Four: The Retoucher Who Refused to Retouch

Lin told her everything: the debt, Uncle Ma’s store, his small tests, and the penthouse deed. When he finished, Su slapped him. “That was for Uncle Ma.” Her eyes were red. “Before you understood the price, I could call you a victim. You clicked after the warning. That made you an accomplice.” Lin did not defend himself. “That’s why I called you. I need someone who will remember what I’ve done wrong.” She studied him, then sealed the photograph in an evidence bag. “I don’t trust remorse. I trust evidence.” Before dawn, Su’s source inside Obsidian obtained the log. Pass 0719 belonged to Chen Mo, visiting the group’s underground archive.