Chapter One: The Last Coin

Through the narrowing gap, Zhou Lin saw Zhou Jiming raise a glass behind the second-floor window. Twenty-four years ago, Zhou Junchuan had brought Zhou Lin's mother, Su Wanqing, into the family. She vanished six years later, leaving only a photograph whose reverse read: Never trust the dealer. Her son remained in a side wing like an uncollectible debt, until tonight, when Jiming finally wrote him off. His phone had seven percent power. His account held 3.7 yuan. In his pocket was a silver one-yuan coin left by his mother. After half an hour beneath an overpass, an unknown number sent him a message. Want to know where Su Wanqing went? Bring her coin to Warehouse Nine. Tonight only.