Chapter Two: The Creditor's Choice

Forty-seven. Twelve. His mother's numbers described active victims, not an abstract riddle. Zero might be the balance she intended them to reach. “Help me broadcast a debt negotiation,” Zhou Lin said. “In exchange?” “Haiyue's original books.” “I don't help illegitimate heirs fight for inheritance.” “Neither do I. I'm here to break the table.” At noon, Biao arrived with Haiyue's counsel. The documents looked formidable: eighty thousand principal, a hundred twenty thousand consulting fee, a hundred seventy thousand risk fee, and a hundred thousand overdue service fee. Every page bore Chen Jianguo's fingerprint. Xu Zhi began streaming. Viewers quickly passed ten thousand.