Chapter Five: The Unpriced Thing

It was too easy. Bai had lost her position and wanted revenge, but Mingchuan controlled her mother's account. Both choices had been prepared for Zhou Lin to wager on. He ignored the coin. “Which account receives the creditor payment?” he asked Bai. “Zero Custody.” “Who benefits?” She said nothing. Shen suddenly tore the surgical confirmation in half. “I abstain.” “There is no abstention,” Gu said. “Your daughter loses her bed.” “Then I take her elsewhere. I sell my house or my life. I owe you nothing.” One line of the rules went dark. Shen had accepted an unpriced cost. The dealer's options failed. Three votes remained, and Zhou Lin still needed Bai.