Chapter Five: The Unpriced Thing

He played Xu Zhi's recording—“Yes. I did it anyway.”—then faced Bai. “Your mother's money isn't a hostage. It's bait. Once tonight's transfer clears, Mingchuan will freeze her account under an anti-laundering review. Obedience won't save her.” Bai went pale. “Shut up!” Jiming snapped. His panic confirmed it. Jiming voted creditor. Zhou Lin and Bai voted patient. Twenty million entered a medical trust for Shen's daughter. Gu seemed pleased. “You won without your chip. But did you believe WQ-0 was Su Wanqing?” The first jar opened. Beneath the hair lay a DNA report. The sample was a maternal relative of Zhou Lin, but not his mother. “My aunt?”