Chapter Three: Rules Do Not Protect the Greedy

You received the first-contract exemption available only once in the lifetime of someone who sees the numbers.” “Why did you warn me?” “Because I waited seventeen years for another person who could see.” He did not explain another. He gave Lu Chen three warnings: never sign a blank appendix, never accept a gift without consideration, and never lose consciousness inside a Candle Society hospital. Before leaving, Su Tang asked how they could save Gao Yuan, who had twenty-one days remaining. Chen extinguished the lamp. “First prove you can save yourselves. Rules don't protect the kind or the clever. They protect only those who see the price clearly and remain ungreedy.”