Chapter Four: No One Behind the Door

Zhou Ye opened his box. It contained a property deed in his grandmother's name and a priority agreement for a kidney transplant. The agreement bore the name that had spent two years on the waiting list. Tang Li found shares in her video platform and a guarantee that all her accounts would be restored. Lu Jingming received an appointment as the Lu corporation's chief legal officer, a position ten years of cleaning up the family's scandals had never earned him. Wanqing's box held only a hard drive labeled: YONGPING WHARF FIRE—ALL UNEDITED FOOTAGE. Her fingers immediately closed around its edge. The final box contained a proxy for twelve percent of the Gu Group's voting shares.