Chapter Five: The Cheapest Life

On the screen, a man in a delivery uniform stood with his back to the camera. His right shoulder bore the same reflective patch as Zhou Ye's. “I've been here the entire time!” Zhou Ye shouted. “The broadcast was interrupted for eleven minutes,” Bai Yi said. “Enough time to leave through a side door.” This was the second trial's real offer. If Zhou Ye left with money for the operation, he traded his freedom for his grandmother's life. If the police took him, the family could eliminate him after withdrawing protection. Chenzhou asked, “The victim's name?” “He Shusheng.” Tang Li found an earlier interview with the old man. Chenzhou enlarged his wristwatch. It read 10:26, while the parking garage clock read 10:41.