Chapter Two: The Deleted Woman Looked Back at Me

"If you hear this, Gu Ye has carried my name into my next life. Do not trust mirrors. Under the full moon, do not answer when anyone calls your name. Lu Bainian will—" A shriek of interference cut her off. When the recording returned, a man spoke. "Ah Zhao, the contract never required you to pay alone. In your second life, I will find you first." Gu Linchuan. Shen Wu paused the tape. "Synthetic," Zhou said too quickly. "Cloning a voice is easy." "What is the Jing calendar?" "The old mining district used it privately." "How do you know?" His expression changed. Shen Wu took his work phone and opened the trash. Many videos had been deleted after eleven under her own account, though she had been questioning witnesses then.