Chapter Two: The Bloodstained Wedding Ring

“You're blocking my shot,” she said. “Move left and I'll photograph you as an accomplice.” Shen Yan recognized Xu Zhi, an investigative reporter for the Linjiang Evening News. Her stories exposed wage theft, failed developments, and illegal lenders. “You're following Lin Wanqing?” “So are you.” She eyed his cheap suit. “Private detective hired by the groom?” Glass shattered inside the plant. Through a broken window, they saw Wanqing kneeling before a man with a piece missing from his left ear. He threw photographs into her face. They showed a young man restrained outside a gambling den. “Your brother borrowed three hundred thousand. With interest, it's nine hundred and sixty,” the man said.