Chapter Two: The Bloodstained Wedding Ring

Xu Zhi stared at Shen Yan. “How did you know?” “A guess.” “I hate being treated like an idiot.” She removed the memory card. “But I hate loan sharks more. The recording won't convict them without their ledger. You said Wanqing dies. Do you have proof?” He handed her the ring. When she touched it, her face drained of color. She had seen a different fragment: Wanqing hiding a safe key in dressing cabinet seven; Zhou Zi'ang entering with blood covering his hands. “The groom kills her,” Xu Zhi said. “Not necessarily. An object gives us a fragment, not a verdict.” They found Zhou Zi'ang. His family owned jewelry stores and Cloud Bay Hotel. When shown the ring, he grabbed it in shock. “I collected this custom order last night.