Chapter Two: The Bloodstained Wedding Ring

Words formed on the watch: INTERFERENCE CLASS: B. SUGGESTED REWARD: 400,000 YUAN, OR SEVEN YEARS OF “HEARING RUST.” Below them: SETTLEMENT COST UNKNOWN. Four hundred thousand could clear his father's debts. He stared until a collection agency's message appeared on his phone. Then an email arrived. Its attachment was the wedding seating chart. Beside the head table stood an unfamiliar place setting: THE COLLECTOR. The message contained one sentence. “Do not save her. Bring me the ring, and I will pay four million.”