Chapter Four: The Arsonist in the Camera

After the second photograph emerged, a countdown appeared on the camera: six days, twenty-three hours. Exactly the time remaining until December 1. Luo locked Listening Rain and lowered the blinds. Seven years ago, he finally admitted, Shen Huaichuan had not abandoned his son. He vanished after repairing Tomorrow Relics for the Eternal Gallery. The Zero Watch was something he had stolen. “Your father asked me to hide it,” Luo said. “I never expected Cheng Wu to put it back into the market.” Shen Yan remembered the red-scarfed vendor's name. Xu Zhi cared only about the camera. “Why was my sister with his father?” Luo claimed he did not know.