Chapter Five: The One-Yuan Acquisition

Once Veylan's records joined Jianheng, the database's valuation leapt from zero to thirty million yuan. At the reception, Linchuan handed her soda water. “You used the Lens three times and made everyone believe you had read the entire room.” “Its most valuable use is keeping people uncertain when I have not used it.” “Including me?” Above him, the Lens still displayed no price, only the impossible wish to see her survive. She removed it before answering. “Especially you. Now tell me—what did my father obtain from the Exchange?” Linchuan placed an old brass key on the table. “He did not obtain anything. He stole the original pricing schedule of the Balance Lens and hid it in Veylan's Shanghai archive.