Chapter Two: Everyone Knew My Ex-Girlfriend

Su handed him an old recorder. Through static came his father's unmistakable voice. “Little Mo, if you hear this, they drew the sequence. Trust neither memory nor money. Go to Seven-Code Alley and find Old Qin. Reverse the settlement within seventy-two hours, or you will finish Gu Changqing's life for him.” Lin played it three times. The cough and slight local accent belonged to his father. Police sirens rose outside. Zhao Qian entered with two officers and an arrest notice. “Lin Mo,” one officer said, “you are accused of stealing Chairman Gu Changqing's lottery ticket and personal property.” Beyond him, Zhao silently mouthed: Four left.