Chapter Four: The Price of a Song

When the apex faded, Tang's damaged voice returned. Touching the figure in the negative, she asked, “Can I buy it back?” “No.” “Then what did thirty million buy?” “A farewell.” Tang shook her head. “A chance to correct myself.” She paid in full and used half to establish a fund in Su Qiao's name. The next day, her stolen credit dominated the news. The “apex photographer” entered public rumor for the first time. No one had his face, so Qi Man turned his silhouette into the Twelve Divisions emblem. The minimum price rose to fifty million. Shen Yan bought a riverside penthouse with a darkroom, cleared his mother's mortgage, and funded three years of Duoduo's research program.