Chapter Three: The Observers Are Watching

“I didn’t. I simply dislike other people choosing my answers.” The recursion appeared over her head, gentle and chaotic. “Liar,” Su Mi said. This time, Lin Yan did not try to solve it. Above them, midnight Linchuan blazed with light. Millions of lies clustered like stars in a sky he could not see, while seven gazes turned toward Old Harbor from different corners of the city. The Observatory had begun to observe him.