Chapter Five: Believers Share the Weight

“Weight doesn’t judge guilt,” Lin said while splinting his wrist. “It recognizes who made the lie part of a choice.” Qin refused the server password. Qiao’s crew used hydraulic jacks to free Server Three but left it in place. “You were hired to move it,” Lin said. “Today I feel charitable.” Qiao glanced at his phone. “We can discuss my fee later.” Xu found that Hengyuan had closed a test plant last November for supposed electrical maintenance. Seven workers’ benefits ended the same day. Their families signed overseas-transfer settlements through shell companies, all witnessed by one lawyer: Lu Mi. They found Lu in the burned plant, pushing a charred safety-door lock on a cart whose axle had bent beneath it.