Chapter Five: The Dead Leave Honest Accounts

Edited surveillance made Xu Zhi look like she was searching cabinets while Gu Yanchen kept watch. Reporters flooded the flower shop. At a Yaochuan Media press conference, Gu Jingheng said sorrowfully, "I understand Ms. Xu's grief, but fabricating medical malpractice and exploiting a romantic relationship crosses every legal boundary." Behind him appeared a form claiming Xu Qinghe had volunteered. Xu Zhi did not hide. She projected his conference onto the flower-shop wall and opened her mother's ledger before her own camera. "Director Gu says I forged medical records. Forget emotion. Let's discuss numbers." Tang Man traced each serial number, date, and concealed item in Yaochuan Medical's filings.