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Chapter 6: The Courier’s Ghost

Mei Lin recovers the true, foundational ledger from her childhood home, confirming her father is alive and that the network is built on decades of extortion money. She escapes her father's confrontation and meets Jia, who reveals that the ledger is the key to dismantling both the L&C liquidation scheme and her father's criminal legacy. Mei Lin discovers a second, older ledger that suggests the neighborhood's 'debt' is rooted in a much older, darker crime.