Chapter 6

The debt notice was already waiting. Lin Yichen stepped into the corridor outside emergency observation to find a man in a gray suit by the payment window. A leather envelope was tucked under one arm, two stamped notices held precisely in his hand. He moved with the quiet authority of someone who let paper do his shouting.

Zhao Meilan saw him first. Her spine stiffened, a flicker of panic in her eyes before her face smoothed into a practiced calm. She turned to Lin Guozhang, a silent command passing between them. Guozhang, however, was already halfway to the