The Public Slight
Lu Chen is humiliated at the Shen family breakfast table and sent to restart the finance console, where he discovers a live account carrying the dead name Shen Mingde. The account is already in a five-night transfer window, protected by a private administrative contract and tied to He Yu. Lu Chen quietly confirms the chain of custody, keeps his restraint, and realizes the family has begun moving to protect the transfer the moment he touched it.