Xia Xiaoman remembers everything—the blood on the pavement, the shattered glass, the whispers of a debt too large to repay—everything except how her parents truly fell to their deaths. As an investigative journalist, she infiltrates the world of Li Moting, the ruthless heir to a financial empire, armed with nothing but a recorder and her perfect memory.  

"Three therapy sessions a week," he offers, fingers steepled, his voice colder than the rain outside the window. "In exchange for your silence."  

But what begins as a calculated game of revenge spirals into something far more dangerous. He scales a crumbling factory to save her from kidnappers, his hands bleeding, yet claims it’s merely "asset protection." She discovers ledgers in his study that implicate his family in her parents’ ruin—yet finds her childhood lullaby tucked in his desk drawer, the notes still intact after twenty years.  

On the night the truth comes crashing down, he kneels in the snow, pressing a pair of worn ballet flats into her hands. "Hate me if you must," he murmurs, "but let me remember you properly this time."  

And when she plays back the tapes—the ones she swore were evidence—all she hears is the unguarded hitch of his breath when she entered the room, the quiet, damning confession: *", Xia Xiaoman you were never part of the plan."*

Li Moting used his company clearance to requisition an engineering vehicle. Ground-penetrating radar detected metal beneath Column No.7. When the drill bit shattered the concrete, a putrid smell rushed out—  


Not from a corpse, but a sealed titanium alloy case.  


1. Blue vials labeled **"MN-07 Final Version"**  


2. Xia Mingyuan's work ID (valid through 2023)  


3. A child's drawing: two adults holding a child's hands with Cambodia's Angkor Wat in the background  


Xia Xiaoman sprayed hydrochloric acid on the drawing's reverse side. Invisible writing emerged:  


**"Qiaoqiao, I had to fake my death—otherwise they'd never stop hunting you. Remember, Li Moting is also a victim. —Love, X.M."**  


Li Moting suddenly snatched the drawing and held it up to the moonlight: "This ink..."  


"It's MN-07's developer." Xia Xiaoman's voice shook. **"The full message only appears when mixed with our blood."**  


Chapter 56 - Secret in the Concrete