"I exhausted every option," Lu Yuze continued, his voice taking on a harder edge. "Every specialist, every experimental treatment, every possibility. And then someone mentioned her. Shuyin. Locked away, supposedly dangerous, but with knowledge that could save my daughter." His eyes narrowed. "I went to that prison expecting to negotiate a medical consultation. A one-time arrangement. Money, resources, whatever she needed in exchange for helping Yuyan."
On the monitor, Shuyin was now seated at her office chair while Yuyan and Chen Xiao went about their things.
"Do you know what she said when I offered her money?" Lu Yuze's voice dropped, taking on an almost bemused quality. "She barely glanced at the figure. Millions, Ah Ling. Enough to set her up for life, to disappear anywhere in the world once she was set free. She looked at those numbers like they were meaningless."
Ah Ling could remember as he had stood close by watching his master getting seduc do and allured into that trap.
