Original Suspense Novel: 《ℬ𝓁𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇》 EP24

Re-examining every detail. The knot, the expression, the scar on the wrist, the shoe print on the floor, the temperature of the wine cellar, the smell, the angle of the light. Then he walked into the room of the "negotiation three years ago." It was the darkest corner of his memory palace, a place he rarely visited voluntarily. A lock hung on the door, but he knew it was merely symbolic; he could open it anytime. He opened it. The room was empty, save for a chair and a monitor screen. The screen played footage from three years prior: a cramped room, Chen Mo standing by the door, facing a man in a black hood. Behind the man was a young woman, bound and gagged with tape, her eyes filled with tears. Chen Mo remembered everything that happened next. The thug said, "You finally came." Chen Mo said, "I'm here. You can let her go." The thug chuckled and said, "She's not a hostage. She's your sister." Chen Mo froze at that moment. He didn't have a sister. He had never had a sister. But as the thug ripped the tape from the woman's mouth, she spoke, "Brother, don't you remember me?" Chen Mo didn't remember. He had absolutely, completely, no recollection. Then the thug slit her throat. Chen Mo shut off the monitor in his memory palace. A cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He had reviewed this memory fragment hundreds of times, and each time, he couldn't find a flaw — (To be continued)