He pushed the ashtray on the table towards Angelica:
"Isn't this just right, Angelica?"
"At this point, what's the point of guessing? We might as well go and see the answer for ourselves. You don't really need to doubt me anymore, right? I have been sincere enough, I have told you everything I could, and you are free now. I haven't restricted you in any way. You even have a cellphone with you..."
"You know, the reason we haven't contacted Lin Xian is for the final act of this drama... Let's expose Copernicus's century-long conspiracy together, and then, shatter it!"
Angelica finished her last puff of smoke.
She stubbed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray.
She turned sideways, looking out the window into the dark night to the north...
Two kilometers away, there was a huge abandoned factory, the place where Jask and Lin Xian had agreed to meet.
Lin Xian...
Will you go?
Can I win this bet I've placed?
She squinted her eyes.