Six a.m. the next day. Lin Zhi woke to find Fu Juanzhou already dressed, making coffee.
He slid an Americano across the counter and casually placed a box of emergency contraceptives on the saucer—like handing over a business card.
"Take it?" Calm as asking if she wanted sugar.
Lin Zhi stared at the Yuzpe pills and suddenly smiled.
She crushed the tablet into white powder with her fingertips and stirred it into the coffee.
"Mr. Fu, do you know the difference between preferred shares and common shares?"
He raised a brow.
"Preferred gets fixed dividends. Common drinks the soup."
She drained the drug-laced coffee in one go. "I never do common."
She walked to the shower. The water drowned out Fu Juanzhou's almost inaudible sigh.