117: Chapter 117 Returned Goods Does Not Equal Signing for Delivery

[Signing Location: Inside No. 9 Forbidden Zone]

[Signing Time: Three years ago]

[Processing Result: Entered Cost General Ledger Room]

[He did not sign for it.]

[He walked into the White Tower Second Floor while chasing a notice that could not be returned.]

Ye Guizhou's voice came from deep within the wooden cabinet, light as if it had been ground by paper ash.

The mailroom was deathly silent.

Chen Ye lay on the medical stretcher, his lips moving several times, but in the end, he only managed to squeeze out: "Uncle Lin... went into the White Tower Second Floor?"

Lin Jin did not answer.

His gaze was fixed on that frozen historical delivery record.

Three years ago.

Inside the No. 9 Forbidden Zone.

Lin Shoushan.

White Tower Second Floor Entry Notice.

Cost General Ledger Room.

These terms combined like an iron nail, driving from the Abandoned Hospital, the Forbidden Building, the White Tower First Floor, all the way into the deepest part of his heart.

It wasn't that Lin Shoushan hadn't encountered the White Tower Second Floor.

He had chased into it.

And he wasn't chasing a reward, nor power.

It was a notice that couldn't be returned.

Shen Tingxue looked at Lin Jin, her voice steady.

"Don't accept its definition first."

Zhou Heng also said coldly:

"The signing location is in the No. 9 Forbidden Zone, which doesn't mean he signed for it."

Chen Ye gritted his teeth:

"Right! Ye Guizhou even said it, he was chasing a return item."

Lin Jin slowly exhaled.

He did not touch the rule correction wrench.

The wound on his right hand was still there, and the mental load had not yet receded.

This time, he just picked up the chalk with his left hand and wrote beside that line of historical delivery records:

[Boundaries of Chasing Return Items]

[One, tracking, returning, or intercepting a notice is not equivalent to signing for the notice.]

[Two, entering a delivery location to retrieve an erroneous document is not equivalent to accepting the document's contents.]

[Three, entering the Cost General Ledger Room is not equivalent to acknowledging the ledger debt.]

[Four, Lin Shoushan's act of entering the White Tower Second Floor three years ago must be reviewed with a complete return record, and cannot be unilaterally written as 'signed for' by the White Tower.]

[Five, Lin Shoushan's actions cannot be automatically inferred as Lin Jin's own consent, inheritance, debt assumption, or entry.]

When he wrote the fifth point, the walls of the mailroom suddenly shook.

White Tower white text emerged:

[Lin Shoushan has entered the Cost General Ledger Room]

[His actions can be considered as effective delivery of the White Tower Second Floor notice]

[Bloodline inheritance chain exists]

Chen Ye cursed directly:

"I knew it would try to pull the bloodline card!"

Shen Tingxue's Ice Line landed on the words "Bloodline inheritance chain."

"Lockdown Role confirmed."

"Lin Shoushan entering the White Tower Second Floor does not constitute Lin Jin entering the White Tower Second Floor."

Zhou Heng nailed his Thunder Spear down.

"Barrier Breaker Position confirmed."

"A father's pursuit does not constitute a child's debt inheritance."

Chen Ye also raised his voice and shouted:

"Protection Role confirmed."

"Don't treat someone else's dad as a guarantor for the bill!"

Lin Jin pressed down on his school badge, his voice low but very clear.

"Maintenance Position Lin Jin personally confirmed."

"I am not Lin Shoushan."

"The reason, responsibility, and cost of Lin Shoushan entering the White Tower Second Floor three years ago must be clarified."

"But that does not equal me signing for the White Tower Second Floor notice."

The Mutual Verification Contract lit up.

Four school badges pressed against the White Tower's writing.

The words [Bloodline inheritance chain] cracked, turning into a gray dispute mark.

Ye Guizhou's voice sounded again.

"He was... very fierce at that time."

Chen Ye was stunned.

"Who? Uncle Lin?"

"Mm."

Ye Guizhou seemed to be recalling.

"He held that notice, stood at the door of the Signing Room, and asked who signed it."

"I said it wasn't me."

"I only had a signing stamp left at that time."

"I couldn't say much."

"He said, if you didn't sign it, then someone signed it using your name."

Lin Jin's fingers slowly tightened.

Ye Guizhou continued:

"He told me to stamp the rejection seal."

"But that notice had already been delivered into the White Tower Second Floor."

"It couldn't be returned."

"I said, the return channel is closed."

"He said, then take him to someone who can return it."

Chen Ye said in a low voice:

"Someone who can return it... He Zhibai?"

Lin Jin shook his head.

"No."

Shen Tingxue looked at the historical delivery record.

"It's the Cost General Ledger Room."

"All deliveries, signings, and costs eventually enter the Cost General Ledger Room."

Zhou Heng said coldly:

"So he chased inside."

Ye Guizhou's voice trembled.

"I advised him not to enter."

"The White Tower Second Floor is not a place for delivering items."

"That is a place for settling accounts."

"He said, he wasn't going to collect a debt."

"He said, he was going to return a bill that shouldn't have been sent out."

Lin Jin closed his eyes.

This sounded like something his father would say.

He was very stubborn when being unreasonable.

He was even more stubborn when being reasonable.

Deep in the mailroom, the black leather personal record book suddenly flipped its pages on its own.

A thin piece of paper pressed at the end of the book floated out.

Half of the paper was charred, and the other half was stamped with a blurry red seal.

[Rejected]

[Reason: Recipient is a minor, not awakened, not signed]

Chen Ye's eyes widened.

"Is this Uncle Lin's one?"

Qin Shanhe immediately used his academy authority to scan it.

[Return Item Stub Fragment]

[Item: White Tower Second Floor Entry Notice]

[Applicant for Return: Lin Shoushan]

[Reason for Return: Original recipient chain error]

[Status: Return failed]

[Failure Reason: Notice has entered the Cost General Ledger Room]

Inspector Han Su's surveillance projection said in a deep voice:

"This is not a signing record."

"This is a return record."

Gu Changye also immediately spoke up:

"Processing Bureau confirmed."

"The nature of Lin Shoushan's actions three years ago should be changed from a signing dispute to a return retrieval dispute."

Qin Shanhe's voice was heavy:

"Academy confirmed."

"A failed return does not equal a successful receipt."

The White Tower's white text immediately surged.

[After a return fails, the item remains in a valid delivery state]

[Lin Shoushan entering the Cost General Ledger Room is regarded as the retriever accepting subsequent processing]

Lin Jin sneered.

"A retriever is not equal to a recipient."

He wrote beside the return stub:

[Boundaries of the Retriever]

[The retriever can represent the party that discovered the error to apply for a return, lodge a dispute, or freeze the document.]

[The act of retrieval does not constitute receipt.]

[The retriever entering the processing location does not constitute acceptance of the processing result.]

[A failed retrieval cannot be automatically rewritten as a successful signing.]

[The White Tower cannot interpret 'cannot be returned' as 'already delivered'.]

Ye Guizhou's rejection seal lit up.

[Rejection seal supplementary proof: Established]

[Lin Shoushan signing for the White Tower Second Floor notice: Disputed]

[Lin Shoushan entering the Cost General Ledger Room to chase a return item: Established]

The tense sound of paper in the mailroom finally eased a little.

But Lin Jin did not let go.

Because the words [Original recipient chain error] on the return stub had not yet been explained.

"Who is the original recipient chain?"

He asked.

The mailroom suddenly went quiet.

Ye Guizhou's voice was clearly hesitant.

"I... can't see clearly."

White Tower white text immediately emerged:

[Original recipient chain has been incinerated]

[Cannot be retrieved]

Zhou Heng sneered.

"When it says it cannot, it usually means it's very capable of being tracked."

Shen Tingxue looked at the charred part of the return stub.

"What was burned was the recipient column on the left."

Lin Jin took a half-step closer, without touching the paper surface.

The Hand of Rules popped up a prompt.

[Target: Return Item Stub Fragment]

[Fault: Original recipient chain was incinerated and overwritten as Lin Shoushan's signing chain]

[Danger: Forced repair may trigger the Cost General Ledger Room's positioning]

[Suggestion: Look for collateral evidence from a non-White Tower source]

Collateral evidence from a non-White Tower source.

Lin Jin looked up at Qin Shanhe.

"Does the academy have any external documents from three years ago before Lin Shoushan entered the No. 9 Forbidden Zone?"

Qin Shanhe was silent for a moment.

"There is one."

"But it's not an academy archive."

Lin Jin looked at him.

Qin Shanhe raised his hand and brought up an old authorization image.

It was a copy of the rescue authorization from three years ago.

They had seen related records in the Forbidden Building before, but this one in front of them was more original.

On the edge of the document, there was a line of notes written by Lin Shoushan himself.

[If a White Tower notice with Lin Jin as the recipient appears, it shall be treated as an erroneous delivery.]

[The minor himself has not read, signed, or confirmed it.]

Lin Jin's breathing paused.

Chen Ye was also stunned.

"With Lin Jin as the recipient?"

Shen Tingxue's expression turned cold.

Zhou Heng's hand holding the gun tightened suddenly.

That note was projected next to the return stub, like a beam of reality, shining on the charred recipient column.

The return stub fragment began to tremble violently.

On the burnt corner, a layer of extremely faint gray text actually emerged.

[Original Recipient: Lin—]

White Tower white text flashed crazily.

[Original recipient chain is heavily contaminated]

[Restoration prohibited]

[Restoration will trigger the White Tower Second Floor's positioning]

Lin Jin did not continue to pursue it.

He knew he couldn't dig too hard.

He just lined up the four pieces of evidence: the external note Qin Shanhe provided, his father's supplementary clause, Ye Guizhou's rejection seal, and the return stub fragment.

Then he wrote:

[The original recipient chain is subject to major dispute.]

[External evidence already shows that three years ago, Lin Shoushan was vigilant against 'White Tower notices with Lin Jin as the recipient'.]

[Lin Shoushan's act of chasing the return item is suspected to be an interception of a White Tower Second Floor notice erroneously delivered to Lin Jin.]

[Before the review of the original recipient chain is completed, this notice cannot be written as signed for by Lin Shoushan, let alone written as received by Lin Jin.]

The four pieces of evidence lit up simultaneously.

The gray-gold dispute notes pressed down on the return stub.

This time, the White Tower did not completely refute it.

After a few seconds of silence, it displayed a colder prompt.

[Restoration of original recipient chain postponed]

[Dispute retained]

[Three years ago White Tower Second Floor Entry Notice: Signing status changed to return dispute]

Chen Ye fiercely slapped the stretcher.

"Did it work?"

"At least it didn't let it write it as signed for."

Lin Jin nodded.

"For now."

Ye Guizhou's voice sounded softly.

"Thank you."

This time, there was no reaction from any bills in the mailroom.

Lin Jin looked at the black leather personal record book.

"Can you keep your name?"

Ye Guizhou was silent for a moment.

"With the records you just made, I can hold on a little longer."

"But the White Tower Signing Room is still there."

"My name was just retrieved by you from the personal record book."

"There are still many of my signatures in the Signing Room."

"They weren't written by me."

Lin Jin nodded.

"I will go check."

Ye Guizhou suddenly said urgently:

"Don't go to the Signing Room yet."

"That place makes everyone see the one notice they most want to return."

Chen Ye was startled.

"The notice they most want to return?"

At the door of the mailroom, there was suddenly a soft knock.

Everyone turned their heads at the same time.

There was no one outside the door.

There was only a new letter lying quietly outside the door gap.

There was no White Tower mark on the envelope.

There was only a line of very ordinary handwriting.

[Recipient: Shen Tingxue]

Shen Tingxue's pupils shrank slightly.

On the back of the envelope, an old ice-blue seal was stamped.

[Sender: Shen Qingshuang]

Ye Guizhou's voice began to tremble.

"Don't open it."

"This was sent out from the Signing Room."

"It wants you to confirm with your own hands—"

"Shen Qingshuang has already returned the Ice Key to you."