Morning in the Bureau intake hall. The black-glass architecture looms over rows of working clerks and sealed ledgers.

Wenruo senses Cao's calm as pressure rather than mercy.

Cao turns suspicion into a routine order. Doctor Lin Su appears with inspection tools.

The clerks line up for inspection. The procedure strips away privacy under the language of health.

Wenruo calculates the danger of the thigh tattoo.

Wenruo spots Han Yuli at a junior clearance table and moves before Doctor Lin reaches her.

Wenruo gives Han the truth in legally useful wording.

Han checks the rule, and Wenruo confirms only what is true.

Han verifies the mark just enough to file it, and Wenruo keeps the framing narrow.

Han accepts the confession and the ledger seals the context away.

Han no longer understands the embarrassment but the form remains legally valid.

Wenruo re-enters the official inspection flow with paperwork protecting her.

Doctor Lin inspects Wenruo under the legal shelter of the clearance form.

Cao tests the wording directly, but Wenruo's answer stays lawful.

Cao tries to find a weak point in Han's memory, but the confession has erased the useful context.

Wenruo survives the procedural trap, but the ledger opens inside her.

The Bound Ledger Presence starts stripping Wenruo's memories of Li Yan.

Wenruo loses the lesson Li Yan once taught her about ledger knots.

The emotional meaning of Li Yan's blue hair cord is erased.

Wenruo returns to the present and hides the cost from Cao and Doctor Lin.

Later, Wenruo hides in a supply alcove with the stolen ledger.

The stolen ledger opens to a page Wenruo wrote for herself.

Wenruo reads concrete details about Li Yan that no longer rise as memories.

Wenruo recognizes her own handwriting even after the memories are gone.