Nirvana Heiress: Reborn and Returning to Stir Up a Storm

Chapter 524 The Mask Tears

At 1 a.m., the internal audit of the Lin Group was officially launched.

The lights on the top floor of the company headquarters building remained on. The audit team, legal team, and police liaison had already moved into the system, and data copying, fund freezing, and back-end tracking were all completed in one go. The entire building seemed to be in a state of war, the silence suffocating, yet a chilling, menacing atmosphere lurked beneath.

Lin Chuyue sat at the conference table with a cold expression. She personally signed the order to freeze all funds involved in the case and submitted an application to the police to file a case.

This time, she didn't hesitate.

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I. Gu Yanchuan's "Stand"

"Are you really determined to investigate this thoroughly?" Gu Yanchuan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the city lights in the night, his voice low and somber. "The result of the investigation could drag the entire Lin family into a quagmire."

"It's been a quagmire for a long time, hasn't it?" Lin Chuyue said calmly, but her gaze was as cold as ice. "I've already died once, Gu Yanchuan, I won't let these people use me a second time."

Gu Yanchuan turned around, his brows furrowed: "But what if you touch your father? What if he really has a problem? Can you bring yourself to do it?"

Lin Chuyue lowered her eyes and said slowly, "He is my father, but if he uses Lin's money to fund those who undermine the company's foundation, then he is someone I must settle accounts with."

Gu Yanchuan looked at her in silence for a long time, then suddenly said, "What if one day you discover that the person you trust most has also been hiding a secret from you for a long time?"

Lin Chuyue was taken aback, then looked up: "What are you implying?"

Gu Yanchuan's lips curled into a complicated smile: "It's nothing, just a reminder not to trust anyone too much. Not even—Tang Nian."

Lin Chuyue's gaze sharpened: "What do you mean?"

Gu Yanchuan did not answer, but simply turned and left the conference room.

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II. Lin Yun's Counterattack: Mastering a Deadly Weapon

Three o'clock in the morning.

Lin Yun sat in her office at the company, with a thick stack of newly printed documents spread out on the table.

It was backup server data that she had secretly obtained from Xu Mingyuan a while ago.

This is an "insurance policy," and also her last bargaining chip.

One of the documents contained a highly secretive "private accounting system" that existed three years ago, before Lin Chuyue had any contact with the group. This system was specifically used to receive records of "abnormal financial operations" by senior management.

Even more shockingly, several of these large sums of money were labeled: "LC Instruction - Repatriation of Overseas Investment"

Lin Yun sneered.

LC?

The English abbreviation for Lin Chuyue!

She finally found the key weakness.

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III. The rift between father and daughter completely erupted.

At 7:30 a.m., Lin Zhengguo finally entered the company and was personally called into the boardroom by Lin Chuyue.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was like an icebox. Lin Chuyue slammed a stack of documents on the table: "Dad, I only have one question—were the funds listed here authorized by you?"

Lin Zhengguo looked at the familiar account numbers, his expression changing slightly: "I was just... helping the group with some risk isolation. Back then, the Lin Group wasn't stable enough and needed to raise money."

"Whose money did you raise? Whose account did you access?" Lin Chuyue's eyes were sharp, and her voice rose. "Do you know that one of the 'loans' went through an underground money laundering channel?"

"You dare say you're not an accomplice?"

Lin Zhengguo clenched his fists and roared, "I'm your father! How can you treat me like this? I'm just protecting the Lin family!"

"No!" Lin Chuyue said sharply, "You're draining the Lin family's coffers! To protect yourself, you're framing the Gu family and me for the debts, pushing the entire group into the eye of the storm! You promoted Lin Yun to a senior management position and secretly cooperated with her to control things. Do you think I don't know?"

Lin Zhengguo suddenly stood up, his face pale: "You...you actually investigated me?"

“I’m investigating those who betrayed the Lin family,” Lin Chuyue said coldly. “You cooperated with Xu Mingyuan in withdrawing funds, you tacitly approved Lin Yun’s scheme, you concealed the true person in charge of the ‘Atlas’ funds. Who are you not investigating?”

Lin Zhengguo laughed angrily: "Lin Chuyue, don't forget, without me, you wouldn't have a place!"

“I would rather not have this position than endure your hypocritical ‘fatherly love’ any longer.”

The father and daughter confronted each other, and Lin Zhengguo angrily stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

Lin Chuyue was the only one left in the meeting room, her face pale with coldness and her fingertips trembling slightly.

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IV. Tang Nian's Secret Exposed

Five o'clock in the evening.

An anonymous text message was sent to Lin Chuyue's phone.

The content is a photo—Tang Nian and Xu Mingyuan entering and leaving a high-end private club together three months ago.

The note reads: "'She' may be more than just a secretary."

Lin Chuyue's first reaction was disbelief, but she immediately pulled up Tang Nian's business trip records for the past three months and found that she and Xu Mingyuan had appeared in the same city three times.

She threw a screenshot of the record in front of Tang Nian: "Shouldn't you explain this?"

Tang Nian stood there, her expression changing drastically, but she still forced herself to explain: "At that time, he hadn't gotten into trouble yet. I was just cooperating with the investigation into President Gu's old debts—Chu Yue, I swear, I have never done anything to betray you."

"But you've been hiding it!" Lin Chuyue's eyes showed disappointment. "You knew I was investigating Xu Mingyuan, yet you never told the truth. How can I believe you?"

"I just wanted to protect you." Tang Nian's voice choked with emotion. "I was afraid that if you rushed into the investigation, you would mess things up. Chu Yue, I really didn't hurt you..."

Lin Chuyue shook her head: "This is not something you can decide."

She slowly turned around: "Starting tomorrow, you will be suspended from your duties for reflection."

Tang Nian lowered her head with red eyes and nodded slightly, but as she turned to leave, a hint of gloom flashed in her eyes.

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V. Lin Yun's Fatal Blow

At 11 p.m. that night, Lin Yun finally made her move.

She posted a "beautified" document on an anonymous financial forum, which contained the part of the "private account system" data from that morning that was unfavorable to Lin Chuyue.

Within just 30 minutes, the topic of "the female head of the Lin Group is suspected of operating secret overseas accounts" quickly became a trending topic.

Meanwhile, several financial media outlets followed up with sensational headlines: "Following Shen Fang, another Lin family matriarch is mired in a crisis of trust?"

Gu Yanchuan rushed to Lin Chuyue's office and placed a printed poster in front of her: "Guess who put it here?"

"Lin Yun," Lin Chuyue said calmly.

How will you respond?

Lin Chuyue slowly stood up, walked to the window, and said calmly but firmly, "No response."

"What?" Gu Yanchuan exclaimed in astonishment.

“Responding now would only be playing into her pre-set rhythm. I want her to think I've been thrown off balance, and then... deliver a fatal blow.”

She turned to look at Gu Yanchuan, her tone as cold as frost: "Didn't she want to pull me down from this position? Then I'll let her see how she herself can't get off this position."