Nirvana Heiress: Reborn and Returning to Stir Up a Storm

Chapter 662 Dark Web Bargaining Chips

Gu Yanchuan's suggestion was like a pebble thrown into calm water, instantly creating ripples.

Shen Yi stood silently in place, her gaze fixed on him, a hint of hesitation in her eyes.

"You want me to deal with Lin Chuyue?" she uttered slowly, her voice low but filled with disbelief. "You think I'd listen to you?"

Gu Yanchuan's expression remained unchanged, still composed: "You're not listening to me, you're making your own choice."

"Lin Chuyue's existence is the biggest obstacle to your becoming the heir of the Shen family."

Shen Yi's eyes flashed.

"Your Shen family may seem to support you, but in reality, they've already laid out double insurance." Gu Yanchuan's tone was slow and firm. "Once Lin Chuyue's identity is fully recognized, she will become the legitimate heir after Shen Fang. You are merely a 'backup plan' for them to use when they fail to defeat Lin Chuyue."

Shen Yi clenched her fists, her knuckles turning white.

She had her doubts, but every time she appeared at the Shen family's banquets or meetings, the elders were outwardly friendly but inwardly always told her to follow the rules and stay within the bounds, not allowing her to cross the line.

"What if I don't agree?" she asked in a low voice.

“Then you will only lose everything in this game.” Gu Yanchuan looked directly at her. “Lin Chuyue has already begun to use her power as a director of ISA to investigate overseas funds. Her next step is to target you—and Shen Yanli behind you.”

Shen Yi took a deep breath, and her expression finally underwent a subtle change.

"What do you want me to do?"

Gu Yanchuan smiled slightly: "Help me lure Lin Chuyue into this. She's looking for you. Give her a clue—take her to see Shen Yanli."

Shen Yi suddenly looked up, her eyes cold and sharp: "Are you crazy?"

“She must see the truth with her own eyes,” Gu Yanchuan’s eyes suddenly sharpened, “otherwise she will never be able to truly and completely sever ties with the Shen family.”

"Only through this 'severing of bloodlines' ceremony can you rightfully become the sole heir of the Shen family."

Shen Yi remained silent for a long time before finally asking in a low voice, "What exactly are you after?"

Gu Yanchuan did not answer, but simply turned to leave.

Just as his figure was about to disappear, his voice rang out softly:

"I only care about Lin Chuyue, and I want her to win."

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That night.

Lin Chuyue received an anonymous email containing a plane ticket and a string of encrypted address coordinates.

The sender's signature is Ivan Shen.

Without hesitation, Lin Chuyue immediately contacted Li Zhanchuan: "I'm going to see him in the outskirts of Beijing."

Li Zhanchuan was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll go with you."

"No." Lin Chuyue's tone was firm. "This time, I must go alone."

She understood that if Shen Yanli dared to show himself, it meant that either the other party had already laid a trap, or... was so desperate that they had to confront him.

She wants to reclaim her past, and also sever ties with it.

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It was already late when Lin Chuyue arrived at the villa on the outskirts of Beijing.

The villa was surrounded by tight security, yet eerily quiet.

Shen Yanli, dressed in a dark blue long gown, sat in the courtyard drinking tea, looking like a gentle and refined old man.

"They've arrived." He spoke calmly, as if he were not waiting for an enemy, but for a junior who had returned late.

Lin Chuyue stepped forward, her gaze cold and stern: "You summoned me here just for tea?"

Shen Yanli looked up at her, his eyes calm and composed: "You look just like her."

Lin Chuyue's eyes widened slightly.

"Shen Fang".

“You both share the same stubbornness, the same sharpness,” Shen Yanli said slowly. “It’s just a pity that she lost, and so will you.”

Lin Chuyue sneered: "You called me here just to tell me this?"

“No.” Shen Yanli tossed a file onto the table. “This is a record left by your mother, about the ‘Shen family’s first-generation original shareholder structure.’ Do you think what you possess now is the legitimacy bestowed by blood?”

Lin Chuyue picked up the file, opened it, and her expression changed drastically.

"Your mother never signed the will that gave her 'control over the Shen family.' The document you received was handwritten by her, but it was never formally notarized."

Everything you have now is unstable.

Lin Chuyue gave a cold laugh: "So what you're showing me is to make me back down?"

“No, I want you to back down.” Shen Yanli slowly stood up, his voice low. “Hand over ISA, take your Vision Investment and leave. I can leave you with two overseas funds under ISA, so you can develop independently.”

"Otherwise—you won't even be able to save your life."

The air suddenly solidified.

Lin Chuyue looked directly at him, her voice calm and unhurried: "What exactly are you afraid of?"

"Are you afraid I'll actually use the inheritance left by Shen Fang?"

"Are you still afraid that your decades-long scheme will be exposed by a reborn 'fake bloodline'?"

A cold glint flashed in Shen Yanli's eyes for the first time.

He looked at Lin Chuyue, his tone suddenly turning cold: "You're still young. Do you think you can stand up to the entire Shen family with just your courage? Don't you know how your mother died?"

Lin Chuyue shuddered and clenched her fists.

"It wasn't an accident."

“Of course not.” Shen Yanli sneered. “It’s because she’s too smart and too sharp that she’s threatened the entire ‘Shen family power structure.’ I was just going with the flow.”

"So you want to surprise me now too?"

Shen Yanli did not answer, but his eyes were a silent confirmation.

Lin Chuyue suddenly laughed: "Do you know that everything you just said was recorded?"

Shen Yanli frowned and suddenly turned his head, only to see a figure flash out from the shadows of the trees—it was Yu Nian, holding a special recording pen.

"You set this up all along?" Shen Yanli said angrily.

Lin Chuyue said coldly, "If you want me to get into this trap, I'll make sure you fall right into it."

She looked at him, her words sharp as blades: "You've been plotting this for ten years, and now I'm cutting it down, slice by slice."

“From ISA to all your hidden funds, accounts, shareholding trusts, and even your laundered identity—I will not let any of them go.”

Shen Yanli laughed angrily: "You think you've won just like that?"

Lin Chuyue remained unmoved: "I only know that this time—I will not die again."

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As the night rain in Beijing subsided, a new shareholder structure update system quietly started up on the servers at ISA headquarters.

Lin Chuyue initiated the "emergency takeover plan".

At the same time, Shen Yi's personal account received an email with only one sentence:

"If you want to inherit the Shen family, you must betray Shen Yanli."

Shen Yi stared at the email, her fingertips hesitating on the keyboard—

She knew she was standing at a true watershed moment.

Across from them lay Lin Chuyue's world; behind them lay the immense shadow of the Shen family.

She has to choose.

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Meanwhile, Gu Yanchuan stood on the observation deck on the top floor of the ISA headquarters, looking down as Lin Chuyue walked into the lobby.

His phone rang; it was Li Zhanchuan.

"Which side are you playing?"

Gu Yanchuan lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "I'm waiting for her to choose her side."

“You know, if you keep wavering, something will happen to her.”

“But if she doesn’t even trust me, how can she win against the Shen family?” Gu Yanchuan’s eyes were sharp. “If she wants to stand in a truly high position, she can’t rely on anyone—including me.”

Li Zhanchuan remained silent for a moment before finally hanging up the phone.

Gu Yanchuan put away his phone and muttered to himself:

"Having come this far, you must win, Lin Chuyue."

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End of this chapter