noffsinger Chapter 655 First Encounter
Chapter 655 First Encounter
ISA headquarters, ninth floor of Golden Eagle Building, temporary boardroom.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating Lin Chuyue's gray-white suit and making her face appear as cold and aloof as snow, her eyebrows and eyes unmoving.
At the other end of the long table opposite, Shen Yanli slowly walked over.
He was dressed in a dark suit, his expression gentle, his gaze seemingly smiling, yet carrying a subtle sense of pressure. He made no small talk, only slowly taking his seat after Lin Chuyue had been seated.
The conference room door slowly closed.
There were only two people sitting in the room at the moment.
Lin Chuyue spoke first: "You used the name of the ISA board of directors to freeze my command permissions, are you trying to make me voluntarily hand over control?"
“I’m not in such a hurry,” Shen Yanli said calmly, his voice low. “I’m just reminding you that this isn’t a situation you can handle alone.”
"You shouldn't be the main character."
Lin Chuyue smiled, her smile cold and clear: "And you? You're the director?"
Shen Yanli wasn't annoyed: "I'm the screenwriter."
His gaze was fixed on her face. "From the very beginning, you've been living in the script that Shen Fang arranged. I was just helping her wrap things up after her curtain fell."
Lin Chuyue looked at him coldly: "She's dead. You still want to use her to manipulate me?"
"What she left you was a right—and for me a responsibility." Shen Yanli's tone carried an undeniable certainty. "Do you know what was written in the last document she left behind?"
Lin Chuyue paused slightly.
She said, "The child I destroyed with my own hands might be the only one I can entrust everything to."
Shen Yanli slowly approached, his gaze sharp as a blade. "So, I'm here to help you take power—not to cripple you."
Lin Chuyue laughed: "But you froze all my permissions first."
"This is a reminder," Shen Yanli said in a low voice. "You've moved too fast and forgotten that there are too many people eyeing you covetously. The ISA ship must be controlled by the family, otherwise you won't last three months."
"Are you threatening me?"
"It's reality."
Lin Chuyue stood up: "I'm sorry, I no longer believe in the reality of the 'Shen family'."
"I will walk my own path."
Shen Yanli suddenly said, "Chuyue—you are not Shen Fang."
These words were like a needle piercing her heart.
Lin Chuyue paused, turned to look at him, and said in an icy voice, "But you are not her salvation either."
She walked out of the conference room, her back view showing aloofness and determination.
Shen Yanli looked at her and murmured softly into the air, "Perhaps you are even more ruthless than her."
……
Meanwhile, at the Lin family's old residence.
Lin Zhengguo held the notification document sent by ISA, his face grim and uncertain.
Lin Yun stood opposite him, her expression calm: "Dad, are you really still going to bet on Chu Yue?"
“She is the last face of our Lin family.” Lin Zhengguo said in a low, hoarse voice, “All our assets, shares, and alliances are maintained by her.”
"But now, ISA wants to revoke her authorization. How can she withstand that alone?"
Lin Yun chuckled: "So you want to pledge allegiance to Shen Yanli?"
“He’s a venomous snake,” Lin Zhengguo said through gritted teeth, “but he has a more stable force behind him.”
Lin Yun's eyes flashed as she slowly sat down, her tone suddenly becoming sharp:
"You're scared."
Lin Zhengguo's expression changed.
“You’re afraid Lin Chuyue can’t hold on, you’re afraid the Lin family will collapse too. So you’re waiting to see who wins, and then you’ll side with them,” Lin Yun said calmly. “But you’ve forgotten, Lin Chuyue is not Lin Yun.”
"She never relied on you."
Lin Zhengguo slammed his hand on the table: "What do you mean?"
"My meaning is very simple."
Lin Yun stood up and walked to the door, then turned around and smiled, "From today onwards, the Lin family no longer needs you to decide its direction."
“I will use my equity to join the Vision Capital group.”
"Lin Chuyue is not my sister; she is the new mistress of the Lin family."
She closed the door and left, leaving the room silent.
Lin Zhengguo sat in the chair, feeling a sudden emptiness in his heart.
At that moment, he finally realized:
He has lost everything.
……
Night, top floor of Vision Capital.
Lin Chuyue sat at her desk, looking at the latest announcement from the ISA board of directors: she would lose the right to transfer ISA Fund III within 72 hours.
“This is just the beginning.” Li Zhanchuan pushed open the door and placed a document on her desk. “Shen Yanli has taken action against ISA’s ‘San Francisco-based’ investors. Ostensibly, he’s cleaning up risky accounts, but in reality, he’s undermining you.”
Lin Chuyue nodded after reading the document.
"I know."
"He wants to force me to step down."
Li Zhanchuan sneered: "Then he's gone mad."
Lin Chuyue said calmly, "He thought I was afraid of losing."
"But I can afford to lose."
Li Zhanchuan stared at her face and suddenly said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll lose with you?"
She was stunned.
He approached and whispered, "If you're prepared to enter a life-or-death power struggle, I won't advise you to back down."
"But I need to know one thing—are you planning to exclude me?"
Lin Chuyue's throat seemed to choke, and after a long while, she finally managed to utter a sentence:
"I have never excluded you."
"I'm just afraid you'll get dragged into this."
Li Zhanchuan stared into her eyes and said, word by word, "But I am willing."
At that moment, Lin Chuyue felt a lump in her throat, as if the emotions she had suppressed for many years had finally found an outlet.
She lowered her head and exhaled slowly: "Then let's play this game of chess together."
……
The following day, the ISA board of directors received a formal "Letter of Initiation of Succession Clauses" from Lin Chuyue:
According to the board structure agreement left by Shen Fang, as the last shareholder manager of the Shen family in ISA, she left behind the only "family will-level" document. This clause would automatically activate should any changes occur at the top management level of ISA, putting Fund No. 3 into a temporary freeze.
The ISA board was in uproar.
This means that Shen Yanli cannot take over either.
At the same time, Lin Chuyue submitted a document to ISA that shocked the market:
She has completed the merger plan with "Dawn International Fund" under Vision Capital, and applied to become an independent financial reviewer for ISA Asia Pacific based on the "China-Europe New Energy Joint Venture Project".
She didn't retreat; instead, she bypassed ISA and started anew.
She didn't forfeit; she escalated the situation.
Shen Yanli frowned slightly upon receiving the document.
"She played even more ruthlessly than Shen Fang."
Chi Chung-ming cautioned: "If she is successfully recognized by international capital as a 'regional financial arbitrator,' then the ISA will no longer have the right to revoke her authority."
Shen Yanli's eyes turned cold.
"Then she has to—live until that day."
……
At the same time, an anonymous whistleblower email arrived at the headquarters of the "Dawn Fund," directly accusing Lin Chuyue of using her mother's inheritance for improper capital operations. The email included several old bills and an anonymous recording.
The content points to the claim that "Shen Fang once laundered money through an unregistered account and hid it in Lin Chuyue's inherited account."
In Lin Chuyue's office, her assistant, holding an email, was deathly pale.
"This...this is a trap!"
Lin Chuyue took the recording, listened to it, and then closed her eyes.
The man's voice in the recording—it was Shen Yanli.
"Some debts are debts that she should repay."
……
End of this chapter
The next chapter will reach its climax:
Lin Chuyue faces a crisis of being reported by the financial sector;
Li Zhanchuan activated Plan B: a joint judicial investigation.
Lin Yun may be forced to take the blame.
Will Gu Yanchuan choose to uncover Shen Fang's true crimes, or will he completely stand against Lin Chuyue?