Nirvana Heiress: Reborn and Returning to Stir Up a Storm

Chapter 607 True and False Bloodlines

Lin Chuyue sat by the window, her fingertips slowly stroking the photocopy of the parentage registration file.

The light fell on her face, outlining her cold and sharp features.

The unfamiliar text message on her phone felt like a nail driven into her mind.

"She's here to rebuild the Shen family... You're her last card."

She once thought that Chen Yulan had returned for her sake, even though she had been absent for twenty years, and even though she had never truly forgiven this woman, but the instinct of blood ties still made her waver at that moment.

But now, everything is starting to become blurry again.

She raised her eyes and looked coldly at Gu Yanchuan:

"Check 'Shen Yao'. I need information on everyone, from twenty years ago."

Gu Yanchuan didn't ask for a reason, he just nodded: "Give me three days."

"No, 24 hours."

Her tone was firm, as if she had returned to the center of a battlefield, giving no one a chance to catch their breath.

Gu Yanchuan's gaze darkened: "You suspect your mother?"

Lin Chuyue closed her eyes and whispered:

"I can't make the same mistake again."

She had already been through Shen Fang; she couldn't afford to fail a second time in front of Chen Yulan.

"Whoever she is—I must find out her motives."

……

At the same time, Lin Zhengguo also received a document that made his eyes widen in fury.

A real estate transaction report from last year, after being transferred back to China from a British offshore company, has been transferred to the name of "Vision Capital" and the date of the transfer is this week.

His "South Bay Project" has completely changed hands.

He smashed the ashtray in a fit of rage:

"Lin Chuyue! You've colluded with Chen Yulan! Do you really think I'm dead?!"

The secretary nervously handed over another message:

"President Lin, there's something else—this morning, the Discipline Inspection Commission investigated the Group's Finance Department, saying that Yuanjing submitted clues about your and Shen Fang's past misuse of public funds for laundering."

Lin Zhengguo was suddenly startled, his face turning from pale to white:

"what?"

"Can you say that again?"

"Someone has reported that you transferred public funds overseas through shell companies. The relevant documents and clues are from..."

"Vision".

Lin Zhengguo, his hands trembling, dialed Lin Yun's number:

"be right back."

"The path your mother left us—she cut it off."

……

Lin Yun rushed back to the old house in a fit of rage. As soon as she entered, she saw Lin Zhengguo fuming over a pile of documents.

"Dad, what's going on? Weren't you told that piece of land wouldn't be exposed?"

Lin Zhengguo pointed at the document and gritted his teeth: "It's Chen Yulan—wasn't that woman dead? She's back!"

Lin Yun's pupils contracted sharply: "What?"

"She's still alive?"

Lin Zhengguo gritted his teeth:

"Not only did they survive, but they also joined forces with Lin Chuyue to seize Nanwan and bring the Discipline Inspection Commission here!"

"We've now fallen into their trap!"

Lin Yun subconsciously took a step back, her mind reeling.

"Dad, what should we do? Should we activate Plan A ahead of schedule?"

Lin Zhengguo gave her a deep look, then suddenly said coldly:

"Now is not the time for you to concern yourself with these things."

"Keep a close eye on Lin Chuyue first."

“She’s not just your sister anymore—she’s a member of the Shen family.”

Lin Yun's face froze: "What did you say?"

"Chen Yulan came back with a paternity test result. Lin Chuyue is not my daughter."

"Her biological father is Shen Yao."

"Shen Yan's elder brother."

Lin Yun nearly lost her footing.

"You...you knew all along?"

“I knew she wasn’t my daughter when she was one year old.”

A flicker of pain crossed Lin Zhengguo's eyes, but it quickly turned cold and ruthless.

"I kept her around back then only because I still had leverage over Chen Yulan."

"She's useful to me."

“But it’s different now.”

"The Shen family—is about to return."

"Lin Chuyue is not a pawn, she is the key."

Lin Yun gritted her teeth and clenched her fists tightly: "Then what about me? What am I?!"

Lin Zhengguo glanced at her and said coldly, "You were left behind by Shen Fang."

"I was originally going to walk this path in her place."

"Now...you have to take the key back."

……

Meanwhile, Gu Yanchuan delivered Chen Yulan's past files late at night.

"Here it is."

Lin Chuyue took the document, and her knuckles turned slightly white as she opened it.

Shen Yaoyao, the eldest son of the Shen family, died in a mining accident fifteen years ago. His body and ashes were never recovered, and he was listed as a "special sacrifice" by the Shen family.

Just one year before the incident, he registered his marriage in a place in Southwest China, with his spouse's name being Chen Yulan.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Next is a recording pen left behind by Shen Yao in the public security system:

"If anything happens to me, Yulan will take the child and leave. She must leave the Shen family. Chuyue is our only hope."

Lin Chuyue stared at that line of words, unable to look away for a long time.

She closed her eyes, her voice hoarse:

"So... I really am a member of the Shen family?"

Gu Yanchuan frowned: "It's not just 'yes'."

"You are the sole legal heir."

"After Shen Yao's death, Shen Yan did not inherit the position of family head, but was instead placed under the control of a deputie."

"Now that Shen Yan is under investigation because of Shen Fang's case, the Shen family no longer has a core member."

"Chen Yulan bringing you back means she's preparing to take back control of the Shen family."

"And you are her bargaining chip."

Lin Chuyue whispered, "No, it's a weapon."

"She needs me to break through the old system of the Shen family."

Her voice turned cold, but her eyes remained as clear as ever:

"But I don't want to be used as a weapon by anyone anymore."

She slowly stood up, turned around, and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.

"I want to see Shen Yan in person."

"I want to know why Chen Yulan ran away back then."

"And—what exactly does she want?"

……

the next day.

Lin Chuyue, wearing a mask and sunglasses, appeared at the reception center set up by the High Procuratorate.

Shen Yan was released on bail pending trial, but is still under supervision.

The two were separated by glass, one sitting and one standing.

Shen Yan looked at her with a complicated expression: "You are Chen Yulan's daughter."

Lin Chuyue nodded: "My name is Lin Chuyue."

Shen Yanyan's lips curled into a mocking smile: "She finally agreed to bring you back."

"The only right thing she did was to take you with her when she ran away back then."

Lin Chuyue's eyes flickered slightly: "You agree that she should run away?"

Shen Yan sneered:

"If she hadn't run away, you would have been gone long ago."

"The Shen family is not a home, it's a cage."

"Your father's lineage was elevated to a divine status by Old Master Shen, and then personally pushed into hell."

"Chen Yulan is the only one who can see that the altar is poisonous."

"But she's too self-important."

"She thought that by running away for ten years, she could keep you out of it."

"Now look what's happened, you've been pulled back by her and become the key to restarting the Shen family."

Lin Chuyue stared at him:

"Do you think I should refuse?"

I think you should be yourself.

Shen Yan's tone suddenly turned low:

"The Shen family is a grave."

"Chen Yulan has come back to dig up a grave."

"If you dig with her, you will become the tomb owner."

……

Lin Chuyue remained silent for a long time before walking out of the reception room and looking up at the gloomy sky.

This game of chess is no longer a contest between the Lin family and Yuanjing.

Rather, it was a contest between her and the entire Shen family inheritance system.

A mother may not be an enemy.

But she is definitely not an ally.

Lin Chuyue pressed the call button, her voice calm:

"Gu Yanchuan".

“Starting today, I’m going to establish my own ‘fund’.”

"I want to control my own resources—including the past, present, and future."

"I want everyone to understand that I am neither anyone's daughter nor anyone's tool."

"I am Lin Chuyue."

"I will win."

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