noffsinger Chapter 504: Father-Daughter Dispute
Chapter 504: Father-Daughter Dispute
The night was as dark as ink, pressing down heavily.
On the top floor of the Lin's Building, the president's office was still brightly lit.
Lin Chuyue sat behind her desk, in front of her were Gu Yanchuan's itinerary record from his recent return from abroad, as well as a mysterious person he had secretly met.
“This person…” She stared at the photo, her gaze sharpening inch by inch.
"It's Jiang Han, Shen Fang's former assistant."
Tang Nian placed the documents on her desk: "He recently changed his name and returned to China from Australia. It is said that Gu Yanchuan personally arranged for him to join a supplier company under the Lin Group."
Lin Chuyue chuckled softly, tapping her fingertips on the table: "Is Gu Yanchuan trying to resurrect Shen Fang's old subordinates and infiltrate her again?"
"Unfortunately, he still underestimated me."
"All of these suppliers are frozen, and their accounts will be audited within three days."
Tang Nian hesitated for a moment: "But some people on the board of directors have already expressed their opinions about your large-scale purge of 'old ministers'. Today, both Chairman Li and Chairman Chen hinted that they hope you will stop purging Zhao Yingshan's people from back then."
Lin Chuyue sneered: "They just don't want to be found out."
"The Lin family has been hollowed out for too long. Zhao Yingshan is just the first one. There are others who are even more corrupt than him."
“Especially Lin Zhengguo.” Her gaze darkened.
She knew her father wasn't one of the people who actively harmed her, but he had never actually taken a bullet for her.
Back then, she was framed by Shen Fang, demoted, humiliated, and almost died in a warehouse fire. He only said one thing: "Suffering is part of growth."
growing up?
Lin Chuyue felt a chill run down her spine.
But she no longer hated him, nor did she have any expectations.
She has grown up and no longer needs anyone to hold an umbrella for her.
……
That night.
The news that a senior executive of one of Lin's suppliers "committed suicide by jumping off a building" has gone viral in the financial world.
The police's initial investigation concluded that the cause was "a mental breakdown due to excessive psychological pressure," but Lin Chuyue keenly sensed something different.
She immediately retrieved the information and discovered that this person had worked as an accountant under Zhao Yingshan and had maintained a private relationship with Shen Fangsheng.
Even more bizarrely, just an hour before his death, he received an encrypted call from overseas—the source of which was unknown, but after technical screening, it was found to be related to Shen Fang's "inheritance funds" account.
"He's silencing them." Lin Chuyue held the documents in her hand, her voice as cold as ice.
"Gu Yanchuan is settling old scores and also warning us."
Li Zhanchuan's eyes darkened: "The more anxious he is, the closer we are to the truth."
He suddenly handed a paper photo to Lin Chuyue: "I had someone check and found that Jiang Han and my mother were in the same villa area a few days before the car accident."
Lin Chuyue suddenly looked up: "Back then...did your mother already discover that Shen Fang had a connection with someone in the Lin family?"
Li Zhanchuan nodded: "Very likely. Moreover, that villa was one of the 'rewards' that Lin Zhengguo's company gave to Shen Fang back then."
Lin Chuyue's body trembled, her eyes swirling with complex emotions.
"You suspect... that my father was involved in your mother's car accident?"
Li Zhanchuan did not answer directly, but his gaze was deep: "If you were not directly involved, then you were someone who knew about it."
Lin Chuyue's breath hitched.
After a long silence, she whispered, "I'll go ask him myself."
……
The Lin family's old house.
Lin Zhengguo was sitting in his study, flipping through an old ledger.
Hearing Lin Chuyue's voice, he put down the documents in his hand and said in a calm tone, "You've come here to interrogate me again?"
Lin Chuyue stood opposite the desk, looking directly into his eyes: "Did Shen Fang secretly give you a villa when she worked at your company?"
Lin Zhengguo's expression changed slightly.
"Where did you hear that?"
“I don’t need to hear from anyone, I found that old contract in your office.”
“You signed the papers and took possession of the house, but you falsified records in the Lin family’s accounts.”
Lin Zhengguo's face turned ashen: "You ransacked my office?"
"Who's the chairman now?" Lin Chuyue pressed closer. "Do you think I investigated you to bring you down?"
“I’m just trying to protect myself! Look at all the old problems Shen Fang left behind; Gu Yanchuan is using them to his advantage now. Do you really think he’s here to take over the Lin family business? He’s here to swallow the Lin family business and destroy you along the way!”
Lin Zhengguo was speechless for a long time before finally saying, "Back then... I was used by Shen Fang."
"She said that villa was a return on investment gifted to her by her brother, and I..."
"But you know who she's colluding with," Lin Chuyue sneered. "Back then, were you just 'too lazy to investigate,' or did you simply not want to get involved?"
Lin Zhengguo slammed his hand on the table: "That's enough!"
"I am your father!"
"But I'm no longer the daughter you can manipulate and send to your death at will!" Lin Chuyue roared, her eyes burning with fury. "Back then, you watched me being driven to the brink by Shen Fang, and even watched me almost die in a sea of fire, and you didn't say a word!"
"Now you still want to use your status as 'father' to pressure me?"
Lin Zhengguo stared at her for a long time before sitting down wearily.
"Shen Fang did threaten me."
“She has a letter from your mother from back then… That letter mentions my past with other women.”
Lin Chuyue's heart skipped a beat.
"She got me hooked and made me obey her every word."
"I thought I could control her, but I ended up being dragged into the mire step by step by her."
“I also wanted to protect you, but she put you in that peripheral department. If I force you to come back... she will publish that letter.”
Lin Zhengguo closed his eyes in anguish: "It's not that I don't care about you, it's that I'm afraid to take the risk."
Lin Chuyue choked up.
Her father wasn't cruel, but cowardly.
It is the most fatal weakness—knowing that one's daughter has been murdered, yet daring not to do anything.
“This is not an excuse,” she said coldly. “Your silence has already killed me once.”
After saying that, she turned and left, leaving Lin Zhengguo sitting motionless in the study, as if he had aged ten years.
……
Day two.
The Lin family is experiencing renewed internal turmoil.
An anonymous employee revealed to the media that Lin paid more than 30 million yuan in "consulting fees" to the "Shen Fang team," and that the money eventually flowed into a shell company under Gu Yanchuan.
Public opinion instantly erupted.
Even more fatally, the chain of evidence was anonymously mailed to the financial regulatory bureau by a "well-meaning person".
The Lin family's top management was once again thrown into panic.
But Lin Chuyue unexpectedly received a phone call.
"Ms. Lin, I have a recording of your mother made before she passed away. Would you like to listen to it?"
It's Jiang Han.
Shen Fang's former subordinates.
"If you want to know whether Lin Zhengguo was involved in Madam Li's death, then come see me."
I'll send you the address later.
Lin Chuyue hung up the phone, her heart pounding.
This is a game, a game about truth, betrayal, and choices.
She has to face it herself.
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