OBS Chapter 558 The Abyss of Rift
Chapter 558 The Abyss of Rift
Gu Yanchuan frowned: "You've wanted a different life? Is this your explanation of me—of our relationship?"
Lin Chuyue sneered, her voice filled with unconcealed weariness: "What kind of explanation do you want? I've long since let go of the past. The video was released by Shen Yan; he just wanted to sow discord between you and me."
"So you're just going to say nothing? Until this stuff is flying everywhere?" Gu Yanchuan's voice grew colder and harder. "Lin Chuyue, where exactly do you place me? Am I your ally, or your obstacle?"
Lin Chuyue suddenly looked up, her gaze sharp as a blade: "And what about you? Where do you place me? You just spent a night with me, and the next day you appeared in front of the media with Lin Yun, smiling more gently than anything else. You want me to believe you, but on what basis?"
Gu Yanchuan was taken aback, his eyes darkening: "That's official business."
"Then don't blame me for treating everything as official business!" Lin Chuyue retorted, and the atmosphere instantly froze.
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Second, Lin Yun adds fuel to the fire with another move.
Just as the two were at an impasse, Lin Yun suddenly held a press conference.
She was wearing a black dress, her eyes were red and swollen, and her voice was choked with sobs: "I don't want to talk about these things, but my sister's recent behavior has really made me... unable to remain silent any longer."
On the big screen, the video footage of Lin Chuyue and "Li Zheng" meeting privately abroad was magnified again, and even maliciously edited to include words like "cheating" and "keeping a sugar daddy".
Lin Yun gritted her teeth: "I don't want to harm her, I just hope she won't go astray again. We are both daughters of the Lin family, and I so wish she would turn back—"
The media was in an uproar, and netizens were in an uproar.
[Isn't Lin Yun the truly sensible one?]
[With Lin Chuyue's messy private life, doesn't President Gu care at all?]
[Li Zheng is her ex-fiancé?! This is huge news!]
The company's senior management also began to waver. Several directors approached Gu Yanchuan and suggested, "Lin Chuyue's image problem this time has had a huge impact. We recommend that she be temporarily removed from the board of directors to avoid affecting the group's credibility."
Gu Yanchuan neither agreed nor refused, saying, "I will handle it."
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III. Shen Yan's appearance tears apart the truth.
A few days later, Lin Chuyue received a text message from Shen Yan—
[Should I release Li Zheng's next video for you?]
In a fit of anger, she went alone to the agreed location—an abandoned old villa.
Shen Yan sat calmly under the dim light: "You're becoming more and more like what I expected, Lin Chuyue."
Lin Chuyue sneered: "You plotted against me, lured me into this trap, and now you want to threaten me with Li Zheng's death?"
"Dead?" Shen Yan raised an eyebrow. "You think he's dead? He just 'disappeared temporarily' for today."
As he spoke, he took out a USB drive and handed it to her.
Lin Chuyue hesitated before taking the tablet and inserting it into the portable tablet. On the screen was an image of Li Zheng in a ward, unconscious and being controlled by drugs, murmuring her name.
Shen Yan smiled cruelly: "Haven't you always wanted to know how your youth turned into a disaster? Come on, let me tell you—Li Zheng was a pawn I cultivated from beginning to end."
Lin Chuyue felt dizzy and had to grip the edge of the table tightly to avoid falling.
“You’re crazy…” she whispered.
Shen Yan took a step closer: "You must be crazy to think that there are really people in this world who will treat you unconditionally well."
"Do you think Li Zhanchuan can protect you for life? Do you think Gu Yanchuan won't suspect you? Lin Chuyue, you've always underestimated the filth in people's hearts."
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IV. Conflict Erupts, Lin Chuyue Decides to Fight Back
When Lin Chuyue returned to the company, she bumped into Gu Yanchuan standing at the door, holding the board proposal to transfer her from her position.
“I’m hesitant,” he said. “I don’t want to do it, but the pressure is too much.”
Lin Chuyue took a deep breath and handed him the USB drive: "Read it yourself before you decide."
Gu Yanchuan nodded silently.
Late at night, he sat alone in his office and watched all the footage on the USB drive—from Li Zheng's ordeal to Shen Yan's recording, and finally to Lin Chuyue's near collapse in front of the ruins.
He shoved all the documents off the table and dialed Lin Chuyue's number: "I won't let them touch you. But you have to promise me that from today onwards, I'll take care of things, and you won't have to fight alone anymore."
Lin Chuyue remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "Can you handle what I'm about to do?"
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V. The First Shot of the Counterattack
Three days later, Lin Chuyue held her own press conference.
She didn't cry, nor did she explain; she simply said, "I welcome any legal verification of the accusations against me."
She released part of the contents of the USB drive on the spot, exposing Shen Yan's secret transactions with a senior executive of a certain group, as well as some evidence of his control over Li Zheng.
An uproar erupted at the scene, and the wind direction instantly reversed.
Lin Yun's expression changed immediately as she was surrounded by the media: "Were you also involved in the whole plan?"
Gu Yanchuan walked onto the stage from backstage and stood beside Lin Chuyue: "She will be the only one to serve as the executive director of Xingchen Group."
Enraged, Shen Yan secretly sent people to spy on Lin Chuyue's whereabouts, and Lin Yun finally realized that she was just one of the pawns Shen Yan used to undermine Lin Chuyue.
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At the end of this chapter, Li Zhanchuan finally returns to China, bringing back crucial evidence—the transfer records of Shen Fang's estate account from back then, which point to a deeply hidden "foundation".
And the name of this foundation is none other than "Xi Yao".
Shen Fang did not die; her will continues—and Lin Chuyue has only just uncovered the tip of the iceberg of an even larger conspiracy.
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Next chapter preview:
"Xi Yao" emerges from the water, and Lin Chuyue and Li Zhanchuan fight side by side once again; Lin Yun is completely abandoned, and Gu Yanchuan's past is gradually unveiled...