0p0 Chapter 539 Face to Face Confrontation
Chapter 539 Face to Face Confrontation
The wind and rain swept across the glass curtain wall in the dead of night, as if foreshadowing a new and even more violent storm.
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I. Undercurrents and Sudden Attacks
At 2 a.m., Lin Chuyue had just finished a brief conversation with Gu Yanchuan, confirming that they would further strengthen the legal and public opinion front; her assistant Tang Nian's phone vibrated urgently again.
"President Lin, emergency! A new video has been leaked in the shareholders' internal group!" Tang Nian's expression changed drastically as she held up her tablet in front of Lin Chuyue. A play button flashed on the screen: the video showed Lin Zhengguo, Lin Yun, and Lin Chuyue arguing in the study several years ago when Shen Fang was critically ill—
In the dim light, the young Lin Chuyue held a document in her hand, her expression cold and stern, as if she were repeatedly revising her trust will;
Lin Yun and Lin Zhengguo looked terrified and argued in hushed tones, "This won't work; we won't gain their trust this way."
At the end of the scene, Lin Chuyue stuffs the manuscript into the cabinet and sneers, unaware that the camera has already locked onto it.
The group chat was already buzzing with comments: "Lin Chuyue actually altered her mother's will," "The tripartite trust is likely a scam"...
Lin Chuyue's heart sank. Gu Yanchuan immediately leaned closer and whispered, "Who uploaded this video? We must find out who uploaded it!"
Tang Nian reported in a trembling voice: "It was uploaded from the encrypted file sharing group within the board of directors, and the source IP points to... Lin Zhengguo's personal private line."
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II. Father and daughter confront each other
Deep inside the study, Lin Chuyue pushed open the study door and pointed directly at her father sitting at his desk:
"Dad, what have you done now? How did this video get out?"
Lin Zhengguo's face turned ashen, but he shook his head vigorously: "I...I don't know how it got leaked! I've never seen the video of that argument, and I don't know who has it!"
Lin Chuyue gritted her teeth: "Don't play dumb! That IP just pointed to you! You want to... help Lin Yun get another chance?"
Lin Zhengguo said in a trembling voice, "I just... don't want you to bear all the burden of this dark history alone."
Lin Chuyue glared angrily: "I carried this dark history for the sake of the truth, and you're using it against me again!"
Father and daughter faced off, the air seemed to freeze, with only the thunderous sound of rain outside the window.
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III. Emergency Meeting of the Board of Directors
Less than five minutes later, the trust management committee convened another emergency meeting. Everyone looked tense—this time, Lin Yun was no longer facing a simple personal battle, but one that would jeopardize the family's public credibility.
Lin Yun stood up and threw out the video. "Everyone, this is the truth! Do you think that notarized recording and manuscript can clear everything up? In fact, Lin Chuyue personally altered her mother's will, favoring herself as the beneficiary of the trust! I request that the 'original document comparison' and 'video evidence collection' be initiated immediately, and that my father explain his responsibility!"
The board members whispered amongst themselves, some nodding and pressing for answers, others looking down in astonishment. Lin Chuyue's face turned deathly pale, but she did not back down, and retorted loudly:
“If you want to compare, then compare! I have the original surveillance footage from my mother’s hospital back then, which can reconstruct the real process; as for this ‘argument video,’ it was captured by an old camera, without any timestamp or any evidence collection process!”
She turned to the prosecutor: "Attorney Yang, immediately request the court to retrieve the hospital's surveillance footage and compare it with this video to determine its legality!"
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IV. Gu Yanchuan's Questioning and Support
After a brief silence, Gu Yanchuan stepped forward, his face cold yet resolute:
"Since there's video footage, let the law provide the conclusion. However, I have a question—why did this video leak into the internal group without anyone obtaining the original equipment? Who's manipulating things behind the scenes?"
He immediately took out his phone: "This is the surveillance footage I just captured—the shared hard drive in the conference room was accessed multiple times last night, and the visitor's login name was 'LZC'."
All eyes turned to LZC—Lin Chuyue's English abbreviation.
Gu Yanchuan's voice turned serious: "Chu Yue, have you ever obtained access to the shared hard drive?"
Lin Chuyue was shocked, as if she had been stabbed in a vital spot in public, but she forced herself to straighten up: "I... I did use it last night when I was working overtime, but only to upload a legal statement. I would never have downloaded or leaked it!"
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V. Tang Nian's Redemption and Betrayal
Just as the situation was reaching a tense stand, Tang Nian suddenly stood up and slammed the USB drive onto the table:
"It's all my fault! Last night, after I blocked the backdoor, I mistakenly copied the video file to the shared hard drive and didn't notice that it had been synced to the group... It's all my fault!"
The room erupted in commotion, everyone unable to discern the truth. Lin Yun sneered, "Tang Nian, you don't need to take the blame for her! Hand over the chat logs and server logs from your phone!"
Tang Nian nodded through her tears: "I'll hand it over—I even backed up the backend logs. Anyone who wants to leak them will find traces in the logs!"
Several technicians quickly retrieved the logs and discovered that the account that actually downloaded the video was "LZY": "LZY" was Lin Yun's internal login name.
The room erupted in uproar once again. Lin Yun's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly explained, "I logged in for a while last week, but no one logged in last night!"
The technical supervisor said coldly, "All logins have timestamps and geolocations. Last night at 6:30, it was indeed LZY who downloaded and copied the data from the local network to the group drive."
Lin Yun's tongue stammered for a moment, and she exclaimed excitedly, "Someone must have stolen my account!"
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VI. The Cracks in the Truth
Chaos erupted in the meeting room as lawyers swarmed forward, demanding the immediate sealing of the server and surveillance footage. Lin Chuyue slowly raised her hand, suppressing her chill:
"Since it's theft, then please release the complete visitor records and verify them against facial recognition; we must make everyone who tries to fabricate lies bear the consequences."
She turned to Shen Longyan and Gu Yanchuan, her voice low but firm: "Tonight, all disputes will end here—we will use technology and law to tear off the last layer of the veil of lies and usher in the true dawn."
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The wind and rain intensified outside the window, and lightning flashed across the sky, as if igniting a fierce light for this moment that tore apart the truth.
In this ultimate confrontation between family and capital, kinship and interests, every code, every video, and every question is a contest of the deepest human nature.
On the eve of dawn, who will have the last laugh?
—End of this chapter