0p0 Chapter 521 Testing the Threat
Chapter 521 Testing the Threat
Lin Chuyue stood in the office for a moment, her mind racing through every word Lin Yun had just said.
"Gu Yanchuan and I are nothing more than... your marriage agreement with him is actually just a contract between our elders."
"You don't really like him, do you?"
Lin Yun's tone was casual, as if she were stating the rules of a game, but she inadvertently touched the most sensitive spot in Lin Chuyue's heart.
Her nails dug lightly into her palms, but her expression remained calm.
She had long anticipated that Lin Yun wouldn't give up. However, the fact that Lin Yun dared to openly provoke her meant that her backing was even stronger than Lin Chuyue had imagined.
"Alright, let's see who has the last laugh," Lin Chuyue muttered to herself.
She immediately dialed Li Zhanchuan's number.
"Are you free?" she asked in a low voice. "I need you to help me look into something."
Li Zhanchuan answered almost instantly, "Speak."
"Investigate Lin Yun's recent contacts with the Gu family, including whether she has been in private contact with Gu Yanchuan. Also, is she... connected with any of your stepmother Shen Fang's former subordinates?"
Li Zhanchuan's tone turned cold: "She did something to you?"
"Not yet." Lin Chuyue's lips curled into a cold smile. "But she plans to start."
Li Zhanchuan was silent for two seconds, then said in a low voice, "Leave it to me."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Chuyue looked out the window at the sky. The thick clouds foreshadowed an approaching storm.
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Inside the Gu Group's conference room, Gu Yanchuan had just finished his meeting and left when he heard a whisper in his secretary's ear: "Miss Lin has been waiting for you for a long time; she's in your office."
His eyes darkened, but he didn't stop walking; he pushed open the office door directly.
Lin Yun was sitting on the sofa, smiling serenely: "Brother Yanchuan, it's been a long time."
Gu Yanchuan didn't sit down, but only glanced at her indifferently: "What are you doing at my company?"
Lin Yun stood up and crossed her arms: "It's so heartless of you to give me such a cold look whenever you see me."
"You should know that I hate uninvited guests the most." Gu Yanchuan's tone was cold and aloof.
Lin Yun, however, didn't seem to care. Instead, she took a step closer, her eyes filled with inquiry and provocation: "I just want to confirm one thing—has the relationship between you and Lin Chuyue really changed?"
Gu Yanchuan's expression remained unchanged, but his gaze suddenly turned cold: "What do you want to say?"
“You weren’t this attentive to her before,” Lin Yun chuckled. “She was just a marriage arranged by your father. Now she seems to be the apple of your eye?”
Gu Yanchuan's gaze sharpened: "My relationship with her is none of your business."
A flash of anger crossed Lin Yun's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by gentleness: "Don't misunderstand, I'm just worried that you've been deceived by her. She's changed too much, too calm, and too scheming... Don't you think she might have ulterior motives?"
Gu Yanchuan pursed his thin lips and remained silent.
Lin Yun tried to get closer, but was driven back by a single look from him.
“You’d better not cross the line,” he said. “If Lin Chuyue is really scheming, then you should refrain from provoking her.”
Lin Yun was stunned, a deep sense of resentment rising in her heart—he had changed. Gu Yanchuan would never have said such things to her for Lin Chuyue's sake before.
And why did Lin Chuyue suddenly become the person he was protecting?
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Meanwhile, news also arrived from Li Zhanchuan's side.
“Lin Yun did have contact with Gu Yanchuan,” the assistant handed over the documents, “but what’s more noteworthy is that the person standing behind her is Xu Mingyuan, the ‘former director of Lin’s Group’.”
“Xu Mingyuan?” Li Zhanchuan’s eyes darkened.
"Yes. Before Shen Fang's downfall, he was her trusted financial manager, but now he has quietly returned and recently rejoined the Lin family as an 'independent financial advisor'."
"It seems it's not just Lin Yun." Li Zhanchuan's eyes were cold. "This is a resurgence."
He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, his gaze turning icy—
"Keep a close eye on Lin Yun, especially her connection with Gu Yanchuan."
"Yes."
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At night, Lin Chuyue sat in her office, flipping through the documents in her hand, but she couldn't calm down.
Mobile phone vibration.
Li Zhanchuan sent a message: "Shen Fang's former subordinates have indeed made some moves, and your father seems to still be kept in the dark."
Lin Chuyue's gaze turned cold, and she gripped her phone tightly with her fingers.
She is no longer the Lin Chuyue of her past life who knew nothing and only knew how to endure.
This time, she will not let either Lin Yun or Xu Mingyuan succeed so easily.
But she knew that the real storm had only just begun.