Nirvana Heiress: Reborn and Returning to Stir Up a Storm

Chapter 612 The Secret of the Old House

As night deepened, the eaves of the Lin family's old house reflected the moonlight, resembling a sleeping beast lying silently at the foot of the mountain on the northern outskirts of Lin City.

Lin Chuyue stood in front of the old house, her fingers tightly gripping the old brass keys. Ten years had passed since she last set foot here.

And today, she's back.

Behind her, she heard Li Zhanchuan's steady footsteps. He didn't say much, only draped a coat over her shoulders: "You're cold."

Lin Chuyue looked up at him and said, "Zhanchuan, I always feel that this house holds my mother's secret."

Li Zhanchuan nodded: "The information left by Shen Fang mentioned the secret room on the west side of the Lin residence. That door has never appeared on the Lin family genealogy drawings."

Lin Chuyue gripped the key and slowly inserted it into the door lock.

"Then let's go see what Mother wants to leave me."

With a click, the heavy old wooden door slowly opened, and the smell of dust that had been sealed for many years rushed out.

The house was dimly lit. Lin Chuyue stepped into the hall and turned on the main light. The chandelier on the ceiling hummed softly and finally lit up, illuminating the mottled murals and dusty oil paintings all around.

Her gaze fell on an old family photo at the end of the stairs.

In the scene, Shen Fang gently holds her young daughter, while Lin Zhengguo stands behind her with a serious expression. Lin Yun is not present.

"Back then, I truly believed in this family," Lin Chuyue said softly.

Li Zhanchuan didn't reply, but simply took her hand and led her step by step along the edge of the carpet toward the study on the west side.

Beneath the study floor, there is a slightly raised blue brick.

Lin Chuyue knelt down and, following the instructions in Shen Fang's diary, inserted the copper key upside down into the crack in the floor and rotated it three times.

"Click."

The sound of gears turning came from beneath the floor tiles, and a door slowly opened, revealing a spiraling metal staircase.

The two exchanged a glance and stepped into the unknown darkness at the same time.

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Inside the sealed room

The lights in the secret room automatically turned on, revealing rows of safes neatly arranged. On the wall, a metal fingerprint lock was embedded behind an oil painting.

Lin Chuyue took out her mother's old jewelry box, took out a jade ring that Shen Fang used to wear in her younger days, put it into the keyhole, and the machine beeped, unlocking successfully.

“Your mother’s thoughts run deeper than I do,” Li Zhanchuan whispered.

Opening the cabinet behind the oil painting, a dense stack of documents rushed out. Lin Chuyue pulled out the top kraft paper envelope, the seal of which read: "If Chuyue ever sees this, remember to use it with care."

She took a deep breath and opened it.

Inside was a handwritten letter from Shen Fang:

"Chuyue, by the time you read this letter, I will most likely be no longer alive. You must know that I, Shen Fang, am not a woman who silently endures humiliation—the Lin family's current half of its empire is the result of my ten years of planning."

Back then, Lin Zhengguo's father, the old man of the Lin family, in order to cover up the illegal financing at the beginning of the Lin family's establishment, laundered a lot of funds into overseas accounts, and used my maternal family, the Shen family, as a shield, which ultimately led to the downfall of the Shen family and the death of my father and brothers.

I married into the Lin family for revenge.

And you are the core of my entire plan.

You have the blood of the Shen family flowing in your veins, and you are the only legitimate heir of the Shen lineage.

Lin Yun is not your biological sister. She is the daughter of Lin Zhengguo and his deceased wife's former lover. I once saved her life, but I was killed by the backlash.

Hidden in the secret room of the old house are not only the property rights documents of the Shen family's old production line, but also a fund transfer certificate—that is the core asset transfer voucher of Jiahe Fund when it illegally acquired Shen's Pharmaceutical, which can be used as evidence for the Lin Group's board of directors' accusations.

If you get it, you can destroy Lin Yun and take over the Lin family business from Lin Zhengguo.

But you must remember: the price of all this is to become utterly enemies of the Lin family.

The letter fell to the ground, and Lin Chuyue's eyes reddened.

She finally understood why her mother had been so stubborn and ruthless back then.

She was spending her life settling scores with the Shen family—and also using the rest of her life to pave the way for Lin Chuyue's return.

"This is the chess piece she left behind." Lin Chuyue's eyes were icy.

She pulled out the fund transfer certificate from the safe in the secret room—the document bore Lin Zhengguo's personal signature and the initial shareholder list of Jiahe Fund.

And on that list, Lin Yun's name was clearly written.

"She's actually a hidden shareholder of Jiahe?" Li Zhanchuan frowned.

“She is Lin Zhengguo’s secret successor… My father had long planned to kick me out of the game.”

Lin Chuyue closed her eyes, her emotions surging, but she quickly calmed down in a breath.

“Since they don’t acknowledge me as their daughter, then I will swallow the entire Lin family in the name of the Shen family.”

She slowly rose to her feet, her eyes sharp as knives:

"An extraordinary board meeting will be held tomorrow."

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The following day, in the boardroom

Lin Yun already knew that Lin Chuyue had entered the old house, but she did not expect her to arrive so quickly.

When she saw Lin Chuyue throw out that stack of sealed documents, her face turned deathly pale.

"What is this?" she asked through gritted teeth.

"Ownership certificate of the former Shen family business line." Lin Chuyue laid out the documents and said coldly, "And this one is evidence of illegal transfer used by Jiahe Fund when it acquired Shen's Pharmaceutical in its early years."

Her eyes swept over Lin Zhengguo. "Your signature is on it."

Lin Zhengguo's face instantly turned ashen. "Where did you get this?"

"This is what my mother left me before she died," Lin Chuyue said, her tone as sharp as ice. "She protected the Lin family even in her dying moments, while you killed her like ants."

She slowly pushed the documents toward the directors present.

"As the heir of the Shen family and a joint shareholder of Vision Capital, I hereby formally propose:"

I. An investigation will be launched into Lin Yun's alleged illegal investment in the Lin family through Jiahe Fund.

2. Remove Lin Yun from her current position as a director.

Third, based on the recusal agreement signed by Lin Zhengguo years ago, it is proposed that he temporarily step down from his supervisory role, and that I take over as the actual supervisor of the board of directors and assume the financial audit authority.

"Are you crazy!" Lin Yun suddenly stood up, glaring at her. "This is a coup! Do you think a few old papers can shake the Lin family?"

"Try it and you'll see." Lin Chuyue's gaze was like a knife. "This time, it's not just you; I'll settle accounts with everyone behind you, one by one."

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[End of Chapter]

The next chapter will focus on Lin Yun's counterattack, Lin Zhengguo's response, and Lin Chuyue's formal launch of the "purge operation," which will trigger the most intense power storm within the Lin Group.