nycdaug Chapter 617 The Secret of the Safe
Chapter 617 The Secret of the Safe
At one o'clock in the morning, a torrential downpour was pouring down, but the Yuanjing Villa was brightly lit.
Lin Chuyue, wearing a long overcoat, walked out of the study. In front of her was a secret letter and express mail sent by Chen Yulan, wrapped in an old-fashioned British envelope, with the seal of a private law firm stamped in the corner.
"Shen Fang's arrangements are quite meticulous," she murmured.
“She knew she would die sooner or later.” Chen Yulan sat on the sofa, her expression unusually solemn. “So sealing this document in advance is the last line of defense for you and the Shen family.”
Lin Chuyue tore open the envelope. Inside, besides a mechanical key, was an instruction card: St. Andrew's Private Vault, London Main District, Vault No. E-27, Authorized by Lin Chuyue. The document would be automatically unsealed three months after Shen Fang's death.
“Britain.” Lin Chuyue lowered her eyes and said in a deep voice, “She was indeed prepared.”
"We must get there as soon as possible," Chen Yulan said. "The sooner we get that document, the better we can suppress Shen Yan's counterattack."
“There are surveillance measures in Zhanchuan, which can keep him in check for now.” Lin Chuyue put down the letter, her tone icy. “But he won’t wait long. He knows I’m also looking for this secret record.”
Chen Yulan suddenly looked up: "I found out that during Shen Yan's years in London, he had frequent contact with underground funds and armed smuggling. There was a person codenamed 'Aquila' who was his contact person and had a lot of dirt on him."
"Do you think... he might also want to go to England to destroy the evidence?" Lin Chuyue narrowed her eyes, as if she sensed a storm gathering.
"Very likely."
The following morning, Lin Chuyue and Li Zhanchuan flew to London on a private plane.
Inside the cabin, Lin Chuyue leaned against the porthole, gazing at the gradually brightening horizon, and asked in a low voice, "Have you ever thought about why Shen Fang chose me out of countless people? I'm just a pawn she arranged; the real bloodline is Shen Yan."
Li Zhanchuan put away the documents in his hand and said calmly, "Because you are more like Shen Fang than he is."
Lin Chuyue turned to look at him.
“Shen Yanyan is too arrogant and greedy, and Shen Fang cannot trust him. But you are calm, strategic, and know when to advance and retreat.”
"You are the sharpest piece she chose from the chessboard."
Lin Chuyue remained silent for a long time before saying softly, "But I don't want to become the second Shen Fang."
“You are not her.” Li Zhanchuan lowered his eyes. “You will walk your own path.”
On the day their plane landed in London, they immediately went to the St. Andrew's private vault.
The person in charge of receiving us was a British butler in his seventies, holding an old file in his hand. When he saw Lin Chuyue, his tone was somewhat gratified: "Ms. Lin, Ms. Shen set up this inheritance lock three years ago. Everything is ready. Please follow me."
After passing through layers of security and identification, Lin Chuyue entered the command card password, compared her fingerprint and iris scans, and inserted the mechanical key in front of the E-27 compartment—accompanied by a soft "click," the steel hatch slowly opened.
A black safe sat quietly, unassuming in appearance, but with an extremely complex locking mechanism.
Holding a special unlocking device, Li Zhanchuan analyzed the instructions step by step, and ten minutes later, the combination lock was completely unlocked.
Inside the box, dozens of pages of documents, several old photos, a handwritten letter, and a USB drive were neatly arranged.
Lin Chuyue picked up the letter first, and the familiar handwriting immediately caught her eye:
Ah Yue, by the time you read this letter, I will have passed away.
In my entire life, I have never truly been a mother, but I cherish you as my final obsession. You ask me why I chose you instead of Shen Yan? Because you lack his ruthlessness and my former cold-bloodedness.
You are not my biological child, but I have chosen every path for you.
If you are willing to leave, then that is your game.
The box contained the Shen family's secret financial records from the past twenty years, showing dozens of illegal transfers of funds overseas. This money should have belonged to the Shen family's descendants, not to Shen Yan's scheme.
There's also a recording that serves as evidence of Shen Yan's collusion with gangsters in London and his betrayal of the Shen family's business routes. If he dares to touch you, it will be your fatal counterattack.
—Shen Fang
Lin Chuyue's eyes welled up with tears. She had hated Shen Fang for controlling her fate, but she had to admit that this woman had already arranged everything for her.
"Take a look at this." Li Zhanchuan inserted the USB drive, and an encrypted video popped up on the screen.
In the scene, Shen Yanyan and a Middle Eastern man are exchanging documents in the night – the background is clearly visible as a port in the eastern suburbs of London.
“He’s selling out the Shen family’s own shipping routes,” Li Zhanchuan said, his gaze darkening. “He’s using them to gain access to underground armed smuggling channels.”
"And these are all the cards Shen Fang left behind."
Lin Chuyue put away the documents, her gaze icy: "I want him to know that from the moment he chose to betray the Shen family, he was destined not to return to acknowledge his ancestors, but to die without a burial place."
……
However, they did not notice that, from inside a gray Mercedes parked on the roadside outside the vault, a pair of eyes were fixed intently on the vault exit.
Shen Yan leaned against the car window, watching Lin Chuyue and Li Zhanchuan leave side by side, a cold smile slowly curving his lips.
Sure enough, she got it.
"Should we make a move?" the cold-faced young man asked from the passenger seat.
“No.” Shen Yan’s gaze was icy. “When she returns to the country, I want her to hand over everything herself.”
“Let her think she’s won, and then—” he chuckled softly, “completely destroy her.”
……
Three days later, Lin Chuyue returned with the secret record.
Upon arriving in Nancheng, a senior director within the Shen family suddenly called an emergency meeting, questioning Lin Chuyue's right to inherit the family business and even proposing a reassessment of the family's succession rights.
At the meeting, Lin Chuyue sneered and slammed the documents heavily onto the long table:
"Do you need identification?"
"it is good."
She slowly took out the USB drive, inserted it into the on-screen system, and a video started playing.
A series of evidences were fully presented regarding Shen Yan's betrayal of the Shen family's shipping routes, illegal cash-out schemes, and collusion with underground smugglers.
The board members were in uproar!
"This is real?"
"How dare he—"
Lin Chuyue made the final decision: "From today onwards, as the heir of the Shen family, I am freezing all of Shen Yan's powers within the Shen system and will prosecute him for economic crimes in the name of the Shen family. If any of you dare to show favoritism again, I will send you all to jail."
The atmosphere was as cold as frost.
At that moment, Shen Yan was standing in front of the French windows when he received the message.
He did not fly into a rage, but instead smiled faintly: "Very good, Lin Chuyue."
"You've used up all the chips Shen Fang left behind."
"Next, I'll show you what a real conspiracy is."
……
[End of Chapter]
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