Nirvana Heiress: Reborn and Returning to Stir Up a Storm

Chapter 653 The Old King Returns

Private hospital in Montreux, Switzerland.

The room was so quiet that only the beeping of the electrocardiogram machine could be heard. Shen Yanli sat on the hospital bed, wearing a gray hospital gown. His bones were slightly prominent, but his eyes still held a deep and unfathomable shrewdness and authority.

The ward door was pushed open, and Chen Yulan walked in, holding a document that had just been faxed.

"You finally woke up."

Shen Yanli didn't reply, he just reached out his hand.

Chen Yulan handed over the documents: "Yuyuan Biotechnology has been taken over by ISA, and Shen Yao has been detained. Lin Chuyue... has won this game."

Shen Yanli opened the document, his fingertips trembling slightly due to illness, but his eyes gradually regained their former sharpness. He glanced at the frozen document bearing the red ISA stamp, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Shen Yao... is ultimately too impatient."

“But Lin Chuyue’s counterattack was faster than I expected.” He looked up at Chen Yulan. “She is a descendant of the Shen family.”

Chen Yulan was taken aback. "You finally acknowledge her?"

Shen Yanli said calmly, "Blood ties are never an issue. Whether or not to acknowledge it depends on her value."

"Now she's worth that price."

Chen Yulan's heart sank, but she said nothing. This man was never just a simple "father," but rather the living game of chess itself.

Shen Yanli leaned against the headboard: "Arrange a video call; I need to talk to her."

……

That afternoon, in Huadu.

Lin Chuyue had just stepped out of the ISA building when her phone rang, displaying an unfamiliar Swiss area code.

She squinted and slowly answered the call.

"Chu Yue."

His voice was low and hoarse, yet it seemed to carry the weight of time.

Her heart skipped a beat.

"I am Shen Yanli."

The air seemed to freeze instantly.

"You're still alive." Her voice was calm, but her fingertips were slightly cold.

"Are you disappointed?" Shen Yanli asked softly.

"Not really." Lin Chuyue looked up, standing in the wind on a high-rise building in the CBD. "It's just that there's one more person who needs to keep accounts."

Shen Yanli smiled: "You look a lot like Shen Fang."

Lin Chuyue's tone immediately sharpened: "I am not her."

“But what you’re doing is even more ruthless than what she did back then.” Shen Yanli said calmly, “You orchestrated ISA, abandoned Lin Yun, and shattered Yuyuan. Your methods, endurance, and scheming… if she were alive, she would have to admit defeat.”

Lin Chuyue said, word by word, "I am eliminating a cancer, not seeking revenge."

"Then why did you reject Lin Zhengguo and instead approach Vision Capital?"

"Because I know there's more to Shen Fang's death than meets the eye, and you—are the key to it."

There was a three-second silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a sigh.

"Shen Fang... sought death herself."

Lin Chuyue's pupils contracted slightly.

"When she returned to China that year, she discovered that you were not the 'tool' she had given birth to. You had your own consciousness and a desire to break free from fate. She knew then that you were not her successful creation."

"She failed. The successor she spent eighteen years cultivating went astray with you."

"She broke down."

Lin Chuyue sneered: "So in your eyes, your mother is just a failure who made 'tools'?"

Shen Yanli said calmly, "I am the gatekeeper of the family, and she is the executor. If you can understand this, you will know that this world is not a place for sentiment."

Lin Chuyue closed her eyes.

"You summoned me here just to spout these clichés?"

“No.” Shen Yanli’s tone suddenly changed, carrying a certain pressure. “I’m telling you—your game ends here.”

"You think ISA is the real end? Chuyue, let me teach you a lesson: the outsiders are the real winners."

"You investigated Shen Yao, destroyed Yu Yuan, fought Lin Zhengguo, saved Lin Yun, and uncovered the cause of Shen Fang's death—all of this was ultimately to clear the way for me."

Lin Chuyue felt a slight tightness in her chest.

"What do you mean?"

“I will be returning to China soon,” Shen Yanli said calmly. “The pieces and obstacles you have cleared away will make room for me.”

"Your ability to preserve even a small part of the Lin family's bloodline is your greatest value."

Lin Chuyue said in a low voice, "You're trying to take advantage of me."

“I’ve already used you,” Shen Yanli said without hesitation, “but now you’re qualified to be my opponent.”

“If you are willing, I can reconsider the issue of family succession.”

Lin Chuyue smiled, her eyes sharp as a blade:

"You do not deserve."

"I am not after power, nor after a surname."

"Everything I do is so that I will no longer be controlled by anyone's fate."

After saying that, she decisively hung up the phone.

……

At the same time, Lin Zhengjia was at home.

When Lin Zhengguo learned of Shen Yanli's recovery, he seemed to age ten years.

"How...how could he not be dead?"

Lin Yun had just been released from ISA, her face was pale, and she had not yet fully recovered her composure.

"Do you think... he was faking illness on purpose, just to wait for Chuyue to clean up the mess?"

Lin Yun murmured to herself, "Then what am I? I'm nothing?"

Lin Zhengguo remained silent.

The secretary whispered, "The board of directors is gathering; they want to hear your opinion."

"Regarding whether Lin Chuyue still has the right to inherit."

Lin Zhengguo gripped his cane tightly and closed his eyes.

Shen Yanli's return means that Lin Chuyue will be thrust into the spotlight, and it also means that Lin Zhengguo... will no longer have any control.

He whispered, "Tell them that Lin Chuyue is the daughter of the Lin family."

"This will not be changed."

The secretary was stunned: "But her bloodline... isn't..."

"The Lin family has never relied on bloodlines."

"It's all thanks to who dared to protect this family in the crucial moment."

……

That evening, in the Vision Capital conference room.

Li Zhanchuan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at a piece of intelligence.

"Shen Yanli is returning to China," the assistant whispered.

Will ISA object?

“With the channels he currently has, no.” The assistant paused. “He also has undisclosed overseas trusts and is a shareholder in the ‘Vermilion Bird Fund’.”

"He's not a patient, he's a hunter."

Li Zhanchuan nodded and said calmly:

"Then let him come back."

"Come back and meet the real hunters."

The assistant was stunned: "You mean?"

Li Zhanchuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a low voice:

"Lin Chuyue is no longer a pawn."

"She will be the only one in this game who can turn the game upside down."

End of this chapter

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