The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

"Not a single word needs to be changed; it's perfect enough!"

After in-depth discussions, the three investment experts fully accepted Lingyun's investment strategy.

Once compliance was confirmed, they signed the investment strategy document and distributed it on the spot to the chairman and the general manager of the Hong Kong branch.

Half an hour later, Chairman Zhao called.

"Xiao Ling, your investment strategy is flawless. The preparations are complete in Hong Kong, and it will be implemented tonight."

In the midst of all the hustle and bustle, it was already around 9:40 PM.

The conference room was filled with the aroma of caffeine, along with a mix of excitement and nervousness.

Ling Yun checked the time and then gave instructions to Zhou Hua and Zhang Yuntian.

They were instructed to keep a close eye on changes in international crude oil futures prices, and to wake them up immediately if any unusual activity occurred.

After saying all that, he looked at Merrill Lynch's stock price.

The situation unfolded exactly as he predicted; Merrill Lynch's stock price began to fall as soon as the US stock market opened.

Although the drop was not large, the downward trend was extremely firm.

"You bastards, your old man's here to collect the debts!"

Ling Yun chuckled to himself.

Then I shut down the computer and prepared to wash up and go to bed.

When he entered the lounge, Li Jie had already finished showering and was in bed, texting his girlfriend and flirting with her, a lecherous grin on his face.

Ling Yun glanced at him and smiled as she offered a reminder.

"You can flirt with Xiaoyin all you want, but don't mention this operation again."

Li Jie turned his head and looked over, replying in a cheeky manner:

"This is a profound intellectual exchange, not flirting!"

"Xiao Yin just asked if you had resigned, because you suddenly disappeared."

His girlfriend is an administrative clerk at Yuanda Futures. She is sweet-looking and has a gentle and cute personality.

Although the company discourages office romances, the two still got together, but they didn't make it public.

Ling Yun and the others all knew about this and knew Xiao Yin, but none of them leaked the news.

After exchanging a few jokes and casual words, Lingyun took out his phone and pressed the power button.

Just like at noon, as soon as I turned on my phone, it was bombarded with a barrage of unread text messages, more than a dozen of them popping up in quick succession.

Ling Yun casually clicked on the first text message and started reading it.

This text message came from the chairman, and it was sent less than five minutes ago, so it was obviously sent from home.

"Just letting you know, Xiao Ling, the Hong Kong Island branch has entered the short-selling market and plans to invest US$20 million tonight, with five times leverage!"

Ling Yun was fully aware of the subtext behind this text message.

The Hong Kong Island branch's short-selling target was Merrill Lynch. Their involvement meant that Lingyun had another way to make a fortune!

Such a good thing is naturally a joyful thing.

Ling Yun smiled slightly and replied to a message with lightning speed.

"Received, Chairman. I just checked the target company's stock price, and it's steadily plummeting. We've got this in the bag!"

Then he opened the second text message.

Upon seeing the message, he felt somewhat helpless.

The text message was from his mother, urging him to return to Beijing as soon as possible for a blind date. A neighbor's daughter happened to be single, and it was a rare opportunity.

Ling Yun rolled her eyes at her phone and replied irritably.

"Stop right there! Are you even my real mother? Do you think I'd have the guts to date Yanzi?"

"She bullied me from kindergarten all the way until I graduated from junior high. If her family hadn't moved to Chaoyang District, I would have gone to high school too!"

"If I marry her, she'll tear our roof off, and I'll never be able to turn my life around!"

My mom replied less than half a minute after I sent the text message.

"You coward, but you're not wrong, Yanzi is indeed a bit too fierce!"

After replying to her mother's text message, Lingyun started checking the rest of the messages.

This was followed by a text message from 10086 (China Mobile's customer service hotline), two text messages from banks promoting their wealth management services, and then two fraudulent text messages.

Ling Yun casually deleted the junk messages and continued reading.

The next moment, he suddenly frowned in disgust.

The reason for this was that the subsequent five text messages were all sent by Li Wen's parents, but they were from an unknown number.

The core message of these five short messages is the same: to demand compensation for Li Wen's lost youth.

At first, they were still somewhat rational and spoke politely, saying they wanted to sit down with Lingyun to discuss compensation for the breakup.

Later, seeing that Lingyun never replied and that his phone was always switched off and they couldn't get through, they gradually lost their temper.

When the last text message arrived, Li Wen's father made a harsh statement.

"You little bastard, you either give me two million yuan as compensation for the three years of Wenwen's youth, or we'll call the police and accuse you of rape!"

Upon seeing this text message, Lingyun almost burst out laughing in anger.

"They'll stop at nothing! It's utterly shameless!"

Ling Yun gritted his teeth and cursed a couple of times before dialing Attorney Zhang's number and briefly explaining the situation.

After listening to his explanation, Attorney Zhang immediately offered a solution.

"Xiaoling, forward me all the text messages their family sent you right now. I need to collect evidence, just in case!"

"The second thing is for you to immediately call your ex-girlfriend to confirm whether she knows anything about it. Be sure to record the entire call; this is very important evidence."

"Thirdly, since your ex-girlfriend's parents are so eager, they'll definitely call again. When you answer their calls, record the conversation and guide them..."

Next, Attorney Zhang gave a few more instructions and taught some coping strategies.

After hanging up the phone, Ling Yun immediately forwarded all of Li Wen's and her parents' information to Zhang Lu, just in case!

Just then, Li Jie, who had been lying in bed watching the commotion for a while, suddenly uttered a few words of reflection.

"Holy crap! Li Wen's parents are so weird, buddy, I've really seen something new today!"

"They fabricated a rape charge against you; don't they care at all about their daughter's reputation?"

Ling Yun sneered and said through gritted teeth:

"Isn't that bizarre? This couple are just greedy bastards; all they care about is money!"

"This family is planning to immigrate to Canada, thinking they'll never come back. They don't care about their reputation, just like those idiots who walk the line!"

"What is wiring?"

Li Jie asked in surprise.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. I'm going out to call Li Wen."

Ling Yun immediately changed the subject, turned around and left the lounge to make a phone call in the hallway outside.

Smuggling via wires has existed for a long time, but it hasn't become a craze, and the term hasn't become a widely known buzzword!

In this situation, Lingyun naturally cannot explain its true meaning!

In a short while, he arrived at the corridor outside the conference room.

At this moment, they were the only ones still working on this floor. Only the small conference room was brightly lit, while the rest of the office areas were dark and unusually quiet.

Ling Yun glanced around but didn't see a single ghost.

The next moment, he turned on his phone's recording function and started calling Li Wen.

When the call connected, he bluntly described her parents' actions, including the extortionate text messages and phone calls they had sent.

She specifically emphasized that her parents planned to falsely accuse her of rape and extort millions of yuan from her.

Ling Yun recounted all of these events strictly according to Zhang Lv's method, leaving no room for error.

Before he could finish speaking, Li Wen on the other end of the phone burst into tears, sobbing as she said:

"I'm sorry, Ling Yun, I never imagined they would do something so shameful. They're really obsessed with money!"

"Everything that happened between us was consensual. There was absolutely no rape involved. This is pure fabrication!"

"Even though we broke up, I never thought about asking for a single penny of compensation for my lost youth. You don't owe me anything; on the contrary, I'm the one who wronged you..."

That's awesome, that's exactly what my buddy wanted!

Ling Yun clenched his fist and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

There have been countless cases in which men and women had intimate relations after being arranged to meet in their past lives, resulting in the man being accused of rape and subsequently sentenced to prison!

The resulting family annihilation cases caused a sensation at the time!

Ling Yun absolutely did not want to get involved in such a mess.

Now that we have Li Wen's recording, this possibility has been completely eliminated!

After obtaining the most important audio evidence, Ling Yun comforted Li Wen for a while before ending the call.

Immediately afterwards, he sent a text message to Li Wen's parents.

"I'm so sorry, Uncle and Aunt, I don't have that much money to give away for free, and I don't accept any of that bullshit compensation for lost youth!"

"You just want money, right? I have a good idea; you can consider it."

"I heard you're immigrating to Canada, that's great! I heard the wages for washing dishes are very high there!"

"If I wash dishes for three months, I can take over the boss's restaurant. After another three months, I'll have luxury cars and mansions. Why would I need to borrow money everywhere?"

Less than twenty seconds after the text message was sent, Li Wen's father called.