The Mysterious Night of Beijing

He didn't say a single word to Lin Hai and the others from beginning to end.

That kind of complete disregard is more embarrassing than any insult.

Lin Hai watched their departing figures, trembling with anger, but dared not utter a single word.

He could sense that the man exuded an absolute power that was on a completely different level from his own.

He's someone you can't afford to offend.

Once Meng Huizhou's car had completely disappeared from sight, Lin Hai's legs went weak, and he slumped onto the sofa.

He knew that the Lin family might really be finished this time.

The following day, a core overseas project of the Lin Group was unilaterally terminated by its partner.

Immediately afterwards, the bank stopped all loans to the Lin family.

The company's stock price plummeted.

Lin Hai was in a terrible predicament, seeking help from all sides, but he was met with setbacks at every turn.

Only then did he belatedly realize what kind of person he had offended.

But it was all too late.

The car was heated up very well.

Lin Chuxiu was still wearing Meng Huizhou's trench coat, the familiar scent of cedar enveloped her, shielding her from all the wind and rain outside.

She turned her head to look at the cold, hard profile of the man in the driver's seat, her mind in turmoil.

"Thank you," she said softly.

"Hmm," Meng Huizhou responded, still maintaining his calm and composed demeanor.

Lin Chuxiu bit her lip, but couldn't help asking, "Why did you come?"

She sent that message hoping for the best.

She didn't expect him to actually come, and so quickly.

Meng Huizhou gripped the steering wheel, staring straight ahead, and after a while, he spoke.

"Bai Xin installed a tracking device on your phone."

Lin Chuxiu was stunned.

"I knew as soon as you arrived in Shanghai," he continued. "I was worried, so I followed you."

His explanation was simple and direct, yet it felt as if something had gently bumped into Lin Chuxiu's heart.

It turns out he had been keeping an eye on her all along.

This feeling of being cared for is unfamiliar, and also... makes me uneasy.

"You don't need to worry about the Lin family." Meng Huizhou seemed to sense her unease and added, "They won't bother you anymore."

Lin Chuxiu looked at him without saying a word.

She knew that with Meng Huizhou's methods, the Lin family's future days would probably not be easy.

But she showed no sympathy whatsoever.

From the moment they used her as a bargaining chip and a tool time and time again for their own benefit, they ceased to be her family.

Upon returning to the manor, the first thing Lin Chuxiu did was turn on her computer.

Sure enough, there were new posts about her on Shanghai University's campus forum.

[That ungrateful Lin Chuxiu! Young Master Jiang has already given her a way out, why is she still acting so high and mighty?]

I heard she was kicked out of the Lin family and is now fooling around with other men.

[How could Yenching University want such a promiscuous woman? They must have used some underhanded methods.]

The language was foul and offensive, and the words were unbearable to read.

Lin Chuxiu knew that Jiang Xian'an and Lin Lengyan had played a significant role in this.

She looked at the posts, her face expressionless.

She was too tired to argue with these people anymore.

She opened her photo album and found the picture she had taken long ago: her Yenching University graduate school admission notice.

Then, she logged into her long-unused Weibo side account and edited a new post.

There was no text accompanying it, just a picture.

That admission notice was stamped with the red seal of Yenching University.

After doing all this, she turned off the computer and stopped looking at it.

She wanted to use the most direct and powerful method to refute all the doubts and slander.

However, things took an unexpected turn.

Her Weibo post was quickly screenshotted by a busybody and posted on the school forum.

The comments below, however, were not the shock and envy she had imagined.

[Oh, so you couldn't stay at Shanghai University anymore and found another place?]

[Is this photoshopped? Her? She actually got into Peking University?]

Even if it's true, so what? She still relied on a man, didn't she? Otherwise, why would the school suddenly exonerate her?

[She's really good at showing off; she's afraid people won't know she's climbed the social ladder.]

Lin Chuxiu looked at those comments and found them absurd.

This group of people seems to be forever limited to using their dirty and despicable thoughts to speculate about others.

She turned off her phone, not wanting to deal with it anymore.

But just because she ignores it doesn't mean others can tolerate it.

Wang Xiangrui, Lin Chuxiu's best friend and a beauty blogger with millions of followers online, was furious when she saw the comments on the forum.

She's live-streaming, showing her fans how to try out a new lipstick.

While watching the comments, someone suddenly mentioned Lin Chuxiu.

"Sister Rui, did you know your school beauty best friend is trending on social media?"

Wang Xiangrui was taken aback. "What trending topic?"

She picked up another phone, opened Weibo, and her face turned green with anger.

"Fuck!" She couldn't help but swear in front of hundreds of thousands of people in the live stream.

The fans were stunned.

【What happened to Sister Rui?】

[This is the first time I've heard Sister Rui swear; it's so cool!]

Wang Xiangrui took a deep breath, faced the camera, and started spraying.

"I'm not going to try on any lipsticks today, I'm just going to talk to you about my best friend, Lin Chuxiu."

"Don't believe what those idiots say online, it's all bullshit!"

"Let me tell you, my best friend, Lin Chuxiu, who is she? She's the real heiress of the Lin family!"

"She was only found and taken back when she was eighteen. After that, she was unloved by her father and mother. Her biological parents favored that fake heiress who appeared out of nowhere, Lin Lengyan!"

"That Lin Lengyan isn't any better. She uses the name of my best friend's fiancé's childhood sweetheart, and acts all innocent and pure all the time. My best friend's fiancé, the young master of the Jiang Group, is completely infatuated with her!"

"How were those photos of my best friend leaked the other day? It was that scumbag couple's doing! They wanted to get rid of my best friend's graduate school recommendation and give it to that fake heiress!"

"When my best friend was being attacked online, what were those bizarre parents from the Lin family doing? They were calling my best friend a disgrace! They thought she had ruined the Lin family's reputation!"

"I'm laughing so hard. Does your Lin family even have a reputation? Your own daughter was bullied like this, and you didn't even utter a sound. Do you even deserve to be parents?"

Wang Xiangrui got angrier and angrier, and simply threw her lipstick on the table.

"And that Lin Lengyan, always calling me 'sister' this and 'sister' that, but she's quicker than anyone at stabbing people in the back!"

"You keep saying you envy your sister, but then you turn around and hook up with your brother-in-law. Are you trying to have a threesome? Have you no shame?"

"My best friend got into Peking University, the best university in the country, through her own hard work. So what? Does it bother you?"

"A bunch of keyboard warriors who can't pass the exam themselves think everyone else's success is fake and that they all got it through men."

"Let me tell you, when my best friend was awesome, you guys were still wearing diapers!"

"What were you doing when she won the national chemistry competition gold medal? What were you doing when she published papers in top international journals?"